Join us for GW's Fall 2019 Symposium! The Symposium invites students, faculty, and community partners to share their experiences, disseminate findings, and learn about other campus/community initiatives. A draft of the event schedule is below. For more information about previous Symposiums, please click here.
11:30-12:00pm: Presenter Check-in (Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor)
12:00pm: Lunch Speaker and Discussion.
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- Guest speaker: Alexander Justice Moore, Chief Development Officer, DC Central Kitchen, and author of, The Food Fighters: DC Central Kitchen’s First Twenty-Five Years on the Front Lines of Hunger and Poverty(2014).
- Lunch will be catered by DC Central Kitchen.
1:30-2:30pm Concurrent Reflection Sessions
Service and Social Justice: How do we Make the Connection?
- Marvin Center Room 311
- Facilitator: Mr. Timothy Kane, Associate Director of Inclusion Initiatives, Multicultural Student Services Center
- Student presenters from TRDA 3131W: Theatre for Social Change, Instructor Jodi Kanter.
GW Partnerships with DC Public Schools
- Marvin Center Room 301
- Facilitator: Dr. Jonathon Grooms, Assistant Professor, GSEHD and Co-director of GWTeach
The Sustainability Forum: Why do you Care and Why does it Matter?
- Marvin Center Room 307
- Facilitator: Dr. Tara Scully, Assistant Professor of Biology, and Director of the Sustainability Minor
- Special Guest: Alexander Justice Moore, DC Central Kitchen
Creatively Capturing the Complexities of Communities: Video Screening and Discussion
- Marvin Center Room 302
- Facilitator: Dr. Imani M. Cheers, Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs
- Featuring student work from SMPA 4180: Online Journalism Workshop
2:40-3:30pm Showcase Presentations
Students from a variety of disciplines will present on their community engaged scholarship through courses, research, and fellowships. Here are some of the showcase presentations, more will be added after registration closes (Dec 1).
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- The 2019/2020 Knapp Fellow, Zaniya Lewis
- The 2019/2020 Knapp Fellow, Yesenia Yepez
- Eco-Equity Challenge grant recipient, Jonathan Kilvaugh
- HSCI 2110: Disease Prevention/Health Promotion, Instructor: Maranda Ward
- HSSJ 1100: Introduction to Human Services and Social Justice, Instructor: Emily Morrison
- HSSJ 1177: Organizing Social Justice and Human Services, Instructor: Gretchen Van Der Veer
- HSSJ 3110W: Program Planning and Evaluation, Instructor Michelle Kelso
- HSSJ 3152: Fact/Field/Fiction, Instructor Emily Morrison
- TRDA 3131W: Theatre for Social Change, Instructor: Jodi Kanter
Symposium participants are encouraged to explore as many rooms as possible. Students will present their community engaged scholarship from a variety of disciplines, including Communication, Community Health, Human Services and Social Justice, Media and Public Affairs, University Writing, Sustainability, and more. If you are a student who plans to present, we encourage you to read this before registration so you can prepare your presentation.
If you would like to attend or participate in the Fall 2019 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship, please click here. 
