Thank you to students, faculty, and community partners who shared their experiences, disseminated their findings, and learned about other campus/community initiatives.
At lunch, we heard Alexander Justice Moore, DC Central Kitchen’s Chief Development Officer, DC Central KitchenOpens, and author of, The Food Fighters: DC Central Kitchen’s First Twenty-Five Years on the Front Lines of Hunger and Poverty(2014). Our lunch was also catered by DC Central Kitchen! 
From 1:30-2:30pm there were Concurrent Reflection Sessions: (I will include a picture from each session/showcase accordingly below it in blog post)
Service and Social Justice: How do we Make the Connection?
- Facilitator: Mr. Timothy Kane, Associate Director of Inclusion Initiatives, Multicultural Student Services Center
GW Partnerships with DC Public Schools
- Facilitator: Dr. Jonathon Grooms, Assistant Professor, GSEHD and Co-director of GWTeach
The Sustainability Forum: Why do you Care and Why does it Matter?
- Facilitator: Dr. Tara Scully, Assistant Professor of Biology, and Director of the Sustainability Minor
- Special Guest: Alexander Justice Moore, DC Central Kitchen
- Student presenter from TRDA 3131W: Theatre for Social Change, Instructor Jodi Kanter
Creatively Capturing the Complexities of Communities: Video Screening and Discussion
- Facilitator: Dr. Imani M. Cheers, Associate Professor of Media and Public Affairs
- Featuring student work from SMPA 4180: Online Journalism Workshop
From 2:40-3:30pm there were Showcase Presentations:
Students from a variety of disciplines presented on their community engaged scholarship through their courses, research, and fellowships this semester.
- 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
Thank you for attending the Community Engaged Scholarship Symposium.
To learn more about Community Engaged Scholarship courses, please click here.
