All students are welcome to join these Nashman Center facilitated conversations about issues in civic engagement and leadership for social change. Please forward them this link to the full schedule and to register: https://gwserves.givepulse.com/event/200108-Civic-Leadership-Dialogues-2020-2021?referring_group_id=128546
Upcoming Dialogues Topics:
ENTERING COMMUNITIES RESPECTFULLY: IMPLICIT BIAS IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 6pm (EST) via Zoom
Caleb Torres, Associate Manager, Jumpstart
This workshop will introduce the principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.
CLAIMING YOUR VALUES IN VOLATILE TIMES
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 - 7pm (EST) via Zoom
Will Brummett, Program Manager, Co-Curricular Service
This ethical reasoning workshop will explore the importance of naming and claiming your most important values in a time of social upheaval and uncertainty. Practices on grounding ourselves in our values even when it's the hardest will be discussed.
CULTIVATING CIVIC IDENTITY
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - 7pm (EST) via Zoom
Dr. Rachel Talbert, Graduate Fellow, Community Engaged Scholarship
What is civic identity? How do you build it? This workshop will examine space/placed based identity and group identity in civic engagement.
LEADERSHIP FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 7PM (EST) via Zoom
Dr. Wendy Wagner, Director, Community Engaged Scholarship
This workshop will discuss the Social Change Model of Leadership and demonstrate how to apply the "7 C's" of leadership development for social change.
ADVOCACY ETHICS
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 12pm (EST) via ZoomPeter Loge, Associate Professor, School of Media and Public Affairs, Director of External Relations, and Director of the Project on Ethics in Political Communication
Advocates and leaders know that leadership and social change require effective advocacy. Does that advocacy come with ethical considerations? Does how you make the case matter as much as the case you're making? Join Peter Loge for a discussion about what, if any, ethical responsibility you have as a communicator. Peter Loge is an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs, has more than 25 years of experience in politics and strategic communication, and is the founder of the Project on Ethics in Political Communication.
