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Published on Leave a comment on Diversity Summit: Past, Present, Future Community Engagement in the Wake of Pandemics

by Maisie Cook, Laine Williams, Jennifer Cook, and Megan Miller     

The 6th Annual Diversity Summit at GW consisted of three days of educational discussions. We focus on the panel titled "Community Engagement in the Wake of Pandemics" and how that has taught us the importance of virtual relationships in the wake of the pandemic. Symposium Theme: Building authentic relationships in this unique time.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  

You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

Published on Leave a comment on Designing Community Development Initiatives

by Sarah Butler, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

The Tandana Foundation works to strengthen international development projects in parts of the Global South. My presentation focuses on the foundations achievements and goals, as well as my personal reflection of attending the foundation's webinar. Symposium Theme: Building authentic relationships in this unique time.

Presentation Link. Note, due to recent surgery, Sarah is unable to speak for her presentation, so hers is visual-only.

This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

Published on Leave a comment on Education Rocks – Ending the Cycle of Poverty through Education.

by Lily Oneal, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This semester I worked with Education Rocks, a non profit organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty through education. U.S children get the unique experience to sponsor a child's education in a developing country and become pen pals with them creating authentic relationships with one another. Symposium theme: Building authentic relationships in this unique time.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 2 Comments on Helping DCPS Students Navigate Through High School

by Hannah Joseph, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This presentation covers my service with the non-profit organization, College Next Door, and the work I completed to help a DCPS student navigate high school and the college application process. It gave me a look into what the DCPS system is like for a student and the setbacks that student might face. Symposium Theme: Building authentic relationships in this unique time.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 2 Comments on Latino Student Fund: Building Authentic Relationships in this Unique Time

by Kyle Layman, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

This presentation will provide insight into my service learning experience with the Latino Student Fund and show connections between my volunteer work and course topics. Symposium Theme: Building authentic relationships in this unique time.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 2 Comments on Jews United for Justice

by Shoshana Bittker, Kristen Caldwell, Shira Strongin, and Molly Katz for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship (HSSJ 1177)

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

Our project group for HSSJ 1177 fall 2020 worked with Jews United for Justice throughout the semester and this is our project portfolio presentation.

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This project was part of Dr. Gretchen Van der Veer’s HSSJ 1177: Organizing Social Justice and Human Services. Students in this course learn theories of  community organizing and social justice while engaging in service-learning with DC-based advocacy and action organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 1 Comment on PUBH 6299: Transition to Adult Healthcare Among Non-Speaking Autistic Young Adults

By Sydney Bornstein, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

My community partners and I looked into and thought about the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare among non-speaking autistic young adults. We came up with a healthcare transition guide for non-speaking autistic young adults and their families as a short-term solution to make the transition smoother.

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This project was part of Dr. Sean Cleary's course, PUBH 6299 The Autism Experience: A Public Health Perspective. In this unique course, designed in collaboration with local, autistic community members, GW students learn community participatory research methods while engaging with autistic young adults, their parents, researchers, clinicians and other service providers. The course covers the science, viewpoints, and experience of autism with a focus on young adults transitioning to adulthood. Working in partnership with community advocates, students explore research relevant to the autistic community.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

Published on Leave a comment on Global Guru

By Donna Shmuel

My presentation is about the service-learning I participated in over the course of the semester. Global Guru is a service organization that is a free tutoring service that helps children in school. I created flashcards in reading and math that helps students from kindergarten to 5th grade.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  

You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 2 Comments on Culminating Experience SUST 3097

by Inaki De Larrauri, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

This is my personal experience working as a volunteer at Lacorsalud in their new Covid - 19 initiative in Bogota, Colombia.

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This project was part of Dr. Naamal DeSilva’s course, SUST 3097-30: Community-Engaged Research to Promote Environmental Justice. Students in this course work to create a shared understanding of the intersections among environmental, technological, socioeconomic, and political problems and opportunities within communities. They study specific problems faced by DC residents (or local communities during COVID-time), and then engage community-based stakeholders in researching, understanding, and addressing these problems. 

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

Published on Leave a comment on Stars of Hope

By Shayla Shmuel, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

My presentation is about the service-learning assignment that I participated in this semester, Stars of Hope.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award, LINK.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 7 Comments on PUBH 6299: How The Mental Health System Can Better Serve Young Adults with Autism

by Carly Cox, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

Congratulations from the Nashman Center on this semester's "Audience Choice Award" winner. This presentation was also selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

My presentation examines how the mental health system can better serve young adults who have autism. This unique solution was determined using community participatory research.

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This project was part of Dr. Sean Cleary's course, PUBH 6299 The Autism Experience: A Public Health Perspective. In this unique course, designed in collaboration with local, autistic community members, GW students learn community participatory research methods while engaging with autistic young adults, their parents, researchers, clinicians and other service providers. The course covers the science, viewpoints, and experience of autism with a focus on young adults transitioning to adulthood. Working in partnership with community advocates, students explore research relevant to the autistic community.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  

You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

Published on Leave a comment on Free Minds Book Club

by Shoshana Bittker

I worked with Free Minds Book Club for my service learning project in COMM 1041 and this video is explains what I learned during my time in this project.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  

You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

Published on Leave a comment on Tutoring Tools

by Jason Nguyen, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This presentation describes my journey as a tutor for the Latino Student Fund and the challenges and takeaways I got from the experience.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

Published on Leave a comment on Ballot Justice

Kristen Caldwell, Molly Katz, Shoshana Bittker, and Shira Strongin for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship (HSSJ 1177)

This presentation describes our group's journey of working with Jews United for Justice to address ballot questions in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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This project was part of Dr. Gretchen Van der Veer’s HSSJ 1177: Organizing Social Justice and Human Services. Students in this course learn theories of  community organizing and social justice while engaging in service-learning with DC-based advocacy and action organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award. You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 2 Comments on Increasing Awareness of Equitable Housing and Development Programs in the District

by Noah Lindenberg, Lucy Hirsch, Willow Newcomb, Fiona Joseph, and Madeline Bailer, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship (HSSJ 1177)

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

As students at GW who hope to live in DC post-grad, we must be committed to addressing the inequality and gentrification we are contributing to. We were thankful for the opportunity to partner with CNHED to promote awareness about this issue.

Presentation Link

This project was part of Dr. Gretchen Van der Veer’s HSSJ 1177: Organizing Social Justice and Human Services. Students in this course learn theories of  community organizing and social justice while engaging in service-learning with DC-based advocacy and action organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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