The Spring 2019 Symposium on Community-Engaged Scholarship is coming up on Friday, April 26th from 12:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the 3rd floor of the Marvin Center.
We will be heavily featuring Nashman Affiliated Faculty and the great community-engaged scholarship students have been doing in their classes. For a program and more information, visit our Symposium page here. You can RSVP here.
We’re excited to see you all there on April 26th! 
Our March Breakfast Conversation on Community-Engaged Scholarship is coming up next week on March 27th from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in the Winston Churchill Library and Center at Gelman Library. Dr. Maranda Ward will facilitate this Conversation about the history of inequity in Washington, D.C. and our role in partnering with those who are working toward justice. For more information and RSVP, click here.
March 30th, 2019, 2:00PM - 4:00PM
Marvin Center, 3rd Floor Amphitheatre
This is a do-not-miss GW event which will explore the potential of theatre as a powerful catalyst for social change. Theatre practitioners will share experiences from their own work in which they have witnessed or experienced the transformational power of theater. The following panelists will continue the conversation: Derek Goldman, Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Leslie Jacobson, Jodi Kanter, and linguist Deborah Tannen. Mary Ellsberg, Director of the Global Women’s Institute will moderate the panel.
Link here for more information.
Following this event, plan to stay for a performance of 'Women's Works' Compiled and directed by Leslie Jacobson from 5-7pm. Link here for more information about this work, as well as other performance times scheduled.
Higher Learning Research Communications (HLRC) journal (https://hlrcjournal.com/index.php/HLRC) is a peer reviewed journal focusing on higher education issues related to higher education and the public good, workplace competency and soft skills development. They publish both studies and essays. Contact Editor-In-Chief Gary J Burkholder, Ph.D.,gary.burkholder@mail.waldenu.edu.
You are cordially invited to attend GW’s fourth annual Chavez • Huerta • Itliong Celebration and Call to Action.
The event brings community members together to honor the work, values, and dedication of change agents committed to making the world a better place for all. It is a day where we are encouraged to reflect on our collective responsibility to stand for equity and justice and heed the calls of activists before us to continue the struggle for progress.
This year’s theme is Juntos - Magkasama - Together. It highlights the coalition building and collaboration that is necessary for social movements to create an impact.
The Delano Manongs and the Legacy of the Filipino Farmworkers
Thursday, March 28th : Please register here, space is limited
5pm-7pm
The George Washington University Textile Museum (701 21st St NW)
Documentary screening and discussion with Marissa Aroy and Theodore Gonzalves
Part of the Norman Rockwell Four Freedoms Exhibit
Chavez • Huerta • Itliong Day of Commitment and Call to Action
Friday, March 29th: Registration not required, but for our help, please sign-up here
If you would like to volunteer, please sign up here (time slots and roles are on the sign up form)
Cloyd Heck Marvin Center (800 21st St NW) – 3rd Floor
9:30am – 4:30pm
Values Fair | Marvin 309
Workshops | Marvin 307 & 308
Peace Room | Marvin 311
Museum Room | Marvin 310
5pm – 7pm (Doors open at 4:30)
Closing Ceremony | Continental Ballroom
Panel Discussion: Coalition building in the farm worker movement
Refreshments will be served
The DC Area Educators for Social Justice are hosting several upcoming events of interest to the Nashman family. This group is primarily focused on K-12 educators, but their events are open to all.
Late April-Early June
Educators for Equity invites D.C. area educators to participate in a book club to read and discuss We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina L. Love over three sessions. All three sessions will occur on weekday evenings, with one in late April, an author talk with Bettina Love in May, and a final session in early June. The group prefers participants who can attend all three sessions.
Saturday, April 13
This teach-in will be held at Howard University, and include hands-on workshops with lessons on Reconstruction that can be used in middle and high school classrooms, presentations on key aspects of Reconstruction history with a focus on education and the law, and an introduction to a student project to identify and give visibility to Reconstruction sites in the area.
Link here for more information and to register
Wednesday, April 24th, 6:30PM-9:00PM
Toldson is a professor of Counseling Psychology at Howard University and will be discussing his new book, No BS (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People.
Inside Higher Ed had a nice piece this week by a graduate student encouraging others to get involved in their local communities, in particular using their graduate level learning to support local government. We encourage you to share it with your students.
The Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Journal is a peer-reviewed journal currently soliciting manuscripts. Submission guidelines are available at the link above. Questions can be directed to elthe@suu.edu.
Teagle’s call for proposals is out!
The Teagle Foundation’s initiative is “to support and strengthen liberal arts education, which we see as fundamental to meaningful work, effective citizenship, and a fulfilling life.” It seeks to strengthen civic education throughout the undergraduate curriculum and disciplines as a means of challenging and defining American democracy.
The most successful proposals are expected to transcend additions to the course catalog and mirror an initiative to integrative learning, aiding the student body and capable of being sustained well beyond the distribution of the grant. See http://www.teaglefoundation.org/Grants-Initiatives/How-We-Grant/For-Grantseekers-(1) for details on submission.
IJRSLCE Editorial Board has released a request for manuscripts they are seeking submissions, conveying the extent of scholarship in the field of service-learning and community engagement that represent a range of methodologies.
Author Guidelines are presented on the IJRSLCE website. To submit a manuscript, you must register on the site. Papers are due May 15, 2019. For more details and information, please email Glenn Bowwn (gbowen@barry.edu) and Clayton Hurd (churd@compact.org).
Applications for the incoming participants are open January 11 – March 13, 2019. Teams have received up to $525, 000 to support their involvement in the three-year program, therefore participants gain the benefits of executive leadership development free of charge. Learn more about this opportunity https://www.ccphealth.org/clinical-scholars/ , To apply visit http://clinical-scholars.org/
Clinical Scholars is a national leadership development program for practitioners from varying fields of health care. Practitioners come together and collaborate over disciplines and construct a project in order to call attention to a complicated health issue prominent in their community. Participants are involved in intensive learning, advising, and networking to transform themselves into inter-professional leaders that assisted in constructing the Culture of Health. A two-day Structural Inequalities Intensive is provided to participants during their first year in the program. This opportunity prompts discussions regarding the structural inequalities and guidance to deconstruct them.
Chaves Huerta Itliong (CHI) day members are working diligently to raise awareness about Cesar Chaves, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and the farmworkers movement at GWU - delving into the principals and influence of each person while advocating for the social justice issues that impact our society. If you would like to get involved email cesarchavezgw@gmail.com.
Submit a photo of your work or a working concept to the exhibition in Marvin Center on March 28th - 29th. Your submission(s) will be displayed as a part of the annual celebration of CHI. For details, questions, and submissions, contact Katie Loos and Grace Fisher: katieloos@gwu.edu, gracefisher@gwu.edu.
The Washington City Paper just published a series of advice and essays from native D.C. residents to newcomers to the city. We encourage you to continue to learn more about the city we are apart of, and encourage your students to leave the “Foggy Bottom Bubble” and become a part of both the campus and local community. The idea from the city paper resonated with us that- “Most newcomers reside in DC to fulfill a purpose: to go to a university or work on Capitol Hill or a think tank or campaign, but this district holds so much significance, expressed in just one word: home. Newcomers must be mindful and at times sensitive to who they are living next door to, riding the train with, walking and eating amongst. DC is much more than a land of promise and opportunity, it is a place of comfort, warmth, and familiarity.”
Read more about the experiences of DC Natives, please visit https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/21049088/dc-natives-on-dc
“Campus Compact’s 2018-2019 webinar series takes the great and varied work happening on the ground around the country and brings it straight to your desk. Topics touch on issues of relevance to faculty, staff, students, and their partners in education and community building. Be sure to tune in to each session for information, tools, and resources to support and inspire you.”
The 2018-2019 webinar series is being offered free of charge, but all attendees must register: https://compact.org/webinarseries/
MARCH 5
3 P.M. ET
Exploring the Connection: Community engagement and college completion
Colleges and universities face the significant challenge to help students from all backgrounds enter and complete college in a timely manner. This webinar will highlight the potential that community engagement offers to increase college completion rates, using specific research studies that have contributed to the growing body of evidence that connects community engagement with student success for all students.
Video of each month’s webinar so far this year is available here: https://compact.org/webinarseries/
This professional development opportunity is offered as a pre-conference event, preceding the Engagement Scholarship Consortium Annual Conference: October 6-7, 2019, Denver, Colorado.
“This intensive professional development program provides advanced doctoral students and early career faculty with background literature, facilitated discussion, mentoring, and presentations designed to increase their knowledge and enhance their practice of community engaged scholarship. Participation in the Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop (EESW) is limited and interested applicants must be nominated to be considered for this workshop.” For more information: https://engagementscholarship.org/networks-partnerships/esc-partnerships/emerging-engagement-scholars-workshop
