The latest issue of Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (JHEOE) is out!
JHEOE is a peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Georgia, that publishes materials on outreach and engagement between institutions and communities. There most recent publication features many articles of interest, including research articles and reflective essays.
Check out the new volume here
PBS News Hour released a story highlighting one of our amazing community partners. Here’s the link to the organization on GWServes Givepulse if you’d like to learn how to serve there https://gwserves.givepulse.com/group/209492-Free-Minds-Book-Club-and-Writing-Workshop
Free Minds Book Club is an organization in DC that hosts book clubs and writing workshops for incarcerated people in prisons around DC. The organization was founded nearly two decades ago by Kelli Taylor and Tara Libert. Since its creation, the program has been shown to have great effects on members. Members of the book clubs have much lower rates of recidivism than other people who have been incarcerated.
Three of our community-engaged courses have students serving with Free Minds this semester, and there will be more courses that work with them in the spring. Be sure to check out the video made by PBS here.
The 6th Global Service-Learning Summit is November 3rd-5th at Clemson University in Clemson, SC. The topic: ‘One World: Inclusion and Transformation in Service-Learning'.
The schedule for the summit has been announced and the plenary will be on ‘Asset-based Local Engagement and Inclusive Community-Building'. This panel will feature a panel of women who have been working to advance the inclusivity in Upstate South Carolina. To read the original post on the summit click here
For more information on the summit and how to register click here
For more information on the panel click here
GW students joined many other young activists to participate in the ‘Global Climate Strike’ on Friday, September 20th 2019. This happened following environmental activist Greta Thunberg speaking at Lisner Auditorium on the topic of climate change earlier in the week.
Luckily, a GW Hatchet photographer was there to capture all the activity. Check out the rest of the photos here
On September 19th, Congress held a hearing regarding D.C. statehood for the first time in 25 years. The hearing happened as a result of H.R 51, a bill that would make D.C. a state, which was sponsored by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting member of Congress that represents the district. Councilmembers and Mayor Bowser testified at the hearing, which was held by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Reform.
University president Thomas LeBlanc took action, writing a letter to the committee. LeBlanc is passionate about the push for statehood as he feels it would aid in expanding the amount of research the university could do by allowing access to federal grants and funding.
LeBlanc is joined by both other university presidents as well as students. At GW, students advocate for statehood through multiple avenues, one being the student organization Students for D.C. Statehood. Other university presidents in the district, including Georgetown, American University, and Trinity Washington University wrote letter for support to the committee as well.
To learn more about this, check out the full GW Hatchet article here
The Elliot School of International Affairs will be hosting a book launch event in celebration of Reclaiming Patriotism, the newest book of Dr.Amitai Etioni, University Professor and Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies.
The event will be on October 1st, from 12:30pm-2:30pm in the Lindner Family Commons (room 602) of the Elliot School of International Affairs (1957 E St. NW, Washington, DC 20052). The event is free, with books available to purchase and a light lunch provided.
RSVP for the event here
The Community Engagement and the Arts Faculty Learning Community (FLC) held their first meeting of the academic year this week. They were joined by Molly Sturges, this year’s Corcoran Visiting Professor for Community Engagement. Molly spoke to the FLC about her community engaged work.
Molly founded an artist led nonprofit in New Mexico called Littleglobe. More information regarding the work that they do can be found here: http://www.littleglobe.org. Molly also worked as the founder, artistic director, and composer for “FIREROCK: Pass the Spark”, which is a community-engaged piece focusing on climate change which is now performed around the nation. Further details on this can be found here: http://www.firerockmusical.com
During this year at GW, Molly is focusing on launching her latest piece, “Waking the Oracle”, which will be performed by students from the Corcoran School of Art and Design, as well as community partners.
The FLC thoroughly enjoyed hearing from Molly and are looking forward to their meetings for the rest of the year.
For more information on all of GW’s Faculty Learning Communities, check out this link: https://serve.gwu.edu/faculty-learning-communities and for information on how to join this FLC click here https://serve.gwu.edu/community-engagement-and-arts
The 6th Global Service-Learning Summit will focus on the topic ‘One World: Inclusion and Transformation in Global Service-Learning’. Those with an interest in such topics as migration and inclusion, ethical engagement in the field of global health, or how different organizations approach community-based learning, are invited to attend the summit.
The conference will take place on November 3rd-5th, 2019. It will be held at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. The fee is now $425, however there are scholarships available.
If you are interested in learning more, please do so here.
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