Encourage your students to submit their work for publication. The following journals are specifically for undergraduate pieces related to community engagement.
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The Rodham Institute’s Continued COVID-19 Series: Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health
Join the Rodham Institute on Thursday, April 16th at 6 pm for their continued COVID19 series: "Healthy Conversations with Dr. Gigi" hosted by Pastor Kendrick Curry, Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania Avenue Baptist Church (PABC) with Special Guest Louis Reed, LADC from cut50 discussing COVID-19 and Health Disparities and Social Determinants of Health.
Faculty Guide to GWServes
GWServes is our online platform for reporting campus-community partnerships and community engagement interests. It is proving to be a useful tool that fosters networking and collaboration among faculty, students, and community partners. These connections help us engage in mutually beneficial partnerships to influence more positive change in our city.
To encourage faculty to connect via this platform, we are providing an introductory, Faculty Guide to GWServes.
GW Community Engagement Courses: Adapting and Responding
Many thanks to the committed and creative instructors and students in Community Engaged Scholarship who have found ways to continue to contribute to community wellbeing. Many inspiring examples have emerged over the last few weeks.
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Support for Health Care Providers During COVID-19
At our last Nashman Faculty Virtual Happy hour, several folks expressed interest in how we can support health care providers. Many thanks to Nashman Affiliate Faculty, Sandy Hoar, for following up with several resources.
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Free Access to Johns Hopkins University Press Journals and Books
Share with community partners: Johns Hopkins University Press has announced it will provide free access to its journals and books via Project Muse during the COVIDE-19 crisis.
1,400 books and 97 journals will be accessible for free for the remainder of the spring semester, ensuring access for university students completing course work at home
In response to the unprecedented challenges created by the COVID-19 global public health crisis, Johns Hopkins University Press is providing free access to its collection of books and journals currently on Project MUSE, a massive online collection of humanities and social science research.
Call for Stories: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health would like to gather stories and resources about how our institutions and community partners are responding to the COVID-19 crisis. Submit your stories through this google doc (please answer any questions as you see fit).
CCMA Virtual Discussion: Using Critical Reflection to Support Virtual Community and Civic Engagement
Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic is hosting this Zoom call to share thoughts on using critical reflection to support virtual community and civic engagement, on Thursday, April 16 at 10:00 am.
We recommend you register early, as some of these discussions have reached capacity. Please register for the call here. Once you are registered you’ll receive an email with Zoom call details.
Ward 6 Mutual Aid Society: Help Bridge DC’s Digital Divide
Thank you to local community partner, Serve Your City for sharing this post:
Help us bridge the digital divide for DC students!
Weeks into distance learning, thousands of DC students still don't have access to Internet or computers at home. Here's how you can help.
- Sign or share this letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser calling for a citywide solution to the digital divide
- Donate used laptops or devices here
- Donate money to Serve Your City to help purchase wifi hotspots and laptops as part of the DC Mutual Aid Network
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2020 GW New Venture Competition Award Show: Vote on April 14th
Support the students in the Social Venture track of the New Venture Competition - and hear about their great projects. The viewer's choice award is $10,000, learn more about how to view project presentations and vote for your favorite starting April 14th: https://newventurecompetition.gwu.edu/meet-the-finalists
Watch the 2020 GW New Venture Competition Award Show
Thursday, April 16, 2020
6:30 PM ET
Only via Live Stream
Thursday, April 16, 2020
6:30 PM ET
Only via Live Stream
View the 2020 Finalists | NVC Finals Award Show | #GWNVC20
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D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center’s Nonprofit & Small Business Legal Assistance Programs
Thank you to Fran Buntman, Dept of Sociology for sharing this post. Please share with your community partners and consider how your work can support nonprofits and small businesses as we move forward.
This is a friendly reminder that the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center's Nonprofit & Small Business Legal Assistance Programs are open and available to speak with D.C. community nonprofits and small businesses that have questions about the legal consequences of the COVID-19 public health crisis - and other legal matters.
NAACP DC Branch Tele-Town Hall
The DC Branch of the NAACP will host a tele-town hall on, The Impacts of Coronavirus in Black Communities" on Thursday, April 9, 7pm. The meeting will feature a panel of experts to discuss the health disparities and impacts of COVID-19 in Washington, DC.
Participants may join online at URL: https://naacpheadquarters.zoom.us/j/148601216?pwd=MlZycHY0cW1ZbllKUkJzQVJZTjN4UT09
by entering password #513530.
Spring 2020 Volume of International Undergraduate Journal for SL, Leadership, and Social Justice is Live
The Spring 2020 volume of the International Undergraduate Journal for Service-learning, Leadership, and Social Justice is live at https://opus.govst.edu/iujsl/
This journal is a good opportunity for our undergraduate students. We encourage you to review this volume, and consider course assignments that would create opportunities for your students to submit their work.
NSEE Spring Free Webinars for Experiential Educators: Managing through COVID-19
The following was shared with us by the National Society for Experiential Education:
During this global pandemic, institutions are grappling with moving education online, including experiential education. The National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) will continue our tradition of offering free professional development webinars and resources to any experiential educators, regardless of membership status with the society.
During this semester, NSEE will provide a series of five free webinars that allow space for crowd-sourcing knowledge: We know that now is that time for us to learn from and plan with one another. Please join us to share your struggles, thoughts, needs, and plans for the future.
Click here for more information and to register: https://www.nsee.org/webinar-series
Topics:
Friday, April 10th, Noon (EST)
Session 1: Roundtable Discussion with NSEE’s President
Friday, April 17th, 1 pm (EST)
Session 2: NSEE Conversations - Student Employees
Friday, April 24th, 2 pm (EST)
Session 3: NSEE Conversations - Using Kolb's Experiential Learning Model to Guide the Design of Online Learning
Friday, May 1st, 3 pm (EST)
Session 4: NSEE Conversations - Where to Find Experiential Education Next
AACU Talk: Improving Student Voter Engagement through Pedagogy
A recording of the April 24th Faculty Friday discussion, "Democracy Despite Disruption: Improving Student Voter Engagement through Pedagogy" presented by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) is available here:
Colleges and universities are leading the way on improving voter engagement of our diverse populations of student learners, and data show this focus is working. Yet students in some disciplines vote at lower rates than others. What are the ways—even in this time of COVID-19 disruption—that faculty can connect voter engagement to their work with students? This webinar will focus on non-partisan pedagogical and curricular strategies to improve student voter engagement.
