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Students who already have clearance to serve with DC Public Schools have an opportunity to serve as remote tutors/ mentors with DCPS students this summer.
DCPS service clearance lasts for two years, so students who served there from Fall 2018 are still eligible.
Interested participants will work in coordination with the Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic, D.C. Public Schools, select community partners, and participating universities to meet the tutoring and mentoring needs of select D.C. Public Schools, teachers, and students during this COVID period.
Interested participants should complete this online survey by Thursday, April 30th.
GW's ArtReach program is still actively engaging with the DC community through COVID.
If you have time and materials, we encourage you to make extra masks to donate to your neighbors, the elderly, and other vulnerable individuals in your community! Making masks is a great way to be of service and helps make your community safer. Make sure you wash your hands before creating and donating!
Let us know how many masks you donated. You can share pictures of your creations with us by emailing (artreach@gwu.edu) or tagging us on Instagram (#ArtReachAtHome).
Here is a link on how to make masks by the CDC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPx1yqvJgf4&feature=youtu.be
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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.
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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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.
Students in Community Engaged Scholarship Courses are serving virtually in DC and around the country. As they continue to report their activities on GWServes, we will share some of their stories here. Thank you for continuing to support student engagement.
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The need for responsible physical distancing is creating as much chaos for our local community partners as it is for ourselves. Some, like DC Public Schools and the public libraries, have closed entirely. Some, like those who serve the aging population, are continuing operations but are not working with volunteers for the time being. Others still accept volunteer support. The Nashman Center is keeping track of local service organizations as best we can, so reach out if you have questions about our local partners. We are also encouraging our partners to use GWServes to report their status as well as any needs they have that could be addressed by volunteers or service-learners from a distance. If you are in your own communications with community partners, please also encourage them to use the platform as a way to get their messages out to our whole community. If they need support using the platform, they can reach out to Tereese Smith (tereese_smith@email.gwu.edu).
For trustworthy real time updates about the virus and response in Washington, DC, visit: https://coronavirus.dc.gov/
The annual Points of Light Conference will be June 10-12, 2020, here in Washington, DC.
The Points of Light Conference is a global convening of nonprofit, government, business and civic leaders who connect, collaborate, gain and share the knowledge and resources needed to galvanize the power of people to create change. This year’s event will be the centerpiece of a yearlong celebration to mark Points of Light’s founding by President George H.W. Bush 30 years ago.
Civic life today requires that we look beyond traditional labels like “volunteer,” and empower people to express their desire to do good in ways that are meaningful to them: through the purchases they make, how they vote, in what they share on social media, where and how they choose to work, and what causes they support with their time or money.
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