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Join us for the MLK Day of Service and Leadership 2024! This transformative day includes direct service, engaging workshops, and reflective moments that empower individuals, foster community strength, break down barriers, tackle social issues, and bring us closer to Dr. King's vision of a "Beloved Community."

Be part of the impact by signing up as an individual or group for GW's 29th annual MLK DoS on Monday, January 15th, 2024. Click here to sign up and make a difference!

To get involved, please fill out this registration form!

On October 4, 2023, the Nashman Center hosted a Conversations on Community Engaged Scholarship event on Community-Based Participatory Research and the IRB Review, in partnership with GW's Office of Human Research (OHR/IRB).

...continue reading "Conversation Recap: CBPR and the IRB Review"

From the Global Food Institute:

On behalf of the George Washington University’s Global Food Institute (GFI), I am pleased to invite you to submit proposals for the development or re-development of courses in the focal areas of food policy, innovation, and the humanities to support a new undergraduate minor degree program in food studies. The deadline for proposal submission is Tuesday, November 10, 2023. Submit a proposal. 
...continue reading "Request for Course Development Proposals: Global Food Institute"

Last Tuesday (9/14/23), the Nashman Center brought together local and regional researchers and practitioners to share effective practices and explore together how to sustain individualized education and high-impact tutoring once the recovery funds are no longer available.

The day included keynote remarks from Cindy Marten, US Department of Education Deputy Secretary, who shared her appreciation for the example set by the Nashman Center's programs engaging students as high-impact tutors, particularly the intensive training provided by the Math Matters program.

...continue reading "Event Recap: Nashman Center Hosts “Partnering to Sustain High-Impact Tutoring”"

Last Friday (date) the Nashman Center gathered leaders of local community organizations and student leaders for panel discussions aimed at preparing students in Community Engaged Scholarship courses this semester to maximize their experience.

...continue reading "Event Recap: Welcome to Community Engaged Scholarship"

We need mentors!  This summer the Nashman Center will have 75 college student interns -- all VISTA Summer Associates -- from GW and other schools around the country serving with us at GW in partnership with DC Public Schools, leading a middle school program that supports middle schoolers in making change in their school and community. This is part of an internship in which 300 total college students will serve at Smithsonian, Emerson Collective, in New Orleans, Atlanta, and Charlotte, NC.  
We are looking for professionals at all levels and backgrounds to serve as mentors to these students in a structured 8 week program, 30 minutes each week, from mid June to August 5. 
Please complete the ECYC Mentor application.  We will use this application to help pair our 300 interns with 300 mentors.  The application will be used to best pair interns with mentors based on background, interest and experience.
Feel free to share with colleagues who might be great mentors!

Annual Conference Community Experiences & Pre-Conference Workshops announced

Join CUMU in Washington D.C., October 15–18, for our annual conference—Resilient Campuses. Resilient Cities. We’re proud to partner with local CUMU members and partners to offer Pre-Conference Workshops and Community Experiences. Pre-registration is required.

Read on for descriptions of the Pre-Conference Workshops (Oct. 16) and the Community Experiences (Oct. 17th). Community Experiences are terrific opportunities to meet in the community to learn more about innovative campus-community partnerships .


Pre-Conference Workshops, October 16

Advancing Institutional Infrastructure for World-Class Engagement: The Pitt Model
LEAD FACILITATOR: Lina Dostilio, University of Pittsburgh

Development and Fundraising for Community-Engaged Projects
LEAD FACILITATOR: Gavin Luter, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Emerging Trends and Innovations in College Student Mental Health
LEAD FACILITATOR: Dana Humphrey, Mary Christie Institute

Getting Started in Advocacy for Students’ Basic Needs Security
LEAD FACILITATOR: Thomas Hilliard, Temple University

Women’s Social & Economic Mobility: Career Advancement and Leadership through an Equity Lens
LEAD FACILITATOR: Gloria Thomas, HERS Network


Community Experiences, October 17

Anacostia High School and UDC: Inspiring and Facilitating Future Climate Change Leaders

HOSTED BY: University of the District of Columbia

Early College Academy: Strengthening the High School to College Transition

HOSTED BY: Trinity Washington University

Georgetown’s Prisons and Justice Initiative: Responding to Mass Incarceration with Education

HOSTED BY: Georgetown University

Life Pieces to Masterpieces: A Story of Transformative Partnership and Action

HOSTED BY: George Washington University

We’re All In: Martha’s Table Charters New Path as a Community-Led Organization

HOSTED BY: American University

Join the Elliot School of International Affairs and General Dynamics Information Technology Inc in a panel discussion and networking event on Supply Chain Across Borders. This event will explore how current events are impacting global supply chain issues. Hear from Flor Aguilar Kim, Tamika Abbott, Laura D'Antonio, and Alex McGuire. The advice will take place on April 11 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in the Elliot School of International Affairs State Room. Click here to register.

 

The Center of Excellence for Maternal and Child Health is hosting a screening of the documentary, Birthing Justice, a film created by Women in the Room Productions. The film captures the experiences and challenges of Black women, their families, caretakers and advocates, and examines the structures and systems that determine disparate rates of mortality. Ultimately, this pivotal film celebrates the efforts to fix America’s broken medical system and transform this narrative of tragedy into one of hope. The showing of the film will be followed by a discussion panel of local advocates in the field of maternal health. The event will be held at the Milken Institute School of Public Health in Auditorium 100The FREE event will be held on Friday, March 24th from 1 - 4 pm. Registration will open at 12:30 and the film will start promptly at 1 pm. Registration: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSdPxVFDs.../viewform...Learn more: https://www.birthingjustice.com

Join GW's Institute for International Science and Technology Policy and speaker, Ambassador to the Vienna Office of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency, Laura Holgate in discussing nuclear security and a Q&A. This event will take place March 17, 2023, from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm at 1957 E St NWvLindner Commons. Click here to RSVP.

Join the Global Women's Institute in celebrating a decade of bridging research and action on March 9th in the Jack Morton Auditorium in the School for Media and Public Affairs building from 3:30-7pm. This event will have Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and GW President Mark Wrighton as speakers. Click here to learn more and register. 

Join the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program for a Virtual Event on securing reproductive rights and rebuilding the wall between church and state. The guest speakers are Alicia Johnson and Jeryl Hayes. The talk will be followed by a Q&A. This event will take place virtually on Wednesday, March 8th. Register for the event here

The Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs and the Global Women's Institute are hosting an event on International Women's Day featuring Azar Nafisi, Iranian-American author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Read Dangerously. The topics of women-led protests in Iran and Nafisi's experiences as a feminist and an Iranian woman in exile will be discussed followed by a Q&A session. This event will take place on Wednesday, March 8th from 12 pm-2 pm in  Lindner Family Commons 1957 E Street NW, Room 602. Click here to register.