Category: GW Events, News, and Opportunities
Workshops, service events, research presentations… hosted by GW departments or the Nashman Center.
Urban Sustainability Laboratory: Bottom-Up Politics
Please join the Urban Sustainability Laboratory, George Washington University Seminar on Bottom Up Politics and the Metropolitan Policy Center of the School of Public Affairs at American University for a symposium to identify the processes of engagement by which local groups take up collective responses to community-level problems.
Thursday April 12 2018, 3-5pm, at the Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Day at GW: March 30th
Once again, the GW community will be inspired by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta. This event is held in the Marvin Center and includes artwork exhibitions, workshops, performances, panel discussions, and speakers.
Note the event will be kicked off this year the evening prior, with a special film screening and guest speaker, Eduardo Chávez (March 29th, 6pm, Marvin Center Rm 309).
Many thanks to Dolores Perillán and the many faculty, staff and students working on this event.
Breakfast Conversation Series is Back
The Breakfast Conversations on Community-Engaged Scholarship are back. Join GW’s community-engaged faculty for a light breakfast and stimulating conversations on a variety of topics related to community-engaged teaching, research, and creative activity.
These events are held in the Gelman Library first floor, in the National Churchill Library and Center.
Thursday, March 29, 9:45-10:45am
Public Dissemination of Student Scholarship: Opportunities and Examples
Conversation facilitated by:
- Dr. Michelle Kelso, Human Services and Social Justice
- Dr. Dana Hines, School of Nursing
- Dr. Phyllis Ryder, Director University Writing Center
One of the standards of Community-Engaged Scholarship courses is that the public benefits from students' scholarly work. This month's conversation features a variety of approaches used by GW faculty to disseminate student scholarship to the public. These include online platforms for sharing collected data, live-streaming webinar presentations, advocacy letter-writing, as well as traditional reports and symposium presentations. How might your students' work provide greater community benefit if shared to broader audiences?
A light breakfast is provided. Please RSVP via this link
Coming up next month:
Thursday, April 19, 9:45-10:45am
When Students’ Experiences in the Community Lead to Politics in the Classroom
Community-Engaged Scholarship Cohort at the Course Design Institute
The Course Design Institute (CDI) is, "a “bootcamp” style program that guides faculty through the design of a new course or the re-design an existing one in a facilitated, supported environment" offered by the University Teaching and Learning Center (UTLC). CDI this year is May 21-25.
"Participants explore learning-centered design principles in a large group setting and then work on their individual course designs in a small, discipline- or pedagogy-focused learning team. Teams provide brainstorming, individualized feedback, and on-going support opportunities."
Once again our colleagues at the UTLC have welcomed the Nashman Center to facilitate a learning team for faculty who are attending the Course Design Institute to design/re-design a course that will use community-engaged pedagogy. The team last year benefited from the opportunity to meet colleagues who are also doing community-engaged work and develop a group of critical friends to consider new ideas and approaches with.
Participation in the Course Design Institute is is by application, and all GW faculty members are eligible. Applications are accepted through March 24, 2018
Free Screening of The Mask You Live In
GW Athletics, GW Fraternities, The Elliot School, Promundo are hosting a screening of The Mask you Live In the purpose of this event is to bring GW college men into the conversation and make them a part of the solution for ending violence against women.
Following this, GW Athletics and GW Fraternities will continue the conversation and sustain action. If successful, I—as an activist—will scale this program within the Vital Voices network to other college campuses on a national level. Here is the link to RSVP.
Calling for Proposals for the Diversity Summit
Calling faculty - If you would like to lead a session on the intersection of service-learning and cultural intelligence, review the call for proposals below!
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Due 5pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018
The Office for Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement invites faculty, students, and staff to submit proposals for workshops, panels, poster sessions, and interactive presentations related to the theme, Embracing Diversity and Inclusion at GW. The ODECE welcomes creative proposals that reflect best practices in creating a diverse and inclusive campus environment. Topics related to diversity and inclusion may involve, but are not limited to: race, class, gender, sexuality or orientation, religion, age, (dis)ability, or intersectionality.
All members of the George Washington University community are invited to submit proposals that engage with questions like, but not limited to, the following:
- How can our campus better prevent sexual assault and support survivors?
- What kinds of cultural inclusion can we enact on campus to better demonstrate our understanding of diversity as including people with disabilities, religious diversity, racial diversity, gender diversity, ethnic and country of origin diversity and language diversity?
- How can we move our understanding of disability beyond legal compliance, and create syllabi, assignments, classroom spaces, and social spaces that are accessible to all?
- What interfaith work is making strides to connect members of our campus community across their religious beliefs?
- What role does economic diversity play on campus?
- How can we help students to understand the implicit biases they may hold toward faculty and staff?
- What kinds of language can faculty and staff use to better connect with and welcome all students?
- How can we better understand the role that sexuality and sexual orientation plays in our daily lives?
- How can we be in solidarity with each other without appropriating others' experiences?
- How do our lived experiences reflect the intersectional nature of our identities? How can we examine our own attitudes toward bullying and bias?
Panels and presentations will be presented on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.
To submit a proposal, please provide:
1. Title
2. Abstract and description of presentation or poster
3. Biographical information on presenter(s)
4. Audio-visual/Room needs
5. Accessibility needs
Proposals should be submitted electronically via this Google form to the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement no later than 5pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018.
Notifications will be sent by Friday, February 23, 2018.
Calling for Proposals for the Diversity Summit
Calling faculty - If you would like to lead a session on the intersection of service-learning and cultural intelligence, review the call for proposals below!
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Due 5pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018.
The Office for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement invites faculty, students, and staff to submit proposals for workshops, panels, poster sessions, and interactive presentations related to the theme, Embracing Diversity and Inclusion at GW. The ODECE welcomes creative proposals that reflect best practices in creating a diverse and inclusive campus environment. Topics related to diversity and inclusion may involve, but are not limited to: race, class, gender, sexuality or orientation, religion, age, (dis)ability, or intersectionality.
All members of the George Washington University community are invited to submit proposals that engage with questions like, but not limited to, the following:
- How can our campus better prevent sexual assault and support survivors?
- What kinds of cultural inclusion can we enact on campus to better demonstrate our understanding of diversity as including people with disabilities, religious diversity, racial diversity, gender diversity, ethnic and country of origin diversity and language diversity?
- How can we move our understanding of disability beyond legal compliance, and create syllabi, assignments, classroom spaces, and social spaces that are accessible to all?
- What interfaith work is making strides to connect members of our campus community across their religious beliefs?
- What role does economic diversity play on campus?
- How can we help students to understand the implicit biases they may hold toward faculty and staff?
- What kinds of language can faculty and staff use to better connect with and welcome all students?
- How can we better understand the role that sexuality and sexual orientation plays in our daily lives?
- How can we be in solidarity with each other without appropriating others' experiences?
- How do our lived experiences reflect the intersectional nature of our identities? How can we examine our own attitudes toward bullying and bias?
Panels and presentations will be presented on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.
To submit a proposal, please provide:
1. Title
2. Abstract and description of presentation or poster
3. Biographical information on presenter(s)
4. Audio-visual/Room needs
5. Accessibility needs
Proposals should be submitted electronically via this Google form to the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement no later than 5pm on Wednesday, January 31, 2018.
Notifications will be sent by Friday, February 23, 2018.
If you have any questions during the application process, please email the Diversity Summit Committee at gwudiversitysummit@gwu.edu or call (202) 994-7434.
Nashman/DC Public Schools Americorps VISTA Partnership
The Nashman Center partners with DC Public Schools through the Americorps VISTA program for meaningful and impactful service, welcoming the third-largest cohort this year. It was great to learn about the work of our VISTAs and Public School Liaisons at the Service-Learning Symposium.
Learn more through the VISTA quarterly at the link below for the latest news and updates from the GW/DCPS Americorps VISTA partnership:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0QvxnvvuvNDZGd3TWlfRlB6NkY4MnlfbWFhNENjR0pMMmM4/view
Community-Engaged Scholarship Symposium 2017 Schedule
Community-Engaged Scholarship 2017 Symposium Schedule
All events take place on Floor 3 of the Marvin Center on Friday December 8, 2017
9:30-10:15 a.m.
Breakfast in the Grand Ballroom
The Scholarship of Community Engagement with DC Public Schools
Learn about the work that GW VISTAs are undertaking with DC Public Schools and some of the challenges around mentoring, food insecurity, technology, immigration and racial justice that DCPS students encounter as the negotiate their educational progress.
Presenters (School-Community Liaisons):
- Carissa Marks - Drew Elementary
- Catalina Carbonell - Whittier Education Campus
- Fabiola Ramirez - Eliot-Hine Middle School
- Kia Johnson - Turner Elementary
- Marquis Johnson - Malcolm X Elementary
- Sharai Bryan - Smothers Elementary
- TJ Sullivan - West Education Campus
10:30-11:45 a.m.
Morning Sessions
Session 1: Direct Service as a Pathway to Engaged Citizenship
Learn about how direct service can serve as a pathway to engaged citizenship from students who have completed service projects in classes this year at GW. We will discuss the possibilities and limitations of this approach with panelists.
Moderator: Amy Cohen, Director of the Nashman Center
Panelists:
- Ambika Mittal (Service and Determining Destiny)
- Ashley Hildago & Arshia Lokhandwala (Examining Representation in Service Sites)
- Melinda Avery & Hannah Kimberly (Community Partner Relationships: Working with Medstar National Adaptive Cycling Program)
- Elena Werth (Examining Experiences at Little Friends for Peace)
- Andrew Kohlrieser (The Person Effect: Using Social Capital & Emotional Intelligence to Better Serve Homeless Veterans)
Session 2: Social Entrepreneurship and Community-Engaged Scholarship
Moderator: Scott Stein (Associate Director, Social Entrepreneurship Programs)
Panelists:
- Chloe King, Knapp Fellow: Food Waste Warriors: Educating Students About How Food Waste Impacts our Communities, Wildlife, and World
- Gayatri Malhotra, Knapp Fellow: Girl Rising Gender Equality Project
- Reganne Rapp, LEAD: Finance Practices to Sustain Non-Profits
We will be discussing and handing out information about the Knapp Fellowship in this session. The 2018 applications are due on January 12 - please join us for this session if you are interested in applying!
Session 3: Civic House Proposals for GW Engagement
Learn about work that students in the Civic House program are proposing, featuring new GW partnerships to address issues such as food insecurity in DC, LGBTQ+ civil rights, urban gardening, and homelessness.
Moderator: Colleen Packard, Graduate Coordinator of Civic House
Panelists: Civic House Students
12:00-1:15 p.m.
Lunch and Panel of DC Community Leaders
Moderator: Charity Edelman, Supervisor, GW/DCPS AmeriCorps VISTA Program
Panelists:
- Charity Eddleman, Supervisor | GW/DCPS AmeriCorps VISTA Program
- Laura Newland, Executive Director of the DC Office on Aging
- Claire Cook, Administrative Organizer, One DC
Lunch is free but you must RSVP at this link: http://evite.me/Gxv4dt8uKN
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Session 1: Community Scholarship and Engagement in STEM
Moderator: Shruti Yadav (GW Biology Department)
Panelists:
- Konstantin Mitic & Tania Singh (Engineering Affordable Medical Devices)
- Rebecca Blacker & Melissa Abrams (GWTeach Engaging with the Littlest STEM Learners)
- Erin McGeoy (Food Waste in Our Community)
Session 2: Operación Impacto - Daring to Step Up in Our Commitment to Civic Values and Civic Action
Students engaged through coursework in Spanish 3040 and through Operación Impacto and Chávez~Huerta 2018 will present their work, vision and experiences. The Campaigning for Change award will be introduced as part of a call to action during this session. While all are welcome to attend, this session will be conducted in Spanish.
Moderator: Dolores Perillan (Operación Impacto & Professor GWU Spanish Program)
Panelists: Spanish 3040 Students
Session 3: Senior Well-being in DC - Recommendations from Research
Moderator: Emily Morrison, Program Director of Human Service and Social Justice
Presenters: Students in the Human Services and Social Justice program present findings and recommendations from their research study on Senior Wellbeing to staff from the DC Office on Aging.
Session 4: Eco Equity Challenge Workshop (1:30-3:30 p.m)
Moderators: Jonathan Butler and Kimberly Williams (GW Upstart Nashman Center)
The Eco Equity Challenge provides students with funding to implement a project that brings together sustainability and social justice to make a real impact in communities in the District. Join this workshop to explore the concept of environmental justice and begin to develop your own idea for a project with the guidance of our staff. Applications for the Eco Equity Challenge are accepted through February 16, 2018.
3:00-4:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom
Community-Engaged Scholarship Poster Presentation + Dessert Reception
Please join us to learn about multiple ways that students are practicing community engaged scholarship in their academic careers at GWU by visiting student poster presentations:
- Service Inequalities: Is Representation a Focus in Enrichment programs? By Ashley Hildago & Arshia Lokhandwala
- Opportunity Gaps: By Sara Smith, Randy Alsabe, Helen Solomon, Emilio Luna, Erik Calvo
- St. Mary's Court: By Daphne Sellin, Sophia Gaines, Angela Marino, and Anar Parmar
- Communication and Challenges at St. Mary's Court: By Skyla Davis, Aaron Gong, Alexis Blickman
- Martha's Table: By Arabella Riley, Lucy Lennon, Mehr Rai, Stephanie Curley
- Martha’s Table: By Phillip Young & Ziwei Yang
- Communication with Kids: By Kayla Larmore, Bailey Hoglin, Lauren Anderson
- Program Evaluation: Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop: By Laura Taylor, Zoerina Ledwidge, Olivia Murphy
- Program Evaluation: City Gate: By Rachel Compton, Anna Coughlan, Amanda Menas
- Program Evaluation: Bread for the City: By Nadia Syed, Adam Graubart, Jenn Pacicco
- Program Evaluation: HSSJ: By Kyrah Altman, Olivia Idris, McKenzie Connors, Nkechi Okoronkwo
- Program Evaluation: City Dogs Rescue and City Kitties: By Gabi Stadler, Rebecca Haber, Wynn Hullis
- Program Evaluation: Little Friends for Peace: By Valentina Barrera Vasco, Tracey Katz, Helen Palatianos
- Listo Program Evaluation: Latino Student Fund: By Ilana Creinin, Angel Rutter, Dani Harton
- Interpersonal Communication in Professional Settings: Setbacks and Successes: By Liz Yount and Sena Ahn
- Eating Smart For You and Your Family: A Mother's Guide: By Darci Byington
- An Inside Look: How Type II Diabetes Affects the Homeless Population: By Claudia Penido
- Tackling Childhood Obesity with After School All-Stars: By Victoria Skrivanos
- Improving First-Year Nutrition at GW: By Maya Blair
- So Others Might Eat: By Meredith Duffy Ignacio Rivera Austen Steinberg
- Miriam’s Kitchen: By Kato Bartlett, Nana Adwoa Ose-bonsu
- Obesity in Children with Autism: By Aminah Farmer
- Playtime Project for Homeless Children: By Elony May, Wesley Schlesinger, Matt Vermillion, Andrew Wysota
- Catalyst Sport Project: By Kateleen Bashkansky, Jenny Boyd, Abbie Klaus and Jordan Tingson
- Swimming Program; HSC Pediatric Center's Kids In Action: By Marissa Johnson, Alison Rieck, Scott Rosendall, Marin Smith
- Special Olympics Virginia: Fitness Fair Event: By Matt Bates, Jessica Blake, Eric Foreman, Elizabeth Huff, Erin Kennedy
- Whitman-Walker Youth Services: By Kaitlyn Glass, Karen Ma, Kevin Teng and Shannon Tevenan
- MDA Summer Camp: By Becky Felmeister, Meagan Gulmi, Jacklyn Pupolo and Claire Valentine
- Washington Senior Wellness Center: By Zachary Carroll, Tyler Heath, Ben Sorenson and Rachael Sottile
- NRH Adaptive Cycling: By Melinda Avery, Christina Greenwood, Hannah Kimberly and Ashley Wahl
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs: By Julia Bliss, Caitline Bonhert, Danielle Brito and Haleigh Parda
- Parks Prescription: By Rachel Beckmann, Sheena Gopal, CiAnna Kriegish, Dony Maiguel, Kate Schuette, Diana Wilbur
- Belize: Disability Awareness: By Latay Benson, Kyra Corradin, Mandy Dunyak
Join Us for Bagels: A Thank-you to GW’s Community-Engaged Faculty
The Nashman Center invites you to join us for bagels and coffee to wrap-up the semester and kick-off the Fall 2018 Symposium on Community-Engaged Scholarship: Friday, December 8th, 9:30-10:15 am, Marvin Center 3rd floor. Drop-in as you are able.
It has been a great semester for community-engaged scholarship at GW - let's enjoy some time together to celebrate. Additionally, representatives from the Nashman Center's VISTA and EngageDC programs will be available to talk to you about teaching and research opportunities in DC public schools and with local nonprofit partners.
Nashman FLC: Bringing Black Lives Matter into the Community-Engaged Classroom
The 2018 Nashman Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) are forming now. These small inter-disciplinary/inter-professional groups meet monthly for one year to discuss and learn collectively about their topic of interest. All GW faculty and administrators are welcome. Click here for information about other FLC's forming for 2018.
The 2018 Nashman FLC: Bringing Black Lives Matter into the Community-Engaged Classroom
Chair: Phyllis Ryder, University Writing Program
Do you find yourself drawing on your disciplinary expertise to think about contemporary social and political events, such as Black Lives Matter, with its social media activism, critiques of criminal justice, or intersectional organizing tactics? Do you worry that bringing BLM into class will seem too political or forced? In this Faculty Learning Community, faculty across the university will explore how to link our courses with DC-specific community contexts so that the pertinent questions arise from the ground up. We will identify relevant texts, explore hands-on class activities, and build strategies to incorporate current political events in our classes in a way that feels right to each of us as teachers and citizens.
The purpose of this FLC is to build community across disciplines and encourage innovative teaching approaches that reflect GW’s commitments to “engage deeply in real-world problems” and “infuse the ideas of citizenship and leadership into everything we do”.
The FLC will convene monthly throughout 2018 and will involve moderate reading in preparation for our meetings. Our goal is to develop inter-disciplinary approaches to connecting local, current events within community-engaged classrooms.
GW Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week 2017
Please come out to GW Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week 2017 events this week to help support those struggling with these issues in our community and discuss these topics with engaging speakers. When attending an event, the recommended donation is a canned good or packaged donation. Below is the schedule for the week!
Monday, November 13, 7pm-8pm
Changing the Rhetoric Panel
Marvin Center 3rd Floor Amphitheatre
Join Speakers from GW Police, the Foggy Bottom Community, and Street Sense Media as they discuss Homelessness on Campus and in our Community.
Tuesday, November 14, 8:00pm-9:30pm
Roosevelt at GW Presents A Panel to Discuss Homelessness in DC
GW School of Media and Public Affairs Room 309
Join A Conversation with Elissa Silverman, DC Councilmember, James Davis, Vendor and Policy Advocate, Street Sense Media, Eve Zhurbinskiy, GW Student and Commissioner of ANC2, and Morgan Kane, Commander of the First District, MPD.
Wednesday, November 15, 7pm-8pm
Street Sense Theatre Workshop Presents Timone of DC.
814 20th Street, NW Room 202
Join the directors, writers, and performers of Street Sense as they transform Shakespeare’s play, Timon of Athens, into a contemporary exploration of the impulses behind giving and receiving.
Sponsors: GW Faculty Senate Committee on University & Urban Affairs, GW Department of Theatre & Dance, GW Trachtenberg school of Public Policy & Public Administration
Wednesday, November 15, 7pm-8pm
Hunger Banquet
Marvin Center 307
Sponsors: GW Student Association & GW International Student Community
Thursday, November 16, 7pm
Find Your Expression Open Mic Night
Marvin Center 3rd Floor Continental Ballroom
View performances by Street Sense Media.
Suggested Donation: One Canned/Packaged Donation at the Door
Student Opportunities at the Fall 2017 Symposium on Community-Engaged Scholarship
At the end of each semester, the Nashman Center hosts the Symposium on Community-Engaged Scholarship. This event invites students, faculty, and community partners to share their experiences, disseminate findings, and learn about many other campus/community initiatives.
The Fall Symposium will take place on Friday, December 8th, Marvin Center 3rd floor. Students involved in a service-learning project will have an opportunity to present posters and be recognized for their work. Contact Wendy Wagner for more information at wagnerw@gwu.edu.
Posters will be presented during the 3-4pm session, where there will be a reception as well. Poster guidelines are as follows:
Poster Parameters/Guidelines
- You don’t have to be present to have your poster be present at the symposium-however you must drop your poster off at the Nashman Center by Thursday, December 7th at 5:00 pm if you wish to have your poster presented without you. If you want to present with your poster you need to be in the Marvin Center grand ball room with your poster by 3:00 to present until 4:00 during the reception.
- Posters don’t have to be fancy, “science fair” style posters dimensions 28” x 40” or 36” x 48” are perfect but if you have something prepared that’s in the ball park of these dimensions that is okay. We’ll have tables set up so if you have a tablet or laptop showing videos, photos or audio to accompany your board –there’s a place for that (just make sure they are charged before-hand since we won’t have access to outlets).
- Individual OR group/organization OR class poster presentations are welcomed and encouraged!
To participate in the GW Symposium Poster Session, please contact rachellt@gwu.edu by with November 20th with the name of your group and whether you intend to present your poster in person or submit it for display.
Poster Highlights
- Posters should be clear about who YOU are (name of the group) and who YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNER is.
- Include the name of your partner organization, their mission and relevant programs, and how they partnered with your group
- The emphasis of this event is community-engagement as a scholarly endeavor. This means we emphasize:
- What you learned/are learning
- The outcomes/intended outcomes for the community you are working with
- Be sure your poster is clear about how your work is a demonstration of community-engaged scholarship.
- Show how you are trying to learn about an issue or answer a question through the service or community action
Examples of categories to include in Community Action and Service posters (your poster may not have all/any of these depending on your action/service scholarship):
- What did you learn/are you learning by engaging in this initiative?
- What were your research questions or inquiry models?
- Did you collect any information? (data, charts, interviews, photos, historic data)
- How will your work impact this policy issue or community problem?
Here are a few other opportunities to choose from for students at the Fall 2017 Symposium on Community-Engaged Scholarship:
9:30-10:15 am Faculty Breakfast
Presentations and discussion about current and community partnerships in DC Public Schools from the Nashman Center’s Engage DC program and VISTA leadership. Learn more about opportunities to engage your students and your scholarship with the DC Public School System.
10:30-11:45am Sessions, Marvin Center, 3rd Floor:
- Direct Service and Pathways to Citizenship
Student panelists are engaged in direct service experiences through a variety of GW courses.
Moderated by Amy Cohen, Executive Director of the Nashman Center
- Community Engaged Scholarship & Entrepreneurship at GW
Student panelists are engaged in social entrepreneurship through a variety of GW programs, including the GW New Venture Competition and the Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning.
Moderated by Scott Stein, Associate Director, Student Entrepreneurship Programs
- Civic House Proposals for GW Engagement
Students in the Civic House program propose new GW partnerships to address issues such as food insecurity in DC, LGBTQ+ Civil Rights, and homelessness
Moderated by Colleen Packard, Graduate Coordinator of Civic House
12:00-1:15pm Lunch Marvin Center, 3rd Floor please note lunch is free but you must RSVP for lunch at this link http://evite.me/Gxv4dt8uKN
1:30-2:45pm Sessions, Marvin Center, 3rd Floor:
Community Engagement in STEM Fields
Student panelists are engaged in the community through a STEM course.
Moderated by Tara Scully, Department of Biology
Operación Impacto: Daring to step up in our commitment to Civic Values and Civic Action
Students engaged through coursework in Spanish 3040 and through Operación Impacto and Chávez~Huerta 2018 will present their work, vision and experiences. The Campaigning for Change award will be introduced as part of a call to action during this session. Note: while all are welcome to attend, this session will be conducted in Spanish.
Moderated by Dolores Perillan, Spanish program
Senior Well-being in DC
Students in the Human Services and Social Justice program present their findings and recommendations for DC as an “Age Friendly City” to staff from the DC Office on Aging.
Moderated by Emily Morrison, Program Director of Human Service and Social Justice
Eco Equity Challenge
In Washington, D.C., under-served communities bear the burden of the worst environmental hazards. The Eco Equity Challenge provides students with funding to implement a project that brings together sustainability and social justice to make a real impact in communities in the District. Join this workshop to explore the concept of environmental justice and begin to develop your own idea for a project with the guidance of our staff. Applications for the Eco Equity Challenge are accepted through February 16th.
Moderated by Jonathan Butler and Kimberly Williams
A Panel to Discuss Homelessness In D.C.
The Nashman Center would like to invite all members of the Foggy Bottom community interested in tackling the issue of homelessness to GW Roosevelt Institute's Panel to Discuss Homelessness in D.C.
