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Emma Wu, partners students with Free Minds Book Club and incarcerated individuals at DC's Correctional Treatment Facility on collaborative writing projects. GW students completed digital storytelling and correspondence work to amplify community voices and create ArcGIS story maps.

Emma Wu, a post-graduate research faculty fellow in the English Department at George Washington University (GW), developed "Site Unseen" as part of a Mellon Mays grant, in collaboration with Free Minds. This public art project aims to uplift and celebrate sites of significance often erased from public memory due to the carceral system. GW undergraduate students enrolled in the related Independent Study collaborated with incarcerated men in the protective custody unit of DC's Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF) to co-create digital stories about these sites.

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Dr. Sarah-Kay Hurst, partners students with the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (SNMAA) and School Without Walls. Students use their French skills to create interactive materials about Francophone Africa for the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. For feedback on their materials, GW students guided high school French students from School Without Walls through the SNMAA and their interactive resources.

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Professor David Rain engages majors in GW's Geography program in valuable projects with local Departments of Transportation, and community organizations like Capitol Hill Village. Students complete accessibility research, data analysis, and transportation planning to support local advocacy efforts and inform transportation policy.

For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW: https://go.gwu.edu/cesc

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Professor Irene Foster partners students with organizations like Global Kids and Sasha Bruce Youthwork to design and facilitate engaging financial literacy workshops, empowering young people with essential money management skills.

For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW: https://go.gwu.edu/cesc

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Professor Karina Lora partners students with the bilingual and multicultural learning community at CentroNía, to support early childhood learning about healthy eating habits. Students provide weekly activities to teach nutrition concepts to preschool students in CentroNia's Columbia Heights neighborhood.

Students gain cultural competence and learn to tailor educative messages to to specific audiences.  In the classroom, students reflect on current events related to food and nutrition issues affecting underserved populations in the US, and learn about other community/school-based programs like CentroNía.

For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW:https://go.gwu.edu/cesc

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Multiple instructors including Ann Futrell, Dawn Rigby, Joseph Arleth, Mary Tschirhart, Rachel Emas, and Rachel Landis, partner students with diverse community organizations across policy, environmental, and social service sectors. Students complete policy analysis, sustainability assessments, and strategic planning projects to support organizations ranging from veteran services to environmental conservation initiatives.

For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW: https://go.gwu.edu/cesc

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BADM 4001: Business Leader Launch is an experiential learning course by Prof. Wendy Wagner, which provides opportunities for students to leverage their business skills with local nonprofit and public service organizations. Students use marketing and communication skills, data analysis, project management and other business skills to help community partners build capacity and impact.

Students complete projects designed by the staff of local community-serving organizations like the Foggy Bottom Association, the Foggy Bottom West End Village, Little Friends for Peace, Raising a Village Foundation, Centronia, Age-Friendly DC, and the GW Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic.

For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW: https://go.gwu.edu/cesc

Semester Reports

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Prof Michelle Kelso engages students with organizations like YWCA, Rock Creek Conservancy, and Horton's Kids to conduct real-world program evaluations. While providing data and analysis to help organizations improve programs, students gain practical skills in data collection (surveys, interviews, etc.), data analysis, meaning-making and reporting.

Local organizations identify the program they would like students to evaluate, for example, do volunteers of this organization feel prepared by the orientation and training they receive, or is their parent involvement program achieving its goals? Students and community organization staff work together to clarify the research question and identify sources of data. With final approval from community partners, students develop data collection tools (surveys, interview or focus group protocols, etc.) and ultimately produce a written report which includes a relevant review of research literature, study findings, and recommendations.

(Slide provided by HSSJ Senior, Melissa Epstein)

This course challenges students, and they love realizing what they are capable of.  Dr. Kelso prepare students for each step: creating the agenda for their first community partner site visit, practicing interviewing and focus group skills in class, and doing in-class peer review of multiple drafts of the final reports and presentations shared with their community partners. Students also learn project management techniques.

For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW: https://go.gwu.edu/cesc

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In Professor Sean Cleary's course, "The Autism Experience," students gain insights into autism from a public health perspective. Through service-learning and community participatory research methods, they engage with autistic young adults, their parents, researchers, clinicians, and service providers. The course explores the science, various viewpoints, and real-life experiences of autism, with a specific emphasis on the transition to adulthood for young adults. Working alongside community advocates, students delve into research that directly impacts the autistic community.

Professor: Sean Cleary

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In Marc Choi's CGD 2091: Design Studio II course, students learn about brand identity systems and programs, and the iterative design processes used in developing a cohesive and comprehensive branding program (print, social media, and motion). Using a community-centered design approach, student teams partner with local community service organizations like the Rock Creek Conservancy and Free Minds Book Club to visually capture the values and spirit of these organizations for online and print branding.
Students are overwhelmingly positive about the impact of working for a real client who is serving our community, "This project taught me so, so much and I look back feeling so many emotions, but mostly gratitude to be given this real-world experience. It didn't feel real until the members watched us present and seeing their faces and genuine reactions made my heart happy and all those long and stressful hours worth it."
Our community partners are consistently impressed by the quality of the student work, "I’ve gotten so many compliments on these materials. Nobody can believe our brochure was designed by undergraduate college students. They really listened to us and managed to capture not just the message content but the values and tone we want to convey.” - Denise Snyder, Executive Director, Foggy Bottom West End Village

For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW: https://go.gwu.edu/cesc

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In Disaster Preparedness, a course originally developed by Karen Dawn in the School of Nursing, students learn disaster response  guidelines used by nurses in communities, such as limiting injuries and maintaining community health. Students immerse themselves in disaster nurse roles, including rapid, effective response, and care coordination.

Students identify an organization to work with, and use the principles gained in class and lectures, to develop disaster preparedness plans with them. Depending on what the partner organization requests, students provide disaster plan handbooks, conduct workshops, and connect them to local resources to increase capacity to effectively respond to disasters.

For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW: https://go.gwu.edu/cesc

Semester Reports

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Professor Ryder’s UW 1020 is a Community Engaged class centered around Writing for Social Change, where students collaborate with organizations in Washington DC. This course provides students with a practical context to explore the dynamics of language, writing, and communication that can spark inquiry and research. Throughout the semester, Professor Ryder facilitates discussions on the real-time activities and perspectives of community organizations engaged in social change work, emphasizing the significance of community-building.
Professor Ryder highlights the importance of GW students and faculty engaging directly with the community, challenging their assumptions, and staying informed about contemporary issues and their evolving complexities. Over the years, Professor Ryder has partnered with more than 20 community organizations, including Life Pieces to Masterpieces, DC Central Kitchen, Free Minds Book Club, and the US Dream Academy, among many others. This engagement not only enriches students' learning experiences but also contributes to a deeper understanding of social issues and community dynamics.
For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW:https://go.gwu.edu/cesc
...continue reading "UW 1020: Writing for Social Change"

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In Dr. Erin Wentzell's "Interprofessional Community Practicum," small teams of physical therapy doctoral students collaborate with senior wellness centers and adaptive sports programs to help create spaces for all community members to be active and healthy.

Dr. Wentzell connects students to her long-standing partners, including Community of Hope, Catalyst Adaptive Sports, Our Stomping Ground, and the Foggy Bottom West End Senior Village, and the National Parks Service. These organizations identify appropriate projects to engage students with the communities they serve.

For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW: https://go.gwu.edu/cesc

Semester Reports

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"I worked with the Free Minds Book Club to take poems created by incarcerated members of their club and design expressive typographic works."

From Professor Aasawari Kulkarni:

"Through the Free Minds Book Club collaboration, my students not only worked with real content, but also had the unique opportunity to interact with the authors of the content and learn about the lived experiences that inspired the words. Students' exceptional level of engagement and commitment was evidence that they were aware of the impact their work would have on someone at a personal level. There was a sense of great responsibility and care that students put into this work, wanting to do justice to these extraordinary narratives. Throughout the collaboration, there was a sense of joy, curiosity, and respect developed on both sides, along with an appreciation for unfamiliar perspectives.

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UW1020: Professional Communication in International Social Enterprises: A Community Engaged Scholarship Course in Partnership with Clinic+O, taught by Dr. Jessica McCaughey.

At its core, this course interrogates the question: How does writing allow mission-driven organizations to get work done? This first-year writing class is themed around the topic of international healthcare communication, particularly that of our class partner, Clinic+O, a relatively young organization in West Africa that is “committed to

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