Notes from Nashman Center sponsored workshops, panel presentations, and more.
Street Sense Media and GW theatre professor emeritus Leslie Jacobson facilitate an annual theatre workshop to center the voices and experiences of the unhoused and formerly unhoused in DC. This year's on-campus performance also included a panel discussion about how to get involved in addressing DC's housing issues.
April 3rd, 4-5:30pm | USC, 3rd floor Amphitheatre
Panelists: ...continue reading "Pericles: Lost & Found, A Play by the Street Sense Theatre Workshop"
Professor SuJin Choi's GTCH 3103 is a Project Based Learning community engaged class where students craft mathematics and science lesson plans for implementation in Washington DC schools. These lesson plans and their creation are informed by the students’ observations and assistance in middle and high school classrooms, and what they have learned in the GW Teach classroom. As future educators, students gain in-classroom teaching experience throughout the semester, as they implement their lesson plans. Students in Professor Choi’s GTCH 3103 Project-Based Learning, designed full units of connected lesson plans for STEM courses in Washington DC public schools. Students served at 6 different high schools in the District. At these schools, students assisted in and taught various different STEM subjects, including environmental science, algebra, physics, and Biology.
For information about Community Engaged Scholarship at GW:https://go.gwu.edu/cesc
...continue reading "Conversations on CES: What is the role of college faculty in student voting?"
Each semester the Nashman Center hosts a special session of the University Writing Program's University Writing and Research Conference. At the conference, UW 1020 students from the previous semester (nominated by a faculty member), share their research and writing experiences with an audience. The Nashman Center's session features students whose work also involved engagement in the community.
The panel, held February 29, 5-6pm, was moderated by Wendy Wagner, Director of Community Engaged Scholarship at the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service.
...continue reading "GW University Writing Conference: Student Panel on Community Engaged Writing"
Professor: Phyllis Ryder
Students Reporting: 11
Time Reported: 175.67
Community Partners:
| Community Partner | # of students at the site |
| Ethiopian Community Development Council | 1 |
| DC Central Kitchen | 4 |
| DC YMCA Youth and Government | 2 |
| Filexcellence: A Filipino community mentorship and advocacy group | 1 |
| For Love of Children | 3 |
| Pathways to Housing | 1 |
| Thrive DC | 1 |
| Ward 2 Mutual Aid | 1 |
"I engaged in direct service through Pathways to Housing, helping staff arrange their new office space and prepare for the year. The organization is in the process of relocating and expanding, and they needed help setting up for new team members who were joining. I had a lot of fun serving with a small group of volunteers and staff members, and the size of their space and how much there was to do really gave me an idea of how extensive some nonprofits are and how much they do for the community" - Student who served with Pathways to Housing.
"I am now an expert in chopping broccoli and peeling carrots ;)" - student who worked with D.C. Central Kitchen.
"Super informative session about how to serve, highly recommend their reading on serving vs helping: https://www.awakin.org/v2/read/view.php?tid=940"- Student Thrive DC.
Wednesday, Jan 24, 4-5pm
University Student Center, Room #405
Dr. Maranda C. Ward is an Assistant Professor and Director of Equity in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership in the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences. In this role, she designs, evaluates, and teaches health equity curriculum for student and faculty learners.
Ward describes herself as a community educator, curriculum developer, and youth builder. She has strong commitments to service-learning, equity, community legacy, youth development, and honoring youth voice.
Dr. Ward is an expert in advancing anti-racism efforts within health professions education and in designing curricula to enable students and faculty to competently promote health and racial equity in practice. Her research focuses on diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and antiracism educational interventions as well as stakeholder-engaged community-focused studies on HIV, Black women's health, and youth identity. She is also skilled in the application of participatory action research methods.
The Nashman Center and the University Writing program cosponsored this Conversation on Community Engaged Scholarship, the first in-person Conversation since the COVID-19 pandemic. Panelists discussed what it means to share trust between community members and scholars, co-authored scholarship, and how racial identity influences these relationships.
Brown and Ryder’s article, “Black Leadership and Shared Humanity: A Profile of Generative Reciprocity for Racial Equity,” was published in the academic journal Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric. The article subsequently received the Conference on Community Writing's “Outstanding Article Award.”
Follow this link to the video recording of the event. ...continue reading "Conversations Series With Dr. Phyllis Ryder and Sister Mary Brown"
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!
GW Alternative Breaks is excited to announce that we will be running our International Alternative Spring Break Trip to Costa Rica this year! Having worked with Green Communities for many years now, we can’t wait to take another group of students to Costa Rica to learn more about organic coffee farming and sustainability through service.
We are looking for one faculty Learning Partner, two Trip Leaders, and 10 participants to come on this trip! Both Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome as Trip Leaders or Trip Participants.
We are so proud to share that a recent article co-authored by GW community partner, Sister Mary Brown of Life Pieces to Masterpieces, and Dr. Phyllis Ryder, GW's University Writing Program, was recently awarded the “Outstanding Article Award" by the Conference on Community Writing.
Please join us for a conversation with the authors. The event will be held Tuesday, November 28, 3:30-5:30 PM in Gelman Library, Level 1. Register here
This event is part of the Nashman Center's Conversations on Community Engaged Scholarship series, and is co-sponsored by GW's University Writing Program
...continue reading "Conversations Series: CBPR and the IRB Review"
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 "Nashman Center Hosts “Partnering to Sustain High-Impact Tutoring”"
Last Friday 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.
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We are proud to announce that for the 2023-24 year, Dr. Tamara Taggart will be serving as the Nashman Center Faculty Fellow. During the coming year, Dr. Taggart will conduct community-engaged formative research (surveys, interviews, focus groups, and environmental scans) to develop an Activist in Residence (AiR) program.
Activists in Residence is a practice model that provides opportunities for activists to engage with an academic community to develop and strengthen their capacity, network, resources, and work.
...continue reading "2023-24 Nashman Center Faculty Fellow: Dr. Tamara Taggart, GWSPH"
...continue reading "Conversations: Community Based Participatory Research and the IRB Review"
