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National and regional conferences, institutes, workshops that faculty may want to attend.

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Join Campus Compact in a virtual panel discussion with the authors published in the latest issue of the MJCSL. The discussion will cover the origins of the core commitments and building blocks of civic identity. This event will take place Thursday March 28, 2024 from 3:00-4:30. Click here to learn more.

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ORGANIZING CULTURE CHANGE: PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP DIALOGUE AND REFLECTION TOOLS. AN IMAGINING AMERICA TEACHING AND LEARNING CIRCLE WEBINAR

Tuesday April 30, 2024 | 4:00-5:30pm ET 

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"This Imagining America Teaching and Learning Circle webinar is open to all and will engage IA’s newest tools: the Public Scholar Conversation Cards and the Public Scholar Imagination Guide....

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Join former head of SMPA and Emmy Award winning journalist Frank Sesno in a workshop where participants will learn how to bring their venture idea to life and use the power of storytelling to expand their reach. This event will take place Thursday March 7th, 2024 from 12:00-1:30. Please encourage students to attend as well. Click here to register.

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Join Campus Compact on a faculty centered conversation to explore leading innovative civic learning programs in engaged scholarship and teaching. Panelists will share practical examples and advice on integrating civic learning into their teaching, research, and community engagement activities. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the concepts further in smaller breakout groups. This conversation will be held on Friday, March 15, 2024, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Eastern. Click here to register and learn more. 

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Join the Campus Compact team and student panelists in a conversation about civic learning programs on their perspective campuses and their roles in these programs. The panel will feature GW’s own Dasia Bandy who is a Newman Civic Fellow. The panel will discuss the changes they are currently making and the changes they would like to see in the future. The panel will take place March 12th, 2024 from 4:00 PM-5:00 PM Eastern. Click here to learn more and register. 

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Our colleagues at Cornell have invited other institutions to attend this conversation. Please rsvp at the link to get the zoom.

Transformative Co-Creation: Epistemologies and Strategies for Collaborative Writing with Community Partners

Dr. Rachael Shah, Associate Professor, Writing Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Date: Wednesday, February 28, 12:00 PM, 

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Join the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement in a four-part web series to explore contemporary and cutting edge approaches to community-engaged research. Learn about youth participatory action research, data literacy and quantitative analysis of big data, trends and gaps in community-engaged dissertation research, and Carnegie Co-Labs. Sessions will include interactive conversations, as well as dynamic presentations by scholars in the field. Click here to learn more and register. 

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The Institute on Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a resource to promote and support efforts by colleges and universities looking to advance project-based learning on their campuses. The Institute is a 2.5-day intensive workshop where teams of five or more faculty and administrators work with experts to learn about project-based learning and make tangible progress to integrate best practices into their own curricula. The Institute will run from Thursday, June 20, through Saturday, June 22, 2024, and is held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. Applications are due on March 1st, 2024. Click here to learn more and apply.

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Join Campus Compact throughout the month of March for this exciting webinar series from Montana Campus Compact. For 2024, The Centering Indigenous Knowledge webinar series will focus on the theme of Indigenous people and place and will explore people’s millennia-spanning relationships with and the significance, history, and power of place. Click here to learn more and register for one or all of the sessions.

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The American Public Health Association (APHA) 2024 Annual Meeting and Expo, Community Based Public Health Caucus invites your abstract submissions related to the science and practice of community-based public health. The 2024 APHA Annual Meeting and Expo will take place in Minneapolis, MN on October 27-30, 2024. They are looking for abstracts that advance our knowledge of community-academic partnering in multi-disciplinary collaboration and a diversity of community-based public health activities, including basic and applied research projects, interventions, teaching and service learning projects. Applications are due Friday, March 29, 2024. Click here to apply.

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Join the American Association of Colleges and Universities in a virtual session on learning about strategies for dismantling the belief in the hierarchy of human value on college campuses. Campus teams will engage in dynamic workshops, collaborate with experienced TRHT Campus Center mentors and workshop facilitators, and participate in the reflective Rx Racial Healing® Circles. These activities will help you to develop and refine transformative campus action plans that will drive sustainable change within your institution and communities. The institute will take place from June 25th, 2024- June 28th, 2024. Applications are due March 28th, 2024. Click here to learn more and apply.

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The Coalition of Urban & Metropolitan Universities is calling for proposals for their upcoming conference themed Beyond Boundaries. They are looking for proposals on the topics of anchor strategies, belonging, equity, and justice, democracy, impact, K-16 partnerships, and social and economic mobility. All proposals are due April 3, 2024. Click here to learn more.

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The Changemakers Retreat is an in-person leadership development experience intended to hone skills, build community, and empower current and aspiring boundary-spanners and changemakers. This will be a four-day retreat from June 24-27, 2024 at Towson University. Click here to learn more.

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The Civic Engagement & Voting Rights Teacher Scholars program provides a space for teachers to create curriculums that for the American democracy. Teachers will be working with professionals from different areas of study from all around the nation to create course materials. This is a compensated opportunity. Apply by February 15th, 2024. Click here to apply and for more information

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Join the Transform Mid-Atlantic Region on April 6th, 2023 for the Spring 2024 TMA Regional Civic Engagement Summit. Come together with peers and colleagues from the region to build leadership, media, and civic engagement skills. There will be workshops for students faculty and administrators led by national organizations dedicated to advancing responsible civic leadership, meaningful dialogue, and sustainable campus democratic engagement plans. There will also be an opportunity for student leaders from throughout the region to engage in a poster session related to the conference’s theme. The partners for this summit are ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge,  Towson University, New Politics Leadership Academy, Urban Rural Action, AASCU American Democracy Project, and other regional leaders. The summit will be hosted at Towson University. Early bird registration ends on February 25. Regular registration ends on March 15th. Click here for more information 

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