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Register now for International Association for Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE), Imagining America, and LEAD California's April edition of Dissertation Dish on  “When There’s Good, There’s Good. When There’s Harm, There’s Harm”: Diverse Voices on Community Engagement. The edition of the webinar will featureCarmine Perrotti, Assistant Director of Community-Engaged Scholarship at the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University. This event will happen on April 6th at 9 am Pacific Time. Click here for more information and to register. 

 

 

 

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Tomorrow, President Bill Clinton, Secretary Hillary Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton will join hundreds of students from around the world at Vanderbilt University for the 15th annual Clinton Global Initiative University 2023 Meeting. This event will take place in the form of a live tomorrow March 3rd at 6:30 CT. A discussion titled "Students Taking Action Together," will explore how challenges can serve as a catalyst for transformation and how we can move forward in the midst of setbacks and uncertainty. Guest speakers include Pete Buttigieg, Chelsea Clinton, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton, Olivia Julianna, Georgina Pazcoguin, Jordan Reeves, and Sukhmeet Singh Sachal. Click here to register

 

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The American of Association Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) today released On the Same Page? Administrator and Faculty Views on What Shapes College Learning and Student Success, a new report that examines how undergraduate learning and student success are affected by an institution’s common learning outcomes and commitment to equity as well as by specific educational experiences and assessment practices.

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Sponsored by LEAD California, IARSLCE (International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement) and Imagining America, the Dissertation Dish webinar series spotlights research in the community engagement field. This webinar is on Organization Development for an Engaged Campus: Assessing Narratives and Architecture to Direct Future Change. Click here to watch.

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Re-envisioning Publicly Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure (2023). Featuring Tim Eatman, Emily Janke, and David Donahue. Recording available here.

This event was held in November 2023, as part of theWebinar Series on Reforming Promotion and Tenure, hosted by LEAD California, NC Campus Engagement, and the Collaboratory.

Panelists include Dr. Timothy Eatman, Dean of the Honors Living-Learning Community, Rutgers University, Dr. Emily Janke, Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, and Director of the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement, UNC Greensboro, Dr. David Donahue, Professor of Education, University of San Francisco.

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Join the Congressional Hunger Center's panel on child nutrition policy in the U.S. The panel of expert alum will share insights and lessons learned from their work on child nutrition policy at the federal and state level, including effective strategies for expanding access to free school meals. These alum experts are working on state, local, and federal solutions to guarantee no child goes hungry. The panel will be held on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at 2 p.m. EST.  Register here. 

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Join Imagining America and a2ru for the first of a two-part webinar series answering what the term "culture change" means. In this first session, Imagining America Faculty Director Erica Kohl-Arenas and Imagining America National Advisory Board chair Kal Alston will share findings from their three-year research project designed to answer this question. Through case studies, over 100 national stakeholder interviews, and organizing institutes with leading thinkers and doers, the research revealed that the most lasting academic culture change is led by public, activist, and community-engaged artists, scholars, students, and community-based culture keepers themselves.  The webinar will take place on Zoom Thursday, February 23 from 3:00-4:30pm Eastern/noon-1:30pm Pacific. Register for the webinar here

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Join the webinar Seeking General-Operating Grants to learn how to make a good case for acquiring funding through grants for your projects.  The event will take place live on February 23 at 2 PM ET, or you can watch it on demand at your convenience. You'll learn directly from two nonprofit executives who have successfully garnered general-operating support:
  • Glenn Harris, President of Race Forward, which helps hundreds of organizations across the country center racial equity.
  • Nick Turner, President and Director of the Vera Institute, which advocates for equity in the criminal justice system and has tripled its budget since 2013.
Thank you Nashman Faculty Affiliate Sandy Hoar for sharing this information!

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Dr. Michelle Kelso, recipient of the 2022 Nashman Center Community Engaged Teaching Award, has many years of experience engaging her students in the community. Her own scholarship has focused on EU migration and the fate of the Roma during the Holocaust in Romania.  She recently co-authored an article on Medium on the impacts of volunteer networks in Ukraine.  Read the article here

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The Congressional Hunger Center’s 2022 Annual Report  has been released. "In the fight to end hunger, people are our most powerful resource – and in our annual report, you’ll find the myriad ways that our fellows and alums are working to end hunger in local communities around the country and around the world." ...continue reading "Good Reads: Congressional Hunger Center 2022 Annual Report"

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"RSVP now for our biggest public screening of My Brother’s Journey yet, in celebration of #LightsOnAfterschool and #GivingTuesday. On Tuesday, November 29th, from 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Life Pieces To Masterpieces will screen My Brother's Journey at the Miracle Theatre in Capitol Hill, have a short youth performance, and host a panel discussion with the filmmakers and young people involved in the documentary, in addition to exciting guest speakers.

...continue reading "GW Community Partner News & Events: Life Pieces presents “My Brother’s Journey”: A Story of Life, Brotherhood, and Shared Humanity"

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"Rayaan Ahmed has worked to bring mutual aid to students in Minnesota and Somalia as they are learning to address public service, social issues and other important life skills." Link to Article

Credit to Nick Erickson from GW Today for this article

...continue reading "Nashman Spotlights: GW Serves: Senior Teaches Youths to Prosper Together"

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"From bike lanes to bus stops, the geography majors in David Rain’s capstone class are traveling throughout the District to understand curbside use. Their findings may inform public policy." Link to Article

...continue reading "GW News and Events: Out in the Streets: For Geography Students, D.C. is their Classroom"

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