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The following message is directly from The Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, David Brinker, DaShawn Dilworth, Prabhat Gautam, Adam Gismondi, Peter de Guzman, Xueyao Qiu, Nancy Thomas, and Duy Trinh.

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The upcoming 17th annual Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale on April 4-5, 2020. This is the world’s largest and leading global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference. The conference will take place at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Register during August for a highly reduced registration rate (50% lower than the regular rate).

Confirmed speakers to date: Learn from more than 200 speakers who are committed to effective, responsible programs in health, development, entrepreneurship, and education. See the confirmed 2020 conference speakers to date.

Call for Abstracts: Abstracts are currently being accepted for research presentations, program presentations, and for the social impact pitch presentations, including submissions for the $10,000 and $5,000 GHIC Innovation Prize. The first abstract deadline is August 31. For those submitting a research or program abstract, October 15th is the final deadline. 

Register for the Global Health & Innovation Conference
by August 31 for 50% off the registration rate 

 Here is the Conference Schedule. 

Here is the Application to present. 

Here is more information about the Innovation Prize. 

To read a full issue of Universities and Community Schools Vol. 10, No. 1, Fall 2020, please click here. This issue contains a letter from the editors, Ira Harkavy, John L. Puckett, and Rita A. Hodges: ...continue reading "Journal: Universities and Community Schools – Fall 2020"

At this week's Nashman Friday Faculty Check-in, we continued last week's conversation about teaching and supporting students in the days and weeks following Election Day. We also discussed student anxiety in general and our various responses to support them.

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GW's Instructional Core will be hosting Teaching Cafes, informal conversations around key teaching issues, through the rest of the Fall semester. Join the Teaching Cafes here: gwu.webex.com/meet/workshops

On November 5th, join guest faculty Ethan Porter of the School of Media and Public Affairs for the Teaching Cafe on, "The Election is Over; Now What?"

Thank you to the History department for sharing this news:

Did you know GW has a burying ground? Prof. Phillip Troutman will lead a virtual field trip to GW's plot in Oak Hill Cemetery on Friday, Nov. 6, at 2:00 pm (late arrivals welcome). There will be a slide-show presentation and live Q&A from the graveyard. Register and get the zoom link.  

Those interred include early donor John Withers (who figured into DC's Snow Riot of 1834), the “boy in the iron coffin" (re-discovered in 2003), and Cloyd Heck Marvin, GW president from 1927 to 1959, who grew the campus while defending racial exclusion.

"Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) has partnered with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to award the RWJF Award for Health Equity Presented By CCPH (RWJF-CCPH Award). The award recognizes two “Key Leaders” or key individuals (one community member and one academic partner) who spearhead the success to the field in the area of exemplary partnerships between communities and academic institutions that are striving to achieve health equity and social justice."

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"We have reached a critical moment spurred by a global pandemic, and rising up in response to tragedy born from systemic racism, that has pushed society toward a tipping point in the fight for social justice and racial equity. Over the past six months, there is a new desire to listen and learn from the movements, organizations and people who are leading these efforts and to support their actions and to take actions of our own. 

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The Campaign for Social Science and SAGE Publishing are pleased to present: “The Upswing” book launch. The event will take place Thursday November 5 from 16:00 – 17:30 GMT. To learn more and register, click here.

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SSSP's 71st Annual Meeting will be held August 6-8, 2021 at the Swissôtel Chicago in Chicago, IL. The theme for the meeting, selected by President Corey Dolgon, is Revolutionary Sociology: Truth, Healing, Reparations and Restructuring. In addition to the in-person annual meeting, SSSP is excited to be adding up to 60 virtual sessions. The pandemic has opened up new options for SSSP to build an even stronger and more substantive international organization, but to meet these challenges and opportunities SSSP needs a strong core of members.

Click here to review the Call for Papers. Click here to view the Student Paper Competitions and Outstanding Scholarship Awards announcement to submit a paper or nominate a book, article, or scholar. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact SSSP's office, sssp@utk.edu

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Registration for the 6th Annual Diversity Summit - Past. Present. Future. What will our legacy be? is open to all members of the GW Community! The Diversity Summit will take place virtually from November 11th - November 13th. We invite students, staff, faculty, senior leaders, and alumni to register by November 10th at 12:00pm EST. This year, we are grateful for the opportunity to include members of the broader community in our learning experience. We welcome you to invite colleagues, friends, and scholars outside of GW to register for $20 and join you in learning, challenging themselves, and being bold.

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On October 30, Justin WolfeJosé Torres-TamaBidhan Chandra RoyJeff HouSunni PattersonAsali DeVan Ecclesiastes, with performances by Ausettua Amor Amenkum,Baba Luther GrayBaba Bill Summers, and Janet Sula Evans engaged in a dialogue discussing the Closing Plenary of IA’s 2020 Collective Creative Engagement.

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The Nashman Center's Public Service Grant Commission  provides financial support for GW students' social innovation ideas. Four times per year, students can propose projects and initiatives in partnership with community organizations.

             

Coalition for Community Writing (CCW) Zoom Lecture Series 2020-2021

Thank you to Phyllis Ryder for sharing this opportunity. The CCW series strives to foster conversations about community literacy, partnership, and activism within departments, programs, and courses nationwide. The CCW Lecture Series is designed to provide opportunities for programs and departments to engage in discussions on the praxis of community writing. Each lecture will occur through Zoom and cost $300 per lecture. All proceeds from the Lecture series are used to support CCW’s staff and programming. To schedule a lecture or to suggest a topic/speaker, please contact CCW Director Veronica House here.

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Join The Atlantic at Race, Justice & Equity this Friday, October 30, where speakers will explore how to reform, and possibly rebuild, a criminal justice system that has for too long been based on racial inequities. Click here to register and to learn more.

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