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Published on Leave a comment on 6th Annual Immigration Film Festival, September 13-14
The Immigration Film Fest and the Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute will hold the 6th Annual Immigration Film Festival on Friday, September 13th and Saturday, September 14th. This year's theme focuses on the crisis at the Southern border and will be complemented with workshops to help attendees turn their inspiration into action! 
Immigration Film Festival: The Southern Border
September 13-14, 2019
Friday, September 13th: 6:30PM - 10:00PM
Saturday, September 14th: 11:30AM -  7:30PM                   
Jack Morton Auditorium
 
Tickets can be purchased here for individual sessions or for the full day sessions. 

More information and a list of selected films can be found here.

Published on Leave a comment on Social Innovation Design Day: Community Solutions to the Immigration Crisis
The Nashman Center's GW Upstart program invites you join them in developing community solutions to the immigration crisis through this year's Social Innovation Design Day 2019 on Friday, October 4th from 11:30am-3:30pm. Please encourage colleagues and students to attend.

On Design Day we will bring together thought leaders and changemakers from all spaces to design solutions to support migrants and to address immigration. When great minds come together we can design a powerful future and unified vision for solving social issues. Join us to design solutions, and foster a more inclusive community for those seeking a home within the U.S. Come alone or as part of a team. Register today to reserve your spot!

Published on Leave a comment on Conference on Community Writing, Oct 17-19, Philadelphia

The Coalition for Community Writing is hosting its annual Conference on Community Writing this year on October 17-19 in Philadelphia.  The list of community writers and artists, scholars, teachers, change makers, and students this year includes keynote presentations by: Carmen Kynard, Paula Mathieu, and Michelle Ortiz .

The conference will include DeepThink Thanks on food an environmental justice, immigration, decolonizing education and racial justice, youth activism, and gentrification led by leaders in our field and communities.

Workshops on topics from writing in prisons and schools to cross community social entrepreneurship projects to contemplative activism and self care.

With writing as the connective thread, we partner higher education with community-based efforts to tackle some of the world's most challenging issues.

Check out the program and or register for the conference here.

 

Published on Leave a comment on Greg Squires (GW Sociology) Presentations on Community Engaged Scholarship

A few weeks ago, at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association, GW sociologist (and Nashman Faculty Affiliate), Greg Squires gave several talks on community engagement through scholarly work.

Dr. Squires was a panelist for a pre-conference session for department leaders, "Public Engagement in Faculty Hiring, Tenure, and Promotion."  He also gave two other talks at the conference, "How to Bring Your Sociological Expertise to Not-for-Profit Organizations" a talk sponsored by the Sociology Action Network (SAN), and, "Leveraging Community Engaged Scholarship for Social and Institutional Change."

Dr. Squires has published on these topics as well, including this co-authored piece, "Is Collaborative, Community-Engaged Scholarship More Rigorous Than Traditional Scholarship?" 

Published on Leave a comment on Opportunity for engaged learning! 6th Global Service-Learning Conference

The 6th Global Service-Learning Summit will focus on the topic ‘One World: Inclusion and Transformation in Global Service-Learning’. Those with an interest in such topics as migration and inclusion, ethical engagement in the field of global health, or how different organizations approach community-based learning, are invited to attend the summit.

The conference will take place on November 3rd-5th, 2019. It will be held at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. The fee is now $425, however there are scholarships available.

If you are interested in learning more, please do so here.

 

 

Published on Leave a comment on Recap: The Conversation on “The Big Data Share”

The September 5th, Conversation on Community Engaged Scholarship focused on recent research findings, student surveys, and student service data.

The presentation slides from this event are available here.

The Periscope video is available here.

Wendy Wagner, the Nashman Center's director of community engaged scholarship, presented these findings and facilitated a conversation about uses of the data and new lines of inquiry for the coming year.

We are happy to present/discuss specific findings with your department faculty as well. Contact wagnerw@gwu.edu to schedule a department presentation.

While many topics arose, important themes were: cost of transportation to service sites, future data gathering and reporting, and further mining of the data from the MSL research study.

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Published on Leave a comment on Center for American Progress Hosts Forum on Advancing a Race Equity Education Policy Agenda
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Advancing a Race Equity Education Policy Agenda
A Forum at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s
Annual Legislative Conference

Wednesday, September 11, 2019 • 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET
For More Information and to RSVP
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mt Vernon Pl NW
Room 202A
Washington, D.C. 20001

Published on Leave a comment on GW CBPR Research Featured in ArtReach GW Community Gallery

Voice of The Residents: Understanding Physical Activity in DC Ward 8

For the month of October, images from a photovoice research study by recent Milken graduate, Roger Isom, Jr., MPH, will be on display at the ArtReach GW Community Gallery, Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC).

This community driven research work, Voice of The Residents: Understanding Physical Activity in DC Ward 8, will be shared through a photo exhibition, which visually narrates the lived experiences of eight Black male adult residents living in DC Ward 8.

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Published on Leave a comment on Reflection Essay Contest for Students in Global Health
Please invite faculty colleagues and students (undergraduate or graduate) to submit a reflection essay. Winners receive $500 and free registration to the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2020 Annual conference, April 18-20, 2020. 
Submissions are due September 30, 2019. Additional information is available here.
Reflection essays should be under 1,000 words and address the meaning and lessons learned from global health experiences. They may be in a research, educational, clinical, or service capacity. Writing prompts and previously selected essays are provided.

Published on Leave a comment on GW’s Fifth Annual Diversity Summit: Nov 7-8, 2019

GW's Fifth Annual Diversity Summit
Be Bold: Learning. Unlearning. Relearning.
November 7th-8th

The Annual Diversity Summit, presented by the Office for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement, aims to create a space for attendees to engage in critical, thoughtful, and challenging dialogue to inform how we understand ourselves, the larger landscape of higher education, and ways to continue building the most inclusive campus climates on individual and communal levels.

The annual summit features workshops, lectures, panels, and poster presentations on a variety of diversity-related topics, including race and racism, bias, sexuality and gender, and religion, faith, spirituality, and beliefs, and more.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal you can do so here. Proposals are due October 9th, 2019.

If you would like to sign up to volunteer and spread the word, sign up here.

Published on Leave a comment on Alternative Breaks Program Seeking a Faculty Learning Partner
Alternative Breaks has opened the Learning Partner application for their Fall Break DC trip. This position is open to ALL staff and faculty, as well as graduate student staff.
The Fall trip focuses on Hunger and Homelessness and will last from October 19th to October 22nd. The trip is slated to have 10 participants, 2 leaders, and one learning partner.
The role of the Learning Partner is as a participant on the trip who supports the two student leaders. Preference is given to to learning partners with experience in the issue area (in this case, hunger and homelessness) to add context and assist in participants' learning. Additionally the Learning partner will:
  •  Liaise for the University. Should something happen on the trip, LP's are tasked with keeping the entire group’s safety in mind and acting in the best interest of the university.
  • Serve as a helping hand to the leaders as needed when it comes to logistics, pre-trip education, fundraising, volunteer management, reflection, etc.
  • Contribute to the learning, leadership, and service development of both leaders and participants on an Alternative Break trip.
The deadline is September 13th at 5:00pm. The following week, trip leaders will conduct interviews with applicants before selecting a Learning Partner. All costs associated with participating as a Learning Partner are funded by the trip budget.
If you have any questions, please email: altbreaks@gwu.edu. To apply, use the link above.

Published on Leave a comment on GW’s Community Service & Engagement Fair: Friday, Sept 13th

GW's annual Community Service and Engagement Fair will be Friday, September 13th from 1-5pm in the Marvin Center's Continental Ballroom.

Students and faculty are encouraged to take this opportunity to meet the staff of many local nonprofit and human services organizations to talk about opportunities to partner and create new initiatives.

Organizations registered for the event include:

  • 826DC
  • YWCA National Capital Area
  • Jumpstart
  • Life Pieces To Masterpieces, Inc.
  • The AnBryce Foundation
  • Little Friends For Peace
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Reading Partners
  • Rock Creek Conservancy
  • African American Civil War Museum
  • CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for Children of DC
  • Ward 8 Woods
  • Asylum Seeker Assistance Project
  • Rock Creek Conservancy
  • US Dream Academy
  • Capital Area Food Bank
  • ArtReach GW
  • National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
  • Latin American Youth Center
  • FoodPrints
  • International Spy Museum
  • Raising a Village Foundation
  • DC Prevention Center Wards 1 & 2
  • SOME, So Others Might Eat
  • Mosaic Theater Company of DC
  • Community of Hope
  • Christ House
  • Higher Achievement
  • For Love of Children
  • Atlas Performing Arts Center
  • City Gate
  • US Dream Academy
  • The Petey Greene Program at George Washington University
  • Homeless Children's Playtime Project
  • JxJ
  • GWSeves

Published on Leave a comment on GW’s CIPP Creates “Guide to Indigenous DC”
Kudos to Dr. Elizabeth Rule and colleagues at the AT&T Center for Indigenous Politics and Policy on the quality of their new app, a guide to local sites of importance to Native Americans. This is a great example of scholarship for the public good. Link to: Guide to Indigenous DC

Published on Leave a comment on GW’s ArtReach Gallery Exhibit Featured in WAMU Story

This month, an exhibit by GW's ArtReach Gallery, located in THEARC in DC's Ward 8, featured artwork created by local high school students based on their interview with a Holocaust survivor. Linked here is a thought-provoking piece on the exhibit, by WAMU.

‘They Ask Me, What Is The Holocaust?’ Teens Connect With Holocaust Survivors Through Art

 

Published on Leave a comment on New Professional Development Series on Health Equity

Nashman Faculty Affiliate, Dr. Maranda Ward shared this great new opportunity with us:

GW Health Sciences is pleased to announce a professional development series on health equity. The Department of Clinical Research and Leadership (CRL) is sponsoring the series to facilitate a shared understanding of health equity and its use as a lens for teaching, practicing, and service.

The series runs from September to January, 2020 and is open to the GW community and the public. CMEs are available. The five-month-long series will take place on the second Thursday of each month on the Foggy Bottom campus.

To register for the first event on September 12 or to learn more about the series, please visit: https://go.gwu.edu/healthequity

The first event on Sept. 12 from 10 to 11 am features Maranda Ward, EdD, MPH, discussing "Framing Health Equity." Ward, assistant professor in CRL, developed the series. "This health equity learning series will better equip us to fulfill our social mission in teaching, research, and service," Ward said. "It is chocked full of local experts and national leaders who rely on evidence and innovation to put the justice back in health."

Among the topics covered in the series are:

  • Social determinants of health
  • Recognizing vulnerable and socially disadvantaged U.S. populations
  • Workforce equity
  • Contemporary challenges to health equity
  • Cultural humility
  • Root causes of health disparities
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