This event is a celebration of Professor Leslie Jacobson's over 40-year career at GW as a professor of theatre and an advocate for social change through the arts. “Women's Works celebrates theatre's ability to awaken our empathy and inspires us to make positive social change.” Selections from Strangers in Their Own Land, The Body Project, Evil, Vanishing Point, Migratory Tales, The South Africa Projects, A...My Name Is Alice - among other plays and musicals - come together to illuminate the power of story.

March 28, 2019 at 7:30PM
March 29, 2019 at 7:30PM
March 30, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.
March 31, 2019 at 2:00 p.m.

Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Marvin Center

Purchase tickets online here.

This production is accompanied by a panel discussion on the power of theatre to be a catalyst for social change. Link here for more information on that event.

Panel Discussion: Theatre as a Catalyst for Change, March 30th

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March 30th, 2019, 2:00PM - 4:00PM

Marvin Center, 3rd Floor Amphitheatre

This is a do-not-miss GW event which will explore the potential of theatre as a powerful catalyst for social change. Theatre practitioners will share experiences from their own work in which they have witnessed or experienced the transformational power of theater. The following panelists will continue the conversation: Derek Goldman, Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Leslie Jacobson, Jodi Kanter, and linguist Deborah Tannen. Mary Ellsberg, Director of the Global Women’s Institute will moderate the panel.

Link here for more information.

Following this event, plan to stay for a performance of 'Women's Works' Compiled and directed by Leslie Jacobson from 5-7pm. Link here for more information about this work, as well as other performance times scheduled.

Higher Learning Research Communications (HLRC) Journal Submissions due May 1

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Higher Learning Research Communications (HLRC) journal (https://hlrcjournal.com/index.php/HLRC) is a peer reviewed journal focusing on higher education issues related to higher education and the public good, workplace competency and soft skills development. They publish both studies and essays. Contact Editor-In-Chief Gary J Burkholder, Ph.D.,gary.burkholder@mail.waldenu.edu.

Chavez-Huerta-Itliong Celebration and Call to Action: March 28, 29

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You are cordially invited to attend GW’s fourth annual Chavez • Huerta • Itliong Celebration and Call to Action.

The event brings community members together to honor the work, values, and dedication of change agents committed to making the world a better place for all. It is a day where we are encouraged to reflect on our collective responsibility to stand for equity and justice and heed the calls of activists before us to continue the struggle for progress.

This year’s theme is Juntos - Magkasama - Together. It highlights the coalition building and collaboration that is necessary for social movements to create an impact.

Event highlights:

The Delano Manongs and the Legacy of the Filipino Farmworkers

Thursday, March 28th : Please register here, space is limited

5pm-7pm

The George Washington University Textile Museum (701 21st St NW)

Documentary screening and discussion with Marissa Aroy and Theodore Gonzalves

Part of the Norman Rockwell Four Freedoms Exhibit

Chavez • Huerta • Itliong Day of Commitment and Call to Action

Friday, March 29th: Registration not required, but for our help, please sign-up here

If you would like to volunteer, please sign up here (time slots and roles are on the sign up form)

Cloyd Heck Marvin Center (800 21st St NW) – 3rd Floor

9:30am – 4:30pm

Values Fair | Marvin 309

Workshops | Marvin 307 & 308

Peace Room | Marvin 311

Museum Room | Marvin 310

5pm – 7pm (Doors open at 4:30)

Closing Ceremony | Continental Ballroom

Panel Discussion: Coalition building in the farm worker movement

Refreshments will be served

Events Hosted by DC Area Educators for Social Justice

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The DC Area Educators for Social Justice are hosting several upcoming events of interest to the Nashman family. This group is primarily focused on K-12 educators, but their events are open to all.

Educators for Equity Book Club

Late April-Early June

Educators for Equity invites D.C. area educators to participate in a book club to read and discuss We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina L. Love over three sessions. All three sessions will occur on weekday evenings, with one in late April, an author talk with Bettina Love in May, and a final session in early June. The group prefers participants who can attend all three sessions.

Reconstruction Teach-In

Saturday, April 13

This teach-in will be held at Howard University, and include hands-on workshops with lessons on Reconstruction that can be used in middle and high school classrooms, presentations on key aspects of Reconstruction history with a focus on education and the law, and an introduction to a student project to identify and give visibility to Reconstruction sites in the area.

Link here for more information and to register

Ivory Toldson Author Talk

Wednesday, April 24th, 6:30PM-9:00PM

Toldson is a professor of Counseling Psychology at Howard University and will be discussing his new book, No BS (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People.

Link here to RSVP

Civic Engagement for Grad Students

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Inside Higher Ed had a nice piece this week by a graduate student encouraging others to get involved in their local communities, in particular using their graduate level learning to support local government. We encourage you to share it with your students.

Link: Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For your CV

Journal on Experiential Learning and Teaching Soliciting Manuscripts

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The Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Journal is a peer-reviewed journal currently soliciting manuscripts. Submission guidelines are available at the link above. Questions can be directed to elthe@suu.edu.

Teagle Foundation Call for Grant Proposals Civic Education and Democracy

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Teagle’s call for proposals is out!

The Teagle Foundation’s initiative is “to support and strengthen liberal arts education, which we see as fundamental to meaningful work, effective citizenship, and a fulfilling life.” It seeks to strengthen civic education throughout the undergraduate curriculum and disciplines as a means of challenging and defining American democracy.

The most successful proposals are expected to transcend additions to the course catalog and mirror an initiative to integrative learning, aiding the student body and capable of being sustained well beyond the distribution of the grant. See http://www.teaglefoundation.org/Grants-Initiatives/How-We-Grant/For-Grantseekers-(1) for details on submission.

IJRSLCE Call for Papers on Service Learning and Community Engagement

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Paper Proposals due May 15th!

IJRSLCE Editorial Board has released a request for manuscripts they are seeking submissions, conveying the extent of scholarship in the field of service-learning and community engagement that represent a range of methodologies.

Author Guidelines are presented on the IJRSLCE website. To submit a manuscript, you must register on the site. Papers are due May 15, 2019. For more details and information, please email Glenn Bowwn (gbowen@barry.edu) and Clayton Hurd (churd@compact.org).

Clinical Scholars Program Opportunity for Faculty & Students to Strengthen Their Knowledge of Community Engagement in Health Care

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Applications for the incoming participants are open January 11 – March 13, 2019. Teams have received up to $525, 000 to support their involvement in the three-year program, therefore participants gain the benefits of executive leadership development free of charge. Learn more about this opportunity https://www.ccphealth.org/clinical-scholars/ , To apply visit http://clinical-scholars.org/

Clinical Scholars is a national leadership development program for practitioners from varying fields of health care. Practitioners come together and collaborate over disciplines and construct a project in order to call attention to a complicated health issue prominent in their community. Participants are involved in intensive learning, advising, and networking to transform themselves into inter-professional leaders that assisted in constructing the Culture of Health. A two-day Structural Inequalities Intensive is provided to participants during their first year in the program. This opportunity prompts discussions regarding the structural inequalities and guidance to deconstruct them.

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Chavez, Huerta, Itliong (CHI) day events are fast approaching!

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Thursday and Friday, March 28th and 29th on the third floor of the Marvin Center is the fourth annual GW Chavez, Huerta, and Itliong Day, offering opportunities for faculty & students!

Chaves Huerta Itliong (CHI) day members are working diligently to raise awareness about Cesar Chaves, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and the farmworkers movement at GWU - delving into the principals and influence of each person while advocating for the social justice issues that impact our society. If you would like to get involved email cesarchavezgw@gmail.com.

Submit a photo of your work or a working concept to the exhibition in Marvin Center on March 28th - 29th. Your submission(s) will be displayed as a part of the annual celebration of CHI. For details, questions, and submissions, contact Katie Loos and Grace Fisher: katieloos@gwu.edu, gracefisher@gwu.edu.

The Washington City Paper Published Advice from DC Residents

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The Washington City Paper just published a series of advice and essays from native D.C. residents to newcomers to the city. We encourage you to continue to learn more about the city we are apart of, and encourage your students to leave the “Foggy Bottom Bubble” and become a part of both the campus and local community. The idea from the city paper resonated with us that- “Most newcomers reside in DC to fulfill a purpose: to go to a university or work on Capitol Hill or a think tank or campaign, but this district holds so much significance, expressed in just one word: home. Newcomers must be mindful and at times sensitive to who they are living next door to, riding the train with, walking and eating amongst. DC is much more than a land of promise and opportunity, it is a place of comfort, warmth, and familiarity.”

Read more about the experiences of DC Natives, please visit https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/article/21049088/dc-natives-on-dc

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Community Engagement and College Completion: Campus Compact’s Monthly Webinar

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“Campus Compact’s 2018-2019 webinar series takes the great and varied work happening on the ground around the country and brings it straight to your desk. Topics touch on issues of relevance to faculty, staff, students, and their partners in education and community building. Be sure to tune in to each session for information, tools, and resources to support and inspire you.”

The 2018-2019 webinar series is being offered free of charge, but all attendees must register: https://compact.org/webinarseries/

MARCH 5
3 P.M. ET

Exploring the Connection: Community engagement and college completion
Colleges and universities face the significant challenge to help students from all backgrounds enter and complete college in a timely manner. This webinar will highlight the potential that community engagement offers to increase college completion rates, using specific research studies that have contributed to the growing body of evidence that connects community engagement with student success for all students.

Video of each month’s webinar so far this year is available here: https://compact.org/webinarseries/

Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop

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This professional development opportunity is offered as a pre-conference event, preceding the Engagement Scholarship Consortium Annual Conference: October 6-7, 2019, Denver, Colorado.

“This intensive professional development program provides advanced doctoral students and early career faculty with background literature, facilitated discussion, mentoring, and presentations designed to increase their knowledge and enhance their practice of community engaged scholarship. Participation in the Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop (EESW) is limited and interested applicants must be nominated to be considered for this workshop.” For more information: https://engagementscholarship.org/networks-partnerships/esc-partnerships/emerging-engagement-scholars-workshop

March 13th Webinar: Organizing Against Violence Pedagogy Project

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Imagining America (artists and scholars in public life, https://imaginingamerica.org) is launching a new initiative, an online “teaching and learning circle.” The first program of this initiative is a webinar, offered on March 13th at 1pm EST.

”Our first webinar will feature critical dialogue and creative group work with Kush Patel (2016-2018 IA PAGE Co-Director) and Mallika Bose's (Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Penn State) "Organizing Against Violence" project. The “Organizing Against Violence” pedagogy project was initiated at the 2018 IA National Gathering in Chicago, IL. The aim of Patel and Bose’s project is to create a network of critical pedagogues, engage in collective writing, and co-create a toolkit for distribution through Imagining America and related media. In the upcoming webinar, participants will reflect on their teaching practice and its relationship to the interconnected violence of colonialism, capitalism, and patriarchy within affiliated institutions and communities. The webinar will involve live group writing, where participants will draft brief position statements to unpack their own institutional biographies and approaches to teaching, learning, and community engaged practice.”

Registration is now open to IA members and individuals interested in joining the IA network. For more information please contact Erika Prasad, Associate Director of Membership and Development, at eaprasad@ucdavis.edu.