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Published on 4 Comments on To Heal Achilles’ Heel

by Abdallah Omari, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

My friends and I from Jordan decided to create a program in order to help educate and entertain the unprivileged children in 'Za'atari Refugee Camp' by creating our program called 'Youth Leadership Program (YLP). Symposium Theme: Resilience.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

by Briana Anderson and Chava Kornblatt for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship (HSSJ 1177)

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

Pathways to Housing DC is a non-profit that works to alleviate homelessness by providing immediate housing and a support team to people experiencing homelessness. Our team conducted interviews with program participants (which Pathways calls client) and worked to tell their stories and messages in ways that would be accessible to the general public. Symposium Theme: Challenging assumptions and unconscious biases.

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This project was part of Dr. Gretchen Van der Veer’s HSSJ 1177: Organizing Social Justice and Human Services. Students in this course learn theories of  community organizing and social justice while engaging in service-learning with DC-based advocacy and action organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 2 Comments on Latino Student Fund: Building Authentic Relationships in this Unique Time

by Kyle Layman, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

This presentation will provide insight into my service learning experience with the Latino Student Fund and show connections between my volunteer work and course topics. Symposium Theme: Building authentic relationships in this unique time.

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This project was part of Abbie Weiner’s course, COMM 1041: Interpersonal Communication. Students in this course learn the theories and principles of interpersonal communication while engaging in service-learning with local after-school programs, job training programs, and other service organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 1 Comment on PUBH 6299: Transition to Adult Healthcare Among Non-Speaking Autistic Young Adults

By Sydney Bornstein, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

My community partners and I looked into and thought about the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare among non-speaking autistic young adults. We came up with a healthcare transition guide for non-speaking autistic young adults and their families as a short-term solution to make the transition smoother.

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This project was part of Dr. Sean Cleary's course, PUBH 6299 The Autism Experience: A Public Health Perspective. In this unique course, designed in collaboration with local, autistic community members, GW students learn community participatory research methods while engaging with autistic young adults, their parents, researchers, clinicians and other service providers. The course covers the science, viewpoints, and experience of autism with a focus on young adults transitioning to adulthood. Working in partnership with community advocates, students explore research relevant to the autistic community.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 2 Comments on Jews United for Justice

by Shoshana Bittker, Kristen Caldwell, Shira Strongin, and Molly Katz for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship (HSSJ 1177)

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

Our project group for HSSJ 1177 fall 2020 worked with Jews United for Justice throughout the semester and this is our project portfolio presentation.

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This project was part of Dr. Gretchen Van der Veer’s HSSJ 1177: Organizing Social Justice and Human Services. Students in this course learn theories of  community organizing and social justice while engaging in service-learning with DC-based advocacy and action organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 2 Comments on Increasing Awareness of Equitable Housing and Development Programs in the District

by Noah Lindenberg, Lucy Hirsch, Willow Newcomb, Fiona Joseph, and Madeline Bailer, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship (HSSJ 1177)

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

As students at GW who hope to live in DC post-grad, we must be committed to addressing the inequality and gentrification we are contributing to. We were thankful for the opportunity to partner with CNHED to promote awareness about this issue.

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This project was part of Dr. Gretchen Van der Veer’s HSSJ 1177: Organizing Social Justice and Human Services. Students in this course learn theories of  community organizing and social justice while engaging in service-learning with DC-based advocacy and action organizations.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 7 Comments on PUBH 6299: How The Mental Health System Can Better Serve Young Adults with Autism

by Carly Cox, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

Congratulations from the Nashman Center on this semester's "Audience Choice Award" winner. This presentation was also selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

My presentation examines how the mental health system can better serve young adults who have autism. This unique solution was determined using community participatory research.

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This project was part of Dr. Sean Cleary's course, PUBH 6299 The Autism Experience: A Public Health Perspective. In this unique course, designed in collaboration with local, autistic community members, GW students learn community participatory research methods while engaging with autistic young adults, their parents, researchers, clinicians and other service providers. The course covers the science, viewpoints, and experience of autism with a focus on young adults transitioning to adulthood. Working in partnership with community advocates, students explore research relevant to the autistic community.

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  

You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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Published on 2 Comments on Culminating Experience SUST 3097

by Inaki De Larrauri, for the Fall 2020 Symposium on Community Engaged Scholarship.    

This presentation was selected as a Fall 2020 Nashman Center Exemplar.

This is my personal experience working as a volunteer at Lacorsalud in their new Covid - 19 initiative in Bogota, Colombia.

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This project was part of Dr. Naamal DeSilva’s course, SUST 3097-30: Community-Engaged Research to Promote Environmental Justice. Students in this course work to create a shared understanding of the intersections among environmental, technological, socioeconomic, and political problems and opportunities within communities. They study specific problems faced by DC residents (or local communities during COVID-time), and then engage community-based stakeholders in researching, understanding, and addressing these problems. 

Please be sure to cast your vote for the Symposium for Community Engaged Scholarship Audience Choice Award.  You are welcome to post comments and questions below.  

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