The Campus Compact community had expected to gather in Seattle this spring to exchange ideas and build networks to advance the realization of a shared vision of full-participation communities and a full-participation country. While the spread of the coronavirus in the United States has forced us to remain physically separated from each other, it has also reminded us of our profound and inevitable interdependence—and thus the necessity of our work. The Compact20 Virtual Gathering will offer a compact, online-only conference over three days—providing free, accessible opportunities for learning, networking, and pursuing our ongoing commitments. Throughout, we will emphasize key questions facing us now, exploring topics such as online community-engaged learning, civic digital literacy, place-based justice, civic learning ecosystems, student voting participation, and more. In the face of crisis, our best hope is coming together with others based on shared values and commitments.

Campuses around the country are currently creating a new normal as we continue to address the impacts of COVID-19. Institutional priorities are shifting, financial models are unstable, and teaching, learning, research, and service expectations are in flux. As institutional leaders begin to make difficult resource decisions, our communities require even greater levels of research, knowledge, leadership, and civic action from higher education to address the current public health crisis. Our work is more important than ever. During this webinar targeted to faculty, staff, and administrative civic and community engagement leaders, we will hear best practices from about how to talk about their work to senior administrators and articulate the value of being an engaged campus. Participants will have the opportunity to join breakout sessions to discuss tools, experiences, and ideas. Presenters: David Potash, President of Wilbur Wright College (City Colleges of Chicago) Abe Goldberg, Executive Director of the James Madison Center for Civic Engagement at James Madison University Leslie Garvin,...

This webinar will share and discuss aspects/issues for community engagement professionals and faculty to consider when establishing risk management guidelines for online service-learning and volunteerism. What are the questions that should be considered in risk assessment? What are the added factors to consider in the pandemic? Hear from a panel of risk management professionals and a community engagement representative representing different institutions.

In the context of service-learning and/or internship programs during the COVID-19 era (and beyond), what does it mean to support participation and voice amongst community partners? How can global educators push students to be more critically reflective about their own positionality as it intersects with their aspirations for participatory development? This session uses case studies of student and host partner experiences to spur reflection and discussion about these crucial questions. We will discuss these cases in Zoom breakout rooms and work to brainstorm optimal responses to each situation. The session draws upon the work of Omprakash (www.omprakash.org), a Seattle-based nonprofit working to help universities build ethical global partnerships and support students with critically-reflective training and mentorship. The session will also include details about the free, open-access online learning programs that Omprakash is offering in response to COVID-19—see https://www.omprakash.org/facing-pandemic—to help universities a) engage with the pandemic from a critical, intersectional lens attentive to issues of power and inequality; 2) attend to crucial...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutions had to rapidly shift from in-person to online learning. The Fusion Course aims to provide critical training and support for faculty as they adapt to online teaching and offers instruction for how to integrate community engagement methodologies into existing curricula to improve the quality of course delivery and foster student engagement. Through this faculty development course, learn how to infuse community-based learning into online courses to give students hands-on, real-world experience that will strengthen learning, create connections to the larger community, and improve student retention rates. Three sessions will be offered this summer: July 13-24 July 28-31 (accelerated one-week session) August 3-14 Questions? Contact Sally at sally@mainecompact.org.