This session will feature resources and tools on registering student voters, training students on registering others, best practices, and leveraging National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) to increase participation. Featuring resources from TurboVote, Students Learn Students Vote Coalition, and NVRD.Campus Compact is pleased to present a series of virtual resource exchanges on college student political participation. This six-part series is presented as a program of Campus Compact’s Education for Democracy initiative, preparing students for active and effective participation in public life. Each virtual resource exchange will feature a panel of experienced practitioners who will share best practices and resources and moderate an open exchange with participants.  See the full series at compact.org/education-for-democracy/virtual-resource-exchange.

Using participatory facilitation methods, this 60-minute interactive webinar will introduce Dr. Tara J. Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth Model as a framework for discovering and embracing every student’s unique assets, knowledge and talents and explore ways we can transform teaching and learning experiences that welcome students’ whole selves and actively honor diverse ways of knowing, being, and learning. Facilitators will share a variety of examples of how our campuses are incorporating the model and designing asset-based educational experiences.Campus Compact’s National Webinar series returns for 2019-2020 with more to support and inspire you. Topics touch on issues of relevance to faculty, staff, students, and their partners in education and community building. Be sure to tune to each session for information, tools, and resources to help you in your work. See the full series at compact.org/webinarseries.

This webinar will focus on three practices that facilitate achievement of high impact community-engaged learning (service-learning). Participants will develop a deeper understanding of cultivating reciprocal relationships, using a project management approach, and educating about context. Each practice will be paired with processes to provide options for implementation. Examples will be drawn from the development of service-learning at St. John Fisher College as the founding director of the program and a stand-alone service-learning course called Social Change through Service. A faculty colleague will provide additional illustrations.Campus Compact’s National Webinar series returns for 2019-2020 with more to support and inspire you. Topics touch on issues of relevance to faculty, staff, students, and their partners in education and community building. Be sure to tune to each session for information, tools, and resources to help you in your work. See the full series at compact.org/webinarseries.

This webinar will teach participants how to engage in making change in their city, state, and country by becoming an advocate. The workshop will lead participants through the advocacy process, including: Why we should speak up for the issues that matter How to effectively make your voice heard How to engage your elected officials How to share powerful stories. Campus Compact’s National Webinar series returns for 2019-2020 with more to support and inspire you. Topics touch on issues of relevance to faculty, staff, students, and their partners in education and community building. Be sure to tune to each session for information, tools, and resources to help you in your work. See the full series at compact.org/webinarseries.

Why should your institution create a Civic Action Plan? How do you move your plan from words to action? Creating a Civic Action Plan has been transformational for SUNY Buffalo State College and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). The plan itself and the process of developing the plan has led to deep and broad conversations and impacts about important issues of reciprocity in community engagement, faculty and staff recognition for this work, and institutional structure and effectiveness. This webinar will provide inspiration and honest feedback from colleagues at Buffalo State and UNI about the initial reasons for creating a civic action plan, the process of creating the plan, the challenges encountered, and the unforeseen tremendous impact the plan has already had at both institutions. We will answer your questions about the process, and encourage you to set up a framework for success through a civic action planning process. Staff from Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania will provide...