The biennial CCMA Presidents’ Institute serves as a platform for the collaborative efforts of presidential leadership, K-12, and community partners to address issues critical to the region. This year, the Presidents’ Institute & 10th Anniversary Celebration will explore systemic action by advancing equity through college, career, and civic readiness through convening the region’s presidents, superintendents, and other civic leaders in a conversation about the structural/systemic issues impacting education in our region, and how civic and community engagement could enhance college, career, and civic readiness for K-12 and higher education students.

How can community colleges harness their true public purpose by educating for democracy and sending it out to making a difference in the civic lives of the community that they serve? This webinar will feature examples of civic engagement from across the diversity of the community college realm.

This webinar is an opportunity for Interfaith Youth Corps (IFYC) and Campus Compact to explore the intersection of faith and service as it relates to student motivation to engage in civic engagement.

Widely known through the work of the Harlem Children’s Zone and the federal government’s Promise and Choice Neighborhood programs, geographically specific community engagement initiatives have the potential to positively address the challenges of inequity and injustice within our communities. This webinar will include a presentation of a recent national study and the facilitators’ recent book on place-based community engagement in higher education, followed by an exploration of several of the most salient topics arising from this promising new strategy.