4th International Service-Learning Summit
Connect with practitioners, scholars, and administrators dedicated to best practice, ethical global community-campus partnerships in this participatory gathering.
Connect with practitioners, scholars, and administrators dedicated to best practice, ethical global community-campus partnerships in this participatory gathering.
On November 11-12 at UNC Asheville, North Carolina Campus Compact will host its annual CSNAP Student Conference, an event where student leaders can explore citizenship, service, networking, and partnerships. The main event on Saturday (11/12, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.) will feature workshops by college student leaders and a showcase of social change organizations who work with students, including the Campus Kitchens Project, the Rachel Carson Council, and S.C.A.L.E. The optional Friday evening session (11/11, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.) features Jonathan Santos, an Asheville-based Soul-Songwriter, Poet, Cultural Community worker and Educator. He will perform and help students create their own Personal Poetic Mission Statement. Call for Workshop Proposals Conference Registration Form - registration ends Oct. 17 $75 per person – Campus Compact member schools / $95 per person - non-member schools (includes Friday night and Saturday conference).
In partnership with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Campus Compact hosted an inaugural national convening of Newman Civic Fellows in Boston on November 18-19, 2016. This event provided an opportunity for Newman Civic Fellows from across the country to connect and to participate in shared civic learning. Fellows practiced perspective taking and collaborating across lines of difference in a Senate Immersion Model run by the Edward M. Kennedy Institute. They also attended a workshop on tools from Sustained Dialogue Campus Network for improving relationships and engaged in activities geared toward building the collective power of the Newman Civic Fellows' network. To learn more about the convening, you can check out blog posts from two of our fellows, Tristan Anderson of Bergen Community College, and Sonce Reese of University of Baltimore, who shared their experiences with the convening. You can also get a glimpse of the action through our convening photos. Any questions about the convening can be directed...
Save the Date for the Eastern Region Campus Compact Conference:"Moving Us Forward: Equity Through Community Engagement" Website Coming Soon! March 15-16, 2017 New York University New York, New York
Southern Region Campus Compact is pleased to sponsor the 2017 Gulf South Summit: Partner Up! Fostering Just and Inclusive Communities Together Students, community partners, faculty members, administrators: Calling all practitioners! Come to Greensboro for the 15th annual Gulf South Summit! Keynote and breakout sessions will focus on how our community/university partnerships foster equity and inclusion by leveraging the intersectionality of our identities. We will explore the complexity of embracing all voices in building community across diverse contexts, dialogue and deliberation as democratic practices, restorative justice initiatives, innovation through social entrepreneurship, best practices in student leadership for civic engagement, and the latest in community-engaged scholarship. Register today!