Presented by End Slavery Cincinnati In this workshop, we will explore some of our own biases when we work with survivors specifically from black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) communities in the anti-trafficking movement, as well as discuss the implications of not having culturally sensitive staff, policy, and procedure. We will ask hard questions, and have difficult conversations while we self evaluate ourselves, and critically evaluate needs your own organizations might have when working with/for BIPOC survivors. You will receive tools, including tips on cultural assessments and competency training to take back to your communities to begin the process of changing systems to better support BIPOC victims. Do NOT be the problem, but together let us find the solution. This presentation is recommended to those who have intermediate knowledge of working directly with survivors of sexual violence. Objectives: - Provide insight into the impact that the ideology of colorblindness has on the sexual violence movement. - Develop understanding around the…

What does it mean for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) to be effective allies to one another in our work for racial equity and collective liberation? Whitney Parnell, executive director and co-founder of Service Never Sleeps (SNS), will lead an intensive, fast-paced workshop designed to explore how folks of color use individual and collective areas of privilege to advance racial justice in an intersectional context. Using SNS’ CLAIM framework (Care, Learn, Act, Influence, Maintain), this workshop will explore what it means to adopt an allyship lifestyle as a person of color. Please note that this workshop is only for individuals who idenitify as people of color (Indigenous, Black, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, Arab/Middle Eastern, biracial, multiracial and others identifying as non-white). If you seek to promote racial equity within your organization, this workshop will equip you with tools to be an active ally for racial justice through methods of centering people of color, navigating intersectionality across identities,…

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the rise of new learning models that finally offer flexibility for students and faculty alike. As we emerge from the pandemic, and colleges and universities look to a “new normal” on campus, they are likely to find that many of the accommodations developed to support hybrid or remote learning will have a permanent place in the future of teaching and learning. In this webinar, campus leaders from Colorado State University and Saginaw Valley State University will share their experiences in developing models that ensured continuity of instruction—whether on campus, hybrid or remote—and how the pandemic will forever re-shape their approach in the future. Topics will include: Connecting classrooms to include remote students and support socially distanced learning Hybrid teaching methods that engage in-class and remote students equally Successes, challenges, and insights into the future of hybrid learning Please join us for a webinar on Thursday, February 11th at 2:00 PM EST/ 11:00 AM PST where the speakers will lead a lively discussion on these topics. 

This webinar for multi-racial participants aims to disrupt the ways anti-Blackness shows up in organizations and communities. The facilitated workshop will involve interactive exercises and an experiential dialogue using historical and contemporary information, self-reflection, institutional analysis, visioning, and collective action planning. A key learning objective of this training is for participants to be more equipped with resources for identifying and undoing anti-Black racism and building pro-Black spaces within teams, organizations and communities. As a result of participation in this session, folks will develop: Enhanced understanding of how anti-Black racism operates as a fulcrum of white supremacy Deeper analysis of how anti-Black racism distinctly influences institutional culture and inter- and intra-personal dynamics within organizational, community and movement spaces Practices and commitments for undoing white supremacy and anti-Blackness, and advancing pro-Black organizing spaces as a necessary foundation for racial equity Strategies to be accountable to Black people and communities in the work to build anti-racist organizations and communities. DATE/TIME Tuesday, February 9,…

Do you identify as a white leader in a nonprofit or philanthropic organization? Are you managing or engaging in DEI/race equity initiatives, or interested in learning more about how this work connects to your identity and role as an ally for racial justice in your organization/community? If so, we hope you will join us for a workshop with Heather Hackman, of Hackman Consulting Group, who spoke at the 2018 EiC Summit. “More than Fragility: A Deep Dive into Understanding and Dismantling Whiteness” is a learning experience designed for white leaders to explore how their identity connects to their capacity to lead and engage in racial justice work. While the history of White people’s use of fragility as a tool for deflection, denial and erasure of whiteness is important to understand, there are other deeply fixed dynamics in play regarding white engagement with racial issues that must be understood if we are to achieve racial justice. Knowing that Whiteness resides in the mind, body…

Tressie McMillan Cottom is an award-winning author, researcher, educator, and cultural critic whose work has been recognized nationally and internationally for the urgency and depth of her incisive critical analysis of technology, higher education, class, race, and gender. She was recently named a 2020 MacArthur Fellow. The foundation for McMillan Cottom's first book, Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy, was formed by dissertation research for her doctorate from Emory University's Laney Graduate School. In Lower Ed, she questions the fundamental narrative of American education policy. In 2019, McMillan Cottom released Thick: and Other Essays. The collection has been described as “essential,” and the Chicago Tribune calls her, “the author you need to read now.” Thick was the winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award.

Register by January 7 When faced with a gap between the status quo and desired outcomes, improvers pursue change. Improvement science brings discipline to your change efforts and helps you to recognize progress as your work moves forward.   Improvement Science in Practice: Finding Solutions Through Iterative Testing provides a deep dive into the “learning by doing” phase of an improvement journey. Through a hands-on, two-day workshop and an action period supported by small group coaching sessions, participants gain experience identifying, testing, and refining change ideas as they run Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles designed around their specific contexts.    Through this intermediate-level course, participants will:  Identify and prototype potentially high leverage changes  Develop concrete skills for learning through testing Build knowledge of how to move up a ramp of tests to promote change at scale Winter Cohort: January 8-March 5, 2021 Opening workshop: Jan. 14 & 15 Final Webinar: March 5

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A free two-day summit to engage college students in critical reflection on the topics of social justice, human rights, and inclusion, presented by the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

Join us for our FREE virtual conference series where we will explore, navigate, and discuss unique challenges in service and volunteerism right now. Our star lineup of speakers will provide the most up-to-date information and expert advice on how to navigate challenges in this moment. There will also be plenty of opportunities for small group discussion and networking! Conference sessions will take place on the last four Thursdays of October (October 8, 15, 22, and 29) from 1 - 3 PM. Registration closes October 6th and there are limited spots available, so make sure to register early!

  A Collective Creative Engagement hosted by Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life October 5 to 30, 2020 A month long web-based experience, with live-streamed weekly plenary events, dialogues, performances and presentations. Throughout the month, Imagining America will showcase creative responses from artists, academics and activists around the world. #ReImaginingAmerica20.  

Presented by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health: Institutional and systemic racism are a direct result of laws, policies, and practices. Inequities have been systematically integrated into the fabric of our society across every sector – law, education, housing, health. As systems are built, they too can be dismantled. Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) has emerged as a leader in exploring the role of partnerships in addressing structural racism. The intensive examines historic and contemporary manifestations of institutional and systemic inequities. The format for the “Introduction to Structural Racism” Intensive is designed for participants to look through the lens of equity and have a mindful and heartfelt real-life experience. Our training can be adapted to multiple formats – virtual and in-person. The overall purpose remains the same— to provide participants with a historical understanding of structural inequalities, systemic racism, and skills needed to work in partnership to address these issues. What happens at the end of a CCPH experience is also unique. We…

Aim Hire Workforce and Education Symposium and Fall Series sponsored by Ohio Excels and the Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation About this Event Policymakers and business, education and community leaders from across Ohio are being invited to take part in a series of virtual workshops this fall to strengthen collaboration to better prepare Ohioans for success in education and the economy and to share the recently released report Bridging Ohio’s Workforce Gap.

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM To serve all members of our society, our colleges and universities must put Equity at the center of their work, not just as a desired outcome, but also as integral to the process of education - how we do what we do. To serve their public purpose, our higher education institutions must also commit deeply to Civic and Community Engagement in teaching and research.  Our faculty reward systems (including promotion, tenure or long-term contracts for non-tenure-track faculty, and post-tenure review) shape whom we attract, support, and retain as faculty.  This symposium will explore how faculty reward systems can be structured to support both of these critical and intersecting themes in higher education--Equity and Public Engagement.  How might we transform the culture, policies and practices of our reward systems to recruit and retain the faculty we need?  Sessions throughout the day will begin to address these questions and will include breakout sessions targeted at faculty and campus executives…

Addressing the Challenges of Poverty brings together all sectors of a community in one venue for networking and learning in order to create healthier, stronger communities, colleges, and schools. Early bird pricing ends March 1! Call for presenters is open.

Are you ready to enhance the academic power of your service-learning instruction? Seeking to increase students’ academic engagement through a project-based learning approach? Interested in helping students become better citizens by involving them in solving critical problems? Take your service-learning practice to the next level with Dr. Sue Root, NYLC Senior Academic Fellow and Service-Learning by Design author in this 14-week asynchronous online course offered in partnership with Augsburg University’s Education Department. Backward design is an approach to service-learning which yields more powerful student learning. It's what we use in schools — because we know it works. Now we want you to know what we know.  Participants will: Develop a standards-based service-learning unit plan including inquiry, problem-solving, and citizenship skills; Design authentic formative and summative assessments for service-learning; Build strategies for strengthening academic and civic learning throughout a service-learning unit, including literacy learning; and  Understand how to incorporate students into the development and implementation of service-learning unit. K-12 teachers, both…

Join NCAN as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary at our first ever virtual conference, Marching Toward Equity! We hope you’ll attend this event to learn from your peers, network in one-on-one and small group virtual environments, and hear from plenary speakers such as: Trabian Shorters, author, social entrepreneur, and leading authority on Asset-Framing Kim Hunter Reed, Ph. D., Commissioner of Higher Education in Louisiana Ava Dejoie, Secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission Presentation of the Evergreen National Education Prize Now more than ever, you need to be able to meet the needs of your students. Register today to build the skills you need to help your students achieve their dreams of attaining a postsecondary degree.

ESC 2020 MEETING Welcome to the 21st Annual Conference of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium Envisioning Engaged Scholarship Watch the 2020 conference welcome video Important Dates Preconference: Sunday, September 13, and Monday, September 14, 2020 Conference: Tuesday, September 15, and Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Hosted by the eastern region Dickinson College James Madison University The Pennsylvania State University University of Delaware Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University