At CCESL, we field questions regularly about the breadth and depth of faculty community engagement. Say, how many community-engaged courses are offered at DU? Or how many scholarly products are produced with support from Public Good Funds? More often than not, we are certain that our answers dramatically under-estimate the real scope of DU faculty’s … Continue reading Faculty Alert: Why Activity Insight Matters for CCESL
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Bridging Learning and Doing: Updates on Antiracism and Anti-Oppression Reviews at CCESL
By: Anne P. DePrince, CCESL Director, Professor of Psychology The summer months for an office like CCESL stay busy with an extraordinary amount of planning for the year ahead. As we simultaneously finish up internal evaluations of programs from the previous academic year, we integrate what we learned from the previous year into planning for … Continue reading Bridging Learning and Doing: Updates on Antiracism and Anti-Oppression Reviews at CCESL
Connecting Change Makers: Community Engagement During a Pandemic
By: Madalyne Heiken, Undergraduate Student, Department of Theater As the summer heat wore off and students were being welcomed back to campus in the early fall, Pioneer Leadership Program (PLP) students were racking their brains about what issues they wanted to focus on for their year-long Community Change Initiatives. Hannah Hinds, Mikeala Bassil, and I … Continue reading Connecting Change Makers: Community Engagement During a Pandemic
Galvanizing Tomorrow’s Civic Leaders: The Intersection Between Voting and Food and Housing Insecurity
By: Nantiya Ruan, Professor, Sturm College of Law; Heather Martin, Teaching Professor, Writing Program Housing and food insecurity impacts many Coloradans. The causes of housing and food insecurity include systemic income inequality and lack of access to affordable housing and other critical services. In order to address these systemic problems, voting for representatives that support … Continue reading Galvanizing Tomorrow’s Civic Leaders: The Intersection Between Voting and Food and Housing Insecurity
Investing in Discovery: Our Diverse America
By: Andrea Stanton, Associate Professor, Religious Studies This project brought together faculty members from the University of Denver and Colorado Academy to develop collections of short stories and personal narratives that reflect different aspects of American diversity with support from CCESL’s Public Good Fund. The goal was to then offer these collections to instructors of … Continue reading Investing in Discovery: Our Diverse America
Transforming Community Engagement
By: Katie Kleinhesselink, DU Grand Challenges Program Manager, CCESL; Kathleen Ferrick, Program Manager, CCESL At CCESL, we talk about community engagement as a strategic approach to research, teaching, and service that addresses public problems through collaborative, mutually beneficial community partnerships. We believe that, done well, community engagement has transformative potential for faculty, students, communities, and … Continue reading Transforming Community Engagement
Tackling Grand Challenges: Wrapping Up A Community Table
By: Katie Kleinhesselink, DU Grand Challenges Program Manager, CCESL It’s hard to believe that another A Community Table has come and gone. When the steering committee began planning back in Fall 2019, we couldn’t have imagined what Spring 2020 had in store. If anything, we worried about a late spring snowstorm dampening turnout (forgive the … Continue reading Tackling Grand Challenges: Wrapping Up A Community Table
Galvanizing Tomorrow’s Civic Leaders: Reflection From a Recent Puksta Graduate
By: Blanche Ndoutou, Criminology, Puksta Scholars Program At first, Puksta was just a financial aid opportunity. However, it was not difficult to figure out that Puksta would become my community for the rest of my college career. It was at the biweekly meetings where we would eat together, meditate, and share what was happening in … Continue reading Galvanizing Tomorrow’s Civic Leaders: Reflection From a Recent Puksta Graduate
CCESL affirms antiracist work for racial equity and justice.
We recognize that anti-black violence, racial injustice, and other forms of oppression are rooted in power and policies. We believe community organizing is an essential strategy for building power and changing policies. Further, we believe that antiracism must be central to community-university collaboration for the public good. Community organizing and community engagement require that we … Continue reading CCESL affirms antiracist work for racial equity and justice.
Tackling Grand Challenges: A Window into Three A Community Table Conversations
Powerful conversations have unfolded across the country through A Community Table. Here you can get a peek into three of those conversations on: Racial Justice During COVID-19Engaging VeteransCivic Participation at Different Stages of Life As these glimpses illustrate, A Community Table offers an impactful way to connect through intentional, meaningful conversation. These conversations come at … Continue reading Tackling Grand Challenges: A Window into Three A Community Table Conversations
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