This fall CCESL staff, Cara DiEnno & Katie Kleinhesselink, took our annual Community Organizing course online. While students didn’t have the typical opportunity to explore their collective self-interest and design and implement a small-scale organizing campaign together, they did learn about organizing principles and practices, explore local organizing movements, and complete multimedia reflections on how … Continue reading Galvanizing Tomorrow’s Civic Leaders: A Social Justice Warrior
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Public Achievement Spends a Weekend Preparing for the Year Ahead
By Desiree Collins, Public Achievement Team Lead, Graduate School of Social Work The Public Achievement (PA) team embarked on a weekend-long learning and bonding experience during the first week of October. PA is a program in which University of Denver (DU) students work with local schools to create change in their communities. PA Team Leads … Continue reading Public Achievement Spends a Weekend Preparing for the Year Ahead
Regan Byrd Keynotes Community Organizing Institute
By Ian Vincent, CCESL Service Initiatives Intern, Graduate School of Social Work Community activist and organizer, Regan Byrd, joined the Center for Community Engagement to advance Scholarship and Learning (CCESL) on October 5 for its annual Community Organizing Institute. The Community Organizing Institute teaches participants how to bring about social change through active community engagement. … Continue reading Regan Byrd Keynotes Community Organizing Institute
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