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January 13, 2020 |
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Community Engagement Events for Spring Semester Include Awards, Symposium, and MLK Day of Service Community partners and achievers to be recognized on March 25 The Community Engagement Awards, the Community Engagement Symposium, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service are the major events on the spring semester calendar. Also on the community engagement calendar are two forums in the Deliberative Dialogue Series. Both the Community Engagement Awards and the Community Engagement Symposium will be held on March 25. Nominations for the awards are being accepted, as are presentation proposals for the symposium. At the awards ceremony, students, faculty and staff members, and a department will be recognized for exemplary participation and high achievements in community engagement. Community partners will be among the award recipients. On January 18, the university will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with community service projects. Scores of volunteers are expected to turn out for projects that promote community building. Barry’s MLK Day of Service is the Saturday immediately preceding the King holiday – the third Monday of January. The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is organizing the MLK Day of Service with project coordination support from the university’s AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to Sustainability Saturday is another day of service on the semester’s community engagement calendar. The campus will be invited to “uphold the sacredness of Earth” by supporting community-based environmental projects on April 18. Meanwhile, plans for Alternative Spring Break, February 29–March 6, are being finalized. The domestic destination is expected to be The academic year’s Deliberative Dialogue Series will continue on February 25 with a forum on sex education. Titled “Comprehensive Sex Education in Florida Schools: What Should be Required?” the forum will be held in Room 112 of the On April 16, the final forum for the academic year will draw attention to garbage disposal. The 90-minute forum, “The Business of Trash: Dealing with Our Waste,” will get underway at 4 o’clock in Andreas 112.
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Community Engagement Award Nominations to be Submitted by January 27 The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is accepting nominations for the 2020 Community Engagement Awards. Students, faculty, and staff members, as well as community partners, are invited to submit nominations by January 27. Nominations are being accepted in seven categories: Community Impact, Community Partnership, Community-Based Research, Engaged Scholarship, Community Engagement Educator, Service-Learning Faculty, and Engaged Department. The CCSI will host Barry’s seventh annual Community Engagement Awards on March 25, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., in Andreas 111. The nomination forms are available in CEMS, the Community Engagement Management System. For additional information, contact the CCSI at service@barry.edu. |
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Students, Faculty, and Staff Invited to Submit Symposium Presentation Proposals by February 3 The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is accepting proposals for presentations at Barry’s seventh annual Community Engagement Symposium. Students, faculty and staff members, and community partners are invited to submit proposals for presentations by February 3. The theme of the symposium is “Engagement in Purposeful Projects: From Awareness to Action.” In the context of community engagement, purposeful projects include experiential learning practices such as service-learning, community-based research, fieldwork, study abroad, capstones, and internships. Scheduled for March 25, the symposium will highlight student learning outcomes of community engagement practices in the context of Barry’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). The guidelines and proposal submission form are available in CEMS, the Community Engagement Management System. For additional information, contact the CCSI at service@barry.edu or the QEP desk at qep@barry.edu. |
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Service-Learning Faculty Fellowships Available for Next Academic Year Two service-learning fellowships will be available for the 2020–2021 academic year to full-time faculty members who teach undergraduate or graduate courses. The Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Program is designed primarily to enhance the quality of service-learning courses and to promote the scholarship of teaching and learning based on the pedagogy. Service-learning fellows attend seminars organized by the CCSI. They also participate in the Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship. Faculty members interested in the program are asked to contact Dr. Glenn Bowen in the CCSI. |
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Funds Available to Faculty as Incentive for Community-Based Research Projects The Center for Community Service Initiatives has issued a call for proposals for community-based research (CBR) projects. Funds are available to support such projects. CBR incentives are awarded through a competitive process to full-time faculty members who teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses. Up to three CBR awards are currently available. Applicants may request $500–$1,000. A document with a detailed description of the Community-Based Research Incentive Program, the application form, and the rubric used by the Review Committee for assessing applications are available in CEMS – the Community Engagement Management System. |
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Volunteer Registration for Saturday’s Service Projects Remains Open Saturday, January 18, is this year’s MLK Day of Service for Community partners for the day are Urban GreenWorks, Gratigny Elementary School, and Sharing One Love. Urban GreenWorks is a Miami-based not-for-profit organization that creates urban farms and provides affordable, fresh produce for inner-city residents through community-supported agriculture and farmers markets. Volunteers will assist with trash removal, property upkeep, and harvesting. Gratigny Elementary is a Miami-Dade public school. According to its mission statement, Gratigny Elementary is “dedicated to the development of every student’s academic, social, physical, and emotional potential in a wholesome and supportive environment, so as to create lifelong learners and productive citizens in a multicultural and changing world.” Volunteers will spruce up the staff lounge. The Miami Beach-based Sharing One Love describes itself as “a resource hub for anti-human trafficking organizations. The Center of Human Rights and Social Justice in Barry’s School of Social Work will support Sharing One Love in engaging volunteers in community outreach efforts to locate individuals suspected of being trafficked. The university’s annual MLK Day of Service is the Saturday just before the third Monday of January, a federal holiday. This year’s event is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All volunteers are asked to register online – visitwww.barry.edu/service and click on the “Get involved” link. Closed-toe shoes are required at the service sites. T-shirts, breakfast (in the Landon Events Room), and transportation will be provided. For further information, contact Danny Arzu, program facilitator in the CCSI, at darzu@barry.edu or 305-899-3696. |
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Federal Work-Study Community Service Placements Still Available to Eligible Students Students eligible for Federal Work-Study (FWS) are urged to apply for community service positions. All students participating in FWS Community Service are members of the Barry Service Corps. The Barry Service Corps is a civic engagement program managed by the CCSI. While gaining valuable work experience, members address issues affecting local communities. The CCSI coordinates Federal Work-Study Community Service in partnership with the Office of Financial Aid and the Office of Human Resources. For further information, contact Brittney Morales, program facilitator for FWS Community Service, at BriMorales@barry.edu. |
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University Participating in Initiative to Promote Truth, Education, and Reconciliation Barry is represented on the steering committee for an initiative focused on promoting truth, education, and reconciliation in Truth, Education, and Reconciliation, or TeAR, is aimed at facilitating racial healing. The initiative is designed “to create a more inclusive community,” said Courtney Berrien, co-chair of the steering committee. “TEaR will preserve the history of racial violence in The campus forum, “Truth and Reconciliation: Confronting South Florida’s Racist Past,” was part of this year’s Deliberative Dialogue Series. Community members, faculty, staff, and students participating in the forum discussed the long-standing issue of racial injustice and discussed how the community could “heal and move forward.” Serving with Berrien on the TEaR Steering Committee is Dr. Victor Romano, associate vice provost for student success and undergraduate studies. |
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Organization Seeking Volunteers for Project to Raise Awareness about Human Trafficking YWCA of Greater Miami-Dade is seeking volunteers for its human-trafficking awareness project on January 25. The SOAP (Save Our Adolescents from Prostitution) project will be implemented ahead of Super Bowl LIV. “This volunteer effort will bring awareness about human trafficking, the second-leading crime in the world,” the organizers say. “SOAP is a charitable and educational organization, specifically focused on educating and increasing awareness in the public on the prevalence of human trafficking; to restore trafficked survivors; and to prevent teens from being victimized by domestic, minor, sex trafficking.” YWCA Miami will host the ninth Super Bowl outreach event in association with the Women’s Fund of Miami, It’s a Penalty, A21, and In Our Backyard. The project will involve labeling and delivering 60,000 life-saving bars of soap and makeup wipes to hotel rooms – mostly in Miami-Dade, but also in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood – leading up to next month’s Super Bowl. As may as 400 hotels are being targeted as part of the “largest outreach ever,” the organizers say. “Miami is one of the top cities for sex trafficking of children in the United States,” noted Eboni McKenzie, engagement and communications specialist at YWCA Miami. This is the Worthington, Ohio-based SOAP’s 10th anniversary and the Miami YWCA's “100th anniversary to save women’s lives.” Over the past 10 years, SOAP volunteers have distributed more than 1.5 million bars of soap, labeled with the National Human Trafficking Hotline number, resulting in the rescue of human trafficking victims. Volunteers may register as individuals or team members. Human trafficking-related training will be provided. |
Community Engagement News
Posted On : January 13, 2020
