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Barry President Signs Campus Compact Anniversary Action Statement
Barry University President Sister Linda Bevilacqua, OP, Ph.D., has signed Campus Compact’s Thirtieth Anniversary Statement, expressing institutional commitment to developing a Campus Civic Action Plan.
The plan will include specific actions that the university will take to prepare students for democratic citizenship, build partnerships for change, and reinvigorate higher education for the public good. The impacts that the university expects to achieve also will be specified in the plan.
Barry’s Civic Action Plan is expected to be ready before the start of the 2017-2018 academic year.
The Campus Compact Thirtieth Anniversary Action Statement of Presidents and Chancellors includes five commitments:
- “We empower our students, faculty, staff, and community partners to co-create mutually respectful partnerships in pursuit of a just, equitable, and sustainable future for communities beyond the campus—nearby and around the world.”
- “We prepare our students for lives of engaged citizenship, with the motivation and capacity to deliberate, act, and lead in pursuit of the public good.”
- “We embrace our responsibilities as place based institutions, contributing to the health and strength of our communities—economically, socially, environmentally, educationally, and politically.”
- “We harness the capacity of our institutions—through research, teaching, partnerships, and institutional practice—to challenge the prevailing social and economic inequalities that threaten our democratic future.”
- “We foster an environment that consistently affirms the centrality of the public purposes of higher education by setting high expectations for members of the campus community to contribute to their achievement.”
Campus Compact was founded in 1985, when a small group of higher education leaders came together based on a shared concern about the future of American democracy. They made a commitment to one another to work together to advance the public purposes of higher education on their campuses, in their communities, and across the country.
That occasion “also signified a commitment to honor the longstanding compact between higher education and the public,” according to the Campus Compact statement. “That initial commitment catalyzed a movement that has changed the landscape of higher education. Nearly 1100 institutions now belong to Campus Compact, which has grown to include a network of state and regional Compacts and has become a key element of a global movement for the public purposes of higher education.”
Sister Linda is a member of the national organization and serves on the Florida Campus Compact Executive Committee. |
Symposium Proposal Submission Deadline is January 22
The proposal submission deadline for Barry University’s third annual Community Engagement Symposium is January 22.
Proposals are being accepted for concurrent presentations during two sessions of the symposium. Relevant topics include service-learning, civic engagement, community-based research, community-focused fieldwork/internships, community-engaged scholarship, and community partnerships. Session formats are: 50-minute oral presentation, panel discussion, roundtable, and poster presentation.
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) invites faculty, staff, students, and community partners to submit proposals for the March 30 symposium by the January 22 deadline.
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Community Engagement Award Categories Include Engaged Department
Engaged Department is one of the seven categories of community engagement awards for which nominations are being accepted.
The Engaged Department Award is presented to a department (within a division, college, or school) for achievements in advancing the community engagement goals of the University, educating students for civic and social responsibility, and improving community life. Departments in which faculty and staff members engage in significant community/public service, individually or collectively with students, are prime candidates for this award.
In addition to Engaged Department, the categories of awards are Community Impact, Community Partnership, Community-Based Research,Engaged Scholarship, Community Engagement Educator, and Service-Learning Faculty.
The third annual Community Engagement Awards will be held on March 30, 2016. The nomination deadline is January 29.
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Service-Learning Faculty Survey Closes Friday
The university-wide service-learning faculty development survey will close this Friday, December 11.
The service-learning faculty fellows in the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) are conducting the survey to determine the level and extent of professional development support currently needed by faculty for the implementation of service-learning. The results of this brief survey will be used primarily for planning and delivering service-learning workshops.
Faculty may access the survey by clicking here or by pasting the following link to a web browser: <https://portal.barry.edu/sites/artssciences/private/CCSISURVEY1/default.aspx>.
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Barry Students at Forefront of Action for Fair Food
Barry students were at the forefront of a public demonstration in
Quayneshia Smith, Paola The program, which is based on a partnership among farmers, farm workers, and retail food companies, uses consumer power to ensure safe working conditions and fair wages for farm workers.
The nearly 30 Barry students and a few staff members were among those braving heat and rain, wending their way through the congested streets of the Brickell neighborhood and stopping by three Publix supermarkets and a Wendy’s restaurant.
Tobon, a junior who participates in the Barry Service Corps (BSC) Fellows Program, was a member of a delegation of students and farm workers who spoke directly with the Wendy’s management, urging the company to support the Fair Food Program. According to Tobon, it is important for consumers to understand how their purchasing power can positively or negatively affect those who produce the nation’s food.
Since March of this year, the Student/Farmworker Alliance (SFA), a CIW ally, has called for a boycott of Wendy’s until the company joins the Fair Food Program.
Fourteen major food retailers, including Burger King, McDonald’s and Subway, are participating in the program. The CIW reported that the retailers together have made penny-per-pound payments of $16 million to increase the income of
The Uniting for Fair Food National Day of Action in Miami was one of several similar demonstrations that took place in Florida and other states on Saturday, November 21, in support of the Alliance for Fair Food, a national network partnering with the CIW in support of farm-worker justice. That was the fifth time within the 12 months that Barry students have participated in a Fair Food action.
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University Marks Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is the week before Thanksgiving.
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Students Take Part in Miami Bridge’s Anniversary Event
Four Barry students helped Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services celebrate its 30th anniversary recently.
Tiliah Miles, Andres Quevedo, Christopher Riker, and Asha Starks took part in an anniversary fair in
The students took the opportunity to promote programs and events organized by Barry’s Center for Community Service Initiatives.
Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services is a not-for-profit organization that provides refuge, protection, counseling, and specialized care to youth and families in crisis. It is Founded in 1985, the organization has two campuses, one in
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Students Attend Research Meeting with Community Partner
A group of Barry students attended PACT’s (People Acting for Community Together) Research to Action kickoff meeting recently at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in
The meeting focused on the work of the organization’s research committees. Their research will focus on issues pertaining to affordable housing and juvenile justice in Miami-Dade County.
Members of the Barry group were Akil Andrews, Taleah Becton, Emmanuella Carriere, Mickaelle Celigny, Kevin Dalia, Kiara Jackson, Gilberte Jean-Francois, Matenin Sheriff, and Rajon Wright.
Andres Quevedo and Ashton Spangler, program coordinators in the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) also attended the event.
A Barry community partner, PACT is a “direct-action organization,” which hosts large community assemblies where public officials are encouraged to adopt solutions to serious problems. According to its mission statement, “PACT unites, organizes and trains leaders from diverse congregations, schools and community groups to build a powerful community voice.” Members of the organization aim to “hold officials accountable, achieve systemic change, and promote fairness, justice and democracy in
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : December 07, 2015
