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Thursday, April 25th
CCESL Spark Session: Minimizing Uncertainties & Mitigating Risks
in Community Engagement
Spark new collaborative opportunities at this engaging mixer!
Enjoy light bites while connecting and sharing valuable insights and advice on minimizing uncertainties and mitigating risks in community engagement.
- 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
- Community Commons (CCOM) 1100
Friday, April 26th
CIPR Spring Symposium
The Center for Immigration Policy and Research (CIPR) presents Navigating Partnerships with Migrant and Refugee Communities: Mental Health, Engaged Learning, and Accompaniment on April 26th 8:30am-2:00pm. The symposium will include a workshop, faculty panel, and lunch keynote on accompaniment.
Priority Deadline: April 28th
2024-2025 Community-Engaged Fellows Application Now Open
Community-Engaged Fellows are DU graduate or 3rd year+ undergraduate students who are passionate about practicing and advocating for community engagement at DU and beyond.
Wednesday, May 1st
Public Narrative; Sharing Your Story Student Workshop with Roshan Bliss
Attend a student workshop with Roshan Bliss to learn about sharing your story through public narratives! Roshan Bliss is a specialist in community engagement, advocacy, and partnership building. The workshop is open to all students.
- 2:00-3:30PM
- CCOM 1100
Friday, May 2nd
Snapshots of Confinement Film Screening and Q&A
Remembering the WWII Japanese American confinement experience through photo albums
Submission Deadline: Monday, May 6th
Community Engagement Photo Showcase
Join the Center for Community Engagement to advance Scholarship and Learning to celebrate the community-engaged work done this year through a photo showcase. Submit you photos by May 6. Prizes for top 3 winning photos.
Community Engagement Photo Showcase: May 22, 4-6pm, Community Commons Art Gallery
- 4:00-6:00pm
- Community Commons Art Gallery
Application Deadline: Wednesday, May 15th
Summer CET 101
Community-Engaged Teaching 101 is for instructors who are new to community-engaged teaching. Participants will take part in training designed to increase knowledge about community-engaged pedagogy as well as prepare faculty to use best practices for community engagement in their courses. Participants are also asked to submit a syllabus from their newly developed (or revised) community-engaged course after teaching the course at least once.
Summer CET 101: June 20-21, 2024
Tuesday, May 16th
"Cocina Libre: Immigration Resistance Recipes" Book Launch
Attend the launch of Cocina Libre: Immigration Resistance Recipes 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the DU Community Commons. Meet the participants, watch the mini-documentary, enjoy food and drinks, and win raffle prizes!
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Spark Sessions
Spark Sessions are informal, conversational style meet ups to bring people together around a specific topic to spark new ideas and seed new collaborations. Attendees can drop-in at any time to enjoy food and drinks.
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Fireside Chats
Fireside Chats was a series centered on discussing topics that affect each of us in our community through engaging panels of academic experts, students, alumni, and community leaders. Each Fireside Chat focused on a different topic with a goal of creating an environment where we listen to each other and share resources, allies, and connections.
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A Community Table
A Community Table is a conversation toolkit through which you can engage in structured, meaningful, solution-oriented conversations about the issues that matter most to you and your community. DU Grand Challenges (DUGC) provides the tools (sample invitations, conversation guides, facilitation training webinars, and more) that you need to host a conversation. You choose when, where, and with whom to have that conversation.
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