Wednesday, May 04, 2011 from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (CT)

Presented by Minnesota and Iowa Campus Compacts

The increasing population growth of racial and ethnic communities and linguistic groups, each with its own cultural traits and health profiles, presents a challenge to addressing critical health issues in this country. By understanding, valuing, and incorporating the cultural differences of America’s diverse population and examining one’s own health-related values and beliefs, we can implement and support a system that responds appropriately to, and directly serves the unique needs of populations whose cultures may be different from the prevailing culture (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Minority Health).

Join this pertinent discussion on successful practices for addressing health issues among refugees, recent immigrants, and under-educated adults.   During this webinar participants will:

* discover strategies for and the importance of building trusting relationships with immigrant/refugee communities;

* discuss how to leverage successful partnerships with higher education partners to create a school based clinic;

* explore encountered stigmas about health and how they are overcome; and

* learn about challenges and failures that have led to effective solutions in addressing health concerns

About the Presenter

Julie Nigon is the manager of the Rochester, MN Public Schools Adult and Family Literacy Program and administrator of Hawthorne Education Center and Hawthorne Health Services.  In the 30 years that she has been with the program, Julie has seen it grow from a small General Educational Development (GED) Preparation and basic literacy volunteer project to a multi-faceted and multi-site program that serves 2,200 adults from Southern Minnesota and 70 different nations.  Julie became the program manager in 1992 and now encourages and assists the educational efforts of sixty staff and 2,200 learners per year.

Hawthorne Education Center currently collaborates with Winona State University, and the Rochester Healthy Community Partnership on service learning curriculum and community based participatory research projects. The staff and learners of Hawthorne also collaborate with Mayo Clinic Patient Education by reviewing materials prior to publication.

Cost

* Minnesota Campus Compact or Iowa Campus Compact Member – $20

* Non-members of Minnesota Campus Compact or Iowa Campus Compact – $40

Register at http://healthwebinar.eventbrite.com/

In July 2010, Campus Compact, in partnership with California Campus Compact, involved a group of seasoned practitioners and a team of distinguished facilitators to explore the future of the service-learning and civic and community engagement movement through Diving Deep: Campus Compact’s Institute for Experienced Civic and Community Engagement Practitioners.

Building on the success of the inaugural Diving Deep program, Campus Compact has asked Indiana Campus Compact to host the second Diving Deep institute .We look forward to hosting another group of seasoned practitioners to participate in a stimulating community of diverse voices in which participants – through both structured programming and accidental discovery – will explore unknown territories, bring to the surface their own assumptions and come to an understanding on a deeper, more personal level of what it means to be a leader and professional in this field.

We invite you to apply to go Diving Deep with us. Be inspired, encouraged, renewed, or motivated through this professional development opportunity to learn from other like-minded colleagues.

For complete application guidelines and an application form, please click here.

AC&U has announced a new project – General Education for a Global Century – funded by a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.  The project seeks to build the capacity of colleges and universities to prepare today’s college students to grapple with big global challenges and thrive in a globalized economy as socially responsible and engaged citizens and workers.

Part of AAC&U’s ongoing initiative, Shared Futures: Global Learning and Social Responsibility, this curriculum and faculty development project will build upon innovative efforts to reframe general education courses and programs. Participants will create coherent curricular designs that address complex global issues across divisions and disciplines. 

Teams from thirty colleges and universities will be selected through a nationwide, competitive application process to lead a high-profile, national effort to:

• Articulate essential global learning outcomes for all students;

• Refine and disseminate models of global general education curricula that can be adapted across all institutional types;

• Provide faculty development opportunities to assist college faculty in designing and teaching interdisciplinary, integrative courses that focus on real-world global issues; and

• Develop rubrics to assess global learning outcomes.

The Call for Participation is available online.  The deadline for applications is September 15, 2010. For additional information, please e-mail Chad Anderson or call 202-387-3760.  We look forward to reading your applications.

Dear community partners, staff, students, and faculty,

On Saturday, October 16, UC Berkeley and Saint Mary’s College of California will be hosting the second annual Leadership & Social Justice Conference.  The conference will take place at U.C. Berkeley between 9:30am-5:00pm.

The Leadership and Social Justice Conference seeks to network and empower college students from across the Bay Area to learn skills and understand issues to create positive social change on their campuses and in their communities..

INVITATION TO FACILITATE WORKSHOP
The planning team, which includes students and staff from the above schools as well as the University of San Francisco, Sonoma State University, and Santa Clara University, invites you to facilitate an interactive workshop during this conference.  Over 350 college students will attend the Leadership & Social Justice Conference and there will be over 30 interactive workshops that explore the following issue/areas:

• Education
• Sustainability/Environment
• Poverty/Homelessness
• Skills for Leadership for Social Justice

During the conference, there will be three 75 minute workshop blocks.  Please see attached proposal form; the submission deadline is Friday, July 16, 2010.

Please contact the conference co-chair Ryan Lamberton at: LSJconference {at} gmail(.)com or (925) 631-4015 with questions or you can contact the staff or student who invited you to participate in this conference directly.

Sincerely,

2010 Leadership & Social Justice Conference Planning Team:
Minh Dang, UCB and Ryan Lamberton, SMC

Conference co-chairs:
Catherine Nguyen, UCB, Elizabeth Torres, SMC, Francis Villaseñor, SMC, Jenna Durney, SSU, Jodi Roth, SSU, Michael Scribner, USF, and Valerie Sarma, SCU

Annual Meeting Working Groups consist of small groups of scholars who convene
throughout the APSA Annual Meeting to discuss a common sub-field or topic. Working
Groups draw on the rich content of the Annual Meeting by encouraging their
members to attend a common set of Annual Meeting panels and roundtables and
then meet to discuss the emerging themes. Annual Meeting working groups can
enrich your conference experience by helping to create a community and
networking experience at the Annual Meeting.