Claudine Buchanan serves as an AmeriCorps member with K2H Civic Futures at North Middle School in Aurora, Colorado.  Tell us a bit about yourself! At North Middle School I worked in the classroom with 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade students. I facilitated discussions that helped students learn and identify critical civic engagement elements. Throughout this process, I have encouraged students to find a deeper understanding of what is required to achieve a positive and efficient community. What have you learned from your AmeriCorps K2H service? Throughout my AmeriCorps K2H service project, I have learned building a better tomorrow indeed is a team project. Through community engagement, ongoing collaborations, and tenacity building a better tomorrow can be possible. More importantly, positive relationships along the way are imperative for creating change. What is your proudest achievement from your time with AmeriCorps? AmeriCorps allowed for so many opportunities to serve in ways that I could never imagine. However, my proudest achievement through my AmeriCorps K2H…

By Caroline Gihlstorf This is the fourteenth in a series of blog posts by participants in the 2019 ACLS Digital Extension Grant project “Ticha: advancing community-engaged digital scholarship” (PI Lillehaugen) published with the Community-based Global Learning Collaborative and the Ticha Project. Previous blog posts are available here: (1) Lillehaugen/January 2020; (2) Flores-Marical/February 2020; (3) Kawan-Hemler/March 2020; (4) Lopez/July 2020; (5) Kadlecek/1 August 2020; (6) García Guzmán/15 August 2020; (7) Park/September 2020; (8) Zarafonetis/October 2020, (9) J. Lopez/Nov 2020, (10) Velasco Vasquez/February 2021, (11) Lillehaugen/March 2021, (12) Plumb/April 2021, (13) Molina/August 2021. I’m a student at Haverford College studying Computer Science and Linguistics. I was a research assistant on the Ticha Project during Summer 2021, funded by the Haverford College Center for Peace and Global Citizenship. My work with Ticha gave me the opportunity to apply my knowledge in both areas of study to various aspects of the project. It was also an opportunity to learn about Ticha’s goals for its…

Campus Compact is now accepting proposals for the Compact22 national conference. We seek proposals that explore our theme: A Better Way Forward: Innovation with equity at the center. The conference will explore how we can imagine a better way forward, mobilizing the power of higher education to drive innovation, build connections, and create a new normal centered in equity and justice. Proposals are due October 25, 2022 Learn More and Submit a Proposal COMPACT22 A Better Way Forward: Innovation with Equity at the Center Campus Compact's 2022 National Conference March 29-31, 2022 | Virtual Learn more > Sessions may explore topics such as civic engagement, community-engaged research, civic- and service-learning, institutional chance, university-community partnerships, and more. We welcome proposals representing work undertaken through public, private, two-year, four-year, and graduate colleges and universities, along with organizations outside of higher education, including community-based partners. All sessions should contribute to equity & inclusion goals and represent a multiplicity of perspectives. Additional details: Compact22 is...