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February 24, 2021
Chat about Using and Co-creating the Toolkit: Collaborative Coffee Break
Do you have Burning Questions about the Interdependence: Global Solidarity and Local Action Toolkit? Come to the Collaborative Coffee Hour on Monday, March 1st from 10:00-10:30 am EST to ask any of your Toolkit related questions (hosted by Samantha Brandauer and Eric Hartman). Register here. One of the most exciting projects to come out of the Collaborative in 2020 was the Interdependence Toolkit. Why – you ask? It is a tangible, co-created, hopeful, future-forward & action-oriented example of: Collaborative Commitments We share common purposes. We learn from and align with individuals who are most affected. We advocate for ethical community-based learning, rejecting colonialism. We seek and support participation from individuals who are most affected. We clarify our theories of change. We advocate for responsible story-sharing and ethical representation. We are intentional & transparent. We co-create just, inclusive and sustainable communities. In many ways it highlights what we do well when we work in community, with shared purpose and while recognizing…
February 22, 2021
AmeriCorps Member Spotlight: Alda Dansou
Alda Dansou serves as an AmeriCorps member at a VISTA project hosted by the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, Illinois. She began serving with Campus Compact VISTA in August 2020. Tell us about your project! My host site, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP) has had a wonderful partnership with The Community Builder’s Inc. Oakley Square Community for almost a decade. As an AmeriCorps member, I aid in efforts to realize the low-income housing development company’s mission to build and sustain strong communities. For years TCSPP has been able to provide Oakley Square youth mentoring and tutoring services to support youth academically and socio-emotionally. A part of my project was transitioning this in-person Homework Help Room (HHR) program into a safe and convenient virtual program to accommodate family needs so youth are still able to access support in midst of the pandemic. Although the HHR was and continues to be a great addition to the Oakley Community,…
February 21, 2021
Building a Virtual Zapotec Community: A Perspective from Koreatown, Los Angeles
February 21, 2021: The UN International Day of Mother Language Maria Velasco Vasquez (San Francisco Yatee, Oaxaca & Los Angeles, Oaxacalifornia) @maria_nerdy This is the tenth 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 on GlobalSL / Community-based Global Learning Collaborative and Ticha. 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. The Ticha Conversatorios (described in Lopez/July 2020 and García Guzmán/15 August 2020) were an opportunity for me to learn and contribute to discussions on the importance of the Zapotec language and history. My grandfather, who spoke Mixe, Yalalag Zapotec, and Chinanteco inspired my interest in languages from the time I was a young child. I never imagined myself to be talking about Zapotec language…
February 1, 2021
AmeriCorps Member Spotlight: Frank Voltattorni
Frank Voltattorni serves as an AmeriCorps member at a VISTA Project hosted by Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. He began service in 2019 and is currently in his second year with Campus Compact VISTA. Tell us a bit about your project! Fairmont is a small, unincorporated community, located between Lockport and Joliet, Illinois. Due to disinvestment and a variety of other issues, Fairmont has faced some obstacles that Lewis University is aiding them in overcoming. My goal as an AmeriCorps member in this organization has always been to build a strong, mutually beneficial, and collaborative relationship between Lewis University and the Fairmont Community. One of the first ways I started to address this goal was by putting together a list of key people that have relevant roles in Fairmont and of those interested in becoming involved in Fairmont. The list comprises 44 people whose roles range from faculty from Lewis, faculty from Fairmont Elementary, county officials, church leaders, as well…
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