2021 Year in Review

Winter greetings & happy new year from Campus Compact!

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We offered the Fusion Course Tools for Teaching series with Maine Campus Compact to help faculty safely deliver online community engagement and service-learning opportunities to students.

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Member presidents and chancellors nominated outstanding student leaders from across the country for the Newman Civic Fellowship. (We’re now accepting nominations for the 2022-2023 cohort!) Learn more >

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Through the first national cohort, our Engaged Scholars Initiative continued to support leaders in advancing co-created knowledge, critically engaged pedagogies, institutional change, and collaborative action to address societal issues Learn more >

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34 individuals earned new credentials as part of our Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program. Thanks to the individuals who served as peer reviewers for new credential submissions! Learn more >

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A group of scholar-practitioners from across the country participated in the pilot offering of the Equity and Inclusion Credential as part of the CEP Credentialing Program.

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The fourth annual National Webinar Series continued to bring tools and resources to you with 12 sessions this year. Register now >

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53 AmeriCorps members completed a year of service as part of the Campus Compact VISTA program, completing 77,000 hours of service to address the anti-poverty needs at member institution host sites and their community partners Learn more >

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We launched Teaching for a Future of Shared Prosperity, supporting faculty in using dialogue in their courses as a means to engage students in envisioning a more equitable economy and sustainable future.

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We convened Communities of Practice around the Community Engagement Professional Credentialing Program and Anti-Racist work. We’re grateful to the co-facilitators from our network who engaged over 300 participants in shared learning and exchange.

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Campus Compact Affinity Networks launched with three new affinity groups that had been requested by our members—Minority Serving Institutions, Rural Serving Institutions, and Mid-Career Community Engagement Professionals. Learn more >

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Faculty and staff involved in Community Colleges for Democracy and TRUCEN continued to collectively identify and work together on shared opportunities and challenges. Learn more >

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Our 2021 Newman Civic Fellows met for a virtual Convening to network, explore pathways to change-making, and dialogue with Congressman Andy Kim.

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We partnered to host a virtual symposium on Anti-Racist Community-Engaged Learning that was joined by over 750 practitioners from across the country.
View recordings >

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We kicked off the next iteration of the Campus Compact VISTA Program with our first nationwide call for host sites. (Interested in hosting an AmeriCorps member? Proposals are due 1/19). Learn more >

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Advanced Civic Action Planning support sessions were convened throughout the year to move forward institutional change at member campuses. Learn more >

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We announced the agenda and keynote speaker Dr. Bettina Love for our upcoming Compact22 conference, all exploring the theme “A Better Way Forward: Innovation with Equity at the Center.” Learn more >

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The K2H Civic Futures program continued to engage AmeriCorps members in research-based interventions to support civic learning from kindergarten through college. Learn more >

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We partnered with the Students Learn Students Vote coalition to support the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.

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We convened a Place-based Strategies Working Group of scholar-practitioners who helped develop competencies for our upcoming credential offering in Place-Based Engagement.