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Anti-Racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices
Anti-racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices centers anti-racist community-engaged traditions that BIPOC academics and community members have created through more than a century of collaboration across university and community. Edited by Christina Santana, Roopika Risam, Aldo Garcia-Guevara, Joseph Krupczynski, Cynthia Lynch, John Reiff, Cindy Vincent and Elaine Ward
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Every Student, Every Degree: College Civic Learning for Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Democracy
The new report, Every Student, Every Degree, recommends that educators make college civic learning and democracy engagement a norm for all students, rather than an option for only some. Part 1 of the two-part virtual event is now available, featuring discussions on what today’s diverse students gain from CLDE-related studies and exploring student perspectives on how to make civic and democracy learning more compelling, empowering, and inclusive. This session also highlights dialogues on how collaborations across differences must become central to college civic learning and education for a diverse and divided democracy.
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Community Colleges for Democracy: Aligning Civic and Community Engagement with Institutional Priorities
This publication from Campus Compact examines how civic engagement and learning strategies can be leveraged to advance institutional effectiveness, college completion, and student success.
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Better Discourse: A Guide for Bridging Campus Divides in Challenging Times
This back-to-campus starter kit explores how campuses can engage in inclusive, constructive dialogue—better discourse—ahead of what many expect to be an uncertain and potentially tumultuous 2024–2025 academic year. This guide includes invitations for self-reflection (with a corresponding guide for mapping your campus) and directs you to tools, policies, and evidence-based practices for better discourse.
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Indispensable to the democratic, civic, and community engagement movement.
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Gives us access to critical conversations and best practices.
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The broadest and deepest national network for colleges and universities seeking to live their civic and community engagement missions
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