|
This Week’s Events Put Spotlight on Hunger and Homelessness
Barry University is participating in National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (November 14–22) by supporting efforts to end food and housing insecurity. Students, staff, and faculty members will take part in two public events as well as a letter-writing campaign and a food- and hygiene-supply drive.
The first public event is PACT’s (People Acting for Community Together) Research to Action kickoff event on Monday, November 16, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Miami. Affordable housing is one of the issues on PACT’s agenda.
The second public event is the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW) Uniting for Fair Food public demonstration on Saturday, November 21. Barry students, faculty, and staff members will join others assembled to draw attention to the needs of migrant farmworkers. They will call on Publix and Wendy’s to become participating buyers in CIW’s Fair Food Program.
This event is organized by the Alliance for Fair Food. According to the organization, “The Fair Food Nation is already deep in the planning stages: cities, Fair Food groups — from Miami to Nashville and everyone in between — and students at Barry University, St. Thomas University, and University of Michigan … are gearing up to show Publix and Wendy’s that they must recognize their responsibility to the farmworkers who make their profits possible and ensure that the food they provide is harvested in just conditions.”
Throughout the week, students will participate in a letter-writing campaign, urging legislators to strengthen food-aid programs and support affordable housing.
Donations of nonperishable foods and toiletries are being solicited as part of the food- and hygiene-supply drive. Coordinated by the Department of Campus Ministry, this project will benefit people served by Chapman Partnership and Camillus House.
Sponsored annually by the National Coalition for the Homeless, National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is the week before Thanksgiving.
For additional information, contact Andres Quevedo in the CCSI at 305-899-5464.
|
Deliberative Dialogue Set for This Wednesday Morning
“Coming to America: Unaccompanied Minors on a Perilous Journey” is the topic of the next forum in the Deliberative Dialogue Series. The forum will be held this Wednesday, November 18, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in Andreas 111.
Panelists will include Elizabeth Sanchez Kennedy, staff attorney for Catholic Legal Services; Julio Calderón, youth organizer at the Florida Immigrant Coalition; and Barry alumnus Phillip Rincon, the resource developer at Church World Service. Calderon will share his experiences as an undocumented immigrant and an immigration advocate.
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are urged to participate in the forum.
|
Symposium Proposals to Highlight Partnership Principles and Practices
Proposals submitted for concurrent sessions of Barry University’s third annual Community Engagement Symposium are expected to highlight principles and practices of university-community partnerships that contribute to student success.
The call for proposals includes a number of relevant questions to be considered. Proposals for the 50-minute sessions should be submitted by January 22.
|
Categories of Community Engagement Awards Include Research
Community-Based Research and Engaged Scholarship are two of the seven categories of community engagement awards for which nominations are being accepted.
The Community-Based Research Award recognizes research teams – composed of students, faculty/staff members, and community partners – for conducting rigorous research that addresses community concerns, issues, or needs.
The Engaged Scholarship Award recognizes faculty members for significant scholarly work across the faculty roles of teaching, research, and service – including related publications and presentations – that addresses community issues.
In addition to Community-Based Research and Engaged Scholarship, the categories of awards are Community Impact, Community Partnership, Community Engagement Educator, Service-Learning Faculty, and Engaged Department.
The third annual Community Engagement Awards will be held on March 30, 2016. The nomination deadline is January 29.
|
CCSI Offering Mini-Grants for Community-Based Research
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is offering mini-grants for community-based research (CBR). Full-time faculty who teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses may apply for a mini-grant of up to $500.
CBR proposals may be submitted at any time this semester. For further information and the application form, contact the CCSI.
|
Administrators Present at State-Level Conference
Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) administrators Dr. Glenn Bowen and Courtney Berrien made a workshop presentation at Florida Campus Compact’s Annual Conference on November 5 in Boca Raton. Titled “Pursuing Social Justice Goals through Advocacy and Activism,” the 75-minute workshop was based on the Barry Service Corps Fellows Program.
Florida Campus Compact is composed of more than 50 college and university presidents who are committed to helping students develop the values and skills of active citizenship through participation in public and community service.
The theme of the three-day conference was “Forward Together: Strengthening Florida’s Higher Education Engagement Network.”
|
CCSI Welcomes New AmeriCorps VISTA Member
The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) welcomed a new AmeriCorps VISTA member last week. Ashton Spangler will function as a member of the CCSI staff for the next 12 months.
Spangler will support the Barry Service Corps Fellows Program, focusing on urban health and youth development issues. She also will coordinate campus-wide activities for national days of service – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service; Make a Difference Day; and International Coastal Clean-up Day.
She has been placed at Barry through the Florida Campus Compact (FL|CC) AmeriCorps VISTA Initiative.
A national service program sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers In Service To America) is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary. President Kennedy introduced the idea of VISTA to Congress in 1963 and President Lyndon Johnson established the program in 1965 as part of the War on Poverty. The program has been called the “domestic Peace Corps.”
According to Florida Campus Compact, “FL|CC VISTA members are successfully building bridges between the classrooms and communities by connecting educators, students, and community partners to improve education and address societal needs through campus-community partnerships, applied civic education, and engaged citizenship.”
Spangler’s civic engagement experience includes tutoring English-language learners; providing HIV education for youth programs in Newark,
Spangler earned her bachelor’s degree at Centre
She has just completed a one-year term of service with the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, constructing trails in national parks and community gardens in urban centers across the United States.
|
Faculty Learning Community Meets This Wednesday
A meeting of the Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship (FLC) will be held this Wednesday, November 18, from 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. The CCSI will host the meeting in Adrian 208.
The FLC is open to all faculty members at Barry.
|
Community Agency Seeks Thanksgiving Donations
The Jubilee Center of South Broward is soliciting donations for Thanksgiving. Donations may include complete food-baskets, food items, or gift cards for purchasing turkeys. The food-baskets will be distributed to families in need.
Based at 2020 Scott Street in Hollywood, Fla., the Jubilee Center of South Broward is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that provides assistance to those in need without regard to creed, race, age, gender, or any other distinction.
For additional information on the organization’s Thanksgiving wish list, telephone 954-920-0106 or email JubileeHwd@hotmail.com.
|
CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : November 16, 2015
