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Barry’s 75th Anniversary Celebration Includes 75 Acts of Service
As part of Barry University’s 75th Anniversary Celebration, the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) is facilitating 75 Acts of Service throughout the 2015–2016 academic year. This is a coordinated series of community service opportunities through which the University is reaffirming its commitment to collaborative service with the community.
A major goal of this initiative is to have 100 percent participation of Barry faculty, staff, and students. Each student and employee is urged to participate in at least one act of collaborative service this academic year. Barry alumni and other community members will take part in some of the projects.
For the purposes of this initiative, an act of service is a community service project or event, or a community service activity as part of a larger project or event. A small number of campus-based projects that benefit the wider community are included in the list of opportunities for service.
Although implementation of this initiative is already underway, the formal launch of 75 Acts of Service is scheduled for Saturday, October 24, on the University’s main campus in Miami Shores.
The CCSI has prepared a complete list of opportunities for service.
For further information and to register for a service project or event, contact the CCSI at service@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
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Forum on Police-Community Relations Takes Place Next Monday
The first forum in the 2015–2016 Deliberative Dialogue Series will be held next Monday, September 21, in Room 112 of the Andreas Building, beginning at 4:00 p.m. “The Police and the Community: Who is Protected and Served?” is the topic of the 90-minute forum.
Scheduled as part of Barry University’s Peace Month program, this deliberative dialogue is a post Peace-In event. Peace-In is an annual program organized by the Department of Sociology and Criminology to mark the International Day of Peace and to advance Barry University’s commitment to fostering peace and nonviolence. A series of workshops will take place in Rooms 111 and 112 of the Andreas Building, starting at 10 a.m.
For further information on Peace-In, contact Dr. Laura Finley at lfinley@barry.edu or 305-899-3412. And for additional information on the Deliberative Dialogue Series, contact Courtney Berrien at cberrien@barry.edu or 305-899-4017.
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Community Engagement Fair Scheduled for September 30
The fall semester’s Community Engagement Fair will be held on Wednesday, September 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in the Atrium and Events Room of the Landon Student Center on the Miami Shores Campus.
A workshop for community partners will precede the displays-and-discussion segment of the event.
Community partners will provide information on opportunities for off-campus experiential learning such as volunteer work, service-learning, community-based research, and internships.
Additional information is available from the CCSI at service@barry.edu or 305-899-3696.
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Food Drive Underway on Barry’s Main Campus
A campus-wide Food Drive is taking place throughout September on Barry University’s main campus in Miami Shores. The Food Drive is a community service project for the university’s Peace Month as well as Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month. It also is a designated 75 Acts of Service event to mark Barry’s 75th Anniversary.
Faculty, staff, and students are asked to donate non-perishable food items, which will be delivered to the Feeding South Florida food bank in Broward County at the end of the month.
Donations may be placed in specially marked boxes at various locations on campus or delivered to the offices of the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) in Room 208 or 209 of Adrian Hall. Alternatively, donation pickup may be scheduled by calling 305-899-3696 or 3728.
For further information, contact Liz James in the CCSI at 305-899-3728 or ljames@barry.edu.
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International Coastal Cleanup Project Set for Saturday
Barry University volunteers will participate in an International Coastal Cleanup project this Saturday morning, September 19. They will remove trash and debris from the historic Virginia Key Beach in Key Biscayne.
The volunteers will also document information on the sources of trash collected and provide the information to VolunterCleanup.org, the local community partner organizing projects at approximately 40 sites in Miami-Dade County, including Virginia Key Beach. VolunteerCleanup.org is expecting about 3,200 volunteers to collect five tons of trash and debris from 30 miles of coastline.
Ocean Conservancy sponsors International Coastal Cleanup, which draws attention to the importance of marine ecosystems. The organization publishes data collected each year in the Ocean Trash Index.
Last year, 15 Barry students participated in an International Coastal Cleanup project, cleaning up nearly a mile of the coast along Oleta River State Park in North Miami.
Volunteers should register through Barry’s Community Engagement Management System (CEMS). Each participant should bring a water bottle and wear comfortable clothing, tennis shoes or boots, sun block, sunglasses, and a hat. Transportation will be provided.
For further information, contact CCSI Associate Director, Courtney Berrien, at cberrien@barry.edu or 305-899-4017.
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Barry Student Leader Attends Millennium Campus Conference
Barry University student leader Paola Montenegro attended the 7th Annual Millennium Campus Conference in New York last month.
Organized by the Millennium Campus Network, the five-day conference was held at The New School and the United Nations Headquarters. It featured discussion teams, campaign-action groups, best-practice workshops, plenary sessions, and social activities.
“The conference was an incredible experience,” Montenegro said. “Throughout the conference we learned about the global goals for sustainable development (which will be presented at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, September 25–27). We met in teams and discussed different topics such as learning before serving, people vs. objects, partnerships vs. paternalism, and helping vs. helpfulness.”
Montenegro, a junior and an international studies major at Barry, also participated in workshops, contributing her own ideas about social entrepreneurship, fundraising, and partnerships for social change. For her, the most inspiring part of the conference was the plenary sessions with keynote speakers whom she described as “very accomplished individuals who have done extraordinary work in their field.”
Among the keynote speakers were Annie Griffiths, a photographer for National Geographic and founder/executive director of Ripple Effect Images; Dr. Vanessa Kerry, founder and CEO of Seed Global Health; Lakshmi Puri, assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of UN Women; Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and special advisor to the UN secretary-general on the Millennium Development Goals; and Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, founder and executive director of the Afghan Institute of Learning.
Actor, TV game show host, and author Terry Crews joined speakers at the conference. He told delegates about “his transformation into becoming interested in gender equality,” Montenegro reported.
“Throughout the conference I met inspiring students who have the passion to make a difference in the field of their interest. To see over 400 students from over 50 countries united because they have the desire to seek change in their communities and in the world was beyond exciting,” Montenegro said. “It gives me hope that our generation will make incredible changes in the years to come.”
A Barry Service Corps Fellow with the Center for Community Service Initiatives, Montenegro is passionate about social justice and wants to pursue a career with the United Nations. She is encouraging Barry students to consider attending next year’s Millennium Campus Conference in Washington, D.C.
“It is an amazing opportunity to network with other like-minded, passionate, and professional individuals from all areas of the world,” she said.
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Faculty Learning Community to Meet on September 23
The Faculty Learning Community for Engaged Scholarship will meet on Wednesday, September 23, from 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. The Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI) will host the meeting in Adrian 208.
The FLC is an interdisciplinary group of faculty members who engage in an active, collaborative program focused on the scholarship of engagement. Also known as community-engaged scholarship (CES), the scholarship of engagement integrates work in the areas of teaching, research, and service that addresses community issues.
The FLC is open to all faculty members. Prospective members are urged to attend the meeting.
For further information, contact Dr. Pamela Hall, FLC facilitator, at phall@barry.edu, or the CCSI.
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CCSI Newsletter
Posted On : September 14, 2015
