An upcoming March workshop series offered by the Morgridge Center for Public Service will focus on the essential knowledge needed to get involved in community engagement. The workshops are designed to support UW affiliates in preparing for equitable, mutually-beneficial community engagement, drawing from a curriculum developed with community partners in the Madison area. This curriculum is also available as Canvas modules.
- T 3/22, 4-5:15pm, virtual: Getting to Know the Madison Community
- Contexts, efforts, and places to visit in three neighborhoods
- Th 3/24, 4:30-5:45pm, virtual: Volunteer Tutoring in Madison
- Considerations for engaging with youth and multicultural teaching
- Th 3/31, 5:30-6:45pm @ Red Gym: Entering, Engaging, and Exiting Communities (Project Design)
- Principles of engagement and building sustainable projects
- T 4/5, 5-6:15pm @ Red Gym: International Engagement
- Motivations for engagement and self-awareness; contexts and considerations for international work
- W 4/6, 5-6:15pm @ Red Gym: Power, Privilege, and Positionality
- Self-awareness, cultural humility, and implicit bias; local contexts; solidarity
- F 4/22, 12:30-1:45pm @ Red Gym: Complicating the Wisconsin Idea
- History of the Wisconsin Idea, motivations for engagement and saviorism
Register to attend here: http://go.wisc.edu/2349v7.