PBJN Monthly Newsletter

We send a monthly newsletter and occasional special announcements to our colleagues the country. Access the archives of Network-wide e-mails online. Do you have an opportunity or story you'd like to have included? Please send your content to Erin Burrows, burrower@seattleu.edu. 

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October 2020 Continuous Learning Zoom Call 

Integrating an Antiracist Framework into Strategic Plans was a joint session held by the Place-based Justice Network and the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) on Wed, Oct 28th. Please note the session was not recorded. 

Participants were invited to submit resources related to anti-racism and strategic planning which are available below. Access the session's slides here. 

Campus Compact 20 PBJN Session 

This session held during Campus Compact 20 is an opportunity about place-based community engagement strategies designed on the principle that communities and higher education institutions should work in long-term partnerships to identify pathways to greater equity, justice, and sustainability. Participants will learn the core values of place-based justice and hear various institutional examples.

PBJN Continuous Learning Call Archive

University Assisted Community Schools (September 2020)

Schools are complex social organisms and require consistent attention to relationships and institutional dynamics of school systems. Seattle Univeristy, Gonzaga, and Loyola University Chicago will share insights with PBJN members into how they have cultivated relationships, developed programming opportunities, and educational strategies for students, families, and community members that embed the school and university more firmly in the context of local communities.

Critical Connections in the time of COVID-19 (April 2020)

Eight campuses discussed how they are adapting place-based community engagement in the time of social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus. 

• Access the video recording along with a transcript and the chat online here.
• View all of the slides shared during the April presentation. 

Centering Community Voice in a Research Agenda (February 2020)

Access this engaging conversation on how to incorporate community voice and decision making into a research agenda available here.

• Maria Silva (University of San Diego): Director, Neighborhood and Community Engaged Partnerships with the Mulvaney Center.
• Mario Browne (University of Pittsburgh): Director, Office of Health Sciences Diversity

Place-Based Justice, Anchor Institutions and Community Engagement: Distinctions and Intersections (November 2019)

• Andrew Seligsohn, President, Campus Compact
• Star Plaxton-Moore, Director of Community Engaged Learning, University of San Francisco
• Lina Dostilio, Associate Vice Chancellor for Community Engagement, University of Pittsburgh

Save the Date for Calls in 2020

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Join the Place-Based Justice network on LinkedIn as we continue to engage in a communal conversation and connect with other member schools.