Working Better Together: Bridging Action Civics and Undergraduate Service Learning
Presentation Format
Panel Discussion
Intended Audience
All Audiences
Presentation Description
The David Mathews Center for Civic Life (DMC) is a statewide, nonpartisan facilitator of dialogue and deliberation that assists Alabama communities, groups and individuals in making more effective and productive decisions. DMC works with Alabamians to build community capacity as they find common ground, build mutual trust, address challenging issues, make informed decisions, and develop the deliberative habits of working together to address shared concerns.
DMC’s Jean O’Connor-Snyder Internship Program (JOIP) provides experiential learning opportunities for college students to research deliberative practices and asset-based approaches to working alongside Alabama communities in capacity-building projects. DMC recruits students from the University of Alabama, Auburn University, Tuskegee University, Troy University, Alabama A&M University, the University of Montevallo and other colleges and universities throughout Alabama.
DMC believes that young people “learn how to be civically engaged by being civically engaged.”[1] In this spirit, the JOIP interns work and learn alongside communities across Alabama in a variety of settings. During the proposed panel, JOIP interns, Faculty Mentors, and Mathews Center staff will share insights, stories, outcomes, and lessons learned from multiple JOIP programs and regions of Alabama. Presenters will also explore challenges to effectively engaging Alabama communities, collaborating with diverse institutions and individuals, and measuring and communicating impact.
Panelists will provide time for session attendees to not only ask questions, but share thoughts and experiences from their own communities and service learning programs for strengthening the relationship between civic engagement and service learning. “Working Better Together” will equip participants with new ideas and tools for engaging college students and communities in shared learning for a stronger civic life on their campus and in the broader community in which they live and practice.
[1] Lisa Guilfoile & Brady Delander, Guidebook: Six Proven Practices for Effective Civic Learning, 2014, pg. 4.
Location
Auditorium
Start Date
4-14-2016 9:15 AM
End Date
4-14-2016 10:30 AM
Recommended Citation
Foster, Cristin E.; Cost, Hollie; Davis, Lauren; and Vick, K.C., "Working Better Together: Bridging Action Civics and Undergraduate Service Learning" (2016). Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning 2016. 78.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gss/2016/2016/78
Working Better Together: Bridging Action Civics and Undergraduate Service Learning
Auditorium
The David Mathews Center for Civic Life (DMC) is a statewide, nonpartisan facilitator of dialogue and deliberation that assists Alabama communities, groups and individuals in making more effective and productive decisions. DMC works with Alabamians to build community capacity as they find common ground, build mutual trust, address challenging issues, make informed decisions, and develop the deliberative habits of working together to address shared concerns.
DMC’s Jean O’Connor-Snyder Internship Program (JOIP) provides experiential learning opportunities for college students to research deliberative practices and asset-based approaches to working alongside Alabama communities in capacity-building projects. DMC recruits students from the University of Alabama, Auburn University, Tuskegee University, Troy University, Alabama A&M University, the University of Montevallo and other colleges and universities throughout Alabama.
DMC believes that young people “learn how to be civically engaged by being civically engaged.”[1] In this spirit, the JOIP interns work and learn alongside communities across Alabama in a variety of settings. During the proposed panel, JOIP interns, Faculty Mentors, and Mathews Center staff will share insights, stories, outcomes, and lessons learned from multiple JOIP programs and regions of Alabama. Presenters will also explore challenges to effectively engaging Alabama communities, collaborating with diverse institutions and individuals, and measuring and communicating impact.
Panelists will provide time for session attendees to not only ask questions, but share thoughts and experiences from their own communities and service learning programs for strengthening the relationship between civic engagement and service learning. “Working Better Together” will equip participants with new ideas and tools for engaging college students and communities in shared learning for a stronger civic life on their campus and in the broader community in which they live and practice.
[1] Lisa Guilfoile & Brady Delander, Guidebook: Six Proven Practices for Effective Civic Learning, 2014, pg. 4.
Program Abstract
The David Mathews Center for Civic Life’s Jean O’Connor-Snyder Internship Program (JOIP) provides experiential learning opportunities for college students to research deliberative practices and asset-based approaches to working alongside Alabama communities in capacity-building projects. In this panel, JOIP interns and faculty mentors will share insights, stories, outcomes, and lessons learned from multiple communities and projects. Presenters will also explore challenges to effectively engaging Alabama communities, collaborating with diverse institutions, and measuring and communicating impact.