This document outlines a framework for civic engagement and social change. It discusses a continuum from direct service work to capacity building and social justice efforts. Examples are provided of Bonner students' civic experiences in areas like fundraising, voter engagement, community research, policy work, and social action campaigns. Students are encouraged to reflect on where their experience fits within this spectrum. Issues like hunger, education, and immigration are presented for students to explore expanding their work in a collaborative way with multiple organizations focused on creating systemic change.
This session will explain how YOU as an undergraduate college student can teach a Social Action course, how students can lead the way for social change on their college campuses and empower each other to make a difference.
Power of Near Peers in Driving Impact in Health EducationBonner Foundation
Evan Joy McLaurin, Manager, Business Development and Ann W Peralta, VP, Partnerships, Peer Health Exchange
Participants will experience directly the power of Peer Health Exchange’s innovative and interactive skill- building program that uses college students as near- peer educators, discuss the strengths and limitations of the near-peer model and its correlation with known impact to date. Then participants will break into small groups and co-design a new workshop based on an unmet need or an un-addressed skill necessary for health education. Each group will design learning objectives, core skill-building activities, and potential assessments.
7 Key Ways Students Can Act To Stimulate Electoral Engagement On CampusBonner Foundation
Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) works with campus administrators, faculty, staff, and student leaders, helping them engage their students in local, state and federal elections. Student voting doesn’t just happen. It takes cultivation. We’ve developed seven key areas of electoral engagement to create a roadmap for increasing your level of success, areas that complement each other as you effectively engage your campus. Our approaches address all the key barriers to participation, from lack of information about the election process, to student cynicism about whether their voices matter. You don’t have to do everything on this list to make a major difference, but these approaches reinforce each other, so it’s crucial to address all seven areas — choosing approaches that fit your campus best.
The slides are based on Michael Wenger's essay "The Journey to Racial Healing and Racial Equity." The essay includes discussion of certain common characteristics that help facilitate dialogue among diverse stakeholder and invigorate the journey of individuals and communities working towards racial justice and racial healing.
Sustained Dialogue Presentation from Rhonda Fitzgerald.pptxBonner Foundation
We were joined by Rhonda Fitzgerald of Sustained Dialogue Institute, a national partner based in Washington DC that helps people to transform conflictual relationships and design change processes around the world. Sustained Dialogue Institute defines dialogue as “listening deeply enough to be changed by what you learn.” This presentation introduces key aspects of the philosophy and approach.
This is the presentation on Service Learning that Helping 100 created for the iCare Conference (2/4/09) for NCS 7th grade students and the Animal Ark Conference (4/9/09) for NCS 6th grade students.
This session will explain how YOU as an undergraduate college student can teach a Social Action course, how students can lead the way for social change on their college campuses and empower each other to make a difference.
Power of Near Peers in Driving Impact in Health EducationBonner Foundation
Evan Joy McLaurin, Manager, Business Development and Ann W Peralta, VP, Partnerships, Peer Health Exchange
Participants will experience directly the power of Peer Health Exchange’s innovative and interactive skill- building program that uses college students as near- peer educators, discuss the strengths and limitations of the near-peer model and its correlation with known impact to date. Then participants will break into small groups and co-design a new workshop based on an unmet need or an un-addressed skill necessary for health education. Each group will design learning objectives, core skill-building activities, and potential assessments.
7 Key Ways Students Can Act To Stimulate Electoral Engagement On CampusBonner Foundation
Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP) works with campus administrators, faculty, staff, and student leaders, helping them engage their students in local, state and federal elections. Student voting doesn’t just happen. It takes cultivation. We’ve developed seven key areas of electoral engagement to create a roadmap for increasing your level of success, areas that complement each other as you effectively engage your campus. Our approaches address all the key barriers to participation, from lack of information about the election process, to student cynicism about whether their voices matter. You don’t have to do everything on this list to make a major difference, but these approaches reinforce each other, so it’s crucial to address all seven areas — choosing approaches that fit your campus best.
The slides are based on Michael Wenger's essay "The Journey to Racial Healing and Racial Equity." The essay includes discussion of certain common characteristics that help facilitate dialogue among diverse stakeholder and invigorate the journey of individuals and communities working towards racial justice and racial healing.
Sustained Dialogue Presentation from Rhonda Fitzgerald.pptxBonner Foundation
We were joined by Rhonda Fitzgerald of Sustained Dialogue Institute, a national partner based in Washington DC that helps people to transform conflictual relationships and design change processes around the world. Sustained Dialogue Institute defines dialogue as “listening deeply enough to be changed by what you learn.” This presentation introduces key aspects of the philosophy and approach.
This is the presentation on Service Learning that Helping 100 created for the iCare Conference (2/4/09) for NCS 7th grade students and the Animal Ark Conference (4/9/09) for NCS 6th grade students.
The Pandemic and Social Change: Ageism and Intersectional DisparitiesBonner Foundation
A presentation for the University of Pennsylvania Higher Education Leadership Conference in January 2022. This presentation explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education through a lens of ageism, ethnicity, race, gender, and other aspects of social identity and justice. Developed based on research and experience by Carol Kalin (University of Pennsylvania), Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos (Rutgers University) and Ariane Hoy (Bonner Foundation).
Workshop Description from Program: The COVID 19 pandemic has exacerbated longstanding disparities in many aspects of American life—from healthcare to higher education.The presenters in this session were co-authors, along with Susan Klusmeier (C15), of a paper on ageism assigned in Dr. Shaun Harper’s last class on diversity, equity, and inclusion at Penn GSE. Entitled “Consider Gina:A Case of Intersectionality of Age, Gender, and Ethnicity in Higher Education,” the paper focused on the problems younger minoritized professionals encounter as they advance in their careers. A literature review revealed that ageism differs from other aspects of identity in that it can be said to transcend culture. During the pandemic, notably, vaccines and other medical interventions were explicitly rationed based on chronological age. In higher education, statistics reflect steep declines in community college attendance, important to social mobility for lower-income students, while at the other end of the spectrum, returns on the large endowments of elite schools are breaking all previous records.After a summary of the paper and some brief comments on ageism and long-term disability in higher education, we offer an update on social justice work at colleges and universities as well as an overview of the pandemic’s impact on academic medicine.
This workshop will take students on a trip across the city to discuss best practices in learning from one's community to make a more significant impact in it. Presenters will overview an approach taken in learning from the local Spring Hill community, assessing their needs, and working with them to combat a lack of fresh produce with the creation of a community garden. By learning from successes and failures of those involved, students will be better able to analyze what they can do as a Bonner Program and university to make positive change.
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Running head: CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Analysis 4
CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Name: Samantha Bonds
Date: August 18, 2017
CULTURAL ANALYSIS
In carrying out the qualitative research analysis, I used various qualitative design methods such as the use of questionnaires, interviews, and observation to collect data from different communities or races. For this entire process of data collection, it involved 50 participants from different race and communities. Firstly, the questionnaires were used to collect the data which had both open and closed questions. Through the use of the questionnaires helped in hiding the identity of the person participating thus guaranteeing reliable answers to the questions asked. Furthermore, the participants were also interviewed to explain what are the challenges facing the children at their early ages. There are two types of interviews that were conducted, namely: face-to-face interview and group interview. Moreover, the observation is another data collection method that I used in finding out the challenges facing all children from different communities. According to the findings, they showed that a large number of children are unable to read and there are different solutions that were proposed by the participants. After conducted analysis on the findings, it is shown that there is need to start a youth program which main goal will be helping the children to read since after observation I discovered that most of the children in different are truly do not know how to read. Furthermore, in terms of membership, most of the participants were willing to participate in the youth program and become the members to facilitate the entire process of offering services to the children at their reading level.
The public funding is a unique resource system which does not distribute according to different communities, but it is offered by the state government to facilitate social and economic development (Wilson, 2013). The public funding will aid in facilitating the youth program since it a non-profit group that aims at solving the social problem experienced. This unique resource system will improve the society since it will make sure that the number of children unable to read very well is reduced. This resources system will have a positive impact on the community since it aligns with a plan of government agencies to reform the community or society.
The diversity of the culture can have an effect on the collaboration process because of different values from different communities. In this case, it means that the black community will have its own unique values compared to the Whites. Thus, the way Whites take things may not be the same way Blacks takes things. In addition, there is this issue of superiority and inferiority that may affect the collaboration (Stahl et al., 2010). For instance, Whites may feel are more superior than Blacks. This kind of feeling will ultimately ruin the entire collaboration process. There is no ...
The Pandemic and Social Change: Ageism and Intersectional DisparitiesBonner Foundation
A presentation for the University of Pennsylvania Higher Education Leadership Conference in January 2022. This presentation explores the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education through a lens of ageism, ethnicity, race, gender, and other aspects of social identity and justice. Developed based on research and experience by Carol Kalin (University of Pennsylvania), Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos (Rutgers University) and Ariane Hoy (Bonner Foundation).
Workshop Description from Program: The COVID 19 pandemic has exacerbated longstanding disparities in many aspects of American life—from healthcare to higher education.The presenters in this session were co-authors, along with Susan Klusmeier (C15), of a paper on ageism assigned in Dr. Shaun Harper’s last class on diversity, equity, and inclusion at Penn GSE. Entitled “Consider Gina:A Case of Intersectionality of Age, Gender, and Ethnicity in Higher Education,” the paper focused on the problems younger minoritized professionals encounter as they advance in their careers. A literature review revealed that ageism differs from other aspects of identity in that it can be said to transcend culture. During the pandemic, notably, vaccines and other medical interventions were explicitly rationed based on chronological age. In higher education, statistics reflect steep declines in community college attendance, important to social mobility for lower-income students, while at the other end of the spectrum, returns on the large endowments of elite schools are breaking all previous records.After a summary of the paper and some brief comments on ageism and long-term disability in higher education, we offer an update on social justice work at colleges and universities as well as an overview of the pandemic’s impact on academic medicine.
This workshop will take students on a trip across the city to discuss best practices in learning from one's community to make a more significant impact in it. Presenters will overview an approach taken in learning from the local Spring Hill community, assessing their needs, and working with them to combat a lack of fresh produce with the creation of a community garden. By learning from successes and failures of those involved, students will be better able to analyze what they can do as a Bonner Program and university to make positive change.
Running head CULTURAL ANALYSISAnalysis4.docxsusanschei
Running head: CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Analysis 4
CULTURAL ANALYSIS
Name: Samantha Bonds
Date: August 18, 2017
CULTURAL ANALYSIS
In carrying out the qualitative research analysis, I used various qualitative design methods such as the use of questionnaires, interviews, and observation to collect data from different communities or races. For this entire process of data collection, it involved 50 participants from different race and communities. Firstly, the questionnaires were used to collect the data which had both open and closed questions. Through the use of the questionnaires helped in hiding the identity of the person participating thus guaranteeing reliable answers to the questions asked. Furthermore, the participants were also interviewed to explain what are the challenges facing the children at their early ages. There are two types of interviews that were conducted, namely: face-to-face interview and group interview. Moreover, the observation is another data collection method that I used in finding out the challenges facing all children from different communities. According to the findings, they showed that a large number of children are unable to read and there are different solutions that were proposed by the participants. After conducted analysis on the findings, it is shown that there is need to start a youth program which main goal will be helping the children to read since after observation I discovered that most of the children in different are truly do not know how to read. Furthermore, in terms of membership, most of the participants were willing to participate in the youth program and become the members to facilitate the entire process of offering services to the children at their reading level.
The public funding is a unique resource system which does not distribute according to different communities, but it is offered by the state government to facilitate social and economic development (Wilson, 2013). The public funding will aid in facilitating the youth program since it a non-profit group that aims at solving the social problem experienced. This unique resource system will improve the society since it will make sure that the number of children unable to read very well is reduced. This resources system will have a positive impact on the community since it aligns with a plan of government agencies to reform the community or society.
The diversity of the culture can have an effect on the collaboration process because of different values from different communities. In this case, it means that the black community will have its own unique values compared to the Whites. Thus, the way Whites take things may not be the same way Blacks takes things. In addition, there is this issue of superiority and inferiority that may affect the collaboration (Stahl et al., 2010). For instance, Whites may feel are more superior than Blacks. This kind of feeling will ultimately ruin the entire collaboration process. There is no ...
(HEPE) College And Youth Activism On Health Disparities And Social Determinan...antz505
Many youth leaders are compelled to do work with community based non-profit and local public health agencies as both a service learning and philanthropic component in their development as young professionals. However, despite invaluable experiential learning, students often don\'t comprehend key overarching issues such as health disparities, social determinants of health, health policy and community organizing. To address this gap and optimize their community based work, the Health Disparities Student Collaborative (HDSC), a Boston-based student group under Critical MASS for eliminating health disparities and the Center for Community Health Education Research and Service Inc. (CCHERS), developed a curriculum for students designed to broaden their perspectives while working with local public health, non-profit/community organizations and to develop their interest and ability to visualize the power of their collective voice as students and contributors to social justice work. The curriculum utilizes peer education and webinar software and covers three main topics: Current State of Health Disparities, Social Determinants of Health, and Youth Activism on Health Disparities/Social Determinants of Health. HDSC has collaborated with local partners CCHERS/Critical MASS and the Community Based Public Health Caucus (CBPHC) Youth Council to develop this comprehensive “Health Equality Peer Education” training.
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Final Notes, Thoughts, and Links from 1.29 Civics Conversation (Amanda Cowgill)
Types of nonprofits:
There are many types of nonprofits. As I discussed, some are specific to providing direct services like feeding people experiencing homelessness; however, there are also organizations devoted just to fundraising for certain causes (e.g., Wounded Warrior Project, Susan G. Komen Foundation), to provide capacity building services to other nonprofits (e.g., many state-level organizations), and to advocate for others (e.g., lobbying organizations like the National Organization of Women). If you’re unsure about what an organization has to offer, just call them and ask! Many people who work in nonprofits are there to help any and all people, including those of you who want to volunteer.
Resources for volunteering:
- Volunteermatch.org: great collection of national, state, local, and virtual opportunities; also provides a list of nonprofits by subject area (anti-hunger, animal welfare, tutoring, etc.)
- Idealist.org: great collection of international, national, state, and local opportunities; also lists internships and jobs available with nonprofits.
- Hungervolunteer.org: national database on volunteer opportunities with anti-hunger organizations.
- Volunteer.dc.gov: resources and information on local volunteer opportunities (although not updated regularly. Best to check VolunteerMatch or Idealist first)
- Breadforthecity.org/volunteer/ : volunteer positions with Bread for the City. The organization does much more than just anti-hunger stuff including job readiness programs, resume writing, clothing assistance, and much more.
- Volunteer.capitalareafoodbank.org: also offers various volunteer opportunities including nutrition education, community gardening, and benefits outreach.
- Dccfh.org (DC Coalition for the Homeless): they don’t list any volunteer opportunities on their website but just reach out to them to see if they are in need of assistance.
- Humanerescuealliance.org/volunteer : DC’s animal humane shelters recently united to become the Humane Rescue Alliance of DC. They are often looking for volu ...
This is the Power Point delivered at the 50th Annual California Council of the Social Sciences by Jim Bentley, CA 03 District Coordinator for Project Citizen.
For further information regarding Project Citizen, please visit the Center for Civic Education's website at www.civiced.org
Collaborative relationships between schools and their communitiesnoblex1
At the core of American society is the notion that the problems of communities cannot be left to policymakers and other leaders alone. Source: https://ebookschoice.com/collaborative-relationships-between-schools-and-their-communities/
A List Of The Best Community Outreach Strategies For You.pdfCallHub
Reach your community effectively with these community outreach strategies. Whether you are a nonprofit, advocacy or political campaign - we have the right solutions for you.
Building Strong Neighborhoods for Families With ChildrenEveryday Democracy
A four-session discussion guide to help people make their neighborhoods better places for families with children by identifying challenges and opportunities, and working toward solutions.
In this session, we’ll share ways schools are managing their Bonner Program and campus-wide center through workflows that use project management software to streamline operations and provide more effective and comprehensive information to stakeholders.
In this session, we’ll delve into the ways that institutions have been engaging faculty, creating courses and pathways, and working to build sustained infrastructure for civic learning and community engagement.
In this session, we’ll explore how to create cohort communities for students to explore their career interests and how civic and community engagement, in and outside of class, prepares them for post-graduate work.
Best Practices - Building a Coalition of Student-Led Service Projects.pdfBonner Foundation
In this session, we’ll share a core strategy for developing and supporting student leadership of community service by building a coalition (supported by your center) with representatives of student-led service projects, clubs, programs across the campus.
Fall Network Meeting Community Partnerships & Projects Session.pdfBonner Foundation
In this session, we’ll be able to share how we are building and managing effective community partnerships and projects. Through this process, participants can identify their strengths, opportunities, future aspirations, and resource needs.
Leveraging Data to Make the Case for Bonner Like Programs.pdfBonner Foundation
This workshop is well-suited for folks who care deeply about institutionalizing community engagement and expanding access to high-impact practices. Come ready to learn about how the Stetson Bonner Program learned from a 2023 Institutional Research & Effectiveness study that the most successful retention and graduation program at Stetson is our Bonner Program – more than any academic program, co-curricular program, athletic program, Greek program, or other explicit retention initiatives. You’ll hear about how we leveraged this information to create more Bonner-like programs. You’ll leave with an understanding of how to analyze your campus' data on first-time-in-college (FTIC) student retention, and how that data can help you advocate for expanding community engagement initiatives as an effective driver of retention.
This session aims promote learning and exchange of ideas on
how we can help students all across campus pursue careers
with purpose and meaning, especially ones that make the world
a better place. The session will engage students in a dialogue
about career goals, academic study, service experience, career
support, and group discussions based on career interests.
This opening session sets the stage for a dynamic and informative
conference focused on driving positive social change. We'll be
inspired and rooted in a sense of place by President Floyd and our
student speakers then dive into two frameworks focused on
equipping individuals to be change agents in their communities.
Participants can expect to gain valuable insights, engage in
thought-provoking discussions and be inspired by the stories of
those who work towards moving the metaphorical mountains of
social inequality, injustice, and systemic challenges.
This is What Democracy Looks Like Powerbuilding -- Cali VanCleveBonner Foundation
Community organizing has always played a prominent role in the nonprofit world. But what about long-term, sustainable activism work? Power building is a newer sect of community organizing in which people can organize around a certain issue creating power within targeted communities. The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and its 501(c)(4) TIRRC Votes has created a movement across the state, and they build power within our immigrant and refugee communities through voter engagement and services such as legal aid, educational resources, etc. It is vital to recognize the diverse forms in which we can organize around election cycles beyond simply registering people to vote. If you're interested in either immigrant and refugee rights, voter engagement, or unconventional means of organizing, this would be the place for you!
Are you aspiring to build an exciting career on the global stage? Do you dream of working across borders, cultures, and continents? In an increasingly interconnected world, an international career offers unparalleled opportunities for personal and professional growth. Join us to discuss how you can leverage your Bonner experience in a global context and to explore a wide array of international opportunities.
Prioritizing Bonner How to Support the Student Journey (1).pptxBonner Foundation
This workshop focuses on how to support students as they go through their undergraduate programs not only in the Bonner Program but in their academic and personal lives as well. Students experience a lot of changes and stress during the transitions of college, and we will be discussing some structures and strategies to support them to grow into accountable leaders while still prioritizing their wellbeing.
Preparing a strong personal statement_fall_2023_grad_general.pptxBonner Foundation
Thinking about applying to graduate school? Join Executive Director of Admissions and Enrollment, Ivone Foisy from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health to learn how to make your personal statement stand out to admissions committees. She will address your questions and offer examples of strong personal statements.
Current Communication Apps and Their Uses in Bonner.pdfBonner Foundation
This workshop is well-suited for individuals who want to think critically about how their program supports meaningful communication and collaboration. Come ready to share challenges with sharing information and meeting students where they are at. You'll hear about how to use Discord and Notion to improve program infrastructure, community building practices, and information gathering and distribution. You'll leave knowing how to set up channels in Discord and how to adapt a Notion template so that you're ready to improve your program's capacity.
We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
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Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
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Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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How to Split Bills in the Odoo 17 POS ModuleCeline George
Bills have a main role in point of sale procedure. It will help to track sales, handling payments and giving receipts to customers. Bill splitting also has an important role in POS. For example, If some friends come together for dinner and if they want to divide the bill then it is possible by POS bill splitting. This slide will show how to split bills in odoo 17 POS.
1. The Continuum of Civic Engagement
From Service To Social Justice
Bonner Congress 2019
2. Learning Outcomes
★We will reflect on our own efforts in a continuum of
civic engagement and social change.
★We will share examples and think about how to
empower other Bonners and Bonner Programs to
engage more broadly to work for social justice.
★We will think through a framework and steps to take
home to our own campuses and communities.
13. “The particular framework we provide below
was selected in order to highlight several
important political dimensions of efforts to
educate citizens for democracy. Our
description of three “kinds of citizens” is not
intended to be exhaustive…”
For the Bonner Network,
we interpret this to help us ask
What kind of change agent do
you want to be? How can you
gain skills in all dimensions?
Westheimer, J., & Kahne, J. (2004). What Kind of Citizen? The Politics of Educating for Democracy. American Educational Research Journal, 41(2), 237-269.
What Kind of Change Agent?
THE POLITICS OF EDUCATING FOR DEMOCRACY
Joel Westheimer University of Ottawa and Joseph Kahne Mills College
14. Personally Responsible Participatory Justice-Oriented
Direct Service Service Leadership Capacity Building/Social Action
Volunteered regularly with a nonprofit
Donated money to a charity or cause
Attended training on diversity and
inclusion
Purchased from locally owned or socially
responsible businesses (“buycotting”)
Prioritizes and practiced wellness/self-care
Vote regularly in elections
Practiced recycling and efforts to reduce
waste (reusable straws, energy efficient
lightbulbs)
Advocated for fair practices within an
organization (hiring for diversity, equal
pay, etc.)
Has encouraged friends or family to
take action (volunteer, donate, etc.)
Conducted community-based research
(i.e., to find solutions)
Participated in community groups/
organizations that are trying to affect
change on an issue
Worked on a political campaign
Participated in a protest or
demonstration
Volunteered/worked to pass a piece
of legislation (canvassed, phone-
banked, etc.)
Worked on a social action campaign
(i.e., to advocate for a change, like a
new minimum wage)
Contacted or visited a public
officials office (i.e., wrote a letter to
lobby)
Conducted community organizing
on an issue or cause
Social Change Spectrum
16. Personally Responsible Participatory Justice-Oriented
Direct Service Service Leadership Capacity Building/Social Action
Volunteered regularly with a nonprofit
Donated money to a charity or cause
Attended training on diversity and
inclusion
Purchased from locally owned or socially
responsible businesses (“buycotting”)
Prioritizes and practiced wellness/self-care
Voted in last election
Practiced recycling and efforts to reduce
waste (reusable straws, energy efficient
lightbulbs)
Advocated for fair practices within
an organization (hiring for diversity,
fair pay, etc.)
Has encouraged friends or family
to take action (volunteer, donate,
etc.)
Conducted community-based
research (i.e., to find solutions)
Participated in community groups/
organizations that are trying to
affect change on an issue
Worked on a political campaign
Participated in a protest or
demonstration
Volunteered/worked to pass a
piece of legislation (canvassed,
phone-banked, etc.)
Worked on a social action
campaign (i.e., to advocate for a
change, like a new minimum wage)
Contacted or visited a public
officials office (i.e., wrote a letter to
lobby)
Conducted community organizing
on an issue or causes
Social Change Spectrum
We need more partners, training & support for this!
17. Inspiring Examples of Student Work
In your Bonner and college experience, you can
“serve” in all of these ways that build capacity:
✓ Do fundraising / resource development
✓ Promote voting and electoral engagement
✓ Do community-engaged research
✓ Work with a public official
✓ Create or advocate for legislation or policy
✓ Work on a social action campaign
18. Working in partnership with the Youth
Volunteer Corps at Hampton Rhodes,
four Christopher Newport students led
the organization's fundraising efforts
through the Give Local 757 campaign.
Two students also wrote grants to raise
needed revenue.
Fundraising:
19. At Appalachian State University in North Carolina, the
students launched a campaign to reinstate an on-
campus voting location. In his letter to the NC State
Board of Elections, the student government president
wrote, “As students, we do not understand why there
are individuals who seek to make voting more difficult
for both students and local citizens. For many years, Ap-
palachian State University has worked with the Town of
Boone to create a unified community. Students have
been responsible for providing countless amounts of
services to the town. We are residents, and we consider
the moving of this polling place to be an extreme
disappointment.” The students successfully reinstated
the polling location (Markovich, 2014).
Electoral Work:
20. Community-Engaged Research:
Working with the Marine Discovery Center,
Zach Edwards, a Stetson student
researched and created curriculum to
educate youth on reduction of plastic
youth. The student also coordinated with
public schools visiting for field trips to
prepare zero waste lunch options; collect
data about waste; and write policies with
schools for zero waste field trips.
21. Emma Henderschedt, a Siena student,
worked with the Albany County District
Attorney’s Office to research and analyze the
needs and education of victims of crime
within the Capital Region of New York State,
using interviews. The goal of the research
was to present the DA’s Office with concrete
needs of victims that are not being met, so
that the DA’s efforts can be redirected.
Work with Political Office:
22. Alexis Nail, a Birmingham Southern
student, compiled research with other
JCMP Fellows (from other colleges in
Jefferson County, Alabama) on the 30
documented victims of racial terror
violence in Jefferson County and
published a report with the County to raise
awareness and combat the issue:
http://jeffersoncountymemorial.com/30-
victims/
Work on Policy Research:
23. Ethan Morellos, a Brown student,
conducted policy research to improve
sexual health standards in Rhode Island.
The goal was to increase access and
ensure reproductive autonomy in Rhode
Island state laws, as well as organize
canvassing and phone banking
opportunities for political action in
medically underserved areas.
Social Action:
25. 1) Hunger/Food Insecurity
2) Climate Crisis/Environment
3) K-12 Education
4) College Access
5) Immigration
6) Adult Education/Job Skill Training
7) Criminal Justice Reform
Pick an Issue & Go to that Area
26. Your Experience
1) What organizations and programs have you
worked with on this issue?
2) How does your experience fit the spectrum?
Personally Responsible Participatory Justice-Oriented
Direct Service Service Leadership Capacity Building/Social Action
27. Example: Early Childhood
1) Served in Head Start classroom, working
with 3 year olds.
2) Helping children with social skills, reading,
playing (direct service). Sophomore year
trainer other volunteers (service leadership)
Junior year worked on writing lesson plans
(capacity building).
28. Now, Map the Issue
1) In your community, what are other nonprofit
agencies or organizations that work on this
issue? If you know, write them down.
2) If you don’t know them, look them up. Try a
Google search or congress.gov.
29. Example: Early Childhood
Danville-Boyle Head Start
Wilderness Trace
Child Development
Danville Child Development Center
Cabinet for Health and
Family Services
Blue Grass Community
Action Partnership
Danville-Boyle Early
Childhood Alliance
30. Example: Early Childhood
Danville Head Start
Wilderness Trace Child
Development
Cabinet for Health and Family
Services
Blue Grass Community
Action Partnership
Kentucky Early Childhood Institute (state)
Jumpstart for Young Children (national)
Danville-Boyle Early
Childhood Alliance
31. Collaboratives
1) Collaboratives are organizations that involve
multiple agencies and their representatives.
2) They may be ad hoc (i.e., community groups)
or sustained organizations.
3) They bring focus to collective goals, such as
making a proven impact on an issue.
32. Illustration: Types of Partners
Partner
Service Provider
(Individuals)
Collaborative
(Systems)
Campaign
(Policies)
Example
Trenton Area Soup Kitchen
Get Set After School
Program
New Brunswick
Community
Food Alliance
Mercer County
Alliance to End
Homelessness
Intern with
Mayor's Office,
City Council, or
District Attorney
Enact Local
Wage Theft
Ordinance
34. The New Brunswick Community Food Alliance brings
together city residents and youth, college students,
community leaders, and local government to build a
sustainable and just food system in our city.
Our mission is to ensure that all New Brunswick residents
have access to nutritious, safe, affordable, and culturally
appropriate food at all times.
35. Citywide postsecondary network, committed to increasing
the percentage of residents with postsecondary degrees,
certificates, and quality credentials from the current 17% to
25% by 2025.
Composed of over 60 organizations.
The backbone organization for the NCLC is the Joseph C.
Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies.
36. Comprised of leaders from the education, business,
philanthropic, nonprofit, civic, and faith communities who
believe in the importance of education and the impact of
working together to change the system of education for
every child, from cradle to career.
This work is accomplished through:
• Catalyzing and supporting collaborative action
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement
• Aligning resources to what works
38. Collaboratives
1) Are there “collaboratives” or “consortia”
that work on this issue in your area? Which
ones? How would you find them?
2) Now look at what these collaboratives do…
39. Example: Early Childhood
Blue Grass Community
Action Partnership
Kentucky Early Childhood Institute (state)
Collaborative Center for Literacy
Development (state)
Danville-Boyle Early Childhood
Alliance
40. Example: Early Childhood
Danville-Boyle Early Childhood Alliance
Bonners at Centre worked with an Education faculty
member to produce a “Community Needs Assessment”
with the Early Education Council. The study
investigates community members' attitudes toward
Early Childhood Education (ECE), and ECE resources
they would like to see grow in the community.
41. Collaboratives
1) Why do you think collaboratives are
underrepresented in our work?
2) In what ways do you think you and your
Bonner Program could work with more
collaboratives?
42. Government Agencies
1) What are other government agencies and
stakeholders that work on your issue? (Note:
some collaboratives are government agencies).
2) What actions could you take to know and
navigate these systems and structures
(government and key stakeholders)?
43. Policies/Social Action
1) What policies and social action campaigns are
working to address your issue?
2) In what ways might you contribute to policy/social
action work both internally (working within a system)
and externally (working outside a system)?
3) What other support and learning do you need to be
more engaged in this form of social justice work?
44. This Bonner Congress is designed to support
you to learn to take action to address injustices.
45. This Bonner Congress is designed to support
your learning on these complex topics…
Tools for Personally
Responsible Civic
Engagement
(Service & Leadership)
Tools for Participatory
Civic Engagement
(Leadership &
Capacity Building)
Tools for Justice-
Oriented Civic
Engagement
(Social Action &
Systems Change)
46. Personally Responsible Participatory Justice-Oriented
Choose Relevant Strategy Sessions
Self Group Systemic
Social Action 101
What I Wish I Had Known: Lessons Learned
from 7 Years and 10 Elections Worth of
Political Campaigns
Just Mercy, Mass Incarceration, and the
Death Penalty
7 Key Ways Students Can Act To
Stimulate Electoral Engagement On
Campus
Don’t Tell Me Your Values, Show Me Your
Budget and I’ll Tell You What You Value
Lead in, Lead out: The Power of
Influence in Leadership
UNDOCUPEERS
Social Justice & Technology
Developing the Inside to Shape
the Outside
Grassroots Community Organizing 101
Interpersonal Inclusion
A Vow To Poverty? Reimagining Financial
Wellness as a Tool of Vocational Discernment
Civically-Engaged Careers
Understanding Identity, Intersectionality,
Privileges, and Our Role in Communities
47. Fill in with electives that build your toolkits
Elective Workshops Block 1
• Art and Justice: Lessons from Latin
America
• Cross-Cultural Engagement
• Education Inequity in Memphis: An
Historical Consideration of Today's
Injustice
• Emergent Strategy
• Leveraging Service Work to Land Your
Dream Job
• Navigating the Graduate School
Admissions Process
• Reducing Harm in Service
• The Value of Service in the Business
World
Elective Workshops
Block 2
• Activism in our Modern
World
• Contested History
• First Generation Action
• Graduate School... Can I
Get Some Advice?
• Managing Projects
• Power of Near Peers in
Driving Impact in Health
Education
• To Hell with Mission Trips
Then revisit what you are
taking away…
Take a moment to plot your
Bonner Congress goals and
choices.