Engagement Week Calendar
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North Carolina Navigating Care for Families and Their Children with Developmental Disabilities
Room 227, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building UNC School of Social Work, 325 Pittsboro Street, Chapel HillAbundance-Based Community Development in the Historically Black Neighborhoods of Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Carolina Student Union, Room 3409 209 South Rd, Chapel HillLearning from Local Teachers: A Dialogue on Classroom Deliberation
Caldwell Hall, Rm 213 240 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel HillWhat do you need? Engaging in a Rural, Regional, Medication Optimization Needs Assessment
Room 200, Beard Hall 301 Pharmacy Lane, Chapel HillThe Tar Heel Bus Tour: Stories from the Road
Anne Queen Lounge, Campus Y 180 East Cameron Ave., Chapel HillEngaging Tribal Communities
Future site of the American Indian Cultural Garden 205 Wilson Street (across the street), Chapel HillFilm Screening: The Smell of Money
Nelson Mandela Auditorium at the Global FedEx Center 301 Pittsboro Street, Chapel HillStart Where You Live: How the UNC School of Government is Creating the Next Generation of Leaders
School of Government, Rm 2403 400 South Rd, Chapel HillAging in Community: Amplifying Abundance and Care Through Intergenerational Connections
Marian Cheek Jackson Center 512 West Rosemary Street, Chapel HillEngaging Across Campus to Promote Voting Access
Carolina Student Union Room 3102 209 South Road, Chapel HillMarian Cheek Jackson Center: Involving Students in Community-First Oral History
Carolina Student Union, Room 2422 209 South Rd, Chapel HillUm, Who is the Expert Here? Valuing Lived Experiences as True Expertise
Room 2401, UNC School of Government Knapp-Sanders Building 400 South Road, Chapel HillWorks of heART: How Art Can Be a Unifying Factor in Service and the Larger Community
Room 3407, Carolina Union 209 South Road, Chapel HillSTEAM Play: The importance of informal learning settings and using play-based science practices in working with children from vulnerable and underrepresented communities.
112 (Performance Lab), Media Arts Space 108 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill- No events scheduled for March 4, 2023.
- No events scheduled for March 5, 2023.
Week of Events
Inspiring Others to Act
Inspiring Others to Act
In this workshop, participants will think critically about how to inspire others to join them in pursuing their passions and affecting positive change in their community. By examining the qualities of inspirational leaders, including by watching a video with some … Read more
North Carolina Navigating Care for Families and Their Children with Developmental Disabilities
North Carolina Navigating Care for Families and Their Children with Developmental Disabilities
During this presentation, the newly developed online North Carolina Family Navigation Guide will be highlighted. Participants will learn more about the needs of families and their children with developmental disabilities and the reasons the Guide was developed. A demonstration of … Read more
Abundance-Based Community Development in the Historically Black Neighborhoods of Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Abundance-Based Community Development in the Historically Black Neighborhoods of Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Event hosts will share a comparison of needs-based vs. abundance-based approaches to community development and engage participants in their own storytelling activity. Participants in this event will learn about the innovative housing justice work of the Northside Neighborhood Initiative, a … Read more
Learning from Local Teachers: A Dialogue on Classroom Deliberation
Learning from Local Teachers: A Dialogue on Classroom Deliberation
At this panel discussion, participants will hear from Triangle-area educators who have used the National High School Ethics Bowl as a vehicle for civic education and dialogue across disagreement. Headquartered at UNC-Chapel Hill, the ethics bowl unites thousands of high … Read more
Fayetteville State University and NCGrowth Create Economic Resilience
Fayetteville State University and NCGrowth Create Economic Resilience
At this panel discussion, participants will learn about how Fayetteville State University is leveraging over $175 million of state appropriations to build economic resilience in the broader Cumberland County Region. FSU is a partner of NCGrowth's AICER (Anchor Institutions Create … Read more
What do you need? Engaging in a Rural, Regional, Medication Optimization Needs Assessment
What do you need? Engaging in a Rural, Regional, Medication Optimization Needs Assessment
Event Recap https://youtu.be/xBflrVD1ERM Event Description At this presentation, participants will learn about the ongoing process of engaging with rural federally qualified health centers (FQHC) offering primary care services across Western North Carolina to conduct a multi-faceted medication optimization needs assessment. … Read more
The Tar Heel Bus Tour: Stories from the Road
The Tar Heel Bus Tour: Stories from the Road
Join organizers and alumni of the Tar Heel Bus Tour to hear about their experiences and what they learned about North Carolina and UNC's relationship to the state as well as how their participation has informed their work here in … Read more
Engaging Tribal Communities
Engaging Tribal Communities
Native nations maintain a distinct political relationship with the United States. Given this political standing, engaging tribal communities is often complex and diverse. This workshop will cover foundational information about the unique status of Native nations, survey the North Carolina … Read more
Film Screening: The Smell of Money
Film Screening: The Smell of Money
This event is a Community and Impact Screening of the documentary film The Smell of Money. From the film’s website: “A century after her grandfather claimed his freedom from slavery and the family land, Elsie Herring and her North Carolina … Read more
Start Where You Live: How the UNC School of Government is Creating the Next Generation of Leaders
Start Where You Live: How the UNC School of Government is Creating the Next Generation of Leaders
This event is hosted by the UNC Lead for NC Project. Since 2019, Lead for NC has placed 75 young people in 68 communities across North Carolina. The impact of these partnerships is extraordinary; program participants have secured more than … Read more
Aging in Community: Amplifying Abundance and Care Through Intergenerational Connections
Aging in Community: Amplifying Abundance and Care Through Intergenerational Connections
The Partnerships in Aging Program at UNC-Chapel Hill and the Marian Cheek Jackson Center have worked together to develop intergenerational programming that encourages community building, good neighbors and age-embracing relationships. The Linking Generations Across Northside and the Northside Residential Fellowship … Read more
Undergraduate Student Government – Menstrual Product Drive for Community Empowerment Fund!
Undergraduate Student Government – Menstrual Product Drive for Community Empowerment Fund!
A lack of access to menstrual products can be a barrier for many people, including in the local community.The UNC undergraduate student government Executive Branch's Department of Civic Engagement and Outreach Services is working to address this in partnership with … Read more
Public Collaboration 101
Public Collaboration 101
Participants in this session, hosted by Carolina Public Humanities, will learn about best practices of collaborative public work, discuss tips for building responsive programming with community partners, and workshop how to tailor academic themes for public participants. A light lunch … Read more
From Campus to Community: Garden for Good
From Campus to Community: Garden for Good
This event will be a service event co-hosted by the Carolina Community Garden and APPLES Service-Learning. Participants will learn about the garden, volunteer in the garden and then take part in a reflection exercise. The event will be interactive and … Read more
Engaging Across Campus to Promote Voting Access
Engaging Across Campus to Promote Voting Access
The panel discussion will feature a variety of undergraduate students and graduate students who participate in the Civic Engagement Working Group. They will be joined by Leadership Development Program Coordinator Natasha Young in answering questions moderated by Ryan Nilsen from … Read more
Marian Cheek Jackson Center: Involving Students in Community-First Oral History
Marian Cheek Jackson Center: Involving Students in Community-First Oral History
Through this workshop, participants will be introduced to the Marian Cheek Jackson Center's oral history methodology. Through this methodology, the Jackson Center pushes against the historically exploitative relationship that can characterize interactions between community members and academic researchers. Throughout the … Read more
Deepening Engagement in Western NC for Health and Economic Development
Deepening Engagement in Western NC for Health and Economic Development
Event Recap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLLNqvzWJnQ Event Description At this virtual presentation, participants will explore ways that UNC is serving the western region through teaching, research and service. Through unique internal and external partnerships and programs, UNC is contributing to the creation of … Read more
Revitalizing Habitat for Humanity’s Neighborhood Engagement Efforts Through Community Consultancy
Revitalizing Habitat for Humanity’s Neighborhood Engagement Efforts Through Community Consultancy
During the 2022-2023 academic year, the Department of Health Science’s Community Practice Lab (CPL) in the UNC School of Medicine is partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC (Habitat) to inform Habitat’s neighborhood engagement efforts in communities. The … Read more
The Current State of Waste and Race in North Carolina
The Current State of Waste and Race in North Carolina
This talk will examine the historical and contemporary impacts that solid waste facilities have on communities of color in North Carolina and reflect on the 40-year history of environmental justice organizing around waste facilities in the United States.
Um, Who is the Expert Here? Valuing Lived Experiences as True Expertise
Um, Who is the Expert Here? Valuing Lived Experiences as True Expertise
Partnering with community members on research projects allows both academic and community partners to blend insights from existing research and with that from lived experiences. When it works best, the relationship between community and campus partners is one of reciprocity … Read more
Fairview Youth in Action: A Youth-Driven, Community-Engaged Program to Create Communities Safe for Active Living
Fairview Youth in Action: A Youth-Driven, Community-Engaged Program to Create Communities Safe for Active Living
At this presentation, participants will learn youth engagement strategies through the lens of a multi-year, youth-driven project. Like many communities, Hillsborough’s Fairview neighborhood is not designed to support healthy active living. A lack of sidewalks, bike paths and street lighting, … Read more
I Serve Campaign! (Cancelled due to weather)
I Serve Campaign! (Cancelled due to weather)
Given the weather forecast for Friday, March 3, this event has been cancelled! We hope you can enjoy the other Friday Engagement Week activities that are virtual or indoors. Please follow @unc_execbranch on Twitter and Instagram to discover other ways … Read more
Survive SHARE Overcome: Lessons from the Classroom
Survive SHARE Overcome: Lessons from the Classroom
During this presentation, participants will learn about an academic enrichment and physical activity program called “Brains and Games” that was developed and implemented by two UNC medical students in collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club of Durham and Orange … Read more
Works of heART: How Art Can Be a Unifying Factor in Service and the Larger Community
Works of heART: How Art Can Be a Unifying Factor in Service and the Larger Community
At this workshop, participants will begin discovering how art can create powerful messages through community service! Everyone is welcome- no artistic inclination is needed. Presenters will focus on art evoking empathy and serving as a story-telling vehicle. Presenters also will … Read more
STEAM Play: The importance of informal learning settings and using play-based science practices in working with children from vulnerable and underrepresented communities.
STEAM Play: The importance of informal learning settings and using play-based science practices in working with children from vulnerable and underrepresented communities.
Play has a transformative role in enabling underrepresented student populations to cope with difficult circumstances and express themselves. Avi Santo, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, has worked with children experiencing homelessness engaging them in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, … Read more