Cultivating Community in Contested Spaces

140 Garden Avenue,Ithaca NY 14853

02 June, 2022

Description

Cultivating Community in Contested Spaces: Considering, reaffirming, and reimagining best practices in community-based global learning The Opportunity: Consider, reaffirm, and reimagine best practices in community-based global learning. Learn from leading edge program models advancing community-based, ethical engagement, at home and abroad. Apply insights and critical reflection to your own institution, context, and/or program model, workshopping with supportive colleagues. Connect and co-create with individuals dedicated to advancing ethical, critical, aspirationally decolonial community-based learning and research for more just, inclusive, sustainable communities. Experience and consider specific local spaces (including Ithaca), communities, and histories in the context of global and transnational thinking toward more just, inclusive, and sustainable futures. Agenda Specific times and titles are meant to give you a sense of the Institute and may be modified slightly. June 2 9:00 - Intro - What is Community-based Global Learning? 10:00 - Break 10:15 - CBGL Partnerships and Program Models 12:00 - Critically Reflective Practice 12:30 - Lunch - & Food Justice Efforts On-campus 1:30 - Course Content, Course Design, and Reflective Learning for Local/Global Engagement 2:30 - Explore! Time for Outdoor Engagement and Reflection 4:30 - Reconvene and Reconnect 5:00 - Foodways, Nourishment, Fun - Dinner and Community Engagement 6:30 - Considering Next Steps June 3 9:00 - Institutionalizing CBGL and Wrestling through “Aspirationally Decolonial” Efforts 10:15 - Workshopping Your Institution 11:15 - Critically Reflective Practice - Meta-analysis and Opportunities 12:00 - Lunch, Assessment and The Global Engagement Survey 1:00 - Navigating Persistent Challenges 2:00 - Break 2:15 - Insights, Opportunities and Feedback 3:45 - Closing Remarks - and Building Community Moving toward 2023 Cost • $450 Individual Registration • $300 for Collaborative, NYPACC, SUNY Global, and Amizade Affiliates (with discount code) • $150 for Community Colleges, Community Partners, K12, Students*, Retirees, Institutions in the Global South *This rate is intended for individuals who are currently full-time students.