international institute on partnerships - Portland State University

WELCOME, REFLECTIONS, AND FRAMING FOR PARTICIPATION TUESDAY, MAY 24th
7:30 to 8:00 a.m. in Ballroom 355 REGISTRATION
8:00 to 9:45 a.m. in Ballroom 355 BREAKFAST: WELCOME AND REFLECTIONS ON PARTNERSHIPS - President Wim Wiewel, Portland State University
CHALLENGE TO PARTICIPANTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON PARTNERSHIPS -
Kevin Kecskes, Associate Vice Provost for Engagement, Portland State University
REFLECTION AND PREPARATION FOR THE DECONSTRUCTION SESSION -
Amy Driscoll, Senior Scholar, Portland State University
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon DECONSTRUCTING TRANSFORMATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
Dynamic partner teams will share accomplishments, challenges, strategies, and issues in response to audience probing, analyzing, and
interpretation. Facilitators will assist in the elaboration and examination of the concepts of reciprocity and transformation in the context of actual partnerships.
The interactions are directed to extending understandings of the kind of philosophy, approaches, and “day-to-day” communication that promote transformation.
Facilitators will also guide the synthesis of what is deconstructed into a set of recommendations for initiating, developing, and sustaining reciprocal and
transformative partnerships. Select one of the three sessions outlined below.
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South Memphis Revitalization Action Project,
Memphis, Tennessee
The South Memphis Revitalization Project is a residentled
neighborhood effort involving local residents,
community leaders, elected officials from South
Memphis, and a growing number of University of
Memphis students and faculty. The project, initiated
by St. Andrew American Methodist Episcopal Church,
involved more than 1,000 residents in the development
of a comprehensive revitalization plan that was adopted
by the Memphis City Council in March 2010. During the
past year, the revitalization has achieved significant
infrastructure, funding, and several community projects.
Team Partners include: Karen McGee, Steering
Committee Member, South Memphis Revitalization
Action Project; Kathryn Lambert Pennington, Asst.
Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of
Memphis; Kenneth M. Reardon, Professor, City and
Regional Planning Department, University of Memphis;
and Curtis Thomas, Executive Director, The Works,
Inc.
Facilitators: Johnell Bell, Multnomah County
Representative for U. S. Senator Jeff Merkley; Patti
Clayton, Consultant with PHC Ventures, Senior Scholar
Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis
*This session is facilitated in collaboration with IUPUI
Center for Service and Learning, and UNC Greensboro
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The Chinatown Renewal Project,
Salinas, California
The Chinatown Renewal Project is a comprehensive
community-based revitalization effort in the historically
rich, though currently economically blighted, Chinatown
neighborhood of Salinas, California. Working with the
Chinese Confucius Church, the Japanese Buddhist
temple, the Filipino-American Cultural Center, the
Salinas Redevelopment Agency, and the agencies
providing services to homeless in the neighborhood,
CSU Monterey Bay has collaborated with energy, vision,
and resources to support this dynamic process of
community revitalization. The University has become an
integral part of the re-birth of Salinas’ Chinatown with
the involvement of 762 service learning students and
more than 20 faculty and staff.
Team Partners include: Larry Hirahara, Past President
of the Salinas Buddhist Temple; Seth Pollack, Professor
of Service Learning and Director of the Service Learning
Institute, CSU Monterey Bay; Don Reynolds, Salinas
Redevelopment Agency; Monique Rutland, Visual and
Public Arts Student CSU Monterey Bay; and Rick Slone,
Mission Director, Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra.
Facilitators: Maria Avila, Director of Community-based
Learning, Occidental College; Rey España, Director
– Community Development, Native American Youth &
Family Center, Portland
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Community Watershed Stewardship
Program, Portland, Oregon
The Community Watershed Stewardship Program (CWSP)
is a joint venture of the City of Portland Bureau of
Environmental Services and Portland State University.
The partnership began in 1994, and since that time,
has provided an essential mechanism for the partners
to focus on furthering their primary institutional roles
as well as on a mutual intent with innovative efforts to
increase community capacity. Ultimately those efforts
have worked to improve the quality of water in Portland’s
watersheds and to provide a platform for education and
research by students and faculty to address important
community challenges, consistent with PSU’s mission to
“let knowledge serve the city.” The CWSP has funded and
worked with over 100 partners in diverse communities
throughout the city of Portland. In 2009, CWSP was
recognized as the first awardee of the Jimmy and Rosalyn
Carter National Partnership Award for Campus community
Collaboration.
Team Partners include: Jennifer Devlin, Watershed
Programs Manager, The Community Watershed
Stewardship Partnership, Barry Messer, Professor of
Urban and Urban Affairs, Portland State University;
Garrett Phillips, Graduate Student, Portland State
University, and Bridger Wineman, Community Liaison.
Facilitators: Matt Hartley, Associate Professor
and Chair, Higher Education Studies, University of
Pennsylvania; Sarena Seifer, Executive Director,
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
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