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TUESDAY, MAY 24th 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. in Ballroom 355 LUNCH - Display/Discussion of Insights from Partnership Deconstruction Session 1:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. TOPICAL PARTNERSHIP WORKSHOPS - Select one of the three sessions outlined below. Smith 327/8 Research on Partnerships: Insights from Collaboration with Philanthropy An innovation in community engagement is the creation of meaningful partnerships between practitioners, administrators, educators, government leaders, and local philanthropic organizations. This session summarizes insights about partnerships based on a national demonstration program. Fifty local partnerships involving over 200 funders and more than 450 community partners have been created to develop local solutions to a common problem. The partnership processes and experiences have been rigorously studied and evaluated through multiple methods. Lessons about establishing effective partnerships will be shared. Presenters: Thomas Aschenbrener, President, Northwest Health Foundation Sherril B. Gelmon, Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Division of Public Administration, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University Judith Woodruff, Program Director, Health Workforce, Northwest Health Foundation 2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. BREAK Smith 333 Building Capacity for Reciprocal Partnerships: Identities, Roles, Competencies, and Growth of All Partners as Co-Educators, Co-Learners and Co-Generators of Knowledge Reciprocity in partnerships includes not only mutual benefit but also a power shift and co-creation. All partners share responsibility for and have a voice in designing, implementing, and assessing the work of the partnership. In this session, we will explore the ways in which it is counter-normative for students, community members, and faculty/staff to embody and enact co-roles, while examining associated challenges and opportunities. Participants will leave the session with concrete ideas for professional development activities that target all partners. Presenters: Patti Clayton, Consultant with PHC Ventures; Senior Scholar at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis Kathleen Edwards, Graduate Student, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Brandon Whitney, Co-founder and Director of Operations in Our Backyard (ioby), Greensboro, North Carolina Smith 236 Racial Disparities Unmasked: Opportunities, Struggles, and Impacts in Partnered Research Imagine university researchers working closely with a powerful, local Communities of Color Coalition to attempt to document the state of racial inequities in a major urban setting. Now imagine what might occur when multiple voices interact throughout the major stages of research. This effort began in 2008, and continues. The complexities and impacts of this partnership will be shared. A reflective case study of this work is part of larger institutional network of community-engaged scholars at Portland State University. The process and emerging insights of this network will frame the discussion. We will share how Portland State has institutionally supported partnered research such as this important work. Presenters: Ann Curry-Stevens, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Portland State University Cynthia Gomez, Community Partner: Program Director, Civic Engagement and Leadership Programs, Latino Network Kevin Kecskes, Associate Vice Provost for Engagement, Portland State University Valerie Palmer, Senior Research Associate, Global Health Center, OHSU; and President, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization Katie Shaw, Graduate Student, Portland State University 8
TUESDAY, MAY 24th 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS FACILITATED BY COMMUNITY/HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERS Select one of the eight sessions outlined below (continued next page). Smith 333 Smith 294 Smith 329 Smith 328 Building Capacity for Partnership Assessment and Improvement: A Visual Approach The CBR Fellows Program: Enhancing Student and Community Outcomes Student Leaders Strengthening Community Partnerships and Enhancing Student Learning Social Solidarity and the Assessment of University- Community Partnerships in International Settings Building the capacity of individuals to critically evaluate the quality of relationships embedded in collaborative projects is vital to improving outcomes for those involved in and affected by partnership activities. Drawing from research focused on expanding the conceptual model of partnerships and measuring attributes of partnership relationships, this session will engage participants in an interactive reflection activity in which individuals graphically model relationships contributing to a given collaboration. The resulting graphic model will reveal implicit assumptions, untapped or underdeveloped resources, and asymmetries of communication between and among individuals/groups. To date, this method has been used with faculty engaged in improving service learning partnerships; however it can be used with any constituency. Session facilitators will also present strategies for using this method across multiple stakeholders, for program evaluation, and/or research purposes. With funding from a National CBR Networking Initiative Innovation Subgrant, Bates College’s Harward Center for Community Partnerships created a co-curricular CBR Fellows Program that empowers students to learn with and across boundaries of discipline and purpose; community, student, staff, and faculty partners collaborate on projects of appropriate scale that meet community needs, creating CBR that is more empowering and responsive than many course-based models. Nearly all Fellows projects grow out of longterm engagement with their community partners, so mutual trust grounds their collaboration. And as the model works with small teams, community partners are vital co-teachers whose concerns are co-equal. The program uses at least three of the “Five High-Impact Practices” from AACU’s 2010 publication, offering a new model for rigorous CBR with significant community voice and impact. Community partners have expressed interest in their own parallel Fellows program in the future. Service-learning is designed to be beneficial to community organizations, but with many experiencing budget cuts and staff layoffs, organizations have less time to oversee servicelearners. University of San Francisco assists community organizations to coordinate service-learning through the Advocates for Community Engagement (ACE) program, which places student leaders on-site at organizations. ACEs function as student and faculty recruiters, liaisons, project managers, logistical administrators, and reflection leaders to enhance service-learning experiences and strengthen relationships among stakeholders. As peer leaders, ACEs provide resources, guidance, and reflection to deepen student learning. In this session, a community partner, ACE, and service-learning administrator will discuss the ACE goals and outcomes, training curriculum, and practical application. Participants will brainstorm, discuss, and plan a similar student leadership program/role for their own use. Creating and sustaining <strong>international</strong> “partnerships” pose unique challenges. Based on the Dutch sociologist, Aafke Komter, Social Solidarity and the Gift (2005), the presenters offer a social solidarity rubric to assess progress towards transformative partnerships in <strong>international</strong> settings. Using such a tool can assist partners to assess progress towards a robust relationship by clarifying operational assumptions and making benefits explicit. The purpose of the social solidarity rubric is to provide a framework to assist US based higher education institutions in institutionalization partnerships in <strong>international</strong> communitybased settings, by focusing on latent factors like trust, power, sustainability, and reciprocity. Participants may find this discussion and rubric useful in framing critical issues related to <strong>international</strong> university-community partnerships, or as part of a continuous improvement planning for emerging and developed partnerships in <strong>international</strong> contexts. Presenters: Mary F. Price, Service Learning Specialist, Office of Service & Learning, IUPUI Center for Service & Learning Starla Officer, Coordinator, Office of Neighborhood Partnerships, IUPUI Center for S&L Presenter: Anna Sims Bartel, Independent Scholar/Consultant; Former Director, Harward Center for Community partnerships, Bates College Georgia Nigro, Interim Director, Harward Center for Community partnerships, Bates College Presenters: Andrea Wise, Coordinator of Community-based Learning, University of San Francisco Hilary Douglas, Volunteer Coordinator, Project Open Hand, USF Jasmine Giblin, Advocate for Community Engagement, McCarthy Center, USF Presenters: Mark Falbo, Director, Center for Community-based Learning, University of No. Florida Heather Burk, Assistant Director, Center for Community-based Learning, UNF Joseph Cistone, Executive Director and CEO, International Partners in Mission Jean Ann Sekerak, Managing Director, International Partners in Mission 9
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