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UT-REACH for November 2, 2012
UT-REACH is ordinarily published once a
week.
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It can be challenging for people from academic institutions to engage with people from external communities. There are cultural distances to cross. . .
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OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT NEWS:
2.
Carson-Newman Seeks Applications for 2013 VISTA Fellows
3.
Call for Service or Leadership Workshop Proposals
4.
Call for Volunteers: FIRST Robotics Competition
CONFERENCES & PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES
5.
National Community Partner Forum Applications Still Being Considered on Space-Available Basis
6.
Call to Conference: 2013 Digital Media & Learning Conference
7.
Call for Proposals: Annual Continuums of Service Conference
FUNDING:
8.
Skoll Foundation Contest: Seeking Ideas for Creating Jobs
9.
National Endowment for the Arts : Creative Place-making Proposals for Our Town Grant Program
NEW READINGS & RESOURCES:
11.
Just Published: Peer-Reviewed Video: Cultural Humility: People, Principles & Practices
12.
New Online: Journal of Extension Volume 50, Number 5 October 2012
13.
National Assessment of Service and Community Engagement (NASCE)
14.
Online Latino Kids Data Visualization Tool
15.
Reading: "8 Years From Today: When the Uneducated Become the Unemployed"
16.
The First Steps to Meaningful Community Engagement
17.
Community Engagement: Why Bother?
QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE
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OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT NEWS:
1.
U.S. Department of Education: Civic Learning and Engagement Initiative Requests Feedback from the Public
The Obama Administration has released its Road Map for civic learning,
“Advancing Civic Learning and Engagement in Democracy.” The Road Map outlines nine steps the U.S. is undertaking to increase civic learning and engagement across our country. The Civic Learning and Engagement
Initiative is requesting feedback on how to implement 4 of the 9 steps and define “civic learning and engagement.” The Department encourages educators, practitioners, students, researchers, and any other interested parties to submit thoughtful opinions, ideas,
suggestions and comments by
Deadline: November 30, 2012
2.
Carson-Newman seeks applications for 2013 VISTA Fellows
The Bonner Center at Carson-Newman University is accepting applications for the 2013 Carson-Newman AmeriCorps
VISTA Fellows. C-N VISTA Fellows commit to a twelve month term of service, starting in February 2013. Fellows will be matched with an off-campus non-profit partner where they connect the resources of our campus and the community to further strengthen their
work. Benefits include living stipend, health coverage, education award or stipend at end of service, relocation allowance, child care assistance (if eligible) and potential housing assistance.
Application Deadline: December
1, 2012
Contact: E. Nicole Saylor,
Director: [log in to unmask]
3.
Call for Service or Leadership Workshop Proposals
UT’s Center for Leadership and Service will host the 2013 Clifton M. Jones Student Leadership Conference & Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, on Saturday, January 19. This free conference is open to all students who have an interest in exploring various aspects of their leadership and serving the Knoxville community. The Center invites faculty, staff and community
members to submit a program proposal for 45-minute workshops on a leadership or service related topic of your choice.
Proposal Deadline: December
10, 2012
4.
Call for Volunteers: FIRST Robotics Competition
The College of Engineering will host its third national high school FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of
Science and Technology) robotics competition next semester. This is a very large and prestigious competition. This is a first call for volunteers to help with the kick-off on January 5, 2013. Please note that this event is the Saturday before classes start
for the Spring semester; school is not in session. Organizers are especially interested in hearing from students or staff who volunteered last year, that have been involved with this competition in the past, and student engineering organizations looking for
a service activity.
UTK contact: Roger Parsons,
[log in to unmask]
CONFERENCES & PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES
5.
National Community Partner Forum Applications Still Being Considered on Space-Available Basis
The forum agenda is designed to provide time and space for community partners to learn and strategize together
as peers. On December 5th, workshops will cover such topics as the basics of community-based participatory research, addressing challenges in partner-based research, applying for and managing research grants, preparing to serve on federal research advisory
committees and grant review panels, and developing community IRBs and community research review boards. On December 6th, workgroups will report on their progress and engage new community members in determining their future plans.
6.
Call to Conference: 2013 Digital Media & Learning Conference
DML 2013, to be held in Chicago March 14-16, 2013, will probe such questions as: • To what extent do digital media
and participatory culture enable or hinder civic identity and engagement? • What are the benefits to young people—social, psychological, educational, political—of participation in civic life? How does youth activism benefit society more broadly? Does the
use of digital and networked media alter the nature of these benefits? • What is the relationship between media technologies and the political uprisings currently emerging around the world? • What types of policy interventions best support the development
of resources—educational, local, and organizational—that engender greater youth involvement in the issues that impact their communities and the world?
Deadline: November 8, 2012
7.
Call for Proposals: Annual Continuums of Service Conference
The 16th Annual Continuums of Service Conference, April 24-26, 2013 in Portland, Oregon, invites civic engagement
and service-learning practitioners from higher education and their campus and community partners to convene and discuss strategies to implement our shared leadership and responsibility to strengthen communities across the region and advance the civic mission
of higher education. Conference theme: "The Engaged Campus: Higher Education for the Public Good"
Deadline: October 29, 2012
(firm)
FUNDING:
8.
Skoll Foundation Contest: Seeking Ideas for Creating Jobs
JobRaising is looking for employment-boosting non-profits, operating in the US, according to the following criteria:
(1) Impact potential: Organization’s work directly affects the number of jobs in the US, or our population’s ability to get one. (2) Inflection: Organization has a proven approach ready to apply on a larger scale. (3) Innovation: Organization fundamentally
disrupts the status quo to solve the jobs crisis.
Deadline: November 15, 2012
9.
National Endowment for the Arts : Creative Placemaking Proposals for Our Town Grant Program
Organizations may apply for creative place-making projects that contribute to the livability of communities and
place the arts at their core. An organization may request a grant amount from $25,000 to $200,000.
Deadline: January 14, 2013
10.
National Endowment for the Arts: Big Read Accepting Grant Applications for Community-Wide Reading Programs
Seventy-five grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations for community-wide reading programs
that encourage reading and participation by diverse audiences....
Deadline: February 5, 2013
NEW READINGS & RESOURCES:
11.
Just Published: Peer-Reviewed Video: Cultural Humility: People, Principles & Practices
(CES4Health.info) This 30 minute
documentary mixes poetry with music, interviews, archival footage, and images of community, nature and dance to describe what cultural humility is and why it’s needed. Originally developed by physicians Melanie Tervalon and Jann Murray-García to address health
disparities and institutional inequities in medicine, cultural humility is now used in public health, social work, education, and non-profit management to analyze the root causes of suffering and create a broader, more inclusive view of the world.
12.
New Online: Journal of Extension Volume 50, Number 5 October 2012
The Journal of Extension (JOE) expands and updates the research and knowledge base for U.S. Extension professionals
and other outreach educators to improve their effectiveness.
13.
National Assessment of Service and Community Engagement (NASCE)
The NASCE is a national survey that allows participating campuses to assess the service activities and attitudes
of their students. Most colleges and universities now recognize the individual and institutional benefits of community service performed by their undergraduates, and many have already sought or are planning to seek the Carnegie Classification of an Engaged
Campus and/or recognition on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Role. The NASCE offers schools the opportunity to measure, explore and understand the community service engaged in by their students.
14.
Online Latino Kids Data Visualization Tool
The National Council of La Raza has developed a new, interactive data explorer to learn how Latino kids are doing
in your state & why we must invest early! Check it out.
15.
Reading: "8 Years From Today: When the Uneducated Become the Unemployed"
(Huffington Post, Oct. 25)
“Right now, a student is quietly sitting in the back of his classroom struggling to read. He is not a disruption, but his ability to think critically, complete simple math equations and formulate sentences are well-below grade level. He is part of the 35 percent
of students who, according to a recent National Assessment of Education Progress, are not proficient in science. He attends school in one of the 94 percent of all U.S. school districts that have average math achievement below the 67th percentile relative to
their international competitors and even if he were to transfer to one of the country's 50 wealthiest school districts, it would ranked behind nearly half of its international competitors “
16.
The First Steps to Meaningful Community Engagement
(Next American City, Oct. 31)
The question of how to meaningfully and authentically engage community members in planning and development efforts is both difficult and important. Achieving equitable neighborhood revitalization takes fusing the hopes, dreams, wisdom and creative problem-solving
of community members with the expertise, resources and knowledge of planners, community developers, artists, public officials, the private sector and others working to strengthen our communities.
17.
Community engagement: Why bother?
(University Affairs, Oct. 30)
It can be challenging for people from academic institutions to engage with people from external communities. There are cultural distances to cross. For example, there are differences in: propensities for collaboration vs. competition; expectations around the
pace of work and timeframes for achievement of results; and tolerance for risk, uncertainty or error. In addition, activities such as collaborating with external partners and facilitating students’ work in community settings take time and require skills that
are different from those needed for traditional academic roles. So why bother? Here are four very good reasons.
QUICK LINKS: ENGAGEMENT FUNDING, SUBMISSION CALLS, CONFERENCES, AND MORE:
November 2012:
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APAP, MetLife Foundation: Community Participation Grants. Deadline: November 1, 2012.
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Tribeca Film Institute Invites Entries With Scientific Themes. iDeadline: November 5, 2012.
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NEA Funding for Research on How Art Works. Deadline: November 6, 2012.
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Call to Conference: 2013 Digital Media & Learning Conference. Deadline November 8, 2012.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Health Policy Fellows Program. Deadline: November 14, 2012.
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NIH Seeks Public Comment on Use of Community-Engaged Research. Deadline: November 15, 2012.
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Skoll Foundation Contest: Seeking Ideas for Creating Jobs. Deadline: November 15, 2012.
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Whole Kids Foundation: School Garden Grants. Deadline: November 15, 2012.
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Call for Proposals: Conference on Community-University Partnerships. Due November 15, 2012.
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Interdisciplinary Human Rights Advocates Program.Deadline: November 16, 2012.
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Call
for Papers: Kentucky Service-Learning & Civic Engagement Conference. Deadline Nov. 19, 2012.
December 2012:
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Carson-Newman seeks applications for 2013 VISTA Fellows. Application Deadline December 1, 2012.
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Collaborative Humanities Research Grants. Deadline: December 6, 2012.
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Call for student service or leadership workshop proposals. Proposal Deadline: December 10, 2012.
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Call for Proposals: North Carolina Civic Engagement Conference. Deadline December 10, 2012.
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Doris Duke Doctoral Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being. Deadline: December 15, 2012.
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Fiskars Company: Project ORANGE THUMB 2013. Deadline: December 15, 2012.
January 2013:
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Environmental Justice Small Grants. Application deadline: January 7, 2013.
February 2013:
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Kresge Foundation: Arts and Community Building. Deadline: February 1, 2013.
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Call for Proposals: Feminist Methods and Community Engagement. Deadline Feb. 15, 2013.
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IMPACT National Conference: February 21-24, 2013.
March 2013:
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National Endowment for the Arts: Our Town Grants.
Deadline date: March 1, 2013.
May 2013:
July 2013:
Ongoing:
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Call for papers: eJournal of Public Affairs on Public Scholarship. Ongoing
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Call for papers: Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Ongoing and special issues.
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Call for papers: International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering
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Call for submissions: Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
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Bank of America (Funding): Arts and Sports Sponsorships to Maintain Vibrant,
Healthy Communities.
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UT’s Ready for the World Funding. Ongoing.
