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Southern California Regional Colloquium: The University and Multi-Ethnic Civic Engagement

Thursday, February 07, 2008

University of California - Irvine

This one-day symposium will examine how multi-ethnic civic engagement practice and scholarship has bridged the historical gulf between universities and diverse communities. Specific attention will be given to successful institutional programs, policies, and models for making multi-ethnic civic engagement an integral part of undergraduate and graduate education, faculty development, and town-gown relations.

The nation is experiencing transformative demographic shifts, with California leading the country in terms of ethnic and racial diversity. Universities play a crucial role in understanding the impact these transformations will have and for working collaboratively with local leaders to identify innovative responses for addressing the needs of new and diverse communities This symposium will bring together scholars, staff, administrators, and graduate students from across disciplines and institutional settings to share ideas and strategies for how to cultivate and sustain civic engagement program and scholarship ventures. The symposium will provide opportunities to:

Connect civic engagement advocates
Communicate institutional challenges in civic engagement
Build a foundation for productive networking around civic engagement work
Identify resources and best practices for successful civic engagement initiatives

The colloquium will include a keynote presentation by George Sanchez, University of Southern California Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History and a series of panels on the following topics:

Institutionalizing Civic Engagement
Civic Engagement in Graduate Education
Engaged Scholarship and Faculty Development
Community Collaborations, Curricular Innovations, and Policy-Based Research

Plus, an Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy and Civic Engagement Workshop organized by the UC Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Multi-Campus Research Program.

For more information, and to register, please visit: http://www.nextlinkservices.com/Dev/COPC/Symposium/overview.html