Past Events

Join us to learn about how colleges and universities and their nonprofit, K-12, and government partners can host AmeriCorps projects for 2022-2023. Register for the open house in advance: https://umontana.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtcO-spjMsHd2fkswLUiOhjXfdYBsB2VZw

Join us online to learn all about hosting an AmeriCorps member. For the link to attend please email an RSVP to Josh Vanek with your name and your organization.

Montana college students are invited to share their election 2020 experiences by engaging in constructive dialogue that fosters democratic engagement across the state. This non-partisan event is sponsored by Montana Campus Compact, MONTPIRG and Forward Montana. Click here to JOIN THE DISCUSSION! Meeting ID: 938 4913 1708 Passcode: 454223 To get a calendar reminder, RSVP to Vanek@mtcompact.org

This webinar introduces dispositions as a framework for students’ community-engaged learning. Dispositions are filters made up of values, beliefs, cultural backgrounds, and prior experiences that shape how we take in information and make sense of it. Too often, student orientation to community-engaged learning is a checklist of signing waiver forms, logging volunteer hours, and meeting minimum requirements. While logistics matter, the heart of preparation for engaging with community is bringing and developing a set of dispositions that foster positive cognitive and affective growth. While many dispositions can contribute to such growth, focusing on a small set of strategic dispositions provides a robust frame for making sense of community-engaged learning experiences. The webinar is structured around six dispositions: open-mindedness, humility, appreciation of community cultural wealth, intellectual curiosity, empathy, and commitment. These dispositions are particularly vital for community engaged learning designed to promote critical thinking and social justice. David Donahue Star Plaxton-Moore

Why should your institution create a Civic Action Plan? How do you move your plan from words to action? Creating a Civic Action Plan has been transformational for SUNY Buffalo State College and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI). The plan itself and the process of developing the plan has led to deep and broad conversations and impacts about important issues of reciprocity in community engagement, faculty and staff recognition for this work, and institutional structure and effectiveness. This webinar will provide inspiration and honest feedback from colleagues at Buffalo State and UNI about the initial reasons for creating a civic action plan, the process of creating the plan, the challenges encountered, and the unforeseen tremendous impact the plan has already had at both institutions. We will answer your questions about the process, and encourage you to set up a framework for success through a civic action planning process. Staff from Campus Compact of New York and Pennsylvania will provide…

Speak up: How to work change in your community This webinar will teach participants how to engage in making change in their city, state, and country by becoming an advocate. The workshop will lead participants through the advocacy process, including: Why we should speak up for the issues that matter How to effectively make your voice heard How to engage your elected officials How to share powerful stories. Gina Plata-Nino

This webinar will teach participants how to engage in making change in their city, state, and country by becoming an advocate. Click here to register. Speakers: Gina Plata-Nino

This webinar will focus on three practices that facilitate achievement of high impact community-engaged learning (service-learning). Click here to register. Speakers: Jim Bowman, Lynn Donahue, Marta Rodriguez-Galan