Hunger, Hubris, and Community Engaged Learning: Strategies for Slowing Down, Going Deeper, and Doing Better
More and more NetVUE institutions are adding or expanding community engagement programs. How can we ensure such efforts are serving not only our students and institutions, but also the communities they seek to engage? How can we design programs that strengthen rather than undermine institutional commitments to social justice? In this roundtable plenary, participants will learn to identify hallmarks of both ethical and unethical community engagement, consider specific resources and practices for reducing harm to communities and to select student populations, and undertake hands-on exercises to build capacity for principled community engagement that advances student learning and community wellbeing.