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Upcoming Opportunities for Faculty

Seeking Facilitators: Redesigning Democracy Dialogues 

CCLA and our Dialogues Across Differences Program will be hosting two sessions of a dialogue on Redesigning Democracy (from the AAC&U and Institute for Democracy in Higher Education’s Democracy Re/Designed Project) and we are seeking faculty to co-facilitate small group breakout discussions. Our two sessions are scheduled for Wednesday, September 17th and Monday, October 6th; facilitator time commitment is 4:15 – 8pm for the day you will be participating. Contact Laura Megivern with questions or to sign up. 

Dialogues Across Differences Community of Practice – Faculty Luncheons and Workshops 

New this year, we are inviting faculty who have participated in the Dialogues Across Differences faculty learning communities to join us for lunch and a workshop each semester. This is an opportunity to connect with other faculty who have used dialogue in their courses, brush up on techniques, share successes and troubleshoot (or commiserate about) challenges. For questions and to RSVP, contact Ming Robinson, Dialogist in Residence.  

Community Engaged Course Design and Consultation 

Interested in creating or updating a community-engaged course? Would you like to speak with someone about potential community-based research opportunities? The CCLA team is ready to assist! Please reach out to Laura Megivern, Director of Global & National Partnerships and Programs. 

Healing the Heart of Democracy Book Discussion Group – Fall 2025 

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join a book discussion group for Fall 2025 on Parker Palmer’s Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit (2024 edition). In Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker J. Palmer quickens our instinct to seek the common good and gives us the tools to do it. This book is about us, “We the People,” and what we can do in everyday settings like families, neighborhoods, classrooms, congregations and workplaces to resist divide-and-conquer politics and restore a government “of the people, by the people, for the people.” 

We will have two group meetings; books and refreshments provided.  

Meetings are Thursdays, 8:30- 10 am: October 16 and December 4.  

Space is limited (first come first serve) – sign up by September 10th by emailing us at engage@dickinson.edu. Please also share if you have suggestions for others to invite!  

Anti-Racist Community Engagement Book Discussion Group – Spring 2026

Faculty and staff are invited to join a book discussion group for Spring 2026 on the 2023 publication Anti-Racist Community Engagement. We will have four group meetings; books and refreshments provided. This discussion group is appropriate for all levels of experience with community engaged learning. 

Meetings will be Thursdays, 8:30-10:00 a.m.: February 5, March 5, and April 2. The date of our final meeting will be determined by the group (likely during the exam period in May or immediately following), and will feature a panel with community partners.

Space is limited (first come first serve) – sign up by Friday, December 12 by emailing us at engage@dickinson.edu. Please also share if you have suggestions for others to invite!

Note – if this schedule does not work for you, we plan to offer this book discussion group again in Spring 2025. 

Share Your Work!

CCLA is collecting information about faculty community-engaged work in preparation for our upcoming Community Impact Assessment as well as plan for future faculty development opportunities. Please take a moment to share about what kind of work you do with community organizations in our brief survey.

Community Engaged Scholarship Publication Opportunities

Looking for a venue to publish your work? The Engagement Scholarship Consortium maintains a list of journals which publish scholarly work including community-based and engaged research, public scholarship, service-learning and pedagogy. Submission timelines vary; please refer to the list for individual publication guidelines. 

If your work has been published recently, please share with us at engage@dickinson.edu.

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