Community Outreach & Engagement Update
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Pitt’s people-first approach to boosting small businesses in rural Pennsylvania
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The Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative (ACRI) allows students to support economic development in local communities. Thirteen colleges across the Appalachian region participate in ACRI, which is organized by the Appalachian Regional Commission and administered by East Tennessee State University.
Pitt joined ACRI in 2021 through the David C. Frederick Honors College, creating a fall-term, service-learning project with 12 students from a variety of disciplines who work on county-wide economic development issues with the Fayette County Cultural Trust. The goal is to support towns hit hard by the steel industry’s decline and population loss.
Learn more about this program and how Pitt is supporting its neighbors in rural Pennsylvania in Pitt Magazine.
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DEADLINE: TODAY, August 30, 2024 -- 2024-25 Community Engaged Scholarship Project Development Cohort
The Community-Engaged Scholarship Project Development Cohort provides project teams the dedicated planning time and facilitation to develop high impact community-engaged scholarship projects. Over four facilitated sessions, teams of up to four people work together to refine and advance their project plans to ensure logistic feasibility, community relevance, scholarly rigor, and social impact.
Applications for the 2024-25 Project Development Cohort are open now. The application deadline is TODAY, Friday, August 30, 2024. Learn more about the process and submit your application!
How Pitt contributes to regional economic and community growth
The University of Pittsburgh’s relationship with the communities surrounding its five campuses can be summed up by two words: connection and commitment. Those values — along with the University’s role as a major employer, landowner and partner in Western Pennsylvania’s economic and social progress — led to Pitt’s designation as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). Learn more about how the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs support the university's role as an anchor institution in the reigion.
Narrowing the Research-to-Practice Divide through Community Engagement
Pittsburgh nonprofit Open Up discusses their community engaged partnership with Dr. Rachel Robertson in a Forbes article. Read the entire discussion.
Congregations as Healers Uniting to Restore Community Health or CHURCH is featured in Pitt Magazine!
This new Pitt program pairs biblical messages with the science of cognitive behavioral therapy. The program aims to fight stigmas that bedevil the Black community and keep people from seeking treatment or even acknowledging psychological problems. Black adults in the United States are 20% more likely than their white counterparts to experience serious mental health issues, and young Black adults ages 18-25 experience both higher rates of psychological problems and lower rates of mental health treatment. Learn more about this program in Pitt Magazine.
Pitt Education alumni volunteered at a day camp for children impacted by cancer
Several graduates from the University of Pittsburgh’s Applied Developmental Psychology (ADP) program volunteered their time to participate in the annual weeklong Camp Clubhouse. Learn more in Pittwire.
Webinar regarding the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and hosted by ReImagine Appalachia
If you or a community partner are seeking funding resources and additional networking opportunities, then this webinar is for you. You can benefit to learn more about available grants, published research and sponsored learning experiences offered by ARC. The event will conclude with an optional breakout session for deep diving & networking with partners in the region including ARC State Program Managers (in PA it is Jennifer Lench, Deputy Director, Center for Strategic Partnerships at the PA Department of Community and Economic Development).
Registration: Grant of the Month Club: Appalachian Regional Commission (everyaction.com)
Date & Time: Thursday, August 29, 2024, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET
Pitt Nonprofit Partner, Pittsburgh Scholar House, was featured in the Heinz Endowments, H Magazine!
Check out PIttsburgh Scholar House's feature on page 26 and the entire H Magazine.
Grant Opportunity: PA Farm Bill Urban Agriculture Grant Program
The request for applications for the 2024 PA Farm Bill Urban Agricultrue Grant Program is still open!
The Urban Agriculture Infranstructure Grant Program provides reimbursement grants for applicants who want to improve urban agriculture infrastructure in Pennsylvania.
These grants will build out the infrastructure of urban agriculture by:
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Investing in the system
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Filling gaps
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Encouraging entities to work together
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Finding ways to bring operations to a greater scale
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Overcoming food deserts
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Opening opportunities for people to become social entrepreneurs
There two types of grants offered:
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Micro grants - Up to $2,500 with a 15% match
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Collaboration grants - Up to $50,000 with a 15% match
The deadline for an application is on Friday, September 6, 2024 at 5 p.m. Visit the website to learn more and apply!
Grant Opportunity: 2024 Clean Air Fund
The request for applications for the 2024 Clean Air Fund is open!
The Allegheny County Health Department is pleased to offer a request for applications for funding for four projects in 2024, totaling $5 million. These projects will be competitively awarded and are open to non-profits, local governments, private companies, and academic institutions for projects being conducted in Allegheny County, PA. An applicant may only submit for one overall project per category. The tentative timeline is as follows:
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July 2024 - notice of funding opportunity
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September 27, 2024 - applications for projects due
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October 2024 - projects selected and applicants notified
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Fall 2024 - contract agreements finalized and funds begin to be dispersed to participants
There are four projects that you can apply for:
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Urban Tree Planting 2024
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Electrification of Municipal Equipment 2024
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Fleet Electrification 2024
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Climate Resiliency/Climate Adaptation 2024
For more information on the projects, deadlines, open forum sessions, and more, visit the Clean Air Fund site.
2024 Race &…Conference!
The University of Pittsburgh Office of Faculty Diversity & Development is delighted to share that the 2024 Race &…Conference is one month away! Join us on Friday, September 27 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the William Pitt Union (morning & lunch) and The Latin American Cultural Center (afternoon).
This year's conference theme, Pitt Global: African & the African Diaspora, is a collaborative effort between the Office of the Provost, Faculty Diversity & Development and the University Center for International Studies, Center for African Studies and Center for Latin American Studies. During this multiday global experience, Pitt Global: Africa & the African Diaspora will illuminate the unique resources and centers within the University who do research, teaching, and service in Africa and the African Diaspora. By raising awareness across the campus community and region, this global experience will be a dynamic platform that highlights the vibrant connections between Latin America, the Caribbean, and the African Diaspora. The goal is to shift perspectives and spark transformative conversations through academic discourse, community engagement, and celebration.
Learn more about the conference on the Faculty Diversity and Development webpage.
Full Conference, Morning Only, & Afternoon Only options available. Please RSVP here!
Please email: facultydiversity@pitt.edu with any questions.
Call for Artists: Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh 2024
For the second year in a row, the University of Pittsburgh is excited to call all members of the Pittsburgh community to submit creative works of all kinds to help us envision a just Pittsburgh. This is a juried art exhibition. Jurors will review the images of submitted work based on the criteria of the call: does the piece inspire and expand the consciousness of what a thriving Pittsburgh regional community would be, is it bold and authentic, does it inspire and challenge others?
Submissions are due October 10, 2024. All works are eligible for award distinctions and awardees will be announced in December 2024. Full details, including monetary awards, are available online.
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Compact25 Conference is now accepting proposals
Campus Compact is now accepting proposals for the Compact25 national conference. They seek proposals that explore the theme: Uniting through Public Purpose: Coalition Building for Impact. Proposals are due September 27, 2024. All sessions should balance learning and exchange, represent a variety of perspectives, and meaningfully contribute to racial justice, equity, and inclusion goals. Review the details and submit your proposal.
Latest CUMU Journal is live!
Check out the newly released CUMU journal, Volume 35, Issue 2.
Presenting at the 2024 CUMU Conference? Call for Manuscripts
The Metropolitan Universities journal is accepting full manuscripts for the upcoming 2024 CUMU Conference Issue: Beyond Boundaries. The issue is scheduled for publication in summer 2025 and the call is open to presenters at the conference. Amplify your work and learn more about the submission process on the CUMU website.
Manuscripts are due December 1, 2024. Please direct any questions regarding this issue to:
Call for proposals: 2025 CUMU Huddles
Are you interested in leading a CUMU Huddle in 2025? If so, this is your opportunity to propose your ideas. CUMU Huddles are informal, online learning communities that bring together individuals from across CUMU’s network to learn, network, and explore key topics across five virtual meetings and one in-person meeting at that year’s CUMU Conference. In addition to a presentation or shared learning experience, at least 50% of each Huddle meeting is set aside for discussion and networking to ensure that Huddle meetings are interactive opportunities for participants to get to know and learn from each other.
2025 Huddles will include a Community Engagement Huddle, an Anchor Mission Huddle, and at least two additional Huddles on topics yet to be determined. Learn more and submit a huddle proposal!
Every Student, Every Degree Committing to College Civic Learning for a Democracy in Need of Repair
Join us for "Every Student, Every Degree: College Civic Learning for Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Democracy," the two-part launch of the Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement (CLDE) Coalition’s new report, Every Student, Every Degree: College Civic Learning for Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Democracy. Part 1 of the launch focuses on the urgent need to expand college civic learning and democracy engagement to include all students, rather than just some students. The program features student voices, democracy advocates on higher education’s role in bridging our deep divides, and educational leaders who are already working to “scale” inclusive and transformative CLDE studies for today’s students. Today, a decisive majority of “we the people” enroll in postsecondary education. How can we harvest this unprecedented opportunity–to revitalize civic and democracy learning and propel
student success as well?
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3:30 p.m. - What is College Civic Learning and Democracy Engagement (CLDE)? How Will It Benefit Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Democracy?
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3:45 p.m. - Every Student, Every Degree: What Do Students Advise on CLDE-Related College Learning?
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4:15 p.m. - How Can Inclusive CLDE Learning Help Bridge Democracy’s Divides?
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4:50 p.m. - From Vision to Full Participation: How Are Leaders Taking Action to Make Civic Learning Both Inclusive and Transformative?
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5:30 p.m. - Adjourn
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 4, 2024, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. ET
Register: https://events.compact.org/clde-every-student-every-degree
Webinar: Quality, not quantity: Metrics made for community engaged research
Without a doubt, an intense focus on numbers and metrics is the current zeitgeist of higher education. When community-engaged researchers and their supporters meet, the question “What are our metrics?” often arises. While metrics are typically used to support market-driven goals and can oversimplify complex research-such as community engaged scholarship-they can also be valuable when used grounded in a humanizing and relational stance.
Dr. Jeremy Price, supported by the CUMU-Collaboratory Fellowship, has been developing a set of metrics that better capture the true essence of community-engaged research. These new metrics consider the full context, relationships, and efforts involved in this type of work. Drawing inspiration from Neil Postman’s constructive approach to change, Dr. Price will discuss the benefits, challenges, and opportunities that come with using these more human-centered metrics.
Join us to learn how these new metrics can help provide a platform for project evaluation and communicate the important nuances of community-engaged research to a wide range of audiences, including funders, administrators, colleagues, and communities.
This session takes place on September 19, 2024 from 2 to 3 p.m. ET. Register on the CUMU website.
2024 IARSLCE Conference: Intersections
The late registration deadline is on Sunday, September 1, 2024. The 2024 IARSLCE Conference is on October 2-4, 2024 in San Diego, CA at the University of San Diego.
IARSLCE 2024 comes together to explore the intersections between these local, national and global issues, and our practice, background, and lived experiences. As SLCE scholars and practitioners, we want to ponder our positionality and our contribution to the context of education in the future. How do we prepare ourselves, and our students, for this world of the future? How do our respective disciplines, experiences, and contexts intersect to prepare students to address complex issues in the community? How do we acknowledge history and silenced voices to approach this work with a decolonized lens?
To learn more about the conference and to register, go to the IARSLCE conference website.
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Greater Hazelwood
Life Sciences in Motion
The University of Pittsburgh is thrilled to invite you to Life Sciences in Motion, a unique community event celebrating a milestone in the construction of our new BioForge building.
Date & Time: Thursday, September 5, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
Starting Location: Corner of Hazelwood Ave and Second Ave, outside Josza’s Corner
RSVP today! Secure your spot at http://www.cec.pitt.edu/MOTION.
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Enjoy a 0.6-mile, one-way guided walking tour through Hazelwood Green led by the renowned JaQuay Carter from the Greater Hazelwood Historical Society.
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View historic photos from Pitt’s Archives & Special Collections.
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Participate in the signing of a beam that will be incorporated into the BioForge structure.
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Connect with Ken Gabriel, CEO of BioForge.
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Enjoy light snacks and engage with informative tabling activities.
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Please wear comfortable clothing and walking shoes.
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If you require specific accommodations or have questions about accessibility, please reach out to Heidi Ward prior to the event.
We look forward to sharing this memorable evening with you!
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Hill District
You're invited: CEC in the Hill District Back-to-School Block Party
Saturday, September 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The block party features food, games, giveaways and more! For any questions, please reach out to Kali Mack at kem368@pitt.edu.
Save the Date: Sam Rivers Concert featuring members of the RivBea Ochestra
Part of the 54th Annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert
The University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) is partnering with Pitt Jazz Studies and CEC Hill District to host a concert on Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 7 pm at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 2001 Wylie Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, featuring the music of Sam Rivers, whose archives and papers the ULS recently acquired.
As part of the annual Pitt Jazz Seminar and Concert, we are also hosting a panel discussion with former members of Sam’s orchestras on Monday, October 28, 2024 at 4 p.m. at Hillman Library.
More information on the panel discussion to follow soon.
These events are free and open to the public.
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