It is challenging to consider how to be an agent of change in the political and social realities of our time. In a post-Covid world that has highlighted the disparities in access to life-giving resources, how do we find our voice and spaces for action? How do we integrate well-being into our decision-making? Our fractured political leadership amplifies tensions that pervade all aspects of our identities. Working in solidarity with local communities invites each individual to reimagine service-learning and community-engaged teaching and learning. When considering change, it seems easy to default to dissonance and negative consequences, but change has many possible outcomes and we can choose to focus on positive possibilities of change, including transformative learning, self-efficacy and equanimity, and new ways of being in community.
In 2023-2024, Duke Service-Learning will focus our programming on Agency in times of Change, inviting us to act as subjects in our stories and agents in our lives. Duke Service-Learning advocates for community-engaged teaching and learning that promotes social equity and social change. We hope you will join us this year for programming and conversations that consider the positive possibilities of change.
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We invite Duke Service-Learning faculty and staff to join us for an end-of-semester luncheon and reflection. Join us to celebrate the semester, reflect on your work, and build relationships… read more about Faculty Lunch & Reflection »
Dean Gary G. Bennett will facilitate a discussion with undergraduates and faculty in East Duke Building Pink Parlor. The conversation will focus on the role of belongingness in teaching and learning… read more about Belonging: Well-Being and the Undergraduate Experience »
Teaching strategies that emphasize structured active learning can create more equitable classrooms and improve learning for all students. As an introduction to inclusive teaching techniques,… read more about Inclusive Teaching Practices »
Join the Duke Service-Learning team for a reading discussion focused on Preparing Students to Engage in Equitable Community Partnerships: A Handbook by Elizabeth A. Tryon, Haley C. Madden, and Cory… read more about Duke Service-Learning Faculty Reading Group »
The annual Duke Service-Learning community partner breakfast is an opportunity for us to express our deep gratitude to the community partners that collaborate with our faculty and students. Please… read more about Community Partner Breakfast »
We invite all faculty and staff interested in service-learning and community-engaged pedagogies to participate in our town hall event! We will review some highlights from the fall semester and look… read more about Town Hall Meeting »
How do we facilitate student empowerment and agency in times of change? Let's meet to explore themes presented in Faculty Service-Learning Guidebook: Enacting Equity-Centered Teaching, Partnerships,… read more about Faculty Service-Learning Reading Group »
Join Duke Service-Learning and Clayton Hurd, Director of Community-Engaged Research at Stanford's Hass Center for Public Service, for a discussion and workshop on Community-Engaged Research (CER).… read more about Community Engaged Research »