Elections under threat: Perspectives and Prospects Panel / Conversation: Wesleyan faculty discussing what we might expect to see come election day. With Wesleyan Faculty: Robert Cassidy, James Cavallaro, Leslie Gabel-Brett, Carla Abdo-Katsipis, Steven Moore, Justin Peck, Kevin Vrevich on the presidency, Congress, global context, social movements, race and politics, public opinion, human rights. Thursday, October 29, 6:30-8:00 EDT Free and open…
Wesleyan students are invited to join Government Professors Logan Dancey and Justin Peck for a post-debate discussion following the final presidential debate. The event is meant as an opportunity for students to engage in a dialogue with one another about the debate. Professors Dancey and Peck will pose some initial discussion questions and help facilitate the conversation. …
Wesleyan students are invited to join Government Professors Logan Dancey and Alyx Mark for a post-debate discussion following the first presidential debate. You can join the discussion via this link: http://bit.ly/wes_postdebate. You will need to sign in through your Single Sign On to join the meeting. The event is meant as an opportunity for students to engage in…
With Election Day just weeks away, we remain committed to supporting student learning and civic preparedness via E2020. The deadline for E2020 Fall Funding Cycle is Monday, September 28, 2020. Only proposals for remote engagement and support will be reviewed. Funding Support Participants can apply to the E2020 Fund for expenses associated with some software…
Allbritton Center Guidelines for Community Engagement, Fall 2020 Above all, the best way we can support our community right now is by taking extreme precautions while maintaining the values embedded in our Civic Action Plan. Although that means we will have to pause or adapt critical partnerships, it is in the best interest of everyone…
Following Wesleyan’s common read of the film This Changes Everything, we invite you to take this as a launching pad to learn more about climate change and broader sustainability and environmental justice issues. Here are a few resources to get you started: Take a course Wesleyan’s College of the Environment offers courses where you…
The Allbritton Center is the hub of civic engagement at Wesleyan University. We study public life, actively partner with the local and regional community, and teach practical skills for social impact. The Center houses the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, the Jewett Center for Community Partnerships, and the Patricelli Center for Social…
CSPL/CGST480 Engaged Projects CSPL/CGST480 ENGAGED PROJECTS is a new 1-credit course in which students study a topic of their choice and produce a final project for a public audience. EPs respond to this critical moment in history by empowering students to connect their academic pursuits to what is happening in the world around them. They…
Associate Professor of Government Logan Dancey foresees many important opportunities for students to get involved and make a difference with upcoming local elections this fall—and the Engage 2020 (E2020 initiative) will be a prime vehicle for that work. Dancey recently gave a presentation via Zoom video webinar to Wesleyan faculty and staff about his research on American electoral politics…
Looking for interdisciplinary classes that think outside the box? Want to go beyond theory and understand how academic concepts apply in real-world settings? Take a class with the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life! or Service-Learning! You can see all CSPL courses here, and you can check out all Service Learning courses for Fall 2020…
