Girls in Science – High School Program Assistant Program Summary Girls in Science (GIS) provides opportunities for girls and young women to explore their interests in science and develop critical skills to be used in their scientific pursuits and beyond. The program features a 1-week summer camp that fosters inquiries in science via experiments, interactive…
2022 JCCP Student Innovation Fund Grantees Announced! Wesleyan students aim to deepen their impact on campus and beyond… The Jewett Center for Community Partnerships is pleased to announce the spring grantees of the JCCP Student Innovation Fund. Students from a range of majors and interests – all with shared interests in utilizing resources in innovative ways…
Felony disenfranchisement laws, a legacy of the Jim Crow era, disproportionally exclude members of our Black and Latinx communities from the democratic process. Find out how the Full Citizen’s Coalition is working to give people on parole and in prisons, access to the ballot. Wednesday 4/20, 4:30 pm, virtual Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/96836077266
Come to the Q&A and chat session with climate justice activist Mikaela Loach! Mikaela Loach is a climate justice activist, co-host of The Yikes Podcast, writer and 5th year medical student. In 2020, Forbes, Global Citizen and BBC Woman’s Hour named Mikaela one of the most influential women in the UK climate movement. She…
Julia Kan ’22 Majors: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry and Studio Art Musical Mentoring is a program in partnership with Oddfellows Playhouse where Wesleyan students are paired with Middletown kids for one-on-one private instrument lessons. We teach children aged 6-11, and instruments we have taught in the past include piano, guitar, voice, violin, and many others!…
Are you interested in racial equity and/or education? Hear about the projects and community organizing efforts of RACCE, a Waterbury-based education advocacy organization that organizes students, parents, and educators to fight for racial justice in our schools and community. Robert Goodrich is the co-founder of RACCE. This video was recorded on March 22, 2022.
The Wesleyan chapter of the John Quincy Adams Society (JQAS) will again be hosting Jesse Young, a member of the Wesleyan class of ’06 and a senior advisor to John Kerry–the Biden Administration’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, for the fourth event in its speaker series! He will be participating in a discussion with students…
Wednesday on Zoom: Are you interested in criminal justice reform and how orgs in CT are supporting folks re-entering communities? Come hear from Earl Bloodworth this Wednesday, April 6 at 4:30pm! Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/95222278021
Earl Bloodworth is the Jewett Center for Community Partnerships’ 2022 Mentor in Residence for the Re-Imagining Justice (RIJ) initiative. He is currently the Director of the Mayor’s Initiative for Reentry Affairs (MIRA) in Bridgeport. The JCCP will be hosting Earl for a talk in our RIJ Speaker Series on April 6, free and open to the…
Standing with Ukraine: A Series of International Livestream Conversations All are invited to meet in-person and on Zoom for this Friday’s international livestream conversation, focusing on the eastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine. Panelists include: Mayor of Dnipro Boris Filatov Pavel Khazan, Environmentalist and Officer in Ukrainian Armed Forces Nataliya Chernyshova, Dnipro City Council Juliya Dmytrova, Director…
