Learn how to get around campus and Middletown on the bus and XtraMile shuttle for FREE! Friday, September 22nd, 11:30am-1:30pm, Usdan Courtyard. (Rain location: Usdan Info Table 1)
9/22 WesPass/XtraMile Tabling
Tag Archive for sustainability
The Return of CSPL120: Civic Engagement Practice
The staff at the Jewett and Allbritton Centers are excited about continuing CSPL120: Civic Engagement Practice! Since the University’s reaffirmation of its commitment to engaging the broader public around some of society’s most critical issues in the 2018 Civic Action Plan, we have offered more programming and opportunities designed to help build student capacity for…
9/14 First Annual Civic Engagement Fair!
Welcome back, students! Are you interested in youth development, environmental justice, community engagement, or social entrepreneurship? Come to the Civic Engagement Fair to learn how the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life can help fund your business venture, connect you with a volunteer program, or hire you to plan sustainability-related events! The Jewett…
2/18 Growing Power
What is Growing Power and how does it relate to the JCCP’s Reimagining Justice Initiative? The Jewett Center is invested in using the resources at our disposal to support organizations working toward justice. Re-Imagining Justice (one of the Center’s 3 focus areas) has supported groups that advocate for decarceration, criminal justice reform, alternatives to incarceration,…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #1 from Infinitely
Each year, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards $5,000 seed grants to fund the launch or early-stage growth of a project, program, or venture. Infinitely was one of this year’s winners. Infinitely is a sustainable clothing brand that seeks to take down the world of fast fashion. Founders Nimra Karamat ’23 and Ashley Cardenas ’23…
The Earth Leadership Cohort
The Work That Reconnects is known worldwide for empowering activists in social and ecological justice. Developed by Joanna Macy and her colleagues, this dynamic, interactive body of work has inspired many thousands of people to engage wholeheartedly in the Great Turning to a life-sustaining society. Described in the book, Coming Back to Life, it brings…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: Report #3 from Potlux
The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awards annual seed grants to fund the launch or early stage growth of a Wesleyan-connected social enterprise, project, program, or venture. Each grantee reports back with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Brent Packer ’15, founder of Potlux, the first online community where collegiate sustainability initiatives are effectively aggregated and shared.…
Green Corps Hiring- deadline Jan 24
Early Spring Application Deadline: January 24, 2016 Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day. We need more organizers – people who understand the power of public support and know how to mobilize it. In Green Corps’ yearlong paid program, you’ll get intensive…
1 Year Out: Oladoyin Oladapo
1 Year Out is an interview series highlighting alumni from the class of 2014 who are engaged in public service, entrepreneurship, or nonprofit work in any capacity- through their employment, a volunteer position, or on the side. How are you involved in public service, entrepreneurship, or nonprofit work? I am an entrepreneur working on a co-founded startup and…
Greetings from Behind the Bookshelf!
My name is Jennifer Roach, and I just started my year as the Civic Engagement Fellow at Wesleyan. I am taking the place of the wonderful Rosy Capron ’14 in her office behind the bookshelf in Allbritton 318. This year I will be working with the Center for Community Partnerships, the Allbritton Center for the…