Achieving the Promise of Authentic Community-Academic Partnerships: Taking our Work to the Next Level
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Room 104, Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center
All sessions are free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
Please RSVP to ncsue@msu.edu or (517) 353-8977 by September 15, 2006
Speaker
Sarena Seifer
Director, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine,
University of Washington
Seifer holds a faculty appointment in the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Washington. Her work focuses on the principles and best practices of partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions around education, research, and community/economic development. She currently directs two national initiatives that are building capacity for community-campus partnerships (funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation).
Morning Sessions A & B
Session A
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Community-Based Participatory Research: Addressing Community Health Concerns and Meeting Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
This presentation focuses on the definition, rationale and key components of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and its contributions to understanding and addressing health issues. A continuum of approaches to involving communities as partners in health research will be described. Trends in funding for CBPR and resources available to support CBPR will be highlighted. Strategies for documenting CBPR for promotion and tenure review will be offered. This session will be particularly relevant to health sciences faculty
members and administrators.
Videos of the Presentation
Session B
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Valuing Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Academy and in the Community
This session considers the challenges faced by faculty
members and community partners in their collaborative work together, and
what can be done to overcome them. Strategies for moving from community
service to community-engaged scholarship, better documenting that scholarship,
and "changing the system" will be shared. Strategies for aligning the
missions of community-based organizations with the concerns of community
members regarding their involvement in community-academic partnerships
will be explored. This session will be particularly relevant to health sciences faculty
members and community partners.
Afternoon Session
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
From Community Service to Community-Engaged Scholarship to Partnerships for Social Change
How do we combine the knowledge and wisdom of communities
and academic institutions to solve the major health, social and economic
challenges facing our society? How do we ensure that community-driven
social change is central to service-learning, community-based participatory
research and community-higher education partnerships? This presentation
provides a snapshot of what we know about community-higher education
partnerships, highlighting critical issues and trends, posing key questions
for the future, and sharing resources to support community-engaged scholarship
and community-academic partnerships.
Videos of the Presentation