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CE Fellows:
Beyond Boundaries
Winter 2021
If you would like to update your profile email us at cefellowsteam@gmail.com
Abby Beissinger
Dudek
Pasadena
I enjoy helping people learn about the many ways that plants impact and improve our lives.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about city planning, city histories, and the ways that being rooting in a landscape influence policy changes and city management strategies.
Celeste Bennett
Jefferson County Rural Library District, Association of Bookmobile & Outreach Services
Port Hadlock, WA USA
I enjoy helping people learn about how to find, navigate and apply resources to improve their daily lives.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about building programs across county agencies: identifying and overcoming barriers.
Becca Berkey
Northeastern University
Boston, MA, USA
I enjoy helping people learn about ways to connect their deepest passions, skills, and values with the goals of their communities.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about the ways our community engagement work connects with broader social justice movements, particularly those rooted in antiracism, as well as the ways that I can work with all of our constituencies to best prepare our network to realize these connections.
Amanda Bevington Drungil
Utah State University
Currently in Logan, Utah/From Cleveland, Ohio
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about myself. Is that weird? I feel that the more I am able to learn about myself and be in tune with my biases, beliefs, values, etc. the stronger I will be with my collaborations, reflections, engagement, connecting with others and navigating challenges.
Kamea Black
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about internal or external barriers that may be impeding their ability to reach their goals. In my work with students at Western I guide them through impediments that might impact project viability. Outside of my institution, I like to help people learn how to create healthy connections to food through gardening and scratch cooking.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about professional coaching practices.
Lorrie Bortuzzo
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about the Four Agreements (Be impeccable with your word. Don't take anything personally. Don't make assumptions. Always do your best)
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about better ways to build and nurture our relationships in this virtual environment.
Jennifer Cadero-Gillette
Center for Community Research & Engagement, UMass Lowell; Cultural Agents Initiative, Harvard University
Lowell, MA
I enjoy helping people learn about art, community and the empowerment of their intersections.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about art interventions and global health.
Laura Cisneros
University of Connecticut, Dept. of Natural Resources & the Environment
Storrs, CT, USA
I enjoy helping people learn about local conservation efforts they can engage in their hometowns.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about co-design community conservation projects with diverse community stakeholders that are designed genuinely serve the community.
Jason Clark
Northwest Credible Messenger
Renton, WA / Detroit, MI
I enjoy helping people learn about unlocking their leadership and transformational mentorship.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about 1) Storytelling, 2) Doing the internal and community work to support the next generation to overcome toxic masculinity
Jennifer Cooper
Western Carolina University- Center for Community Engagement & Service Learning
Sylva, NC
I enjoy helping people learn about the bigger picture behind the service & civic engagement projects we organize.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to work with other agencies to manage volunteers for our region's COVID vaccination sites.
Sara Curley
Drew University (student), Civic Scholar
Norristown, PA
I enjoy helping people learn about issues and subjects I care about or have direct experience with, including adoption, mental health, and multi-cultural living.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how other states/countries can have subcultures within a larger culture, and the friction that can arise from that.
Kirsten Egerstrom
Whatcom Community College
Bellingham, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about critical thinking, and how to question one's own beliefs, values, and assumptions.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to create service-learning opportunities for students by connecting students with local non-profits and community-based organizations.
Effie Eisses
Western Washington University
Bellingham, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about the resources available through WWU's Career Services Center.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to effectively listen, hear, and advance a deeper understanding of and engagement with place.
Erin Rose Ellison
California State University, Sacramento
Santa Cruz, CA
I enjoy helping people learn about their potential to build collective power to change inequitable social conditions!
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to do community-engaged learning and scholarship during COVID19/remotely.
Britta Eschete
Western Washington University
Mount Vernon, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about how to actively participate in their community -learning about local resources, natural places, events and volunteering!
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to successfully commit to learning another language.
Doug Fenton
Trustee - Islands Trust, Penelakut Canoe Family (White Feather - token settler in the canoe).
Thetis Island, BC
I enjoy helping people learn about the interconnectedness of our environment.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about traditional knowledge - how this worldview sees the world.
Chris Fiorentino
Fresno State Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning
Fresno, CA
I enjoy helping people learn about their passions and how those can propel them throughout their lives to grow and prosper.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about new developments in the fields of nutrition and fitness that can lead to a healthier life.
Camelia Fowler
CSUSB
San Bernardino, CA / Pomona, CA
I enjoy helping people learn about what resources are available to them at little to no cost that may benefit their family, their life, or their current situation.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about best practices in community engagement.
Gail Goulet
Western Washington University
Blaine, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about themselves, how they learn, and their environments
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about Boundary Bay and the Salish Sea (ongoing), especially pre-colonization and a return to optimal regenerational practices.
Liz Grewal
Oakland Unified School District
Hayward, CA
I enjoy helping people learn about the educator and advocates within themselves.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to align common core and NGSS curriculum to projects which allow for student creativity and engaging students in activism and social movements.
Samantha Hale
The RE Store, RE Sources
Bellingham, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about the world around them and what role they can play in building healthy and engaged communities.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about emotional intelligence and how it can support personal and professional relationships.
Daisy Hartman
Whatcom Intergenerational High School
Bellingham, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about social justice, systemic racial inequities and privilege, non-profit social media management, the realities of people experiencing homelessness, gen Z perspective on current events
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about community outreach and collaboration, environmental justice, law (the legal side of social justice movements, lobbying for change, etc)., trauma informed care/working with youth
Marisa Hightower
University of Miami's Office of Civic and Community Engagement
Miami, FL
I enjoy helping people learn about the opportunities to connect and engage on and off campus.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about what other organizations and individuals are doing to improve campus-community collaborations.
Ashley Hollenbeck
Institute for Village Studies; Western Washington University
Bellingham/Portland
I enjoy helping people learn about asset-based community development and other participatory strategies to allow for greater engagement in local initiatives. Maintaining local livelihoods, overcoming the culture of dependency in development, and managing/protecting environmental resources have been central to that work.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about strategies for community engagement used in other parts of the world and the Pacific Northwest.
Catherine (Cat) Lettieri
UC San Diego
San Diego, CA
I enjoy helping people learn about how to develop community-engaged learning programs and courses, and how to access their discipline through the lens of social justice.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about anti-racist pedagogy, including a deeper dive into community cultural wealth and allyship.
Sarah Little
Timberland Regional Library
Aberdeen, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about 1) Resources from their local library, my favorite places to hike and bike, my favorite places to eat and drink locally, new tools and ideas, learning new ideas and tools from others. 2) I appreciate having those deep conversations when people can learn more about themselves, how they are growing and what the next steps look like for them. 3) What resources are available for children, teens and families in this area. 4) Early Learning STEM activities indoors and outdoors!
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about 1) Resiliency and self-care as an individual, as a team, as a community, as a nation etc. 2) How we can best learn from one another as we pivot with continuous changes. 3) What are some tools to best create community and get feedback on what is working and where can we grow. 4) How do we work together as a community organization with other community organizations easier/stronger/with more resiliency for the larger community.
Bill Lonneman
Western Washington University
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
I enjoy helping people learn about themselves (including me learning about myself!), as we all try to live creatively and responsibly in these challenging times
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how we can bridge the gaps, the things that might divide us.
Jordan Loveland
Timberland Regional Library
Oakville/ Hometown is Castle Rock
I enjoy helping people learn about helpful resources that are free and accessible to all
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about the real history of the Americas, racial justice and healing, and how to decolonize the Americas.
Isabelle Lys
Australian Catholic University
Brisbane, Australia
I enjoy helping people learn about different cultures/communities, collaboration and coming together and learning from each other.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how communities can come together to support each other and other communities in common goals working towards peace and innovations.
Emily Machin-Mayes
Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center
Bellingham, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about conflict resolution, restorative justice practices, community education for youth and adults. Also podcasts.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to build relationships and create meaningful learning online, and how to balance the importance of learning & dialogue with action.
Brahm Marjadi
School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia
Campbelltown, Australia
I enjoy helping people learn about the importance of understanding the community in medical practice.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to build the scholarship around community engagement.
Stephanie Moran
Anderson University
Anderson, South Carolina
I enjoy helping people learn about the value they bring to relationships and the community.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how communities can effectively host events and conversations that promote perspective taking and story telling.
Ann Moylan
California State University, Sacramento
Davis, CA (originally from South Carolina)
I enjoy helping people learn about asset-based practices when working with children, youth and families.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about laws, policies and practices that impact children and youth in foster care. I am a CASA and a Guardian Scholars mentor.
Renu Narchal
Western Sydney University
Sydney, Australia
I enjoy helping people learn about the significance of appreciating, respecting and accepting diversity; the richness it brings to our lives and how as human beings we can learn and grow together.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to encourage others to value community engagement; strategies to make community engaged learning a norm rather than an exception in academia.
Rondi Nordal
RE Sources, AmeriCorps
Bellingham, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about the natural world and how interconnected we all are. I love being able to get them excited about the little things they would often take for granted.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to bridge networks between individuals or organizations I work with and how to bring opposing forces together around common goals.
Sadie Olsen
Whiteswan Environmental, Northwest Indian College
Che Nexw Xwlemi Tengexw. The territory of the Lummi people.Bellingham, Washington
I enjoy helping people learn about Indigenous Wisdom. Specifically the class of language revitalization, the connection between relationship building, place-based learning and health.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about geology & hydrology.
Ebon Oluchi
Portland, OR
I enjoy helping people learn about sustainability - why it's important, why it's essential, and how they can engage in it!
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how my favorite style of leadership, relational leadership, can be even more functional in today's climate.
Judy Pine
Dept of Anthropology, WWU
Bellingham, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about language as a verb, something we do; literacies.
Lately, I have been interested in learning about culturally sustaining pedagogies; how my specialist knowledge may be made more useful in the "real world"; how to create more equitable learning experiences in my classrooms.
Stephanie Samantha Rios
The Draper Center for Community Partnerships; Pomona College
Upland, CA
I enjoy helping people learn about accessing higher education and how to bring all of your authenticity to the space.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about my spirituality and how to have a better work-life balance while working remotely from home.
Hoku Rivera
Whatcom Intergenerational High School
Bellingham, WA (Hometown: Honolulu)
I enjoy helping people learn about Indigenous histories, including treaty histories, military occupation, and inequalities faced by Indigenous communities today. On the work side, I enjoy helping people learn about WIHS and what our school has to offer to students in need of smaller, more personal educational experiences.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about Communities and organizations in Bellingham, and how to build more connections with BIPOC, considering the demographics in this town. I've also been interested in learning more about grant writing, volunteer recruitment, and sustainable program structures.
Ryan Robie
City of Bellingham (Parks Department); Western Washington University (Washington Campus Compact)
Location: Bellingham, WA; Hometown: Arcata, CA
I enjoy helping people learn about how they can best (and most effectively) engage in localized civic engagement opportunities!
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to most effectively lead informal/ad-hoc groups in discussions both in-person & virtually.
Sala Sataraka
Jumpstart / University of Washington
Seattle
I enjoy helping people learn about themselves through activities, community, and ongoing mentorship.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to navigate the current political climate and working at a public institution that is a PWI.
Robin Scheer
York Farm, WWU Community Outreach
Bellingham, Washington, United States
I enjoy helping people learn about social justice and student perspectives, sharing my perspective as a lesbian of color from a troubled low income household.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about agricultural/environmental justice, food sovereignty especially for low income communities of color, land back movement, Black & Indigenous history and BLM.
Allison Schultz
Center for Academic Community Engagement, Siena College
Loudonville
I enjoy helping people learn about how they can develop as agents of change in the local community.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about barriers to student participation in the service-learning and community engagement opportunities—particularly students from marginalized identities.
Sara Schwan
Mid-Columbia Libraries
Kennewick
I enjoy helping people learn about all that the library has to offer our residents.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how the libraries can evolve and shift our focus to serve the needs of our communities and individuals during and post pandemic.
Ellen Shortt Sanchez
The Evergreen State College, Center for Community Based Learning and Action
Olympia, WA (Evergreen) Shelton, WA (home)
I enjoy helping people learn about Popular education and how our lived experience makes us experts and how collectively we can solve our communities' problems.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how to have meaningful visionary discussions with our center's advisory committee about campus-community partnerships that address social and racial justice.
Derrin Slack
ProAct Indy
Indianapolis, IN
I enjoy helping people learn about the shared-value of intentional relationships and collective impact among schools, businesses, and nonprofits while having an Outward Mindset to see people as people.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about how other organizations are implementing effective strategies to close gaps for vulnerable populations by breaking down the siloes among diverse sectors, specifically, the sectors of education, corporate, and nonprofit.
Erin Suda
Whatcom County Library System; River Farm Community Land Trust
Deming, WA
I enjoy helping people learn about books, technology, information resources, and sustainable ways of living.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about conflict resolution and improving interpersonal relations.
Ashley Tarbet DeStefano
Elma Lewis Center at Emerson College; MS candidate in Critical Ethnic and Community Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston
Boston, MA
I enjoy working in community and in solidarity to learn about the interconnectedness of our experiences and the interdependency of our justice and liberation with one another.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about community-centered ideas and experiences for building partnerships and engagement programs that center community-identified needs and assets and work in solidarity to achieve progress towards equity, justice, and liberation.
Upkar Tatlay
Engaged Communities Canada Society
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
I enjoy helping people learn about the inequities and gaps that exists in service delivery and resources in health care as it pertains to IBPoC communities, the impact this has on health outcomes, and some of the solutions we should be seeking.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about the points of confluence that occur in health challenges that are experienced in and among varying diverse and IBPoC communities.
Sergio Vasquez
Tulane University, Center for Public Service
New Orleans
I enjoy helping people learn about the systems that intersect with their personal and professional values.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about self care and continuing to charge white/allies with work of anti-racism.
Lindsay Walker
University of Puget Sound, Sound Policy Institute
Tacoma
I enjoy helping people learn about place-based learning, environmental justice, grassroots environmental activism at the state and local level, the Tacoma tideflats, environmental jobs and internships, community events, native plants, birds and marine life (specifically whales) in our region, sailing
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about racial and social justice, prison abolition, environmental justice, mutual aid, building strong relationships in community, queer and radical feminist environmental movements, land back movements, environmental reparations, landscaping with native plants
Sheila Wasylyshyn
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
I enjoy helping people learn about working together in partnership and by coming together, we can find ways to improve the lives of individuals in all our communities.
Lately, I've been interested in learning more about others approach their work in community engagement.