Community Engagement Fellows:
2025 Winter Cohorts
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​​Please join a winter 2025 Community Engagement Fellows Cohort!
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CE Fellows has always been about fostering learning and collaboration across boundaries. This year's winter cohorts have a distinctive focus on intergenerational learning that addresses our community challenges.
Each cohort will include a mix of middle or high school students and adults. The cohorts will take place during a class meeting time at the co-hosting schools Explorations Academy, Whatcom Intergenerational High School , and Options High School.
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Our goal is to develop well-rounded community members who are engaged and connected across generations, and who are more able to strengthen our communities through collaboration.
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All people working to build more thriving and resilient communities are encouraged to participate, including those connected with community organizations, schools, tribal and non-tribal governments, universities, colleges, etc.
The program is free, and we have delicious snacks.
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​Members should plan to attend all cohort sessions, to help create rich relationship-building and learning opportunities for all.
See the full schedule below
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Questions? Contact cefellowsteam@gmail.com or travis.tennessen@wwu.edu
2025 Cohort
Schedule and Topics
Why Engagement?
Why are you drawn to build new collaborations?
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Preparing the Self
What do you need to keep in mind about yourself as you engage?
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Forming Lasting Partnerships When challenges arise, how will you and partners respond?
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Integrating Your Work
How can new collaborations support your work holistically?
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Defining Success
Where will new collaborations take you and your partners?
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Building Support
Who will champion the collaborative work over time?
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Quotes from past youth CE Fellows
​"This experience felt like a breath of fresh air due to the fact that so many people showed up in hopes of bettering our community and youth, It showed me and others that adults do care and are trying to do what they can to help.”
- M.B.
“I see our community differently in the sense that there’s more action being done than I thought. I’m more interested in becoming a part of that change too.”
-A.M.P.
“I feel comforted knowing there are so many different people in our community who have different goals and programs for different groups of people.”
-S.H.
“It felt reassuring to hear other people in the community were talking about the problems in the community and potential solutions. It's made me feel more connected to my community and reinforced my already strong will to improve the things around me.”
--J.R.