COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORUMS
Engage in thoughtful dialogue and learn something new at a Forum!
Forums are free and open to the public, and snacks are provided.
Past Forums
February 20, 2020
"Learning Together: Putting Values into Action"
cosponsored with Whatcom County Libraries, Whiteswan Environmental, University of Puget Sound, Eastern Washington University, and Community Engagement Fellows.
February 5, 2020
"Learning Together on a Climate Disrupted Planet"
cosponsored with WWU’s Office of Sustainability, Whiteswan Environmental, Sustainability Fellows, Community Engagement Fellows, Curriculum for the Bioregion, and Sustainable Communities Partnership
December 10, 2019
"Learning Together about Place through Food"
cosponsored with Common Threads, East Whatcom Regional Resource Center-Opportunity Council, PeaceHealth, Whatcom County Library System, WWU Community Health Program, WWU Salish Sea Institute, WWU Sustainable Communities Partnership, and York Community Farm.
October 17, 2019
"Learning Together about Community Health: Local & Global Connections"
cosponsored with Community Engagement Fellows, East Whatcom Regional Resource Center-Opportunity Council, Healthy Whatcom, PeaceHealth, Whatcom County Library System, Whatcom Family & Community Network, WWU Community Health Program, and WWU Sustainable Communities Partnership.
April 26th, 2019
"Working Futures in the Salish Sea"
cosponsored with Northwest Indian College
May 16th, 2019
"Neurodivergence Forum"
March 7, 2019
“Digging In: Vulnerability in Social Learning Spaces”
cosponsored with Jenna Bean Veach http://www.jbeanveatch.com/
February 28, 2019
“Broadening Employment Opportunities for Neurodivergent, Intellectually Challenged and Non-College Bound Youth”
cosponsored with Whatcom Community College
January 17, 2019
“What is going on? The Challenge of Getting the Word Out. ”
December 7, 2018
"Making Space for Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation"
cosponsored with Northwest Indian College, Whiteswan Environmental, WCC Equity Project, Generations Forward
October 18, 2018
“What would Truth and Reconciliation mean for Washington State?”
Screening of Dawnland
cosponsored with Northwest Indian College, Whiteswan Environmental, WCC Equity Project, Generations Forward
May 31, 2018
"Cultivating a Sense of Place"
cosponsored with Whatcom Community College and Western Washington University
April 18, 2018
"Indigenous People in a Global Context" Lee Maracle
cosponsored with Northwest Indian College
February 27, 2018
"Building an Inclusive Environmentalism for the Next Seven Generations"
cosponsored with Whatcom Community College
January 23, 2018
"Confronting the Opioid Crisis"
July 20, 2017
“A Place to Be: Creating Welcoming Spaces for People Experiencing Homelessness”
cosponsored with Whatcom County Coalition to End Homelessness
June 8, 2017
“Making a House a Home: Creating Sustainable Housing Solutions”
cosponsored with Whatcom County Coalition to End Homelessness
April 26, 2017
“Building Resilience through Skill-Sharing and Volunteering”
cosponsored with Volunteer Center of Whatcom County
February 23, 2017
“Farms, Fields, and Forests: Connecting Campuses and the Countryside”
February 1, 2017
"Linking Campuses and Community Through Public Art"
November 10, 2016
“Funding Campus-Community Collaboration”
October 27, 2017
"Cities and Campuses: Opportunities for Collaborations”
April 29, 2016
"Gaining Institutional Support for Campus-Community Collaboration”
April 8, 2016
“Teaching Empathy through Community Engagement”
February 26, 2016
“Documenting Our Community Engaged Work”
February 5, 2016
“Integrating Your Work”
January 22, 2016
“Forming Lasting Partnerships”
November 13, 2015
“Preparing Students for Community Engagement”
October 23, 2015
"Preparing the Self”