resource pages

The Guide to Remote Community Engagement

• Webinar: Community Engagement in Online Courses (May 20, 2020) EDITED
• Resources for Community Engaged Teaching & Learning during COVID-19 Social Distancing, Isolation and Quarantine - Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, IU Bloomington
• Promoting Civic Literacy and Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Elizabeth Bennion, Indiana University South Bend and Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan, University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
• Best practices and resources for community-based learning, research, and teaching during Covid-19 - Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame
• Community-Engaged Teaching during Suspension of Face-to-Face Classes– Michael Valliant, Director, IU Service-Learning Program, Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL), IU Bloomington
• Continuing community engaged teaching during COVID-19– IUPUI Center for Service & Learning
• COVID-19 misinformation Global Service-Learning module
• Social distancing is no reason to stop service-learning – just do it online - Marianne E. Krasny, Cornell University

webinars

• • Recorded: How To Center Race Equity In Your Organization’s COVID-19 Response
  • Recorded: Policy Update on COVID-19 Response and Recovery
  • Recorded: Policy Town Hall on COVID-19 Response 4-16-2020
  • Recorded: Establishing a COVID-19 Charitable Assistance Program 4-15-2020
  • Recorded: Strengthening Civil Society in a Global Crisis 4-15-2020
  • Recorded: Teaching an Online Social Action Course webinar 3-13-2020– Bonner Foundation

• • Series: Talloires Network COV-AID webinar series “Adapting to the New Reality: Civically Engaged Universities Offer Strategies and Hope”

REFLECTION

Center for Civic Reflection—use one of the discussion plans, facilitator summaries and additional resources available to engage students in reflective dialogue on a range of topics with the current crisis as the source of experience. Here are some examples:

• • • What are our responsibilities as citizens? Who or what are we responsible for?
    • How should we respond in a crisis?
    • Is a crisis a destructive force or an opportunity for renewal?
    • Fear and leadership

Virtual Engagement Ideas:

In some cases, students’ community-engaged work may be able to shift in ways that still meet community needs and learning outcomes. Here are a few ideas:

• conducting background research or gathering best practices or other information requested the partner(s)
• taping, recording, or streaming performances or workshops to benefit community partner(s)
• creating digital and other social media content, print program materials, or other methods for information-sharing
• undertaking assessment, evaluation, or feedback via phone or web-based services;
• offering (or compiling, researching, or brainstorming) strategies that provide indirect support from volunteers as a result of coronavirus
• conducting virtual or phone-based educational supports for youth and adults

If work with an existing partner is not possible, you may be able to find suitable opportunities through these channels:

• VolunteerMatch
• AllForGood
• How to Get Involved with Virtual Volunteering – Idealist.org
• Build Your Career by Volunteering Online – Goodwill Industries
• 9 Places to Volunteer Online – Do Something.org
• 25 volunteer jobs to do online – Operation Warm
• Civic Engagement Opportunities During Social Distancing – NPR

New - Inclusive Virtual Community Engagement During COVID-19

• Experts available to comment on racial and social inequality in COVID-19 health care
• Equity-Minded Student Services in the Online Environment [RECORDING]
• Employing Equity-Minded and Culturally Affirming Teaching Practices in Virtual Learning [RECORDING]
• COVID-19 - Racial Equity & Social Justice Resources
• When Fear Of The Coronavirus Turns Into Racism And Xenophobia
• 5 Things to Know About Coronavirus and People With Disabilities
• NPR’s Code Switch podcast published an episode on “When Fear Of The Coronavirus Turns Into Racism And Xenophobia”
• Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council Form to report hate crimes against Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
• Are your COVID-19 responses strategies equitable? A mini audit, webinar and other resources from Beloved Community
• Covid resources for undocumented communities
• How Coronavirus is Exposing Ableism at Work
• Asian people are being targeted by racist attacks. Here’s how you can be an ally.

Unfortunately, this public health emergency has brought out bias, discrimination, and hate in some, including racists attacks against Asian people. It’s important to proactively remind ourselves and others around us not to project fears of the virus onto marginalized groups or spread unfounded associations. People of Chinese heritage or those who look East Asian are not genetically predisposed to carry or spread the disease. It’s important to pay attention to what is happening on your campus to be able to respond quickly to any attacks or statements that may impact whether all students are welcome on your campus (here’s a great poster from the Minnesota Department of Health). There are a number of resources on responding to incidents of hate on campus, including this one from the Chronicle of Higher Education. These incidents also offer an opportunity to engage students in dialogue about racism and xenophobia. Make this a “teachable moment” in your classroom with our local and national dialogue resources.