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UPCOMING EVENTS
5:00-6:30PM Carl A. Fields, Room 104
April 26
Beyond the Academy Series: Community Reaching in-PU Reaching Out 12-1:20PM, Whig Hall Oakes Lounge |
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April 5, 2012
Civic Engagement & Public Service Newsletter
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Call for Fall 2012 Breakout Trip Proposals Application Due: Thursday, April 26
The Breakout program gives Princeton students the opportunity to learn about and take action to address important issues of public concern. The 6 trips offered every fall and spring are proposed and planned by students who lead a diverse group of their peers in engaging topics such as immigration, human rights, social entrepreneurship, poverty, education, incarceration, food access and sustainability, community-based arts, and health care.
For more information and to propose a trip, visit the Pace website. |
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The Pace Center for Civic Engagement would like to welcome its new leader, Kimberly de los Santos. Kimberly is the Pace Center's new John C. Bogle '51 and Burton G. Malkiel *64 Director for Community Service.
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MIMA Music Workshop
Saturday, April 7, Princeton campus
MIMA Music, Inc., a US-based educational nonprofit founded by Christoph Geiseler '04, uses music improvisation to engage and enrich underserved communities throughout the world, through volunteers and staff who teach methods of creative musical expression to at-risk youth. Princeton workshop participants will experience inspiration, transformation, creation and celebration with song-writing, film and media training led by MIMA teachers. An interdisciplinary symposium led by WWS professor Stanley Katz and Religion professor, Scott Burnham is also included in the day's program.
For more information, please contact Deberly Kauffman (deberlyk@gmail.com) or Cara Michell (cmichell@princeton.edu). |
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Volunteer Tour Guides Needed, University Medical Center
April 9 - 22
Princeton HealthCare System, in preparation for the Medical Center's impending move, is looking for Princeton student volunteers to assist with tours for employees, physicians and volunteers at its new facility. As a Tour Ambassador, volunteers will guide participants to ensure a positive experience. Volunteers are needed for 2-hours shifts on weekdays, 7:00 am - 11:00 pm and weekends, 7:00 am - 5:00 pm on weekends.
For more information, contact Ed Callahan or sign up here. |
Apply to be a CA Leader
Deadline: Monday, April 16
Community Action is a student-led pre-orientation program for the freshman class sponsored by the Pace Center for Civic Engagement. The program involves a week of volunteer service based on a community immersion experience that allows participants and leaders to live in or near their community service work area. CA is now accepting leaders for CA 2012.
To submit an application to be a CA Leaders, apply here. |
Leading from Within: Educating Girls and Empowering Communities
Thursday, April 19, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Carl A. Fields Center, Room 104
The Kakenya Center for Excellence (KCE) is a non-profit organization focused on serving the most vulnerable and underprivileged girls in Kenya. Founded by Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya in 2008, the organization has built the first primary school for girls in Enoosaen, Kenya that focuses on academic excellence, female empowerment, leadership, and community development. Hear Dr. Ntaiya, along with Ellyn Ito, director of Seeds to Sew International, tell their story of making a "dream" a reality for these young women.
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Class of 1961 Foundation Seeking Community Service Project Proposals
Proposal deadline: Rolling
The Class of 1961 Foundation seeks proposals from undergraduates and faculty who are interested in implementing a community service project, in the fields of education, health, or the environment, in the U.S. or outside the U.S. Proposals must meet the Class' goal of "...making a meaningful contribution to the people and habitat of the country and the world in a manner that reinforces the value of the Princeton experience." Class of 1961 members are a fundamental component of a project but are not required in developing and submitting a proposal. (Identification and selection of '61 involvement will be the responsibility of the Foundation.)
For more information on the Class of 1961 Foundation Community Service Project and proposals, visit the Class of 1961 website or email Pres@Princeton61.org. |
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By Friday, April 20
Help us reach our goal of 1,000 Facebook "likes" by May 1 and learn more about the Pace Center and how you can be civically engaged!
How? "Like" the Pace Center page, post on our wall, or "check-in" by April 20, and your name will be entered into a drawing. With a maximum of one post and one check-in per day, we will "score" your hits in this way:
- 1x for initial like
- 2x for every post
- 5x for every check-in
We will award 3 winners, with prizes including $10 from Bent Spoon, Starbucks, or Small World.
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