Campus Community Connections
Keeping Community Partners Connected!
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Co-Educator Workshop: Educating and Motivating your Public Service Student
This workshop is for public service student supervisors, with a specific focus on internship supervisors, and will cover the many different aspects, best-practices, and resources that will help your organization educate and make the most of your public service students.
Date: Thursday, Sept 5th
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Location: American Red Cross, 2640 Canal St.
If you're interested, please RSVP HERE or if you have any questions, please email tnathan@tulane.edu
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Fall 2013 Programming Calendar:
Get out your calendars! The CPS is proud to announce the release of the Fall 2013 Programming calendar. The programs, descriptions, dates and times and can be found here:
Specific highlights for community partners include but are not limited to: Make a Difference Fair: Tuesday, September 10th, 11:30am-1:30pm:
This is even is a great opportunity for community organizations to make connections with students, student organizations, and other Tulane organizations to promote volunteer opportunities. If you would like to participate, please fill out the online table registration form. Please RSVP by Sept. 6th.
Toolkit Workshop: Nonprofit Financial Management Tuesday, September 17th, 3pm-5pm This workshop features a presentation from Dr. Cory Sparks, Director of the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations, about the key components of nonprofit financial management. Invitations will be sent later this month.
Public Service Internship Fair: Wednesday, November 13th, 5:00pm-7:00pm Make sure to mark your calendar for the internship fair. This is an opportunity for community partners to meet with and seek potential interns for the Spring 2014 semester. Invitations will be coming out in October.
Partners are encouraged and welcome to attend any of the events, and they are free of charge.
If you have any questions or would like more information on the programs, please email Teddy Nathan at tnathan@tulane.edu. |
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CPS Asset & Needs Mapping:
CPS has been mapping its community engagement, assets and needs. Initial maps will be available for analysis in September. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Amanda Buberger at abuberg@tulane.edu
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Community Based Research Grants Available:
Funding is available to help facilitate community based research. Partners must identify a Tulane faculty member who may conduct research with their agency and apply for $2500-$4000 by November 8, 2013. For more information, please see the RFP Here: Community-Based Research Grant RFP or email Amanda Buberger at abuberg@tulane.edu |
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Tulane's Dialogue Collaborative:
Tulane will support a number of dialogues & trainings this semester. Visit our website here to learn more If interested in helping to plan, facilitate, co-sponsor or collaborate on upcoming dialogues, please contact Amanda Buberger at abuberg@tulane.edu |
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On Our
Campus...
Reading Project: Welcome Week Panel Discussion
Sunday, August 25th
5:00-6:00 PM
McAlister Auditorium
Distinguished faculty members will discuss the themes and topics of this year's Tulane Reading Project book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Presented as part of Fall Welcome Week.
Moderator:
Joel Dinerstein- director, American Studies; director, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South; associate professor, Department of English
Panelists:
Laura Rosanne Adderley - director, African and African Diaspora Studies; associate professor, Department of History
Zachary Lazar - assistant professor, Department of English
Nghana Lewis - associate professor, African and African Diaspora Studies; associate professor, Department of English
Matt Sakakeeny - assistant professor, Department of Music
For more information send email to donuts@tulane.edu or by phone 504-865-5728
Trouble the Waters: Film Screening and Panel
Tuesday, September 17th 6:30pm-8:30pm, McAlister Auditorium
Nominated for an Academy Award for best feature documentary, Trouble the Water takes audiences inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. It's a redemptive tale of two self-described street hustlers who become heroes-two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. Panelist include Kim Roberts, the central figure of the documentary, and other New Orleans community members who will share their Katrina story. For more information, please contact Katie Houck at khouck@tulane.edu.
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In Our Community...
Tackling Youth Unemployment: Strategies that Work in New Orleans
Thursday, August 22nd
6:00pm-8:00pm Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street,
New Orleans, LA 70130
The Roosevelt Institute Pipeline New Orleans will host a panel discussion on identifying the effective strategies and policies necessary for achieving the hard work of securing employment opportunities for young people in our City. Panelists will include:
Jeff Madrick, Roosevelt Institute Senior Fellow and Director, Rediscovering Government
Lauren Bierbaum, Executive Director, Partnership for Youth Development
Cherie LaCour-Duckworth, Director, Workforce Development, Urban League of Greater New Orleans.
This event is free and made possible by the Stoneman Family Foundation. Light refreshments will be provided.
Click here to RSVP via the NOLA Pipeline - Roosevelt Institute Facebook page.
Rising Tide Conference
Saturday, September 14th
9:00am-6:00pm
Xavier University
1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA 70125
The Rising Tide Conference is an annual gathering for everyone who loves New Orleans and is working to bring a better future to all its residents.
Leveraging the power of bloggers and new media, the conference is a launch pad for organization and action. Our day-long program of speakers and presentations is tailored to inform, entertain, enrage and inspire.
We come together to dispel myths, promote facts, highlight progress and regress, discuss ideas, and promote sound policies at all levels. We aim to be a "real life" demonstration of internet activism.
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Community Bulletin Board
Water Too High Bones Too Low: Trinity Episcopal Church, Saturday, August 24, 7-9pm
The Contemporary Arts Center in partnership with Trinity Episcopal Church Artist Series present the world premiere of Water Too High Bones Too Low by Hannibal. Featuring: Valerie Francis & The Voices of Purpose Choir and The Music Liberation Orchestra with Hannibal Lokumbe (trumpet), Kevin Washington (drums), James Polk (piano), Albinas Prizgintas (organ), David Pulphus (bass), Justin Thompson (child soprano), Poet George Tobias, and Narrator Ayo Scott. More information here:
Fifth Annual Culture Collision: Generations Hall: Wednesday, August 28, 5:30-8pm A city-wide celebration to kick-off the cultural season in New Orleans. More information here:
Healthy Community 2013 Summit: Renaissance Hotel, Baton Rouge, Wednesday, August 28th, 8am to 3:45pm
Join a coalition of community-based organizations, government, faith-based entities and communities from across the state to discuss and learn about ways to improve health by implementing health policy, systems and environment change.
Click here download the registration form. You must register by August 21st.
Trumpet Lafitte Edition Release Party, Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center, Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 5:30 p.m.
Save the date. For more information, please see here:
If you have any announcements that you would like posted here, please email Teddy Nathan at tnathan@tulane.edu. |
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Have you Updated your CPS Online Profile?
Tulane's Center for Public Service has an online database, the CPS Online, which we use to help connect partners, students and faculty. We also use the database to learn more about you, our partner organizations and to keep you updated about upcoming events and program information that relates to your mission and needs. To create, check or edit your organization's profile please click HERE.
To request username and log-in information for your organization, please email Teddy Nathan at tnathan@tulane.edu
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Have you
Checked the Tulane Calendar?
Tulane has a daily published calendar with all of the different events that the university is hosting throughout the year. These events include lectures, concerts,special events,and different student programs.Many of these events are free and open to the public. To see the Tulane calendar please click here:
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