Browsing by Subject "civic engagement"

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    Brooklyn Park Senior/50+ Resident Civic Engagement Strategy
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2016) Lampe, Joe; Kramer, Jacquelyn
    This project was completed as part of the 2016-2017 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Brooklyn Park. With an aging baby-boomer population, the City of Brooklyn Park is looking for ways to encourage residents over the age of 50 to become more engaged with City government and volunteer opportunities. The goal of this project was to develop a sustainable, formal volunteer program and to determine barriers to seniors becoming more involved. City of Brooklyn Park project lead Pat Busch worked with a team of students in Dr. Kathy Quick’s PA 5145 course to develop three flowcharts outlining processes for the city to better engage older residents in volunteer opportunities. The students' final report, which includes the flowcharts, is available.
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    Civic Engagement: ResourceFULL Decisions and Collective Action on Public Issues
    (2013) Radke, Barbara; Hinz, Lisa; Horntvedt, Jody; Chazdon, Scott; Hennen, Mary Ann; Allen, Ryan
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    Minutes: Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs: September 25, 2001
    (University of Minnesota, 2001-09-25) University of Minnesota: Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs
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    An Opportunity in Educational Engagement
    (2023-12) Block, Sequoia Baobab S. Larson
    This capstone focuses on both civic engagement and educational justice and has multiple components. One component includes an analysis of the Read Act legislation designed to guide reading instruction in Minnesota schools, enacted by the Minnesota State Legislature in 2023. I assert the Read Act places too much emphasis on evidence-based research and largely ignores student experience, motivation, and cultural diversity. Another component of the capstone includes me becoming a subject of the research by participating as a volunteer at a local school. In this role, I explore my positionality as a white man as well as the dominant role whiteness plays in educational spaces. I facilitated a cross-age tutoring experience in which students in grades four and five taught reading lessons to students in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. I explore both academic and civic engagement aspects of these interactions and recognize potential benefits that cross-age tutoring has for both tutors and tutees.