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SOCIAL IMPACT INITIATIVES
2021-2024
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PA R T N E R S
Alexis Smith Cynthia Francis Janice V Johnson Maudrie Depradine Dr. Sherri Raftery
Amy Kaplan Cynthia Loesch-Johnson Johanna Flores Nate McLean-Nichols Shondell Davis
Andie Fisher Damien Leach Johnny Pires Norine Woods Stephanie Wiliams
Andrealis Martinez Darien Rodriguez Julia Rudolph Dr. Peter T. Masiakos Stephany Zhivotovsky
Angelica Fontes Ebony LePenn Kali Geddes Rahsaan Peters Tamenech Meneghini
Anna Porter Elexxus Ryan Perea* Kathryn Byrnes Rayquan Mason Taylor Lee
Arianna Constant-Patton Elias Perea Kelsey Clarke Ruth Rollins Theresa Lee Welcome to the last dispatch from the Engagement Lab.
Arianna Perdomo Emely Deodanes Kilra K Hylton Ruth Whitney Titus Christian
Arnaldo Pires Emily Bauernfiend Lavell Fulks Ruth Zakarin Todd Mistor
Breyanna Catlett Erin Murray Quinlan LeeAnn Taylor Sanye Gonzalez Tomo Singh After 14 years, the Engagement Lab is closing. This report documents our
Brother Chris Womack Greandoll Oliva Lois Frazier Sarah Moffatt Troy Arnold
Carla Sheffield Heather Dabreu Lydia Debenedictis Seraphina Taylor Will Dunn last chapter (2021-2024) of work, where we sought to build a powerful
Dr. Chana A. Sacks Jabari Martin Maridena Rojas Servelio Majano model for leveraging the resources of higher education and its institutional
Clementina Chéry Janice McCoy Marley Christopher Shaulita Francis
partners to foster community power.

This work takes the shape of what we call Social Impact Initiatives.
STUDENTS
Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence and Transforming Narratives
Allie Witek David Sazdic Kaila Shugars Mingxi Wang Sharon-Hephzibah Mohie*
Allison Beauregard Demean Crawford Kasey McFerren Minhan Liang Sharry Li* for Environmental Justice sought to support long term community efforts
Allison Earl Dylan Young Katelyn Reddy Naomi Johnson Shaurya Singh to disrupt harmful, racist narratives, and to imagine the narratives needed
Alysia Gao Elayna Broillet Katherine Jaworski Natalie Vasileff Sofia Cardona
Amina Adeyola Eliana Rosenthal Katie Sibley Nathaniel Martin Son Nguyen for inclusive and just futures. We launched our first initiative in collaboration
Ana Videla Solá Montoya
Anais Abrego
Ella Mylod
Emily Schmid
Keith Fallon
Kofoworola Owokotomo
Neve Chambers*
Nick Renteria
Sophia Fasano
Sophia Pargas**
with Massachusetts General Hospital and the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute.
Anastasia Bekis Ethan Williams Kunpeng Song Nucci Delaney Stacy Yang Partners now include over 10 additional organizations in the Boston area.
Angelina Gu Fabiana Rincon Kyle Berry Olive Goldberg Stella Little
Arman Mukhtaruly Fatimah Yesuf* Landon Butler Owen Warner Stephanie Trendell In a short time, we have supported over a dozen unique studio courses and
Ashley Rosario* Fiona Brown Leaf Metz Paige Thimmesch Sydney Gazard created over 20 art and media projects, some of which have already had
Ashley Zhao Gandharvika Gopal Lee Forrest Paulina Matheu Sydney Rice
Audrey Bosniak Gina Foley Leo Bocock* Peter Luongo Sydnie Herbert** direct and measurable impact on shifting narratives in our city and beyond.
Bailey Carr** Gracie Rosenberg Leslie Ann Melendez* Peter Travis Tamara Hamdalla
Beau Williams* Haley Collier Li-Erh Kuo Rachel Tabin Taryn Noonan
Bhavana Rao Hanna Qiu* Linda Zhou Riddhima Dave* Theo Camara Doing this work within colleges and universities is not easy. They are
Brandon lobbi Haolun Feng Linnea Downs Rin McIsaac Tiana Perez-Toro traditional organizations that are hierarchical and slow to change. However,
Brianna Roderick Harlee O’Sullivan Liz Redmill Robin Jacobson Tianjiajing Wang
Brielle Fowlkes Harrington Rubin Logan Ward Rosalie Steiner Tomas Lorenzo Macasaet we remain convinced that higher education has a lot to offer. They have
Bryan Edouard
Caitlin Farrell
Hayden Startzell
Heidi Garmise
M Feeman
Mackenzie Lunger
Ross Cobo-Lewis
Ruiting Guo
Tori Eriavez
Tori Gitten
resources, talent, stability, and quite frankly, an urgent need to reevaluate
Camille Cappello Isabella Ercolano Maeve Lawler* Ruotian Yang Victoria Perez de Arminan their missions. Colleges and universities must be committed to bending
Cari Hurley Jack Loney Maia Samuelian Ryan Stafford Wei “Vivian” Wang
Carina Higgins Jackson Query Maia Tivony Sabrina Carr Xander Toti
rigid institutional structures to truly center communities’ needs in
Catherine Foy Jena Marie Roseman Malena Horne** Sadie Swayze Xia Zhao their research and innovation missions. They need to do the hard work of
Celina Burgueño Joaquin Irigoyen Marcus Santos Sae Phillips Yanhe Bo
Charlie von Peterffy John Yang* Marie Li Sage Kingsley Yanhui Jiang aligning values so that neighbors and communities are not mere subjects of
Charly Peña Jonathan Nam Marly Kaufman* Sam Rajesh Yaxuan Liu research, but collaborators.
Chloe Williams* Joye Prince Max Davis Samantha Reese Yu-Chin Kao
Christine Madden Juan Vega Rios Max Marte Samantha Secrist Zamzen Elmoge
Cole Tatham* Judy Hu Maximilian Eberle Sara Berliner Zhuoli Zhang If the last fourteen years at Emerson has taught us anything, it’s that this
Daniel Luppino Juliana Perez McKennen Campbell Sara Bourjjai Zidi Huo
Daniel Zapata Juliette Hoernle Mikayla Brown Saskia Penning work is both essential and challenging. All good things end, but we are
Danielle Webb Justin Li Milani Gosman Satiene Fortenbach hopeful that the model we created can influence future work and inspire
Danny Kennedy Juwaria Jama* Milo Hughson Scott Wadelin
future innovators.

FA C U LT Y S TA F F FUNDERS
Bob Nesson Lina Geraldo Johnny Richardson, 2015-2024 The Boston Foundation
Dana Edell Lizzy Cooper Davis Rachele Gardner, 2021-2024 Davis Educational Fund
David Kelleher Lu Ann Reeb Tyler Prendergast, 2022-2024 Massachusetts General Hospital
Eric Gordon Margo Guernsey Matt DelSesto, 2023-2024 Gun Violence Prevention Center
Erin Trahan Nejem Raheem Liora Goldberg, 2023-2024 Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Gino Canella Paul Mihailidis Destiny Murray, 2022 ***
Homa Sarabi Paul Turano Jessi Brewer, 2023 ***
Jesse Epstein Rob Sabal, Dean
Jessie Quintero Johnson Shaun Clarke * student ELab Staff Eric Gordon Rachele Gardner
John (Craig) Freeman Theodore “Regge” Life ** student ELab Fellow
Jon Honea Tushar Mathew *** ELab Intern ELab Director ELab Associate Director
Lauren Barthold

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 ▲ IMAGINING AMERICA GATHERING
Table of Contents

IN NEW ORLEANS (FALL 22)

01 ▶ A Letter from ELab Leadership
▼ TNEJ WORKSHOP AT TEACH-IN ON

03 ▶ Table of Contents
SUSTAINABILITY (SPRING 23)

04 ▶ Our Values and The Big Picture

06 ▶ Social Impact Initiatives

08 ▶ The Co-Creation Model

10 ▶ Projects from each initiative

12 ▶ Events designed to celebrate these projects

14 ▶ What makes working with the ELab unique?

▲ INTERACTIVE FILMMAK IN G

16 ▶ Case Study: Quiet Rooms documentary

STU DIO (SP RING 2 4)

18 ▶ Broadening impact: research & dissemination

20 ▶ What does it take to do this work?

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 Our
Values
We push ourselves to define and measure

ASSET FOCUS
impact at multiple levels -- individual,
Black, indigenous, and people of color community, and societal. We commit to
(BIPOC) disproportionately experience
CO-CREATION
involving our community collaborators
the burdens of today’s social, health, in shaping and executing our research
We strive to define people by their assets
& CO-DESIGN
environmental, and economic problems, agenda. And, in addition to contributing
and aspirations rather than noting their
as a result of centuries of racist and to the academic literature, we commit
challenges and deficits. We commit to
oppressive policies and practices in to sharing our research findings in
asset-framing as a model for our co-
all spheres of society, including higher We commit to create and design accessible formats with our collaborators.
creation work with communities, focusing
education. We commit to interrogating with those who are most impacted on what individuals and communities have,
and dismantling racist and oppressive
DEMONSTRABLE
by the issues we care about. This not only what they lack.
structures and practices, individually and usually means that community

IMPACT
collectively, as we imagine and create participants work directly
just, inclusive, and equitable futures. alongside students in a shared
learning and creating space. We
value the time, expertise, and
ANTI-RACISM & agency of our community learning

ANTI-OPPRESSION
partners and commit to creating
spaces that uplift and empower.
We recognize that our freedom is inextricably connected to the freedom
of others. We acknowledge the multi-generational consequences of white
supremacy, anti-Black racism, and settler colonialism. We commit to
working together toward mutual liberation.

CO-LIBERATION
COLLABORATIVE
We seek to build and sustain
relationships and impact over time.

GOVERNANCE We stand against the traditional

practices of higher education that
involve parachuting in and out of We are hopeful for a future that is just, peaceful, and equitable. We
We believe in shared decision-making. communities solely for educational believe in the power of creativity and imagination to move beyond the
Our initiatives are led by a multi-sector or research purposes, acknowledging doom and gloom of today’s headlines and to design a future where we
team of community and nonprofit that these encounters are exploitative. can all thrive.
leaders, institutions, and government. We commit to building trust over time
As we make decisions that guide the
work, we center the voices
with community-based partners and to
facilitating experiences and projects that
BOLD IMAGINATION
and experiences of those within are mutually beneficial, and beyond the
our partner communities. confines of the academic calendar.

We strive to create opportunities and pathways to higher

SUSTAINABILITY education for those who have been traditionally excluded.

THE BIG EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY

PICTURE:
How might we leverage Emerson’s
media and storytelling expertise to
advance peace, equity, and justice?
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 Social Impact Initiatives
We used collaborative design and storytelling
to elevate lived experience and inspire change
through the co-creation and distribution of art,
media, and communications tools.

Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence

Transforming Narratives for
seeks to understand the impacts of
Environmental Justice seeks to
dominant narratives of gun violence
advance environmental and climate
on individuals, families, and communities
justice through collaborative
most impacted, and aims to co-create
storytelling, design, and research.
interventions to change these narratives.

FOUNDING
PA R T N E R S

Since 2023, we’ve facilitated 6 TNEJ Social Impact Studios.

Since 2022, we’ve facilitated 14 TNGV Social Impact Studios.

We’ve also facilitated 2 sessions of Co-Design Studio,

a foundations course introducing students to the theory
and practice of collaborative design and preparing them
to engage ethically with community partners.
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 Our Co-Creation H o w m i g ht w e l ev ra g e
HAVE
E m e r s o n ’s
d
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Model m e d i a a n d s t o r y t e l i n g ex p e r t i s e t o
a d v a n c e p e a c e , e q u i t,y a n d j u s t i c e ?

CO-CREATION IMPACT &

DISTRIBUTION
EVALUATION
Social Impact Studios brought local grassroots
changemakers into the classroom each week
to collaborate directly with students and faculty. Before each semester,
we worked with faculty
and partner organizations At the end of each
semester, we hosted
From 2022-2024, the ELab supported 19 faculty fellows to collaboratively design
curriculum and prepare for public events to debut
Once projects
were finalized, we
and celebrate projects.
and 10 community organizations to collaboratively each Social Impact Studio. worked with partner
During the semester, After each semester, organizations to
craft curriculum for 22 Social Impact Studios. students and community- we provided fellowships support meaningful
based Learning Partners to selected students and implementation,
co-created media and art Learning Partners to evaluation, and
projects for impact. prepare the projects for continued impact.
Over 160 college students and 65 Learning Partners further distribution.

co-created over 20 art and media projects.

FACULTY FELLOWS met together monthly as a cohort and participated

in the leadership of our Social Impact Initiatives. The Engagement Lab
fellowship provided a generative space to explore the challenges and
opportunities of collaborative teaching, learning, and research.

LEARNING PARTNERS are individuals who live, work, play, and serve in the
communities with which we partner. They join Emerson students and faculty
in Social Impact Studios as co-creators, bringing their passion, knowledge,
ideas, and lived experiences of the issues and their impacts locally, to inform
and guide projects in the classroom.

8 ▲ A MEE TIN G WITH 20 23-20 2 4 STUDENT & FACULTY F ELLOWS 9

 Students and Learning Partners have Incorrigible
I N PART N ERS H I P WI T H

co-created more than 20 art and Boston Uncornered, Nubian Square Foundation
In 1992, PBS produced a documentary about

media projects through TNEJ and violence in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood,

prominently featuring some of the teenagers

TNGV Social Impact Studios.

caught up in it. Over 30 years later, Incorrigible
follows up with the same men: deemed “incorrigible”
as children, their stories demonstrate the
transformative power of community love.
Here are some examples.

Fairmount Stories Peace or Piece?

I N PART N ERS H I P WI T H I N PART N ERS H I P WI T H
Fairmount Indigo CDC Collaborative, AirPartners The Center for Teen Empowerment
An interactive website designed to share the A narrative role-playing game about decision-
history of advocacy along the Fairmount Line making in the aftermath of violence. Players work
and goals for the future of the Line by visualizing in groups to make decisions to impact the story in
relationships between people, their communities, real time. The Center for Teen Empowerment is
transit, and air quality. using the game with their youth activists to spark
discussions about critical issues, including individual
and collective responsibility for advancing peace.

The Future is Food

I N PART N ERS H I P WI T H
GreenRoots Peace Play in Virtual Reality
A short film that combines the television cooking I N PART N ERS H I P WI T H
show format with an exploration of the food
justice efforts of GreenRoots, a community- Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
based organization dedicated to improving and A VR application inspired by the Louis D. Brown
enhancing the urban environment and public Peace Institute’s Peace Play healing modality.
health in Chelsea and surrounding communities. Participants can express feelings and emotions
they may not have language for by creating
scenes using miniatures in an immersive
sandbox environment.

A Birder Mystery
I N PART N ERS H I P WI T H
Zoo New England
People Powered News
A playful performance where animal characters
I N PART N ERS H I P WI T H
engage the audience to understand the Zoo’s role
in environmental conservation and how individuals Massachusetts General Hospital Gun Violence
can play a part. Students and Learning Partners Prevention Center and Dorchester residents
performed the play at Franklin Park Zoo for over A toolkit designed for newsrooms and communities
125 guests on April 19, 2024. who are committed to changing how gun violence
is reported, to help people feel more represented in
the news conversation, and to help journalists earn
the public’s trust. The toolkit includes suggestions
for journalists and media outlets, tips for trauma-
informed interviewing, and two journalistic videos.

Scan the QR code to learn more about

these projects and explore our full archive
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 Peace in Process - Fall 2022
We’ve hosted 7 public events Held at Codman Academy’s Black Box Theater in
Dorchester, this event was uniquely community

to debut and celebrate the

oriented and intergenerational, bringing together
members of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute’s
survivors network joining youth from the Center

co-created projects.
for Teen Empowerment. Guests engaged for the
first time with Peace or Piece? and Peace Play in
Virtual Reality, two interactive activities designed
for anti-violence and healing work.

Here are some highlights.

Peace in Process - Spring 2023
These events are unique opportunities for communities from different
At the third TNGV event of its kind, we sought to
neighborhoods, backgrounds, and generations to come together and more deeply incorporate LDBPI’s Principles of
meaningfully engage with one another’s experiences by serving as initial Peace. We added a Reflection Room, set apart from
audiences for each project. the main stage, as a calm space for guests to engage
with the principles through Peace Play and a Peace

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Weaving activity designed by the theatre studio.
On the main stage, there was a performance by the
average event theatre studio, a presentation of the People Powered
News journalism toolkit, and a celebration of a new
attendance partnership with Uncornered.

Planting Futures - Fall 2023

60% + 40%
With artwork displayed around the room and
on each table, and overflow seating in the
balcony, this first TNEJ event was bursting with
celebratory and hopeful energy. Students and
partners from GreenRoots, Fairmount Indigo CDC
Collaborative, and Speak for the Trees Boston
worked together to curate a special line-up of
Learning Partners and Emerson students, films, poems, presentations, and reflections.
community guests faculty, and staff GreenRoots’ ECO Youth Crew rounded out the
event with an interactive environmental justice
workshop to test guests’ awareness of local issues.

“Even though what you’re

Compassion and Awe - Spring 2024
going to see today is a work
Franklin Park Zoo, nestled within Boston’s largest
in progress, it’s a work that park, Franklin Park, was a perfect event location to
celebrate this semester’s partners, Zoo New England
comes from the depth of the and Speak for the Trees Boston. Students presented
soul of [Uncornered] and the prototyped interventions to protect trees in public
parks, and the theatre studio performed A Birder
partnership they engendered Mystery with the live sounds of peacock calls and
donkey brays in the background. The performance
from my students.” drew over 125 zoo guests and event attendees.
— Theodore “Regge” Life
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 What makes working with the ELab unique?

“While each project has the

potential to contribute to “We learned from each other,
change by itself, it’s when exchanged resources, expressed
you look at the collective, frustration, and discovered
and when you see beneath slivers of hope, this class
the surface to the process being one of them.” ­­
by which they were created, — Olive Goldberg
that you begin to see the Emerson student
transformative power.” ­­
— Rachele Gardner
ELab Associate Director

“Through my role in the

classroom, I’ve been able
to share my lived and
professional experience
“Everyone who is associated
directly tied to the issue of
with the ELab desires to
gun violence and its
cultivate a deeper respect
root causes. ­­
for and more mindful
— Angelica Fontes
understanding of the
Learning Partner
valuable and complex work
they are doing.”
— Paul Turano
Emerson faculty

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 “I’m gonna tell you my
story before someone
else tries to tell it.
When you tell it, and it’s
authentic, and it’s true?
You heal.”
S O C I A L I M AP C T C A S E S T U D Y
— Ruth Rollins

Quiet Rooms as featured in Quiet Rooms

Outside of trauma rooms in hospitals

Since its premiere in 2022,
around the country, there is a place those
S E L ECT S CR E E N I N GS

Quiet Rooms has been seen by Brigham & Women’s Hospital

in the medical field call the “Quiet Room.” thousands in Boston and beyond.
Boston City Hall
Harvard Medical School
According to Dr. Cornelia Griggs and Dr. Peter Masiakos of Maryland Crime Victims’
The film has sparked meaningful Rights Conference
Massachusetts General Hospital, “generally it is an unassuming room
conversations with community members Massachusetts Correctional
where [physicians] tell mothers about the deaths of their children, far Institute, Concord
affected by gun violence, medical
too often because of firearm violence.” Massachusetts General Hospital
professionals, and elected officials, and
Massachusetts Independent
Quiet Rooms is a 20-minute poetic documentary about the impacts been incorporated into curriculum and Film Festival
and root causes of gun violence in Boston’s communities, as shared training materials for medical students, Tufts School of Medicine
by survivors in their own words. Co-created by Emerson students and first responders, and more. Tulane University in New Orleans
survivors of homicide victims from the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, the
film was produced in spring 2022’s Collaborative Documentary studio.
The film has already inspired tangible change:
Scan the QR code to watch the film: the quiet room at Massachusetts General Hospital
is being redesigned with survivors’ needs in mind.

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 Broadening impact We’ve presented at convenings and
conferences around the country.
Our work has been published by
leading academic journals and
local press outlets.
Transforming Narratives
of Gun Violence
AUGUST 2024
This perspectives piece offers a succinct explanation
of how TNGV has facilitated collaborative storytelling
between community members directly impacted by
gun violence and Emerson students and faculty.

Collaborative critical making HARVARD RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE ACCELERATOR WORKSHOP ▲

in higher education In October 2023, TNGV received a grant from Harvard Radcliffe Institute to bring together
OCTOBER 2023 organizations and individuals from different cities who are doing narrative change work related to
A case study of our community-centred storytelling gun violence. Participants included representatives from the medical community, arts and media
efforts to transform harmful narratives of gun violence schools, the entertainment industry, and community-based organizations from Boston, Baltimore,
in Boston, introducing a framework for understanding Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and more.
the infrastructure required to support this kind of
collaborative work within higher education.
IMAGINING AMERICA NATIONAL GATHERING
In October 2022 and 2023, groups of faculty, students, partners, and staff from ELab travelled
to New Orleans and then Providence to present at the annual Imagining America conference. We
shared about our co-creation model, showed some of our media, and engaged in conversation
If we want to end gun violence, about successes and challenges with other community-engaged scholars, artists, and activists.
we need to change the narratives
DECEMBER 2021 INAUGURAL SUMMIT OF SURVIVORS OF GUN VIOLENCE
Only days before the public launch of TNGV, an armed
man’s mental health crisis and stand-off with police
In April 2024, TNGV attended the United States Justice Department’s inaugural Gun Violence
ended in his tragic death. This op-ed examines the Survivors Summit, during which Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Director Steven M.
headlines and news reports that followed the incident Dettelbach of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives dedicated a new Faces of
and calls upon news organizations to change their Gun Violence exhibit.
tactics in gun violence reporting.
SOCIETY OF GENERAL
OT H E R CO NVE N I N GS INTERNAL MEDICINE
AN D CO N F E R E N CES
In May 2024, TNGV founders joined
Fighting gun violence by changing Boston Area Research Initiative, Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner
the narrative 2024 Conference Robert Goldstein for a plenary panel at
DECEMBER 2021 the Society for General Internal Medicine’s
Lake Nona 2024 Impact Forum
A conversation between GBH’s Jim Braude and Annual Meeting. We were able to share
University of Virginia, 2024 Workshop the collaborative work of the initiative with
TNGV founders Clementina M. Chéry, Eric Gordon,
Dr. Peter Masiakos, filmed at the beginning of the Social Justice + Media Symposium, hundreds of attendees, including physicians,
initiative’s collaborative work. 2023 in Las Vegas, 2024 in Queens, NY researchers, educators, and more.
SNF Nostos, 2023 Conference

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 What does it take SUSTAIN MULTI-YEAR
PARTNERSHIPS WITH
ORGANIZATIONS
to do this work? • We offered year-long, renewable commitments to
organizations, rather than just one semester

• We provided stipends for organizational partners

Here’s how we did it: • We held regular meetings to connect on progress, address challenges

• We showed up for partner orgs outside of academic commitments

PREPARE EQUIP
STUDENTS FACULTY PRODUCE VALUE FOR
• We taught Co-Design Studio,
• We held a 2-day summer
workshop for new and
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
a foundational course on
returning faculty members • We aligned each class’s desired outputs with
collaborative design methods
• Our faculty Fellowship the expressed desires of partner organizations
• We facilitated a sequence of
fostered shared learning
courses through the Social • Once the semester is over, we facilitated the completion of
through monthly meetings
Impact Design minor projects by offering paid fellowships to students and partners
• We supported faculty with the
design and implementation of • We supported the distribution of projects after semester ends
curriculum
• We supported project design, communication, and web development
ENABLE
COMMUNITY • We hosted regular events to bring the community together

PARTICIPATION ADDRESS • We followed up with organizations based on expressed need

• We included organizational
partners on the initiative
BARRIERS TO
leadership teams to guide ACCESS AND
the work PARTICIPATION INVEST IN STAFF CAPACITY
• We designed curriculum with
organizational partners • We worked with Professional
Studies to enroll Learning • Associate director Rachele Gardner built and sustained our
• We compensated learning Partners to ensure physical and partnerships, facilitated all programs, projects, and events,
partners through free course digital access to college spaces and supported the day-to-day needs of faculty and staff
credit or a stipend
• We offered evening classes to • Communications manager Tyler Prendergast handled
• We provided certificates make timing easier for partners graphics and newsletters, and supported events and projects
of completion to learning
partners • We offered transportation
• Lead developer Johnny Richardson built, supported, and

TYLER PRENDERGAST
stipends so classes could
maintained all ELab and project websites and applications

REPORT DESIGN BY
occasionally meet off campus
• We made technology available • Admin & events coordinator Liora Goldberg supported
for learning partners to borrow both public facing and student-centered events

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