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Community Engagement Scholars Program:
Direct, Indirect, Research, and Advocacy Engagement
Below are examples of direct, indirect, research, and advocacy engagement activities:
DIRECT ENGAGMENT engages students in person-to-person contact with those in need. Examples:
- Cook/serve/deliver food for the homebound or homeless;
- Staff a health clinic;
- Teach English as a second language;
- Tutor, mentor, or coach youth;
- Visit elders in a long term care facility;
- Volunteer in a shelter for the homeless.
INDIRECT ENGAGEMENT meets a clear need but has benefits to the larger community. Examples:
- Plan drug, violence, or disease prevention programs;
- Volunteer for disaster services;
- Assist with an environmental project;
- Participate in urban renewal projects such as mural or house painting;
- Build low-income housing;
- Fundraise with direct interaction with a nonprofit beneficiary;
- Create brochures, flyers, posters, or annual reports for a nonprofit organization.
RESEARCH ENGAGEMENT involves students collecting information for public welfare or interest. The research must be done with a direct connection to a community-based organization. Examples:
- Work in a laboratory that meets a community need;
- Conduct energy audits in public buildings;
- Test water to assist with restoration efforts;
- Conduct research to protect endangered species;
- Conduct research for a community organization.
ADVOCACY ENGAGEMENT allows students to lend their voices, writing ability, and other talents toward an issue in the public interest. Examples:
- Conduct information campaigns;
- Draft legislation that helps or protects the community;
- Lobby on behalf of a community issue;
- Conduct nonpartisan voter registration drives;
- Organize a nonpartisan letter writing campaign for a social issue.
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