The Center for Community and Civic Engagement
CCCE (pronounced “trip-see-ee”) is a hub for:
- Experiential learning that contributes to more just, thriving, and sustainable communities
- Reciprocal community-campus partnerships that advance shared priorities
- Building civic agency and practicing collaboration that is attentive to racial equity, power, and positionality
We support Academic Civic Engagement courses, student-led community initiatives, fellowships, volunteer opportunities, community-based work study jobs, and more. Our focal issue areas include Food and Environmental Justice, Educational Equity, Health and Belonging, and Peace, Conflict & Democracy.
Civic learning and community engagement are a key part of the Carleton experience. 63% of senior respondents said they’ve applied their academic learning through an assignment in the community. Outside of the classroom, 59% have volunteered in the community and 30% participate in politics beyond voting (Enrolled Student Survey, 2019).
Learning Objectives
- Understanding issues in their real world complexity
- Recognizing and honoring different forms of knowledge that may reside in/with community partners
- Awareness of your positionality, or who you are as you seek to do civic engagement efforts (such as gender, race, and/or socioeconomic background)
- Doing — how can you take your course content and do something with it beyond the classroom while learning in the process
- Developing leadership skills
- Nurturing a commitment to life-long civic engagement
