Category: Community Partnerships

CCCE Fellow Mica Bahn met with Linda Oto to discuss the long history of partnership between Northfield’s Middle School Youth Center and the CCCE.

The four focus areas of the CCCE cover a broad range of issues, and there are always opportunities to volunteer no matter your previous experience or your individual interests.

On Thursday, March 29, the Broom Fellow co-sponsored an event with Student Advocates for Reproductive Choice (SARC). In line with the Broom Fellow’s focus on social inequality, Erica Gerrity, Program Director and founder of the Minnesota Prison Doula Project, Raelene Baker, Program Coordinator for the organization, and Mariah, a woman who has been incarcerated in Minnesota, were invited to campus to discuss reproductive justice for incarcerated women.

Saul Melo Lira ’18 takes us through the volunteer programs that he oversees at Faribault High School.

Before attending her first class at Carleton College, Rachel Gallagher (’18) knew she wanted to supplement her college career by volunteering with individuals who have special needs. Inspired by a friend from high school who had autism and an aunt who worked in the Philippines with children who have special needs, Rachel researched offerings through Carleton’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE), and then signed up with Laura Baker Services Association’s College Buddies program.

Academic Civic Engagement (ACE) offers students the chance to work with community partners to assist with needs these partners might not have the resources to meet. The Key, a local hub for youth in Northfield, found a friend in an unexpected department: Computer Science.

The CCCE is conducting a series of interviews to highlight alumni that have gone on to career paths that involve civic and community engagement. In this profile, Teddy Gelderman ’11 discusses his work with Northfield Tackling Obstacles and Raising College Hopes (TORCH).

On Thursday, February 22, the Broom Fellow co-sponsored an event with the Educational Studies department which invited Adam Kuehnel, a corrections educator with Minnesota’s Department of Corrections (DOC), to speak about his experiences of “teaching inside the fence.”

Poetry is community to Emily Oliver. Carleton is getting a taste of what that means thanks to her academic civic engagement role with CCCE.

During New Student Week, the CCCE and the Arboretum partnered for a great day of tree planting in the Arb.