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- “Adam Ruins Everything – Redlining” VideoThis video is about the history of redlining and the implications it has had on…
- “Want to Help Someone? Shut Up and Listen!” TedTalkThis TedTalk reflects upon the importance of being cognizant of a community’s goals rather than…
- “Who Wants to be a Volunteer?” VideoThis video depicts a savior complex through a parody of “who wants to be a…
- Anti-Oppressive Principles of Community EngagementCreated by: Rebecca Riccio, Giordana Mecagni, Becca Berkey, and the Social Impact Lab at Northeastern…
- Asset-Based Community Development 101This module was developed in 2019 by the former Center of Community Service at Northeastern….
- Asset-Based Community Development InfographicsThe two infographics below provide a quick overview of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD), its five…
- Asset-Based Community Development MappingThis activity aids in the understanding of community assets and the community, including its residents,…
- Asset-Based Community Development VideoThis video explains Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) in very simple terms, providing a scenario of…
- Becoming Partners: Faculty come to appreciate undergraduates as teaching partners in a service-learning teaching assistant programGail S. Begley, Becca Berkey, Lisa Roe, Hilary E. Y. Schuldt This study examined the…
- Book chapter on assessing student learning in S-L coursesFor an example of how outcomes are defined and deliverables, graded, please see Chapter 5…
- Boston Public Health Commission: Community Engagement ToolkitEquitable Engagement Toolkit Source: Boston Public Health Commission Access here: https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2021/03/BPHC%20Community%20Engagement%20Toolkit%202_Final.pdf This is a great…
- Build-a-City ActivityThis activity is designed to foster understanding behind why different communities are disproportionately affected in…
- Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media within Communities, across Disciplines and with AlgorithmsKaterina Cizek, William Uricchio, et al. This publication examines alternatives to a singular authorial vision…
- Community Partner Onboarding ModuleThis training module introduces community partners to Community-Engaged Teaching and Research. It provides an overview…
- Community WalksThese Community Walks can be self-guided with the script or led by trained student leaders….
- Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative: Collaborative Toolkit WorkshopThe toolkit sets expectations in civic engagement projects, provides considerations of applied ethical research, prepares…
- Community-Engaged Teaching and Research One-pagerThe CETR one-pager provides an overview of Community-Engaged Teaching and Research, its partnerships, its goals,…
- Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of WorldsArturo Escobar Arturo Escobar, a Colombian-American anthropologist and the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at…
- Digital Defense Playbook: Community Power Tools for Reclaiming DataUsing this tool helps communities have accessible discussions about data within the public sphere. The…
- Equitable Community EngagementThis resource provides an overview of equitable community engagement; an ongoing, two-way process of building…
- Faculty Onboarding ModuleThis training module offers an introduction to faculty who are interested in integrating a service…
- Inequalities in BostonThis database is a fantastic resource that provides an overview of inequalities in Boston. Including,…
- Information for Fall 2023 Community PartnersInformation for Fall 2023 Community Partners Community-Engaged Teaching and Research is supporting nearly 60 service-learning…
- Interdependence: Global Solidarity and Local Actions – Are You a Helper? An Advocate? An Organizer? A Rebel?J. Lion, E. Hartman This tool reflects on your strengths and dispositions across different types…
- Interdependence: Global Solidarity and Local Actions – Structural ViolenceE. Hartman This tool explains the history of structural violence and demonstrates the importance of…
- Interdependence: Global Solidarity and Local Actions – With and From – Participatory MethodsThis module explores how research can contribute to building more just, inclusive, sustainable communities through…
- Learning Communities for Impactful Community Engagement: Teaching for Social JusticeThese materials were created to be facilitated as a part of semester-long Learning Communities. While…
- Macro, Micro, and Structural Racism in EducationRobin J. Diangelo, Özlem Sensoy This article explicates the interconnectivity of microaggressions, macroaggressions, and structural…
- NPR Redlining VideoThis video describes housing segregation and redlining in America and how this affects policing, access…
- Outcomes for Community-Engaged Learning at Northeastern UniversityThis form directs stakeholders through a short series of questions to identify learning outcomes specific…
- Part 1: Partnership Conversation GuideThis conversation guide and partnership agreement is for faculty and community partners to utilize when…
- Part 2: Discussion Topics and Guiding Questions for CETR PartnershipsThis conversation guide and discussion questions is for faculty and community partners to utilize when…
- Privilege Comic StripToby Morris This resource is a comic strip displaying the different privileges and how they…
- Runaway to Broader ImpactsNortheastern faculty are invited to participate in a peer learning community focused on developing and…
- Savior BarbieThis tool is a parody Instagram account depicting Barbie with a saviorhood complex on a…
- SaviorismThese tools can help students understand what saviorism is and how to avoid it. The…
- Service-Learning & Community Engagement Learning Communities Fall 2023Service-Learning & Community Engagement Learning Communities Fall 2023 What are they? The fall 2023 S-L…
- Service-Learning Outcomes with Assessments and Sample Lesson PlansCreated for use in our Service-Learning Fellows Program, this tool shared learning outcomes for service-learning…
- Service-Learning Reflection ToolkitThis toolkit is being shared from another university, Gateway Technical College. Thank you to GTU…
- Systemic Racism VideoThis video describes how systemic racism historically through redlining has had implications on Black communities…
- Teaching & Leading StudentsTyler Nicholson This article provides advice on how to be a successful leader in the…
- Traditional vs. Critical Service-Learning: Engaging the Literature to Differentiate Two ModelsDr. Tania D. Mitchell This piece of work from Dr. Tania D. Mitchell advocates for…
- Two Cities ActivityThis activity draws light upon entering communities and focusing on needs versus focusing on the…
- Virtual EXPOThese materials include digital artifacts from collaboration between students, community partners, Service-Learning student leaders, and…
- Volunteering 101Training module that introduces students to basics of beginning a volunteer role with a community…
- Year in Review (2020-2021)The Year in Review provides an overview of Community-Engaged Teaching and Research for that particular…
Knowledge Hubs: explore resources by theme or topic
Utilize these hubs as a starting point. Each hub will open to a page with further resources and information around that theme or topic.
Course & Syllabus Design
For educators who are looking to design a service-learning course.
Leveraging Northeastern Students at your Organization
For community partners seeking information on working with Northeastern students.
Collaborating with Community Partners
For faculty and S-LTA seeking information on collaborating with a community partner.
Ethical Community Engagement
Building blocks for partnerships between community-based and institutional stakeholders.