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One Book, One Richmond
Add the 2019-2020 One Book, One Richmond selection to your summer reading list.
Engage for Change!
The CCE will host its second annual Engage for Change! awards in September 2019 to celebrate and acknowledge students, faculty, staff, and community leaders working together to make an impact in our communities.
Bonner Scholars Program
With 100 Bonner Scholars, the University of Richmond has one of the largest Bonner Scholars Programs in the country.
Regional Reports
Reports from area agencies and organizations articulate the greatest needs and priorities of our region.
Our Mission, Vision, and Values
Civic Journalism and Social Justice. Human Trafficking: Myth or Scourge. Making Meaningful Space. Power and Prejudice of Language. Race and Law in the United States. Social Utopias. The White House Said Today. Watching “The Wire”… wait, can we just take all of the First-Year Seminars this fall? https://fys.richmond.edu/seminar-topics/index.html
Our Community Partner-in-Residence Fellow, Queen Zakia Rafiqa Shabazz, wrote a guest column on environmental justice in The Virginia Mercury today: https://www.virginiamercury.com/2019/06/20/virginia-isnt-making-the-grade-for-environmental-justice/
Want to make a tangible difference for communities in the Northwest, while living in community and growing in personal and professional skills? Apply for a service year through Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest and help meet local needs in education, healthcare, youth/at-risk teen services, and more! The application deadline is June 30.
Congratulations to Dr. Paige Wigginton, ’09 (right) for receiving this year’s Tenth-Year Reunion Recognition Award from the Jepson School of Leadership Studies! As a Bonner Scholar, Paige helped launch the seeds for the College Mentoring Project at Richmond Community High School, the beginning of what became our Pathways to a College Experience (PACE) program. She is currently the associate director of special services at the University of Pennsylvania. #SpiderPride
“This book crystallizes the inherent value of interdisciplinarity in efforts to understand and eventually remedy political problems,” said Rania Sweis, an associate professor of anthropology and global studies. “Students majoring in anything from chemistry to anthropology are equally drawn to the case of the Flint water crisis and all can see how important collaborative thinking is to real-world problem solving — in this case literally saving lives poisoned by water.”
Thanks to Justin Mattingly of the Richmond Times-Dispatch for giving our #OneBookOneRichmond a shout out. Add “What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City” by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha to your summer reading list if you haven't already!
Congratulations to our own Kim Dean-Anderson on her graduation from Leadership Metro Richmond! #SpiderPride
Three superstars, CCE program manager Jessica Washington, Peter Braun, ’21, and Dominique Cressler, ’20, represented #URichmond at this year’s Bonner Summer Leadership Institute (SLI) at Waynesburg University!
SLI is the largest annual event for the The Bonner Foundation, bringing together 300+ students, administrators, faculty, and representatives of local, national, and international organization partners for three days of workshops, discussions, and networking.
Faizan Chaudhry, ‘17, came for a visit all the way from NYC! 🕷❤️💙 #BonnerLove
Here's how to get from campus to the James River this fall: https://arcg.is/1W0C0e
If you took a picture that merged a Colonial White paint chip sample with a photo of a place, an object, or a situation that embodies colonial white to you, what would it be?
Charlotte Lagarde is inviting us to reflect on this and enter a photograph for the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU exhibition "Great Force" opening this fall.
See examples and pick up a paint chip in the Think Tank in Tyler Haynes Commons. Submit your photograph by next Friday for an opportunity to be included in the exhibition!
If our #SpidersEngage May newsletter didn't land in your inbox and you'd like to be added to our mailing list, just email us at engage@richmond.edu!
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is hosting a Public Square with 2019 National Teacher of the Year and Richmond Public Schools's own Rodney Robinson this Wednesday at 6 p.m. If you're in town, register now to join the conversation!
"The participants, most of whom attended Richmond Public Schools, told their personal experiences of a Jim Crow past, racial stereotyping, busing and Massive Resistance, the Ku Klux Klan, and many remembered when segregated schools and education were a way of life." Thanks for highlighting UR's “Growing Up in Civil Rights Richmond: A Community Remembers" exhibit, Richmond Times-Dispatch! https://bit.ly/2HP1Gs6
We're still accepting nominations for our second annual Engage for Change awards to honor community leaders and #URichmond students, faculty, and staff working to make an impact in #RVA!
Take a moment to honor someone you know who is doing good work in the community!
Heading to the river this weekend? Check out 'Walking Richmond,' a project from Professor Don Belt's Slow Journalism class - with stories about the culture, environment, and history of the James River in RVA. (Featuring stories about the James River Park System, Keep Virginia Cozy, Belle Isle, RVA on Wheels, and more) https://blog.richmond.edu/walkingrichmond/
Imagining America's 20th Anniversary National Gathering will consider how we define, design, and foster belonging. IA invites proposals that advance public scholarship, dialogue, collaboration, research, programs, and advocacy around this theme of belonging and equality.
Shout out to Bonner Scholar Fletcher Dalton, ‘22, who didn’t let the end of the semester stop him from supporting the work of his partner site Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy this past weekend! #SpidersEngage
Take 18 minutes today, tomorrow, or sometime this summer in a quiet space to listen to and view A Flower in a Dark Place by Jeanette Lam, ’19.
In her words:
In Spring of 2016, I was a part of a freshman year seminar at University of Richmond called "Storytelling & Social Change." As a part of this course, UR students partnered with Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center residents to share life narratives. Through this process, we came to better understand ourselves, each other, and our commonalities.
Due to privacy restraints, communication beyond the program is prohibited. Three years later, I found myself still thinking about the friendship I had with my storytelling partner - still thinking about all the things I wish I had asked him or wish I had said to him. In Spring of 2019, I reconnected with the "Storytelling & Social Change" class in effort to provide a space for my younger peers to say everything they want to say in a last one-hour conversation.
Filming in the jail was prohibited. These audio recordings emerge from the last one-hour conversation of four partner pairs. Through listening to their stories, I hope you feel their light and come to understand their truth just a little bit better.
University of Richmond Downtown hosts a Summer in the City series for faculty and staff, and this year's schedule is now live! Registration begins this Thursday, May 23 at 10 a.m. Seats on the shuttle fill up quickly, so mark your calendars!
These outstanding #Spiders were recognized at our first annual Engage for Change! awards breakfast in September.
Do you know a student who has committed to service and relationship building in the Richmond community as a significant part of his/her/their college experience and whose work has contributed to a community's goals?
Nominate them for an Engage for Change! award today: http://bit.ly/engageforchange
We'll honor the winners at the start of the 2019-20 academic year.
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- Lunch plans on Wednesday, June 26? UR professor Erika Zimmerman will be giving a talk "All About Pompeiian Graffiti… https://t.co/TPy0b6KS9j
- Interesting piece from one of our 2019-20 community-based learning faculty fellows Camilla Nonterah via @HuffPost… https://t.co/HiTzvWzqID
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- RT @URNews2Use: The University of Richmond School of Professional and Continuing Studies (@urspcs) will offer a Master of Teaching degree b…
- "Where many shy away from discussing race and our past, the University of Richmond addressed the issue of civil rig… https://t.co/Dj8jYhQ2WB
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- Thanks for hosting an incredible visit @JMMontpelier @brockter! https://t.co/9evCN4TLVf
- This year's Engage for Change! student honorees are now graduates, and we couldn't be more proud of them. Submit yo… https://t.co/xyE0tIxao8
- RT @URNews2Use: According to the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement, about 42% (316 students) in the Class of 2019 volunteered at least onc…
- After serving at @YouthRichmond for three years, Bonner Scholar McKenzie Jones, '19, led the PACE program on campus… https://t.co/v10TVmG60O
- RT @BeAGreenSpider: Multiple classes taught by Todd Lookingbill, Carrie Wu, and Stephanie Spera have helped manage and track invasive speci…
- The VA Engage Journal, now hosted at @JMU, is accepting submissions! https://t.co/Ch5S2nRRTg
- Our April newsletter features #PresentationsofLearning highlights, a Bonner Scholar's exploration of #Manchester, a… https://t.co/2hjYy3ccqG
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- Take a few minutes to nominate a changemaker you know today! https://t.co/BostTDUmS1 https://t.co/ZW0rWWZ1oX
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