Feminist Community Engagement Disrupted: Writing our Scholarship Stories

Fall semester meetings will be monthly on Fridays, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

We co-design research with partners as an ideal plan; but, in reality, numerous changes impact our implementation. Our learning community discusses disruptions external to the community (e.g., changes in federal funding, COVID-19, political or community/campus violence), or internal to the community (e.g., partners leaving their roles for new jobs, caregiving responsibilities), or within individuals in the community (e.g., illness, stressors). New and expansive disruptions are facing our academic and community partners internationally, nationally, and on our campus. This requires thinking about responding, adapting, and overcoming challenges in fundamental ways that reach far beyond pivoting scholarly work. This Learning Community will write and discuss feminist approaches to community engagement and will include scholar-educators who are innovating in their community-engaged practices working from diverse disciplines.

Co-Facilitators

• Chelsea Wentworth, Office of Medical Education Research and Development 
• Diane Doberneck, University Outreach and Engagement