Thank You

WELCOME TO THE YEAR OF ENGAGEMENT

Annually, the Provost announces an over-arching theme for the academic year. The “Year of” program is designed to channel our community focus, guide our sponsored activities, and coalesce our collective interests. While the Pitt community faces unique challenges this year, we remain committed to making the Year of Engagement just as stimulating, productive and impactful as those of the past.

During the Year of Engagement, we will create opportunities and partnerships that positively impact our campuses, our region and ultimately change our world for the better.

The Year of Engagement will challenge each of us to reimagine how the Pitt community engages with new and existing partners, especially during a time when we can’t be together physically. It requires us to elevate our thoughts and practices regarding connecting with one another and doing the work needed to uplift and improve our communities. And it will provide resources for launching new and innovative projects and initiatives that ultimately bring us closer together. The Year of Engagement will provide us with opportunities to authentically learn about our common goals and our shared values.

ABOUT THE FORUM

The University of Pittsburgh Community Engaged Scholarship Forum elevates, celebrates and reflects on collective approaches to community-engaged scholarship through the development of sustainable pathways and partnerships that build deep, reciprocal processes to achieve mutually beneficial, community-identified priorities. Scholarship is broadly defined to include research, creative activity, inquiry, programming and teaching.

Definitions of Community Engagement

Mutually beneficial and sustainable outreach and engagement are of value to the University and its broader communities.

By community, we refer to groups of people who share commonalities, including geography, identity, affiliation, interest, circumstance, profession or practice, faith and/or family/natural supports.

Community outreach is the provision and promotion of University services and resources for community use.

Community engagement is the collaborative development and delivery of initiatives through partnerships between members of the University and members of the broader public.

Engaged scholarship seeks to discover new knowledge through activities that collaboratively generate, exchange or apply academic and community knowledge and practices through reciprocal partnerships among members of the University and members of the broader public.

THANK YOU

We would like to thank our event sponsors, keynote speakers, planning committee and virtual support for their part in making the 2021 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum possible.

2021 CESF Sponsors

Year of Engagement Office of the Provost Office of Community and Governmental Relations University Honors College Elsie Hillman Civic Forum at the Institute of Politics School of Social Work Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Health Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Al Richmond, Executive Director of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health in North Carolina Chris Nayve, The Mulvaney Center for Community, Awareness and Social Action, University of San Diego Douglas Wood, Director, The Aspen Institute’s Criminal Justice Reform Initiative Frederick Riley, Executive Director, Weave: The Social Fabric Project Lina Dostilio, Associate Vice Chancellor, Office of Community and Governmental Relations Mark A . Nordenberg, Chancellor Emeritus and Chair, Institute of Politics, University of Pittsburgh Michelle Fine, City University of New York, Public Science Project Muffy Mendoza, Brown Mamas Paula K . Davis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of Pittsburgh Presley Gillespie, President, Neighborhood Allies Shalini Puri, The Pitt Prison Education Project, Department of English, University of Pittsburgh Tania Mitchell, Associate Professor, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota Valerie Kinloch, Renée and Richard Goldman Dean, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh

Forum Planning Committee

Shawn Alfonso-Wells, University Center for International Studies Eleanor Anderson, School of Education Samantha Balbier, Institute of Politics Mario Browne, Health Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Sarah Downing, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Jamie Ducar, Cochair, Office of Community and Governmental Relations Aliya Durham, School of Social Work Evelyn Garon, School of Social Work Michael Glass, Urban Studies, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Amanda Godley, Office of the Provost Olivia Hartle, Office of the Provost Everett Herman, University Honors College

Communications and Event Support

Gloria Mou, Office of the Provost Louise Cavanaugh Sciannameo, Office of the Provost Amy Woodall, Office of the Provost Eleanor Graves, Office of University Communications and Marketing Meghan Young, Office of University Communications and Marketing Jocelyn Horner, School of Social Work Ron Idoko, Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Chaz Kellem, Office of PittServes Gena Kovalcik, Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Noble Maseru, Health Sciences Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lydia Morin, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Caroline Passerrello, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Cassie Quigley, School of Education Alka Singh, School of Computing and Information Julia Spears, Cochair, Office of the Provost Leslie Smedley, University Center for International Studies Tess Wilson, Health Sciences Library System Geoff Wood, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

Accelevents virtual events platform On Location virtual session production and livestreaming support Work Hard Pittsburgh video production