Community Engagement · Syllabi

Fall 2019 Edition of IS418: Community Engagement

Based on the wonderful feedback from the rich community of co-explorers, I’ve made some tweaks to my Community Engagement course, especially during the second half of the semester. Here’s a flyer for the course: IS418: Community Engagement Day/Time:    Wednesdays, 9-11:50AM, 182 Armory Instructor:     Martin Wolske Description:  Community engagement refers to the multiple ways… Continue reading Fall 2019 Edition of IS418: Community Engagement

Community Engagement · Social Justice

Charity, Caring, Social Justice

This past summer I read the book book When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. When a traumatic event occurs, we need to certainly provide immediate relief, but then we need harness an asset-based, participatory approach to foster efforts to rehabilitate the person and the conditions that allowed for the event requiring relief. From there, we… Continue reading Charity, Caring, Social Justice