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Community Engagement Collaborative

Community Engagement & Service Learning (CE/SL) are integral parts of higher education. The University and community are critical stakeholders in addressing economic, environmental and social issues.

The Community Engagement Collaborative aims to promote, support and oversee CE/SL at SJSU. CEC strives to connect faculty, staff, students, community organizations and members in partnerships that share knowledge, skills, values, power, resources, results and recognition in reciprocal appreciation throughout the engagement.

The Collaborative of primary community engagement entities offers a variety of opportunities for involvement in Silicon Valley and beyond. This website is your gateway to CE/SL at SJSU. (Students may also inquire of CE/SL within their academic department.)

Eight priorities were developed as a result of a San Jose State University Community Engagement Collaborative Retreat on April 22, 2011. They serve as the guiding principles for the future direction of CEC.

 

Ways to Engage / Program Areas

 

Community Engagement  
represents a spectrum of activity extending from community service-learning to civic engagement to advocacy and social activism to community-based participatory research.
Service-Learning
is pedagogy promoting learning through participation in community service experiences related to course content.
Civic Engagement
is community involvement promoting the quality of civic life through political and non-political processes.
Advocacy
is the pursuit of influencing outcomes including public-policy and resource allocation within economic, environmental, political, and social systems and institutions.
Social Activism 
is intentional action to bring about change.
Community-based participatory research
is research that is conducted as an equal partnership between traditionally trained experts and members of a community.

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