Four Community Engagement Lessons from Detroit to Connecticut
DOI:
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community engagementAbstract
I present four lessons for the field or for other community engaged scholars:
- Question assumptions with respect to the communities in which we are engaged (discussed and illustrated above).
- Conduct, support and publish more community-engagement research with students of color and communities of color at the center, and not in juxtaposition to normalized views of white culture.
- University or college funding opportunities to help support community-requested or negotiated engagement are a necessary and important investment.
- When engaging with communities outside of the classroom, you, your students, and your administration have to be willing to take measured risks.
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