Campus Compact of Oregon Learning Communities
Optional Member-led professional development program for currently serving AmeriCorps Members
Campus Compact Learning Communities are defined as groups of AmeriCorps Members committed to meeting regularly to explore a mutually desired topic. Learning Communities are optional, primarily Member-led and strongly encouraged. Topics, meeting times and meeting structures can shift year to year. Learning communities meet at least once a month (often outside of regular service hours) and Members can expect to engage in readings, reflection, interactive activities and discussions, working collaboratively with one another to either improve skills or deepen understanding of a particular subject matter.
A Brief History
Learning Communities for AmeriCorps Members at Campus Compact of Oregon originated in the 2014-2015 program year when, after attending September IST, VISTA Members asked to receive more racial and social justice and technical training opportunities during their service year. Staff and VISTA Leaders within the Campus Compact office launched the first learning communities: the topics were Equity and Empowerment, and Evaluation and Assessment. The Equity and Empowerment Learning Community has since evolved into Campus Compact's Executive Learning Series on Equity and Empowerment (ELSEE). In 2016-2017, Learning Communities extended to all Campus Compact AmeriCorps Members and leading a learning community was extended as an opportunity for Members who were especially motivated to build their own training curricula and gain facilitation experience.
A Brief History
Learning Communities for AmeriCorps Members at Campus Compact of Oregon originated in the 2014-2015 program year when, after attending September IST, VISTA Members asked to receive more racial and social justice and technical training opportunities during their service year. Staff and VISTA Leaders within the Campus Compact office launched the first learning communities: the topics were Equity and Empowerment, and Evaluation and Assessment. The Equity and Empowerment Learning Community has since evolved into Campus Compact's Executive Learning Series on Equity and Empowerment (ELSEE). In 2016-2017, Learning Communities extended to all Campus Compact AmeriCorps Members and leading a learning community was extended as an opportunity for Members who were especially motivated to build their own training curricula and gain facilitation experience.
Benefits for Member Facilitators
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Benefits for Member Participants
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Registration for Campus Compact Learning Communities is now open.
Check out the options for Learning Communities below!
Check out the options for Learning Communities below!
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Organizing Through the Ages
Facilitator and Contact: Samuel Matz January 2019 - June 2019 No maximum on number of participants Description: Organizing Through the Ages is a learning community focused on both organizers that are not lauded in dominant culture and on the often erased organizing done by otherwise lauded activists. We will watch clips and read texts as a community on individual organizers – grouped into sessions by an issue they championed – before using that new knowledge to reflect as a group on what has (or hasn't) changed since they did their work. Sessions will be in-person with webinar options for accessibility. |
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Where Power Meets the Water
Facilitator and Contact: Samuel Matz January 2019 - June 2019 Description: The realities of race and justice require that work connected to either must, in some way, engage with the interconnected forces of power and oppression. This learning community is focused around exploring those concepts as it relates to the world and ourselves. We will be discussing bi- weekly readings, either in-person or online, on a variety of related topics with the goal of interrogating our own premises, assumptions, and values in ways that are useful to doing social justice work. Sessions will be in-person with webinar options for accessibility. |
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This Land (Is)n't Your Land
White People in racial justice work: a collective exploration of our individual experiences perpetuating, enacting, upholding, and ignoring white supremacy. Contact: Matt Jernigan Facilitators: Claire Johnson, Matt Jernigan, Josh Todd January 2019 - June 2019 Min and max # of participants: 4-12 Description: This learning community will take place over the course of 4 Saturdays in February, March, April, and May. The 4 half day sessions will explore topics including internalized superiority, the structure of racial hierarchy, the role of white people in racial justice work and will incorporate small group discussion, multimedia, individual reflection, and mindfulness. This learning community is based on the work of Shakti Butler and the World Trust's Transforming White Privilege curriculum and Layla Saad's The White Supremacy and Me Workbook. The goal is for learning community participants to explore and deeply understand how we are personally harmed by whiteness while at the same time perpetuating whiteness. |
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Communicating Across Difference: The Intercultural Development Inventory
Contact: Claire Johnson Facilitators: Kaycie López Jones, Claire Johnson January 2019 - June 2019 Max # of participants: 12 Description: This learning community will provide an opportunity for participants to engage with the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) assessment. The IDI assesses “perceived” and “actual” capacity for intercultural communication. We will use the IDI framework as a tool to reflect both as individually and as a group on our intercultural communication abilities, the way culture and identity influences behavior and implicit bias. We hope this learning community will help members build an awareness of how culture and identity influences their interactions with others, as well as identify strategies for making these interactions more successful and empowering for all parties. Sessions will be in-person with webinar options for accessibility. |