PROGRAMS
Motivated by the belief that students have the power to change the world, Campus Compact of Oregon activates higher education toward student participation in civic life. As the only statewide organization working with private, public, four-year, and two-year institutions, we embrace our unique position to strengthen Oregon’s narrative of student service and leadership. Take a look at how we do this through our programs.
National Service
Campus Compact of Oregon operates four AmeriCorps programs: an AmeriCorps VISTA program, Summer VISTA, and two state/national projects Connect2Complete and College Access Corps. All Campus Compact of Oregon programs are committed to promoting racial equity and social justice, and eliminating inequities that exist in Oregon in postsecondary access and success for students of color and first generation students. National service members are placed at colleges, universities, K12 schools, or education nonprofits and work with a supervisor at this host site. Each of our programs achieve this mission in a slightly different way.
Equity and Empowerment Corps
Host campuses recruit near-peer, young professionals who will develop programming for students of color on campus to network, build systems of support, and develop leadership confidence by mentoring local K12 students of color and first generation students. By allowing the college students to shift their perspective from one of isolation on campus to being champions for high school students who have similar backgrounds to their own we hope to improve retention for the college students and increase the sense that college is attainable for the high school student mentees.
MLK Day
MLK Day is a cooperative of colleges facilitated by ORCC. To honor and celebrate Dr. King's legacy, we unite our community to serve the places that we live, work, and study. Annually, it is the largest mobilization of college students in the country on MLK Day.
ELSEE
The Executive Learning Series on Equity and Empowerment (ELSEE( brings together educational administrators, professors, and students from across Oregon to delve into meaningful discourse surrounding racial equity, social justice, and the application of an equity lens in the work we do across K12 schools and institutions of higher education. Individual campus participants put together a cohort of 5-6 campus representatives to form a collaborative with other campus cohorts and together participate in a yearlong course that meets once monthly to discuss the dynamics of of systems power, privilege and oppression and how they affect us individually and as a collective.
National Service
Campus Compact of Oregon operates four AmeriCorps programs: an AmeriCorps VISTA program, Summer VISTA, and two state/national projects Connect2Complete and College Access Corps. All Campus Compact of Oregon programs are committed to promoting racial equity and social justice, and eliminating inequities that exist in Oregon in postsecondary access and success for students of color and first generation students. National service members are placed at colleges, universities, K12 schools, or education nonprofits and work with a supervisor at this host site. Each of our programs achieve this mission in a slightly different way.
Equity and Empowerment Corps
Host campuses recruit near-peer, young professionals who will develop programming for students of color on campus to network, build systems of support, and develop leadership confidence by mentoring local K12 students of color and first generation students. By allowing the college students to shift their perspective from one of isolation on campus to being champions for high school students who have similar backgrounds to their own we hope to improve retention for the college students and increase the sense that college is attainable for the high school student mentees.
MLK Day
MLK Day is a cooperative of colleges facilitated by ORCC. To honor and celebrate Dr. King's legacy, we unite our community to serve the places that we live, work, and study. Annually, it is the largest mobilization of college students in the country on MLK Day.
ELSEE
The Executive Learning Series on Equity and Empowerment (ELSEE( brings together educational administrators, professors, and students from across Oregon to delve into meaningful discourse surrounding racial equity, social justice, and the application of an equity lens in the work we do across K12 schools and institutions of higher education. Individual campus participants put together a cohort of 5-6 campus representatives to form a collaborative with other campus cohorts and together participate in a yearlong course that meets once monthly to discuss the dynamics of of systems power, privilege and oppression and how they affect us individually and as a collective.
