| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 69.22 |
| Liaison | Leslie Raucher |
| Submission Date | Dec. 11, 2023 |
Barnard College
EN-10: Community Partnerships
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.00 / 3.00 |
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
Barnard College has a multi year partnership with Grad Bag and Lets Get Ready to host a transition day for incoming (to any institution) low-income, first-generation, New York City students. This day includes panels, workshops, and activities lead by Lets Get Ready staff and alumni to give students skills to succeed when they go off to college. Grad Bag provides students in attendance free, gently used, cleaned, dorm room supplies that were collected from move out events at Barnard College and other near by institutions.
Lets Get Ready is a non-profit organization that offers free SAT prep, admissions counseling, and post-enrollment mentoring through college to students from low-income backgrounds and who are first-generation-to-college.
Grad Bag is a non-profit organization that collects, cleans, and repackages used dorm supplies. These supplies are kept out of the landfill and redistributed to incoming first year college students from low-income households.
gradbag.org
https://letsgetready.org/
https://abc7ny.com/education/more-than-250-incoming-freshman-get-free-dorm-supplies/5427934/
Barnard College provides free of charge: gently used dorm supplies to Grad Bag that were donated to our move out program as well as room rentals, AV, Tech, and Events Management support to ensure the success of their program.
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Barnard Engages New York: Collaborative Partnerships to Promote Sustainable Change (or beNY for short) is an initiative at Barnard College that combines curriculum with public engagement, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant seeks to foster long-term collaborations between Barnard faculty members and community-based organizations, most of which are located in the New York City area, and all focus on at least one of the following thematic areas:
1. Immigration and immigrant rights
2. Poverty and associated issues of health, food insecurity, and criminal justice
3. The human rights of laborers
Faculty members partner with community-based non-profit advocacy organizations to develop thought-provoking courses that engage students in the mission and work of the organization, while also creating a space for scholarly inquiry and reflection. Partnerships are established with two overarching goals in mind: 1) to contribute meaningfully to the organizations’ work and mission, and 2) to give our students the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in their liberal arts education to significant contemporary challenges. By working simultaneously with advocates for equity and justice and Barnard professors, students develop real-life skills and perspectives at the same time that they critically examine the history, contexts, and scholarly theories relevant to the hands-on work.
Courses:
Education
EDUC BC3040, Migration, Globalization and Education
Faculty: Thea Abu El-Haj, Chandler Miranda
In collaboration with Internationals Network
Environmental Science
EESC BC3300, Workshop in Sustainable Development
Faculty: Logan Brenner, Elizabeth Cook, Martin Stute
In collaboration with WE ACT for Environmental Justice
History
HIST BC3505, Pandemic Tales: Curated Conversations with Migrant Workers
Faculty: Premilla Nadasen
In collaboration with Damayan Migrant Workers Association
HIST BC3670, Seeking Asylum: History, Politics, and the Pursuit of Justice at the US-Mexico
Faculty: Nara Milanich
In collaboration with the Women's Refugee Commission and Justice In Motion
HIST BC3770, African Communities in New York, 1900 to Present
Faculty: Abosede George
In collaboration with African Communities Together (ACT)
Sociology
SOCI UN3721, Social Justice: Connecting Academics to Action
Faculty: Debbie Becher, Teresa Sharpe
In collaboration with Make The Road NY
Spanish and Latin American Cultures
SPAN UN3300, Advanced Language through Content
Faculty: María Lozano
In collaboration with the Riverside Language Program
Urban Studies
URBS UN3545, Junior Seminar in Urban Studies
Faculty: Mary Rocco
In collaboration with the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative (BCDI)
Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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