2018-2019 Learning in Community Workshops

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The Ginsberg Center offers multiple workshops to support students and staff who are working with communities through courses, student organizations or independently. Learning in Community (LinC) is an educational workshop and training series focused on supporting those interested in community engagement, social justice, democratic engagement, advocacy, activism and philanthropy. Sessions address one or more of the following areas: 

Community Engagement Essentials

Democratic Engagement

Student Organization Support 

In addition to our LinC Workshop Series, groups can also request individual workshops. For more information, or to submit a request for one of the below workshops, please visit our website: ginsberg.umich.edu/linc.





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School of Education, Room 2340

This interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.

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CEO Suite (2nd Floor, Galleria Building)

Over 50 student organizations promote diversity, equity, and inclusion through their work with youth locally, across the country, and abroad. Join staff from the Center for Educational Outreach and the Ginsberg Center to network and engage with other UM student organizations working with youth in diverse settings. We invite you to this intentional assembly to hear from student organizations about shared missions, best practices, and resources as it relates to social change. Get connected, explore, develop and reflect around your experiences working with children and youth.

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Shapiro (Undergraduate Library) Screening Room 2160
The Ginsberg Center, NEW, and several Non-Profit Organizations

Are you a UM faculty or staff member interested in learning about serving on a non-profit board and connecting with local community organizations seeking board members? Please join the Ginsberg Center on Tuesday, October 16th in the Shapiro Library (Rm 2160) from 12-1:30 pm for a lunch and learn opportunity, lunch will be provided. The last half hour of the session is optional and will include networking with community partners. 

We will have a guest speaker from NEW: Solutions for Nonprofits that will give broader context to what it means to serve on a non-profit board and offer strategies on how to identify appropriate board membership positions for you. During the session, there will be opportunities to learn about and speak with several community organizations seeking new board members including: Child Care Network, Avalon Housing, and Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels

Being on a non-profit board is a meaningful way to engage with your community and lend your skills to the needs of community partners and the populations they serve. Combine your professional skills, time, and commitment through service on a non-profit board.  



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UMSI Engagement Center, 777 N University (above Panera)

This interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.

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Room 3240, Weill Hall, 735 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Part of the Learning in Communities Series, this interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.

This workshop is open to all students, including ones in classes of less than eight students or student organizations.




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Are you a U-M faculty or staff member interested in learning about mentorship and connecting with local community organizations seeking mentors? Please join us at the Edward Ginsberg Center on February 8, 2019 from 12-1:15 pm for a lunch and learn opportunity, lunch will be provided.

During the session, community partners will share what it means to be a mentor with their organization and respective populations. Through a small group, conversational approach, you will be able to learn about and speak with several community organizations representing populations of varying ages and life backgrounds about their mentorship needs. These organizations include: The Blavin Scholars Program, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Friends in Deed and A Brighter Way. 

Being a mentor is a meaningful way to engage with individuals in your community and lend your skills to the priorities of community partners and the populations they serve. Finding mentors who are able to commit to the time needed can be challenging, come learn how you can combine your interpersonal skills, time, and commitment through mentorship service.

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1322 School of Education
Suzanne Chou & Emily Sabo

Part of the Learning in Communities Series, this interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.


This workshop is open to all students, including ones in classes of less than eight students or student organizations.



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Ginsberg Center, 1024 Hill Street, Ann Arbor, MI
Nancy Shore, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Strategic Partnership and Volunteer Coordinator and Ginsberg Center staff

Is your student group interested in getting involved with the Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS)? If so, then this is for you! Whether your group is looking to start a charity, create a program, or just wants to make a positive impact in the lives of students, attend this interactive session to learn how.  

At the session, you’ll hear from representatives from the the Ann Arbor Public Schools and U-M Ginsberg Center and about resources and ways you can get involved. You’ll leave with some practical tips and great ideas for how your group can create the most benefit to AAPS.   This session is required for any U-M Student Group looking to get involved with the Ann Arbor Public Schools.

Refreshments will be served at each event, so come hungry!


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Room 1322, School of Education 610 E University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Neeraja Aravamudan & Scott Campit

Part of our Learning in Community series, this Introduction to Community Engagement Workshop is for students looking to learn more about how to connect with communities as grad students and aspiring scholars in the sciences. This event is co-sponsored by Association for Multicultural Scientists (AMS), Engaging Scientists in Policy and Advocacy (ESPA), and the Office of Graduate and Professional Students.

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Ginsberg Center, 1024 Hill St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Part of the Learning in Communities Series, this interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.


This workshop is open to all students, including ones in classes of less than eight students or student organizations.

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Med Science Building
Neeraja & Scott
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Ginsberg Center

Part of the Learning in Communities Series, this interactive workshop introduces principles and practices for thoughtfully engaging with communities, including motivations, impact of social identities, and strategies for engaging in reciprocal, ethical, and respectful ways.

This workshop is open to all students, including ones in classes of less than eight students, or student organizations.

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School of Social Work
Neeraja Aravamudan, Danyelle Reynolds, Amanda Healy

For over 20 years, the Ginsberg Center has worked with students, faculty, and communities to develop the skills for ethically connect campus and communities. We use a community-driven model of engagement created to generate sustainable impact. The Institute for Community-Driven Practice (CDP) is a training program, offered by the Ginsberg Center, designed for faculty and staff who support community-engaged practice and scholarship. This two-day program will provide an intensive exploration of the principles of community engagement, and opportunities to begin integrating community engagement into their own curriculum and training.


Participants will be able to:


Experience core content from Ginsberg Center’s multi-modal community engagement workshops


Build foundational knowledge for crafting and sustaining ethical campus-community partnerships


Recognize how diversity, equity and inclusion practices and ethical community engagement are necessarily connected


Engage in continuous reflection to deepen their understanding of their own learning contexts and their vision for community engagement


Apply strategies for adapting their courses or programs to align with key principles.


Connect with faculty and staff incorporating community engagement into curricular and co-curricular offerings.


Cost: $300, sliding scale, for training and access to materials 


Date: June 10-11, 2019


Registration Deadline: Space is limited. Register Here by Monday, May 20th.  

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School of Social Work
Neeraja Aravamudan, Danyelle Reynolds, Amanda Healy
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Ginsberg Center
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