Initial Meeting of the Laboratory for Community Engaged Practice and Scholarship
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2018-04
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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement
Abstract
This poster will provide detailed information about the Laboratory for Community Engaged Practice and Scholarship. Learn about the lab, review activities in which lab participants might choose to be involved, and get a schedule of upcoming meetings.
Description
The proposed session will constitute the initial meeting of the Laboratory for Community Engaged Practice and Scholarship (LCE or Lab). The session will provide the opportunity to describe an iinterdisciplinary lab for investigating best practices and innovative approaches related to community engagement. A presentation of the proposed purpose and objectives of the lab will open the session, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience to provide input on the lab proposal and identify areas of focus for participants and priority areas of alignment with other initiatives. Community practice represents a framework for considering the operation of the lab. Julian (2006, p. 68) defines community practice in terms of strengthening the capacity of communities to meet the needs of constituents and to help community members realize their dreams. Scholarship related to community engagement focuses on the development of innovations in the process for working with groups of people in a specific geographic location or groups who experience similar situations to address issues that affect their health or well-being (McCloskey et al., 2011). After the initial session, the lab will be convened quarterly at a location on campus. Future meetings will consist of a presentation of an issue, tool, project or process related to community engagement practice and/or scholarship followed by discussion. In addition, lab personnel will plan and implement other training activities that will benefit the campus and local community. A primary purpose of the lab will be to engage interdisciplinary faculty and students in developing fundable proposals to investigate issues related to community engagement practice and/or scholarship.
AUTHOR AFFILIATION: David Julian, Director of Community Planning and Evaluation, College of Education and Human Ecology, julian.3@osu.edu (Corresponding Author); Andrew Wapner, Director of the Center for Public Health Practice, College of Public Health.
AUTHOR AFFILIATION: David Julian, Director of Community Planning and Evaluation, College of Education and Human Ecology, julian.3@osu.edu (Corresponding Author); Andrew Wapner, Director of the Center for Public Health Practice, College of Public Health.
Keywords
community practice, community engagement, community engagement scholarship
Citation
Engaged Scholars, v. 6 (2018).