Confronting Systemic Inequities: Implications for Conducting Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement
Presented by the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE)
September 18, 2020
This virtual event engages participants with colleagues from across the globe in examining the issues of racial and cultural inequities in the study and practice of service-learning and community engagement.
The session begins with reflections from colleagues in Minneapolis who bore witness to the events that followed Mr. Floyd’s killing. They examine the underlying factors that sparked the city’s strong reaction to this tragedy and the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement. Colleagues in other parts of the globe will then share their thoughts about why what happened in Minneapolis resonated across the globe. What was it about this local incident that resulted in a worldwide call to action? How do we sustain the call to action to realize real change? This session concludes with a discussion by IARSLCE board members and attendees on the role that service-learning and community engagement research and practice play in advancing and realizing systemic justice.