Name
Collaboration in Action: How Campus Coalitions Enhance Community Engagement and Partnerships
Date & Time
Tuesday, April 1, 2025, 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Location Name
International 10
Focus Area
Infrastructure and support for community engagement
Session Type
Knowledge-to-Action Workshop
Description

This session will highlight two distinct regional campus community coalitions that include multiple institutions of higher education working collaboratively with their community partners. These coalitions aim to enhance campus-community partnerships, align engagement efforts, and tackle common regional challenges. Attendees will learn about the long-established Service-Learning Intercollegiate Collaborative (SLIC) in San Antonio, TX, and a newly-formed coalition in Atlanta, GA, each providing unique models for fostering inter-institutional collaboration. Both communities leverage a shared online community engagement platform to provide a cohesive and unified ecosystem of engagement. The session will focus on the coalitions’ capacity-building efforts, strategies for collective impact, and shared practices to strengthen partnerships among institutions of higher education and their shared communities.