Our CEL courses have the potential to serve as a practice ground for healthy communities—they are microcosms of larger society. As long-time practitioners of community-engaged learning, we are interested in the way that our educational spaces can encourage practice, imagination, and sharing that allows us to grow our skills, beliefs, and relationships in ways that support all of the community spaces in which we are part (including family, work, education, spiritual, and other spaces). This Community of Practice will focus on guiding structures and metaphors that support and scaffold inclusive, participatory learning in critical community-engaged learning spaces, both in-person and online.

Co-facilitators: Celine Fitzmaurice & Zapoura Newton-Calvert