Community Engaged Practitioner (CEP) Convening

Understanding Justice in Community Engagement Practices

Thursday, June 8, 2023
9:00am - 3:30pm
Loyola University Maryland - Timonium Campus

Purpose: 
Transform Mid-Atlantic is looking forward to the upcoming gathering of our region's Community Engaged Practitioners for a day of meaningful dialogue and interactive exercises that will bring new insight and skills to you and your campus' civic and community engagement work. In this program, titled Understanding Justice in Community Engagement Practices, we will look at the significance of including a justice component in our thinking and practice on diversity, equity and inclusion through an interactive simulation on the racial wealth gap in America. Through a shared experience followed by reflection and discussion, this CEP gathering will provide meaningful insights to take back to your organizations and to inform your practices and partnerships in the communities where you work.  

Objectives: 

• Meet and engage with colleagues and fellow CEPs across the TMA network 
• Explore and better understand the Justice component of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
• Learn about and discuss TMA's 2023-2024 programming and event plans 

Agenda:

9:00am     Networking Breakfast

9:30am     Welcome & Overview 

• Dr. Gia Grier McGinnis -- Executive Director, Center for Community, Service, and Justice & The York Road Initiative, Loyola University Maryland 
• Ms. Madeline Yates -- Executive Director, Transform Mid-Atlantic

10:00am    Presentation: “Understanding Justice in Community Engagement Practices”    

•  Ms. Martha Bishai -- Director of Education and Program Development, Transform Mid-Atlantic

10:30am    The Racial Wealth Gap – a lived experience 
This interactive tool helps people understand the connections among racial equity, hunger, poverty, and wealth. Participants learn how federal policies created structural inequalities- and how these policies increase hunger and poverty in communities of color.  

• Ms. Zandra Cuff -- Interim Assistant Director for JEDI, AmeriCorps, and Programs, Transform Mid-Atlantic 

12:00pm    Lunch

1:00pm      Racial Wealth Gap Simulation – continued

2:30pm      Reflection and wrap up Martha Bishai and Zandra Cuff

3:30pm      Meeting Concludes 
 

 

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