Center for Community Service Initiatives, Barry University

Center for Community Service Initiatives, Barry University The Center for Community Service Initiatives promotes personal and social transformation through community engagement and social justice opportunities.

The Center for Community Service Initiatives is Barry University’s community engagement clearinghouse. CCSI provides programs, resources, and services that facilitate University engagement with communities at the local, regional, national, and global levels. Through community service, service-learning, community-based research, community-engaged scholarship, internships, practicum and field placem

ents, and advocacy projects, Barry students, faculty, and staff collaborate with community partners to meet educational, social, economic, cultural, and environmental challenges.

The new Barry Service Corps Fellows have been gearing up for social justice advocacy and civic leadership roles. Through...
08/31/2021

The new Barry Service Corps Fellows have been gearing up for social justice advocacy and civic leadership roles. Throughout the academic year, the work of Barry University student leaders will be focused sharply on social justice issues.

During the 2020–2021 academic year, 44 members of the Barry Service Corps (BSC) provided 5,195 hours of service to more ...
07/20/2021

During the 2020–2021 academic year, 44 members of the Barry Service Corps (BSC) provided 5,195 hours of service to more than a dozen community partner organizations. The BSC will be expanded and the civic leadership cohort strengthened next academic year. BSC membership is expected to increase by 50 percent, from just over 40 students in 2020–2021 to about 65 in 2021–2022.

“The unique challenges of the 2020 election cycle inspired the creation of three more civic holidays … to address specif...
06/24/2021

“The unique challenges of the 2020 election cycle inspired the creation of three more civic holidays … to address specific actions and opportunities to help more Americans cast a ballot.” —CivicHolidays.org In addition to National Voter Registration Day, the three new Civic Holidays are on calendar for the next academic year. On-campus events to observe each day of action are being planned.

The outstanding community-engaged scholarship by faculty is on full display in a just-released book, “Experiential Lear...
06/24/2021

The outstanding community-engaged scholarship by faculty is on full display in a just-released book, “Experiential Learning in Higher Education.” Chapters of this edited volume cover service-learning, community-based research, and other experiential learning methods, highlighting innovative approaches, successes, and issues of concern.

Barry University's Campus Democracy Project will help our community get by celebrating the 2021 Civic Holidays, includ...
06/21/2021

Barry University's Campus Democracy Project will help our community get by celebrating the 2021 Civic Holidays, including National Voter Registration Day, Sept. 28.

CCSI (Center for Community Service Initiatives) has completed the implementation of its strategic plan for 2016–2021. A...
06/16/2021

CCSI (Center for Community Service Initiatives) has completed the implementation of its strategic plan for 2016–2021. A significant outcome of the plan is the inclusion of community-engaged scholarship explicitly in the university’s criteria for faculty promotion. Another major outcome is the approval of a newly developed civic engagement course.

During a challenging academic year in higher education, 40 Barry University students participated in Federal Work-Study ...
06/04/2021

During a challenging academic year in higher education, 40 Barry University students participated in Federal Work-Study Community Service. They supported the work of 10 community partners and the Center for Community Service Initiatives (CCSI). The community partners are A New Start: Financial and Social Services, Amor en Acción, Branches, Breakthrough Miami, Easter Seals South Florida, Jewish Community Services of South Florida, Our Little Roses Foreign Mission Society, Peace Education Foundation, South Florida People of Color, and W. J. Bryan Elementary School.

Produce from the Barry Urban Garden is being donated to community fridges in various Miami area locations. The spring se...
05/25/2021

Produce from the Barry Urban Garden is being donated to community fridges in various Miami area locations. The spring season has produced an abundance of tomatoes and a variety of vegetables, including celery and cucumbers. Pineapples and bananas are growing well and will soon be harvested.

One family from Honduras and another from Pakistan now feel fully resettled into their new home, thanks to the support o...
05/24/2021

One family from Honduras and another from Pakistan now feel fully resettled into their new home, thanks to the support of a Barry community partner assisted by a quartet of undergraduates. Church World Service South Florida coordinated the resettlement of the Honduran and Pakistani refugees. Assigned to the refugee resettlement agency, Nicole Ortiz, Rafaela Garcia, Matthieu Walker, and Constanza Veliz worked in pairs, tutoring family members. They used a tutoring guide developed by Dr. Jennie Ricketts-Duncan, an associate professor in Barry’s Adrian Dominican School of Education. The students also helped the resettling refugees navigate the school system, including the enrollment process, and obtain state-issued identification cards.

has earned the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, which, in 2015, placed Barry in the top 7 perc...
05/06/2021

has earned the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, which, in 2015, placed Barry in the top 7 percent of community-engaged institutions.

has integrated personal and social responsibility elements into the undergraduate curriculum.
05/04/2021

has integrated personal and social responsibility elements into the undergraduate curriculum.

Interested in making an impact in your community? Consider joining the Email us at service@barry.edu to learn more
05/04/2021

Interested in making an impact in your community? Consider joining the
Email us at [email protected] to learn more

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