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Rashida Rattray IDP ‘25 reflects on her personal connection to tenant organizing and her involvement in the Fall 2023 'Housing Equity Project' at Trinity College's Liberal Arts Action Lab, from from the standpoint of being both a community partner and a student on the project.

CHER hosted a panel discussion as part of Trinity's Bicentennial Symposium, on November 14th, focusing on the institution's relationship with Hartford. The panel included Hartford leaders and alumnae Judy Dworin '70, Jacquelyn Santiago Nazario '00, Kae Taylor '15, and Tiana Starks '21.

The Center for Hartford Engagement and Research is pleased to share final research posters from the Fall 2023 Community Learning Research Fellows! This competitive program allows selected students with previous community engagement experience to challenge their learning by taking on research or creative projects grounded in the value of mutual benefit: students deepen their learning and their project advances the goals of Hartford community partners.

The Public Humanities Collaborative (PHC) is pleased to share projects from 5 teams of students, faculty and community partners from Summer 2023. Over the last five years, we have seen ...

CHER Presents on Community Engaged Learning Nationally, Over 300 HMTCA students attend "JOY", and more!

CHER has recently presented findings from Hartford community engagement with national audiences through three events. During summer 2023, the CHER team presented at the Campus Compact Awards where they also accepted the Richard Guarasci Award for Institutional Transformation on behalf of Trinity College. The Liberal Arts Action Lab team presented their work at a Duke University national symposium on project based learning. Most recently, the CHER team joined with two recent alumnae to present a paper about including the voices of students of color in community learning at the International Association for Service Learning and Community Engagement.

Welcome back, CHER programs overview, and more

Happy Summer and congratulations to recent graduates! This newsletter provides updates on CHER’s work in spring semester 2023 and announces some upcoming changes that aim to advance our mission of strengthening mutually beneficial partnerships between Trinity and Hartford. In July, CHER will begin a structural and leadership transition. Over time, we’ll move from being led by one rotating faculty director to two directors advised by a Faculty Lead. We are also restructuring elements of two CHER programs, the Liberal Arts Action Lab and Trinfo Cafe.

Inviting Schoolchildren to Campus with OMA, CHER announcement, and more

This past spring semester, the Liberal Arts Action Lab welcomed twenty-four students to three project teams. The upbeat new energy from the fall semester continued as Trinity College and Capital Community College students participated in an Action Research Methods in Hartford course (LAAL 200) and a Hartford Research Project (LAAL 201) each semester. This semester Dr. Ozlem Atalay taught Action Research Methods in Hartford and led one of the three Hartford research project teams. Dr. Laura Minor led the other two project teams. Each team worked with a community partner who posed a pressing question about the city.