The possibilities of a community-engaged experience — Editor’s note: Community-engaged experiences have the capacity to expand awareness by inviting those from various corners of the world to connect and see each other’s unique perspective. These experiences can foster commonality and compassion and can plant the seeds for significant personal growth. These experiences can inspire transformative thinking and…

A Personal Reckoning, An Anti-racist Youth Program, A Grassroots Call to Action By Melanie Forstrom I can track my anti-racist inaction back to July 13th, 2013, the date George Zimmerman was found not guilty of all charges. Trayvon Martin could have been many of the young men with whom I…

Navigating global health research and cross-cultural collaboration in a virtual world “The KCMUCo-Cornell Collaborative Course is an experience that will teach you and equip you with skills that you never knew you needed. The course is filled with many challenges and obstacles that will ultimately shape you into a better…

A journey to continued growth in global and public health, even in a virtual environment By Catherine Wambura ’22 and Lauren O’Keeffe ’22 As I reflect on my engagement in Cornell’s 2021 Virtual Global Health Summer Program in Zambia, I am inspired to think about the current and urgent need…

Finding My Place in the World of Change-making through the Newman Civic Fellowship By Sherell Farmer ’22 We all have a role to play in making this world a better place. What this role is, is ultimately the question. It is a question I have wrestled with for years, as…

By Jennifer Hoos Rothberg ’04, MRP ’05 Editor’s note: This reflection was originally published by Einhorn Collaborative, where Jennifer Hoos Rothberg ’04, MRP ’05 is executive director. “We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience.” ― John Dewey Last week, Cornell University dedicated the new David M…

Applying Community-Engaged Learning Values to Advance DEI in Agriculture By Conor McCabe ’18 As a Cornell undergraduate, I was on the student design team for the Certificate in Community-Engaged Leadership. A core value of the program was that community-engaged learning could be an integral part of everyone’s pathway, no matter…

“Love calls us to look upon anyone and say: You are a part of me I do not yet know. Love calls us to be brave with our grief and take in those wounded, neglected, and abused as our own flesh and blood. Revolutionary love calls us to harness our…

An interview with Dr. Mark Sarvary and Kitty Gifford By Sanjna Das ’21 Author’s note: In my last blog post, I reflected on what I learned as a student in BIOG 3500: Applied Science Communication (a community-engaged learning tagged course) and how the concepts are incredibly relevant as we work…