How did you first get introduced to the world of S-L? I first got introduced to S-L during my first-year college writing English class. We mainly had discussions about what home meant to us and to a community. We explored this more by partnering up with Little Brothers Friends of The Eldely, a nonprofit organization… Continue reading Our Experiences as S-LTA vs S-L student vs S-L Street Team Member (Part 2)
Written by Street Team Member Madhumita Rao Street Team members Rosa Martinez and I have both been involved in the service-learning world at Northeastern University for a while; in fact, we have both been S-L students and S-LTAs in the past and are currently on the S-L Street Team. In this post, I answer questions… Continue reading Our Experiences as S-LTA vs S-L student vs S-L Street Team Member (Part 1)
Written by Street Team Member Rosa Martinez Service-Learning provides a great opportunity for students to bring materials from their service-learning course into other areas of their lives. Avery Collard, an undergraduate student studying psychology, began her journey of volunteering back in high school. At Northeastern, she is a service-learning student in a course called Writing… Continue reading Bringing Service-Learning to Student Organizations
By S-L Street Team Member Alexandra Fryman & Annie Lancos Looking for something fun to do in April? Check out these awesome events you can safely attend! 5k & Walk for INDEPENDENCE What? The Carroll Center for the Blind is hosting a virtual 5k Walk for INDEPENDENCE . During the month of April, you can… Continue reading Community Events: April 2021
By S-L Street Team Member Madhumita Rao Finished with midterms and ready to take a break? Check out a few more of the awesome events happening in March going on either in person or virtually to get more involved in the Boston community! Dine Out Boston 2021 WHAT: Also known as Boston Restaurant Week, Dine… Continue reading Current Events 3/15/21 – 3/28/21
Written by CETR Program Associate, Chelsea Lauder For Community-Engaged Teaching and Research (CETR) at Northeastern, our Spring 2020 semester was interrupted, alongside the rest of the world, by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has highlighted existing issues for food access and security in our Boston communities. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boston Food… Continue reading Resilience: Food Access in our Communities
By S-L Street Team Member Alexandra Fryman & Annie Lancos Looking for something fun to do in March? Check out these awesome events you can safely attend! Lights in the Necklace What? Lights in the Necklace is a celebration of Boston’s historic parks and bridges. Visitors can come to see the bridges along the Emerald… Continue reading Community Events: March 2021
Even as the world stopped with the onslaught of COVID-19 - the research, scholarship, and spotlighting of our community-engaged faculty network has not. This post shares the scholarship and news features of our 2020-2021 service-learning course faculty members. While it is only a sampling, it is an incredible list that showcases the innovative and important… Continue reading Community-Engaged Faculty Scholarship & In the News: 2020-2021
By S-L Street Team Members Madhumita Rao and Rosa Martinez Over the last 11 months, life has been different due to the pandemic. Although on-site volunteering has decreased, it is still possible to engage with the community in other ways. In fact, this unprecedented time is when many organizations in the Boston area are understaffed… Continue reading 5 Ways to Stay Engaged With Your Community During COVID-19
By S-L Street Team Member Alexandra Fryman & Annie Lancos Looking for something fun to do in February? Check out these awesome events you can safely attend! Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights What? This seminar, led by Gretchen Sorin of SUNY Oneonta, explores how the car has been… Continue reading Community Events: February 2021
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