The Office of City & Community Engagement aims to continue supporting the community to thrive in this virtual environment through a series of public digital marketing workshops. Open to the public at no cost, this hour-long virtual workshop discusses time-tested copywriting fundamentals that helps participants communicate effectively in an online environment and expand their digital literacy skills. 

The Community-Engaged Teaching and Research team within the Office of City and Community Engagement at Northeastern, in partnership with the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning through Research (CATLR) is hosting a series of semester-long learning communities, beginning in Fall 2020, and open to all faculty, staff, and interested community partners. 

The Community Partnerships track will explore the ways in which stakeholders of service-learning courses can build and maintain responsible and ethical partnerships. With a focus on building responsible partnerships that acknowledge the context of each different stakeholder, this learning community will help individuals foster transformational community partnerships. 

Alternative Weekends are a hybrid service and learning opportunity created during the COVID-19 pandemic to enable Northeastern students to engage with educational opportunity, direct service, community context, and reflection. Each of the 7 trips focused on a critical social issue (housing security, healthcare, food security) impacts communities across the commonwealth and how organizations adapted to evolving needs exacerbated by the pandemic. Planed and facilitated by student Team Leader pairs, each trip engaged 4 to 6 students in the communities of Arlington, Athol, Boston, Peabody, and Truro. 

The Community Volunteers Program connects the Northeastern students with consistent volunteer opportunities at local nonprofit organizations in Boston. Volunteers commit to serving on the same day and time throughout the duration of the semester. They have the opportunity to choose from a variety of placements that typically include tutoring in after school programs, preparing meals for people experiencing food insecurity, facilitating physical education programming with youth, and more.

Through the Service-Learning course, Inquiries in Biology, students engage directly with youth and adult serving organiations to create and implement biology-focused workshops. 

View examples of student engagement here: https://web.northeastern.edu/servicelearningexpo/?p=3006

Your health and well-being matters. City and Community Engagement and Afro Flow Yoga® invite Boston residents, organizations, and groups to join us for six virtual classes, Thursdays this spring! All experience levels welcome, we invite new and returning participants to join our community for a unique blend of live music, meditation, yoga, and dance, and an opportunity to connect with “earth, sky, and heart” in an inclusive and diverse circle of non-judgment.