Changemaking 101: Engaging students for social impact

This session serves to introduce faculty and staff to the spring Global Citizen Forum and Nelson Research Symposia’s theme:

Everyone a Changemaker: Perspectives Across Disciplines

Aligned with the University Big Ideas initiaitve, participants will be introduced to the concept of changemaking, explore the concept in practice, and discuss strategies for incorporating changemaking into course assignments and research projects.

Facilitated by: Renee Sedlacek Lee, Director of Community Engaged Learning, and Dr. Sara Johnston, Olson Fellow for Global Service-Learning, and Dr. Jimmy Senteza, Director of the Rolland and Mary Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs.

Guest presenter: Susan Sanning, Associate Dean and Director of Service & Social Innovation in the Center for Careers, Life & Service
at Grinnell College.

Suggested Pre-Session Materials:

Compact Nation Podcast (2017) – Featuring Marina Kim and Andrew Seligoshn discussing the evolution of social innovation and changemaking within higher education and how we can engage students in social impact. https://compact.org/podcast/season1-episode10/

Changemaker Institutions (2018) – An Ashoka U publication that makes the case for social innovation as both an educational framework and as an approach for institutional innovation. https://ashokaoffice365.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/ashokaugroup/EQzWOnXw14dErQ0Tu_Q84wYB8vSyQFbDrowLkWAACc76Cg?e=sftYin

Everyone a Changemaker: Bill Drayton’s Challenge to the World (2018) – By David Brooks in the NY Times, discussing why a changemaker mentality needs to be universal. https://www.ashoka.org/en-ca/story/everyone-changemaker-bill-drayton%27s-challenge-world

Additional resources can be found on the AshokaU website: https://ashokau.org/reading/