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Day 3: March 26, 2021
Adapting collaborations in this new climate
How might we navigate unexpected challenges together? Organisms must be able to adapt to their habitat to survive. The same is true for partnerships. As technology continues to evolve or unusual circumstances come up (e.g., a pandemic), the old or historical ways of doing things might not be sufficient to tackle complex challenges. Flexibility is a strategy of responding to changing circumstances and/or expectations. How might we cultivate adaptability and flexibility among university-community partnerships and infuse these new learnings into our work moving forward?
9-9:45 a.m. Fireside Chat
Evolving Our Partnerships: Access ASU and Tolleson Union High School District
Panelists:
- Dr. Michele Wilson | Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Tolleson Union High School District
- Joely Sanders | Counselor, Sierra Linda High School
- Dr. Sylvia Symonds | Associate Vice President, Educational Outreach and Student Services
- Dr. Tirupalavanam Ganesh | Tooker Professor and Assistant Dean, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Moderated by: Rogelio Ruiz | Executive Coordinator, Access ASU
With its rich history and growing diversity, Tolleson Union High School District (TUHSD) is home to ~12,000 high school students, 550 qualified teachers and 50 administrators. Situated on the west side of the Phoenix Metroplex, ASU works closely with TUHSD to design and implement various programs that increase access to higher education and prepare Arizona students for success. These strategic partnerships support and equip educators with the tools and resources needed to increase college-going rates and ensure all students graduate from high school ready to succeed in college. This year's conference theme is focused on the conditions necessary to create an environment that can establish long-term, sustainable, mutually beneficial university-community partnerships. Many factors play into the development and longevity of a partnership. We recognize that we must coordinate and collaborate with our partners if we seek to advance a better life for all.
Join us for this high-profile panel that will address:
- How the TUHSD and ASU partnership came to be
- Strategies for navigating mutually beneficial relationships among complex organizations
- The key pieces that are necessary for partnerships to adapt in times of crisis (e.g., a pandemic)
Breakout Sessions
After the plenary session, we invite you to join one of the many breakout sessions and workshops designed to bring together our network, share strategies for forging meaningful and mutually beneficial partnerships and generate institutional dialogue about how to advance socially-embedded research, teaching, student development and practices. Presentations are formatted in the following ways:
Lightning Talk
(3 presentations, ~10 minutes each)
This is a structured TED Talk-style presentation featuring 1-2 speakers, where time is dedicated to sharing knowledge through a short presentation that focuses on a particular tool, design or lesson learned. This type of session shares a best practice, idea (big, small or somewhere in the middle) and/or a new way of thinking about community-university partnerships that demonstrate how we can collaborate to achieve local and global change. This type of presentation leverages slides or additional materials minimally and includes elements of storytelling to engage the audience.
Three Lightning Talks are grouped together in a 45-minute session.
Community Collaboration
(45 minutes)
Together with at least one community partner as a co-presenter, this more classic presentation style tells the story of ongoing social embeddedness work, research or critical thoughts about how community partnerships are essential to achieve local, national and/or global change. Co-designed by the presenters, this is an opportunity to share what they do together, including how they established this mutually-beneficial relationship, the current state and what might be next. This is also an opportunity to share insights and lessons from their experience working together and highlight and recognize each other's knowledge, expertise and contribution to local, national and/or global change. These presentations serve as unique examples of how ASU works with community partners in mutually beneficial ways.
Friday
March 26, 2021
10-10:45 a.m. MST
Breakout Sessions
Lightning Talk A: The Sustainable Devleopment Goals; Educating Refugees; Partnering for Global Reach
Lightning Talk A: The Sustainable Devleopment Goals; Educating Refugees; Partnering for Global Reach
10-10:45 a.m. | Lightning Talk A
I. The Sustainable Development Goals & Beyond Task Force: ASU's leadership in advancing the global goals agenda now and beyond 2030
- Jessica Givens | SDG & Beyond Task Force Coordinator, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
- Olivia Mulerwa | Assistant Director of International Partnerships, Thunderbird School of Global Management
The Sustainable Development Goals & Beyond Task Force is ASU’s cross-university leadership group led by the Thunderbird School of Global Management and Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. Learn about our global partnerships with the world's largest community partners including the United Nations, The World Bank, World Economic Forum, and more.
II. Educating Refugees: The Collaboration Model of ASU's Education for Humanity and Norwegian Refugee Council
- Nick Sabato | Director, Country Programs, Education for Humanity, Arizona State University
In 2017, Education for Humanity was established to expand educational access for refugees around the world. This presentation discusses the evolution of Education for Humanity's partnership with Norwegian Refugee Council and the success that has resulted from its genesis in Za'atari Camp to an agreement for implementation in 30+ countries.
III. Partnering for Global Reach: Synergies for higher education, students, and industry
- Sarah Jones | Director Global Strategic Partnerships, ASU
Partnering within institutions outside of one sector creates opportunities to leverage complementary strengths to the mutual benefit of both. After hosting several successful hackathons with other universities, ASU joined forces with industry partner Devex to increase the scope, reach and visibility of the experience, bringing benefits to students and institutions.
Lightning Talk B: Living Well with Hearing Loss; Scaling Statewide Professional Development; Growing Experiential Learning
Lightning Talk B: Living Well with Hearing Loss; Scaling Statewide Professional Development; Growing Experiential Learning
10-10:45 a.m. | Lightning Talk B
I. Living Well with Hearing Loss in the midst of a Pandemic
- Kate Helms Tillery | Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Arizona State University College of Health Solutions
- Aparna Rao | ASU College of Health Solutions Faculty
- Marlin Fried | New Frontiers in Lifelong Learning
- Sabrina Zibin | ASU College of Health Solutions Graduate Student
ASU’s Speech and Hearing Clinic faculty and students provide person-centered group rehabilitation to individuals with hearing loss and their communication partners. One long-standing community partner is New Frontiers in Lifelong Learning. In Fall 2020, our partnership transitioned from in-person to Zoom sessions. Faculty, student, and participant experiences will be shared.
II. Scaling Statewide Professional Development to Meet the Needs of Schools
- Betsy Fowler | Executive Director of Strategic Intiatives, ASU Prep Digital
- Alison Hernandez | ASU Prep Digital
When our community needs us, we step up with scale. In just a matter of a few weeks, ASU Prep Digital accepted the challenge of scaling a successful professional development pilot into a statewide offering. We will share how we solved this challenge to meet our state's needs.
III. Growing Experiential Learning and Community Collaboration In Our New Normal
- Jessica Carlson | Senior Coordinator of Experiential Learning, ASU - College of Health Solutions
- Jennifer Jarvis | ASU
How we expanded Experiential Learning and Community Placements at the College of Health Solutions, amidst Covid lockdowns and restrictions, and increased inclusion of online students in experiences.
Breakout Session C: Responding with Resiliency
Breakout Session C: Responding with Resiliency
10-10:45 a.m. | Breakout Session C
Responding with Resiliency
- Vivian Morrison | Community Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator, ASU Office of Community, Health, Engagement, and Resilience
- Mike Edmonds | Tucson House Resident Council
- Alessandra Cebreros | ASU OCHER/Americorps
- Mattea Pezza | ASU OCHER/Americorps
In 2020, the Office of Community Health, Engagement, and Resiliency pivoted to address specific community needs arising from the pandemic. This included creating a social support helpline and social call program, distributing care bags of essentials, and launching a virtual interview series to increase knowledge of and access to resources.
Breakout Session D: The Evolution of ASU's Sun Devil Learning Labs
Breakout Session D: The Evolution of ASU's Sun Devil Learning Labs
10-10:45 a.m. | Breakout Session D
The Evolution of ASU's Sun Devil Learning Labs
- Kelly Owen | Clinical Assistant Professor Senior Program Strategist Manager, MLFTC Division of Teacher Preparation
- William Butler | Clinical Assistant Professor, Senior Program Strategist Manager
- Susan Lugo | Director of Human Resources, Creighton School District
- Tot Wallace | Director, Community Education and Outreach, Mesa Public Schools
We would like to present the timeline of Sun Devil Learning Labs (SDLLs) and the three iterations that we used in Spring 2020, Summer 2020, and Fall 2020. Sun Devil Learning Labs is an evolving idea that allows for teacher candidates at MLFTC to teach and get feedback. It is also a way for us to support children in our communities when they are unable to go to school. In the summer we partnered with the Creighton School District and offered a version of SDLLs based on the needs of that community. In Fall 2020 we partnered with the Mesa School District and again offered a new iteration of SDLLs based on the specific needs of teacher candidates in students in the Mesa School District. The presentation will encompass success, failures, and our efforts to work in partnerships with specific school districts.
Breakout Session E: The Same but Different: Meeting partnerships with consistency and adaptability
Breakout Session E: The Same but Different: Meeting partnerships with consistency and adaptability
10-10:45 a.m. | Breakout Session E
The Same but Different: Meeting partnerships with consistency and adaptability
- Stacey Gandy | Coordinator and Instructor, ASU Community Collaborative at the Westward Ho/School of Social Work
- Adrine Rodriguez | ASU School of Social Work student
- Juanita Deyo | Westward Ho Resident
- Westward Ho Resident
- Brandon Falk
Social work student interns, Westward Ho residents, and the ASU/Westward Ho Community Collaborative coordinator share their various perspectives regarding the adaptations of providing services during the continuum of the pandemic. The discussion will focus on the successes, failures, and determination to keep trying.
Breakout Session F: Indigenous Student Growth: Traditional and Spiritual Healing
Breakout Session F: Indigenous Student Growth: Traditional and Spiritual Healing
10-10:45 a.m. | Breakout Session F
Indigenous Student Growth: Traditional and Spiritual Healing
- Laura Gonzales-Macias | Director, American Indian Student Support Services
- Kayla-Rae Wakeland | Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Case Manager, Native Health
Learn how Virtual Talking Circles was created when many Native students were unable to go home to their reservations due to COVID-19 lockdowns. Students were unable to participate in cultural ceremonies to help during difficult times. AISSS and Native Health partnered, bringing ceremony to ASU for traditional and spiritual healing.
Breakout Sesison G: Viva! A Family Diabetes Prevention in a Virtual Environment
Breakout Sesison G: Viva! A Family Diabetes Prevention in a Virtual Environment
10-10:45 a.m. | Breakout Session G
Viva! A Family Diabetes Prevention in a Virtual Environment
- Allison Williams | Research Program Manager, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Maria Silva | Education Programs Manager, St. Vincent de Paul Ivy Center for Family Wellness
- Leo Lopez | Valley of the Sun YMCA
- Leslie Larsen | Dignity Health, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC, St. Joseph's Pediatrics
- Arlene Fernandez | Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Viva! is a family-centered diabetes prevention program. Implementation of in person fitness and nutrition education classes began 2 weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic; partners from healthcare, non-profit, and academic sectors quickly pivoted to an interactive, online format which increased enrollment and addressed social determinants of health.
Breakout Session H: Partnering with Industry for a Sustainable World
Breakout Session H: Partnering with Industry for a Sustainable World
10-10:45 a.m. | Breakout Session H
Partnering with industry for a sustainable world
- Amy Scoville-Weaver | Program Manager, Corporate Engagement and Strategic Partnerships
- Kelly Saunders | Program Manager, Walton Sustainability Solutions Service
- Emma Hopson | Program Manager, Walton Sustainability Solutions Service
Companies have emerged as not only leaders, but innovators in the sustainability field. Universities like ASU possess the research and student capital to help companies inform and implement their sustainability commitments, but successful partnerships don't just happen! This presentation will explore how the private sector works with higher education to advance sustainability goals, best practices to foster impactful collaboration and pitfalls to watch for. It will highlight several of ASU's strategic corporate partnerships, including with Wells Fargo and State Farm, and will also discuss how to plant and sustain meaningful collaborations in a virtual world.
Friday
March 26, 2021
11-11:45 a.m. MST
Breakout Sessions
Lightning Talk A: Supporting AZ Volunteer Organizations; Living Well with Hearing Loss; Qualitative Research and COVID
Lightning Talk A: Supporting AZ Volunteer Organizations; Living Well with Hearing Loss; Qualitative Research and COVID
11-11:45 a.m. | Lightning Talk A
I. Supporting Arizona Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters
- Melanie Gall | Co-Director, ASU Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security
- Brian Gerber | Co-Director, ASU Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Arizona VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters) is a state chapter of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster. AZ VOAD consists of organizations such as the Red Cross, Salvation Army, food banks, and more. Arizona VOAD’s role is to bring organizations together and enable them to understand each other and work together before, during, and after a disaster. This presentation showcases how the ASU Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security supports AZ VOAD in achieving its goals by facilitating sharing of information, provide training opportunities, network, review past and plan for future disaster response, and leveraging university resources.
II. Living Well with Hearing Loss from One Season to the Next
- Aparna Rao | Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Arizona State University College of Health Solutions
- Ron Tallman | Hearing Loss Association of America, Sun Lakes Chapter President
- Kate Helms Tilllery | ASU College of Health Solutions Faculty
- Jordan Vavra | ASU College of Health Solutions Graduate Student
Hearing Loss Association of America (hearingloss.org) is a national organization that represents the needs of individuals with hearing loss. The Phoenix metropolitan area has three local chapters with whom we have worked for several years. Ron Tallman serves as president of the Sun Lakes chapter, and has been involved in planning and organizing Living Well with Hearing Loss group workshops provided by ASU faculty and students. He has been instrumental in securing space and accommodations, selecting topics, moderating group discussions, and expanding attendance at the workshops.
III. Qualitative Research and COVID: How Collaborative Research on Domestic Violence has Adapted
- Jordyn Walhof | ASU Undergraduate Researcher, Arizona State University
This presentation will describe focus groups conducted with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) survivors to learn about their experiences of online abuse and help-seeking. This is part of an ongoing research pilot happening within the Office of Gender-Based Violence in the ASU School of Social Work. While planning, the research approach shifted and adaptations were made to abide by COVID guidelines.
Breakout Session B: KM Spotlight on the Graduate Student Experience
Breakout Session B: KM Spotlight on the Graduate Student Experience
11-11:45 a.m. | Breakout Session B
KM Spotlight on the Graduate Student Experience
- Heather Fauland | Manager, Knowledge Mobilization, Graduate College
- Enrique Vivoni | Associate Dean, Graduate College
Knowledge Mobilization Spotlight Grants award graduate students modeling innovative solutions to current themes‚ for example, innovations in the era of Covid-19 and social justice. Join us for a student panel with some of this year's grant winners on topics from the graduate student experience to innovative research approaches at ASU.
Breakout Session C: Leveraging Community Partner Collaboration When Shifting to Virtual Outreach to Students, Schools, and Staff
Breakout Session C: Leveraging Community Partner Collaboration When Shifting to Virtual Outreach to Students, Schools, and Staff
11-11:45 a.m. | Breakout Session C
Leveraging Community Partner Collaboration When Shifting to Virtual Outreach to Students, Schools, and Staff
- Erin Chastain | Director of School Partnerships, EOSS, Access ASU
- Sylvia Symonds | Associate Vice President, EOSS, Access ASU
- Heidi Doxey | Program Manager for Community Initiatives, College Success Arizona
- Shayne Johnson | Outreach Coordinator, College Success Arizona
- Solio Felix | Chief Program Officer, Be A Leader Foundation
Individuals from Ask Benji, Be A Leader Foundation, Access ASU, and Arizona College Access Network have created a task force to address community needs this past year. This presentation will address the collaborative work done to create a free college and FAFSA advising hotline, professional development opportunities for counselors, and FAFSA Drive-Up events.
Breakout Session D: Increasing Access to Democracy for Native American and Opportunity Youth with Get Out the Vote
Breakout Session D: Increasing Access to Democracy for Native American and Opportunity Youth with Get Out the Vote
11-11:45 a.m. | Breakout Session D
Increasing Access to Democracy for Native American and Opportunity Youth with Get Out the Vote
- Robin Hollis | Business Engagement Consultant, Opportunities for Youth, Center for Human Capital and Youth Development
- Jolyana Begay-Kroupa | Phoenix Indian Center, Inc.
- Melissa Beecher | Phoenix Indian Center, Inc.
Presentation showcases "Get Out the Vote" (GOTV) efforts that led to the highest level of American Indian registered voters in Arizona along with Voter Mobilization focused on Opportunity Youth and impact on the 2020 election results in Arizona. Reviews strategy, planning, tools used.
Breakout Session E: Poetry as Community Engagement and Empowerment
Breakout Session E: Poetry as Community Engagement and Empowerment
11-11:45 a.m. | Breakout Session E
Poetry as Community Engagement and Empowerment
- Rosemarie Dombrowski | Principal Lecturer, ASU and Poet Laureate of Phoenix, City of Phoenix
- Danielle Du | Undergraduate Medical Studies student, ASU
- Melissa Leto | Editor, Rinky Dink Press and Facilitator, Revisionary Arts
- Emilie Lu | Undergraduate Medical Studies student, ASU
- Joy Young | Co-founder, Prickly Pear Printing and Coordinator for Educational Programs, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU
- Kelsey Pinckney | Assistant Director, Revisionary Arts and Grad student, ASU School of Social Work
When viewed as an accessible, adaptable, and empowering container for the stories of historically marginalized and/or vulnerable peoples, poetry can promote mutual trust within community partnerships, especially those oriented toward addressing inequities and oppressive practices from collapsing boundaries in community-building endeavors to instituting reflective practices in healthcare.
Breakout Session F: The Big Idea: A community-engaged multigenerational co-learning and social justice initiative
Breakout Session F: The Big Idea: A community-engaged multigenerational co-learning and social justice initiative
11-11:45 a.m. | Breakout Session F
The Big Idea: A community-engaged multigenerational co-learning and social justice initiative
- Cathleen Appelt | Assistant Professor, Duquesne University (McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Department of Sociology)
- Caden Bizer | Duquesne University Nursing Student
- Kathryn Holz | Duquesne Unversity Physical Therapy Student
- Deidra Hubay | Duquesne University Sociology and Political Science Student
- Alicia McAllister | Duquesne University Social Policy Graduate Student
- Dana Nardozzi | Duquesne University Social Policy Graduate Student
- Colum O'Brien | Duquesne University Sociology Student
- Aubrey Parke | Duquesne University Public History Graduate Student
- Cassandra Patterson | Duquesne University Pharmacy Student
- Tara Sullivan | Duquesne University Biology Student
- Terri Baltimore | Community Organizer
- Alexander Lewis | Elsinore-Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice (EBTT); Sergeant. at Arms, House of Life of Pittsburgh, Inc.
- Foster Tarver | Elsinore-Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice (EBTT); Vice President, House of Life of Pittsburgh, Inc.
- Faruq Wideman | Founding Member, Elsinore-Bennu Think Tank for Restorative Justice (EBTT); President, House of Life of Pittsburgh, Inc.
When COVID-19 upended our co-taught community-engaged course, traditional students followed three nontraditional students (older returned citizens) in providing older adults in public housing with COVID-19 information, lists of resources, and tips for thriving during times of social isolation and restricted freedom. This is now an ongoing intergenerational, extracurricular community-engaged initiative.
Breakout Session G: Cultivating Community Capacity: Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) collaborative in Maryvale
Breakout Session G: Cultivating Community Capacity: Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) collaborative in Maryvale
11-11:45 a.m. | Breakout Session G
Cultivating Community Capacity: Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) collaborative in Maryvale
- Allison Mullady | Program Manager, Watts College-Design Studio for Community Solutions
- Erik Cole | Watts College Design Studio for Community Solutions
- Claire McLaughlin | ASU Global Launch
- Lois Malone | ASU Global Launch
- Rosario Espinoza | Wellness Coordinator, Cartwright Elementary School District
- Karolina Arredondo | Preschool Teacher, Isaac Elementary School District
ASU partners, Watts College Design Studio for Community Solutions and Global Launch, cultivated a community-based Teaching English as a Foreign Language Certificate Program in Maryvale. The program was co-designed with community partners based on findings from stakeholder interviews and feedback sessions with community agencies and residents of the community.
Breakout Session H: Co-creating Solutions - Shared Responsibility for Mutually Beneficial Partnerships
Breakout Session H: Co-creating Solutions - Shared Responsibility for Mutually Beneficial Partnerships
11-11:45 a.m. | Breakout Session H
Co-creating Solutions - Shared Responsibility for Mutually Beneficial Partnerships
- Bailey Borman | Instructor, Watts College
- Shawn Donnelly | Community Engagement Officer, SVdP
- Erica Hodges | Watts, EOSS, joint-appt with SVdP
When normal systems are disrupted, how do we address challenges together in order to find mutually beneficial solutions? This presentation will discuss the St. Vincent de Paul VSO and the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions partnership to establish a system to engage volunteers through virtual service. We will describe our project timeline and alternative perspectives on responsibilities and expectations in creating new systems during challenging times.
Optional Virtual Networking
12-1 p.m. | Digging Deep into New Possibilities
Join us for an opportunity to meet other socially-embedded professionals interested in creating new connections for opportunities to work together. Curious to learn more about the field of community engagement and outreach? Want to explore what it might look like to scale public service across your organization? Just want to listen? Spend the last 45 minutes of the 2021 ASU Social Embeddedness Network Conference exchanging virtual business cards and making appointments to catch up again soon.
Join us for virtual networking