Description: The Civic Competencies framework outlines how we hope students, AmeriCorps members, and interns explore and develop their civic capacity in Seed Coalition programs. This framework pulls from key concepts in the field of higher education and civic engagement, including the Active Citizen Continuum and the Civic Minded Graduate, to provide structure for our programs. [...]
Perceptions of Partnership: A study on nonprofit and higher education collaboration
Description: This study and its recommendations build on this work: centering community-campus partnerships as the unit of analysis from the perspective of staff from community-based organizations. This allowed for new insight into characteristics of effective partnerships and how they are achieved. Participation was purposefully open to CBOs with varying degrees of partnership with higher education, [...]
March 3, 2024
Power Mapping
Description: Participants will examine power structures and circles of influence around an issue, then explore how those structures interact to either advance or hinder social change. They will practice identifying whose support is likely and necessary to advance a project, where they can build allies, and where opposition may lie. It will also help participants [...]
February 27, 2024
Building Allies & Support: The Elevator Speech
Description: Participants will understand that an elevator speech helps introduce an individual and the work with which they are involved. The aim is for the speech to be captivating enough to lead to further conversation, resulting in new connections, relationships, support, and possibly collaboration. Building Allies & SupportDownload
February 26, 2024
Spectrum of Allies
Description: Participants will explore the complexity of strategizing and become more optimistic about mobilization efforts through a realization that it is not necessary to win over the opposition to your point of view. They will explore social forces and groups spread across a spectrum, ranging from those who are the most dedicated opponents to those [...]
February 26, 2024
Social Change Wheel (Workshop)
Description: Participants will understand that there are multiple potential strategies for addressing issues they care about. Commonly considered strategies such as charitable volunteerism or legislative advocacy are only two possibilities. Analyzing how multiple change strategies have been or might be used can enhance one’s understanding of an issue and the impact of one’s action. The [...]
February 24, 2024