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Network Gatherings

Join colleagues from Minnesota and Iowa for connection, resource-sharing, and idea generation around civic and community engagement.

This gathering brought together community leaders and civic engagement professionals to learn skills and techniques for helping students to connect across differences, and to facilitate inclusive and participatory problem-solving.

Sue Rivera, President, Macalester College

Our network gatherings focus on bringing our coalition together to participate in workshops or facilitated discussions while also creating an informal space to learn from and share with peers. Our coalition has voiced that these informal connection spaces are one of the most valuable aspects of their membership and have generated partnerships, ideas, and ongoing conversations across our network. Gatherings are open to faculty, staff, students, and campus and community partners.

Upcoming Gatherings

Join us Wednesday, February 12 for our next Seed talk, featuring Keniese Evans and David Supp-Montgomerie with the University of Iowa Civic Dialogue Initiative who will discuss:

  • An overview of approaches and models for civic dialogue
  • Designing dialogue opportunities for students, with the goal of offering a template that anyone can use right away
  • Identifying learning outcomes and assessment strategies related to civic dialogue
  • Observations and lessons learned from their Dinner Table Dialogue event series

If you are facilitating dialogue initiatives on your campus or in the classroom, or interested in getting started, we hope you will attend! Register now via Zoom.

Past Gatherings

The Seed Coalition board and staff held conversations and working groups this fall focused on the 2024 election. These conversations were an opportunity for everyone on our member campuses to come together, share best practices, prepare, and react. You can find more information on these gatherings and additional resources on the 2024 Election page.

If you have questions about this event or would like to suggest ideas for future network gatherings, please reach out to Kara Trebil-Smith

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Seed Coalition strengthens the capacity of colleges and universities to fulfill the public purposes of higher education through its coalition of diverse college campuses in Iowa, Minnesota, and the Midwest. Our network includes rural and urban campuses, public universities and private colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

We connect higher education professionals who work in the spaces of community and civic engagement and educate students through community and civic learning experiences. Learn about our mission and values and meet our members.

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