Community Leadership and Success Institute 2024
Thursday, June 13th • 9am - 3:30pm
Join us for our Summer 2024 Community Leadership and Success Institute! Presented by Middlesex Community College, Holyoke College, and Northern Essex Community College, this day-long event is dedicated to enhancing community engagement and student success. Our institute will provide faculty with the tools to integrate community organizing into their curriculum, foster collaboration between students and non-profit partners, and address the unique needs of marginalized students.
Keynote Speaker
Rosa M. García, Ed.D. Executive Director of the Community Learning Partnership & CA
Youth Leadership Corps
Rosa M. García serves as Executive Director of Community Learning Partnership (CLP) and California Youth Leadership Corps (CYLC)), where she collaborates with state agencies, two-year and four-year public institutions,
social justice organizations, and other community partners to expand community change
career pathways for historically marginalized students in California and across the
nation.
Event Schedule
Opening Session: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session 1 (choose one): 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
- Session A: "How To Best Serve Community-Based Organizations"
- Session B: “How Organizations Can Successfully Host Interns”
- Session C: "Integrating Community Organizing and Social Justice into the Curriculum"
Keynote Address: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Networking Lunch: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Panel Discussion: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
- "Best Practices and Lessons Learned from Internships"
Session 2: 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
- “An Anti-Racist Intersectional Framework for Supporting BiPOC, LGBTQ+, and Marginalized Populations''
Closing Remarks: 3:30 PM
Directions & Parking
The Institute will be in the Assembly Room of the Federal Building on our Lowell Campus
(#2 on the map below).
Validated parking is available in the Davidson St. Parking Lot (#9) or the Lower Locks
Garage (#10). There is handicapped parking behind the Federal Building and across
the street at the Cowan Center Lot (#1).