Center for Career and Community Engagement
Community Engagement
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PROGAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES
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On-Going Service Opportunities...
Start Making a Reader Today (SMART)
If you are interested in participating in this literacy program, please stop by the office to talk with us. This is a weekly commitment. Applications for SMART are always available in the 3CE office. Please stop by our Community Engagement information table in Albany 206. Spots are open now for fall volunteers. Our office coordinates transportation to get you to your school.
Roosevelt Tutoring
We have partnered with the STEP-UP program at Roosevelt High School to provide tutoring for freshman and sophomores. Roosevelt is located in North Portland and students can volunteer Monday through Thursday. Carpools are organized. Come in now to sign up for the spring.
Operation Nightwatch
What is Nightwatch? It's a drop-in center for the homeless where they can come and have a safe, warm place to spend a few hours playing games and a hot cup of coffee. We send volunteers to help at Nightwatch Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening. The Pioneer Express drops you just a few blocks away. It's a great way to spend your Friday (or Thursday or Saturday) night, have great conversations and gain insight into homelessness issues.
Saturday Service Projects
We partner with various organizations in the Portland community through our Saturday Service program. Students can participate once or on an ongoing basis in these opportunities which happen every other week. These service opportunities will fill quickly and are first come first serve!!!
Student Initiated Projects
Our office provides volunteer and project advising in various forms. If you are searching for ways to be engaged, from structured programs to create your own projects through proposals, grant-writing, or have ideas for on-going, one-time, or weekend projects, please email service@lclark.edu.
Yearly Service Opportunities...
Hunger Banquet
The hunger banquet raises awareness about global hunger and poverty. The Banquet is a unique and memorable experience that allows organizers and participants alike to experience firsthand how our decisions affect others in the world. The 2009 Hunger banquet date is TBA...
Alternative Break Trips
The Fall Alternative Break Trip to Bend, OR offers students the chance to take their love of service out on the road. Planned and led by student coordinators, these trips allow students to face pressing social issues in the national and international community. The 2009 Fall Break trip is Oct. 9-11, 2009. Please email service@lclark.edu with questions.
The Spring Alternative Break Trips offers students the chance to take their love of service out on the road. Planned and led by student coordinators, these trips allow students to face pressing social issues in the national and international community. The 2010 Spring Break trips are March 20-28, 2009. Please email service@lclark.edu with questions.
New Student Urban and Sustainable Action Trips
The Urban and Sustainable Action trips are organized in cooperation with College Outdoors and provide incoming first-year students the opportunity to connect to the greater Portland community by engaging in a week-long service experience. The trips are led by student team leaders.The Urban Action trip focuses on hunger and homelessness. The Sustainable Action trip focuses on economic development through sustainable living. Participants engage the community through service and reflect on their experiences._____________________________________________________________________
ORGANIZATIONS AT A GLANCE
Organizations We Advise...
Coalition for English Education + Social Advocacy
Join the Coalition for English Education and Social Advocacy (CEESA) and use your Spanish skills! Students work one-on-one with individuals from the housekeeping staff as they tutor them in English. This is a weekly commitment.
Contact Information: ceesa@lclark.edu
Global Engagement Board
The purpose of this board is to build an infrastructure for global engagement at Lewis & Clark. This board and the Global Engagement Chair help provide fair representation for the many Lewis & Clark students who prioritize global engagement in their co-curricular lives. We hope to foster a community around global service while at Lewis & Clark because we believe that individuals connected to networks of change-makers find it easier to translate their aspirations into tangible career paths that benefit humanity.
More information to come...
Contact Information: ifeis@lclark.edu
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Resources
Themes + Issues: Explore your interests through our list of local, international, and international organizations + non-profits.
Delicious: Social bookmarking system that provides ideas on volunteering, grants + funding, fellowships, internships, innovation, social entrepreneurship, and issues, etc.
PIOlink: Search various volunteer, internship + job opportunities, as well as campus and community events.
Hands on Portland: Search various service opportunities in the greater Portland community.
Contact Us
The Center for Career and Community Engagement is located in room 206 of Albany Quadrangle.
email careers@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7114
Director Minda Heyman
Center for Career and Community Engagement
0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road, MSC 175
Portland, Oregon 97219
