Social Change and Community Involvement
The Center for Social Change and Community Involvement offers a number of programs to prepare Lewis & Clark undergraduate students to engage impactfully, both locally and globally, in order to bring about active citizenship and social change. Review our offerings, get involved, reach out to us with your questions and ideas. We look forward to working with you!
Get involved with your community through volunteer opportunities!
Attend local and national trips rooted in critical service learning principles.
Learn more about how to develop as a leader!
Get your social change project funded with the Nielson Social Change Innovation Grant.
Social Change and Community Involvement News
Past Events
Black Future Farms: Nike Black Employee Network Volunteer Day
Black Future Farms has partnered with Bon Appetit and now is partnering with the Center for Social Change and Community Involvement and Black Student Union to seek black-identifying students & Students of Color willing to participate in bi-weekly volunteer service this spring semester! (Volunteer Slots Currently Full).
Black Futures Farm: Imagine Black Afro-Ecology Gathering
Black Future Farms has partnered with Bon Appetit and now is partnering with the Center for Social Change and Community Involvement and Black Student Union to seek black-identifying students & Students of Color willing to participate in bi-weekly volunteer service this spring semester! (Volunteer Slots Currently Full).
Neighborhood House Needs Volunteers!
We are back again at OES in SW Portland, starting at 9:45 with kids and the 5k to follow at 10:15!
Every spring, multiple Southwest Portland Faith Organizations and Community Partners join hands to meet the need of hunger specifically, by working to supply Neighborhood House’s food pantry, the largest food pantry west of the Willamette. This joint effort is known as the Southwest Hope Campaign. Since 2016, Missio Church has organized the SW Hope 5k as a culmination of the greater campaign.
What can $1 buy me at a grocery store? One, maybe two, canned goods at the most. For $1, Neighborhood House can buy 4 pounds of food directly from Oregon Food Bank. We quickly realized we could turn a simple canned food drive into a huge tool to empower Neighborhood House and reach hundreds more hungry neighbors.
This is where you come in. We invite you to run with us in our fifth annual SW Hope Feed the Hungry 5K because each $1 we raise together far outweighs it’s worth in canned goods individually. If we run together, our neighbors here in SW Portland won’t have to experience the insecurity of not knowing where their next meal is coming from.