Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Apr 2017 Open Access

Name It and Claim It: Cross-Campus Collaborations for Community-Based Learning

Beth Godbee ; Elizabeth Andrejasich Gibes

Abstract

This article describes the value of cross-campus collaborations for community-based learning. We argue that community-based learning both provides unique opportunities for breaking academic silos and invites campus partnerships to make ambitious projects possible. To illustrate, we describe a course “Writing for Social Justice” that involved created videos for our local YWCA’s Racial Justice Program. We begin by discussing the shared value of collaboration across writing studies and librarianship (our disciplinary orientations). We identify four forms of cross-campus collaboration, which engaged us in working with each other, with our community partner, and with other partners across campus. From there, we visualize a timeline, turning from the why of cross-campus collaborations to the how. Finally, we underscore the need to name and claim—to value and cultivate—cross-campus collaborations for community-based learning.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2017-04-01
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10.59236/rjv17i1pp69-95
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