University to celebrate Civic Learning Week @ KU
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will celebrate Civic Learning Week @ KU from March 9 to 13 with a slate of events for KU students and others in the Jayhawk community who are interested in learning more about community engagement and civic leadership opportunities at the university and beyond.
“What I know from working with students is how much they want to connect with and give back to communities they care about,” said Emily Vietti, associate teaching professor and Center for Service Learning civic engagement faculty fellow. “Sometimes, for many different reasons, students have trouble finding those opportunities. Civic Learning Week @ KU was designed to connect students to the skills, information and opportunities they need to do effective community leadership work — and to start now.”
Schedule of events
March 9
Civic Learning Week @ KU kicks off with the Lawrence Reviewed: Civic Education event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Dole Institute of Politics.
March 10
KU Criminal Justice is hosting Unlocked Journeys: A Re-Entry Simulation from 9 a.m. to noon in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Led by lived experience and rooted in empathy, Unlocked Journeys invites KU community members to take on the role of a recent returning citizen and walk through the complex realities of navigating housing, employment, transportation and social services while under supervision and community pressure.
The Civic Engagement & Leadership Fair will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Learn about opportunities for volunteering, internships, jobs, research and more from organizations across the university and the community. The fair is free and open to students. Student organizations who may be interested in tabling at the fair can sign up here. The fair is sponsored by the Center for Service Learning, the Institute for Leadership Studies and KU Criminal Justice.
The Commons and the Center for Service Learning will host the virtual Educate and Act: Student Senate Elections & Engaging Your Representatives from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Learn more about what Student Senate does for the student body and how to run for Student Senate. Sign up for Educate & Act here.
March 11
The KU School of Public Affairs & Administration will host “The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States,” a talk by Mirya Holman, associate professor of public policy at the University of Houston, exploring the role of sheriffs in shaping power, governance and inequality in the United States. The event will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union.
The Institute for Leadership Studies and the Center for Service Learning will host a Student Civic Leadership workshop from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Burge Union. This workshop is open to all students who are interested in learning and practicing community leadership skills with other engaged students. Sign up to participate in the workshop.
Students can practice networking skills at Mocktails & Mingle: Public Service from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk Welcome Center, sponsored by the University Career Center and KU Alumni. Students of all majors and class levels interested in careers in the public service industry are encouraged to attend.
Ongoing
Look for voter registration tables around the Lawrence campus all week. Check the Civic Learning Week @ KU website for times and locations as well as for details about all these events and more.
About Civic Learning Week
Civic Learning Week is a national program hosted by iCivics. CSL staff members are not election officials, and any information related to voting and civic engagement is for educational purposes only.