Service  |  Academic Work  |  Education & Training  |  Capacity Building  |  Deliberative Democracy 

Types of Service   short-term  |  ongoing school year  |  summer

• School year

  Plan volunteer trips to Hillside Food Bank

  Contact student organization coordinating the “Sleep out for Homeless” fall event on campus and determine co-sponsorship opportunity (adding educational component and/or food collection)

  Identify local soup kitchen for coordinating volunteer opportunities to schedule during school year.

   

Academic Work   courses  |  service-learning  |  CBR and policy research   |  departments and institutes

• Courses

  Current Bonners identified the following courses they have taken which include discussion of homelessness and/or hunger within the course.

  Poverty and Families (Family and Child Studies course)

  Family and Child Studies Field Experience

  Multicultural American

  Urban Anthropology

  Psychology of Leadership

  Globalization and Sustainability

   

  Service Learning programs in multiple colleges / departments

           

   

Education & Training   forums  |  workshops  |  reflection activities

• The group will be planning a poverty simulation experiential activity similar to the program that they participated in via a Bonner opportunity in the Fall of 2008

•         Bonners will develop an educational campaign to raise awareness of poverty within our own community.

   

Campus and Organizational Capacity-Building   training  |  fundraising  |  resource development

•         Through the Community Service Advisory Board, Bonners will seek to assist student organizations in maximizing their service efforts through co-sponsorships and information sharing.  They would like to develop some “best practice” handouts to assist organizations in planning successful service events.

   

• Several campus organizations have service as a central focus:

  The Human Relations Leadership and Development Association (HRLDA) is a student organization focused of service and fundraising.

  A.S.S.I.S.T. (Active Students Serving in Society Together) is a campus student run organization that focuses on community service and philanthropy.

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  .E.A.R.T. (Helping Each Other and Redefining Tomorrow) is a philanthropic organization dedicated to improving the lives of others. The members are committed to helping the young, the elderly, and the environment.

   

  MSU LEAD (Leadership, Education and Development), focus on student leadership.

   

Research, Policy Analysis, Deliberative Democracy   evaluations  |  policy research  | issue forums  |  advocacy

Contacts   staff  |  faculty  |  students  |  community partners (local, regional, national)

• Amy Zavadil, zavadila1@mail.montclair.edu and Maya Bley, bleym1@mail.montclair.edu
• Students:  Ashley Cornelison, Nicholas Jones, Chantal Martinez and Frank Quinones