Project-based, community-engaged, cross-campus efforts to

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By Daniel Fernandez. Lightning Talk as part of the Climate Justice Symposium for Transforming Education (chesc.org/cjste/). This talk addresses the implementation of the international “Educational Partnerships for Innovation in Communities Network” (EPIC-N) program, how it has been implemented at CSUMB in a program known as the “Sustainable City Year Program” and how versions of it have been (and can be) implemented at other universities, resulting in an enormous leverage of student energy and enthusiasm applied to address critical regional challenges. A common feature of EPIC-N programs is the partnership between an institution of higher education and the regional community with a goal of integrating multiple different university classes of students across the curriculum into projects that address regional climate-related, health-related, educational, and justice-related topics.

In addition to providing much-needed assistance to many of our public institutions that are grappling with understanding and communicating the scope of disparities and climate-induced changes, this model provides students with the opportunity to engage in projects that very meaningfully and practically implement the skills that they learn within the participating classes. Successful implementation of this program typically represents a “win” for all parties involved, the participating students, the faculty and staff at the university, and the engaged community partner.

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