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Community:Schoolhouse for Lifelong Learning
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WHY WE CAN’T• We’ve always done it this way
• That’s not what we do
• We tried that before and it doesn’t work
• Our lawyer says that it’s too risky
• We can’t afford to experiment
• We don’t have time to do one more thing
• There’s no way to measure the impact
YES WE CAN!• Start small or take a pilot approach
• Address legitimate concerns
• Take balanced risks
• Adopt a new paradigm that is:
–Place-focused
–Community-driven
–Strength-based
Neighbourhood Matching Fund
COMMUNITY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
Orca Elementary, Seattle
Muir Elementary, Seattle
Alki Elementary, Seattle
Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle
Delridge Neighbourhood, Seattle
Ming-Xiang (By the People) NeighbourhoodKaohsiung, Taiwan
Baker visits restaurant
Baker visits tea shop
Temples for guardian gods
Self-organized class for housewives
Hardware Store
Street of Ironware Shops
Tainan, Taiwan
Meinong, Taiwan
Havana, Cuba
UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
Historic Challenges
• Ten week quarters: insufficient time to build relationships or achieve results
• Work was scattered and episodic
• Departments worked in isolation from one another
• Community was not engaged so that value to university and to community was limited and not sustainable
New Model
• Long-term commitment to specific communities
• Staff are community-based• Work led by community advisory
committee• Work coordinated through faculty advisory
committee• Partner with local institution of higher
education• Based on reciprocity: UW and community
both participate and benefit
Toppenish
LIFELONG LEARNING IN COMMUNITY
Eritrean Community, Seattle
Lang Gang, Taiwan
Aging Your Way
Vashon Youth Council Dream Projects
Vashon Youth Radio
Vashon Music Project
The Quibbler
Starshine Art
Vashon Tech Support
Save Our Soles
SODO Neighbourhood, Seattle
Columbia City, Seattle
Bottom-Up Planning
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