{"id":12211,"date":"2021-06-08T13:39:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T18:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/?p=12211"},"modified":"2021-06-08T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T18:39:04","slug":"recap-and-video-of-helping-the-community-helps-your-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/csfe\/2021\/06\/08\/recap-and-video-of-helping-the-community-helps-your-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap and Video of “Helping the Community Helps Your Campus”"},"content":{"rendered":"

As summer settles in, we invite you to check out the recap (below) and video<\/a> of our May 19 event, “Helping the Community Helps Your Campus: New and Replicable Ways Two University Centers are Impacting Their Communities.” Craig Richardson and I are co-presenters. We cover the surprising ways geography creates economic and social division, and how our university centers have used research to identify and address problems. We discuss our “recipes” for bridging research and community. And we have a simple three-part takeaway: Equip, Connect, Transform.<\/p>\n

Enjoy. And please drop us an email to let us know what you think.<\/p>\n

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CSEM director, Western North Carolina colleague unite on innovative strategies
\nBy John Railey
\nCSEM Writer-in-Residence
\nCraig Richardson and Ed Lopez work in different areas of the state but are confronting similar challenges with innovative techniques. \u201cWe\u2019re not in our silos,\u201d CSEM Director Richardson said during a public discussion Wednesday night with Ed Lopez, the director of the Center for the Study of Economic Mobility at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee. \u201cWe\u2019re actually going out in the community and seeing real change.\u201d
\nWestern Carolina hosted the event, which was livestreamed nationwide in partnership with the American Council on Education.
\nRichardson and Lopez both lead in research to help raise economic mobility. Both work in areas with big challenges. Lopez\u2019s area is divided by rugged mountains that inhibit connectivity and economic growth. Winston-Salem is divided by U.S. 52, for generations the barrier between East Winston and prosperous areas to the west. Both men are using multidisciplinary approaches, inspiring student interns and sharing their centers\u2019 groundbreaking research with community partners. Publishing in academic journals is important, Lopez said, but \u201cit can be a transition point. It doesn\u2019t have be the endpoint.\u201d
\nRichardson and Lopez believe in putting their research to work in their communities. Wednesday night, they talked about their \u201crecipes\u201d for doing that, keeping the focus tight by concentrating on specific parts of their work. Richardson talked about CSEM\u2019s work on transportation: solid research and a documentary, Bus Stop Jobs, which have been a major catalyst in encouraging The Winston-Salem Foundation to enact a grants program aimed at innovation in public transportation.
\n\u201cYou can move minds, but you have also have to move hearts,\u201d Richardson said. \u201cThe recipe for impact was empirically grounded research and an emotionally connected film.\u201d
\nLopez talked about his center\u2019s recipe for confronting the opioid crisis: a multi-disciplinary effort, using academics and experts from fields including criminal justice and social work. \u201cWe had a month-long public-awareness campaign, connecting emotionally on this important issue, telling the stories and allowing the research to connect,\u201d he said. He uses a slogan to describe his center\u2019s work in general: \u201cEquip, connect and transform.\u201d
\nRichardson and Lopez talk often, exchanging their \u201crecipes.\u201d Their centers are garnering national attention, setting models other colleges might use to confront the challenges beyond their walls.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: CSEM News & Events<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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