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Cecilia V. Estolano

The role of Universities in Community Resilience Smart and Sustainable Campuses Conference March 2, 2014 Afternoon Plenary. Cecilia V. Estolano. Universities are… Generators and Repositories of Knowledge. Curricula. Centers of Research. Universities are… Communities Unto Themselves.

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Cecilia V. Estolano

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  1. The role of Universities in Community ResilienceSmart and Sustainable Campuses Conference March 2, 2014Afternoon Plenary Cecilia V. Estolano

  2. Universities are…Generators and Repositories of Knowledge Curricula Centers of Research

  3. Universities are…Communities Unto Themselves Exemplars of Sustainable Practices

  4. Universities are…Ivory Towers?

  5. Universities are…Members of their Surrounding Communities The distinctive mission of the University is to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits through transmitting advanced knowledge, discovering new knowledge, and functioning as an active working repository of organized knowledge. To prepare significant numbers of educated, responsible people to contribute to California's schools, economy, culture, and future…. To provide public services that enrich the university and its communities.

  6. Universities are…Members of their Surrounding Communities

  7. Universities are…In a Unique Position… …to play a role in enhancing the resiliency of socially vulnerable communities in the face of climate change. • Leverage world-class research institutions • Spearhead new partnerships and pilot projects • Promote education and scholarship within disadvantaged communities • Help build a movement

  8. University-community partnershipsU of OR’s Sustainable Cities initiative

  9. University-community partnershipsU of MN’s Resilient Communities Project

  10. University-community partnershipsUCLA’s Community Scholars Program • A joint initiative of UCLA's Department of Urban Planning and the Center for Labor Research and Education • Brings together labor and community leaders with urban planning students to study issues in depth

  11. University-community partnershipsUCLA’s Community Scholars Program

  12. University-community partnershipsTheory • It’s messy, and there is no one best way • Is your university ready for collaboration? • Contextual Factors: commitment, resources, management • Between-Group Factors: congruency, communication, power-sharing • Within-Group Factors: resistance, power-sharing, continuity

  13. University-community partnershipsBest Practices • Encourage faculty to work together • Allow sufficient time to smooth out kinks • Create opportunities to build trust • Hire a coordinator • Devise course schedules to sustain involvement • Have a robust, easy-to-access website

  14. University-community partnershipsWith a Little Help from our Friends

  15. University-community partnershipsA Potential Model for Methodology • Survey vulnerability to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery • Determine which disasters are likely to occur in the area • Identify relevant domestic case studies • Survey areas most at risk for the selected disaster types • Inform and mobilize community organizers and community-based organizations

  16. University-community partnershipsA Potential Model for Methodology

  17. University-community partnershipsA Potential Model for Methodology

  18. University-community partnershipsA Potential Model for Collaboration GREENbuild

  19. University-community partnershipsOut of the Tower!

  20. University-community partnershipsInto YOUR Streets!

  21. University-community partnershipsMeet YOUR Neighbors!

  22. University-community partnershipsGrow a Movement!

  23. University-community partnershipsSave the World… …by helping local communities to become more resilient.

  24. University-community partnershipsfor community resilience Cecilia V. Estolano cecilia@elpadvisors.com 213-612-4545 website: www.elpadvisors.com twitter: www.twitter.com/elpadvisors facebook: www.facebook.com/elpadvisors

  25. University-community partnershipsfor community resilience References Baker, E., Wilkerson, R., & Brennan, L. K. (2012). Identifying the role of community partnerships in creating change to support active living. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 43(5, Supplement 4), S290-S299.http://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797%2812%2900459-X/abstract Baquet, C. (2012). A model for bidirectional community-academic engagement (CAE): Overview of partnered research, capacity enhancement, systems transformation, and public trust in research. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 23(4), 1806-1824. Brown-Luthango, M. (2013). Community-university engagement: the Philippi CityLab in Cape Town and the challenge of collaboration across boundaries. Higher Education, 65(3), 309-324.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-012-9546-z Butcher, J., Bezzina, M., & Moran, W. (2010). Transformational partnerships: A new agenda for higher education. Innovative Higher Education, 36, 29-40. .http://www.springerlink.com/content/6n16608264772254/ EckerleCurwood, S., Munger, F., Mitchell, T., Mackeigan, M., & Farrar, A., (2011). Building effective community-university partnerships: Are universities truly ready? Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Spring 2011, 15-26. .http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0017.202?view=image Lambert-Pennington, K., Reardon, K.M., & Robinson, K.S. (2011). Revitalizing south Memphis through an interdisciplinary community- university development partnership. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, Spring 2011, 59-70. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mjcsl/3239521.0017.205?view=image Martinez, L. S., Russell, B., Rubin, C. L., Leslie, L. K. & Brugge, D. (2012). Clinical and translational research and community engagement: Implications for researcher capacity building. Clinical & Translational Science, 5(4), 329-332. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00433.x/abstract

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