Purposeful Partnerships

20-21 Community Engagement Report

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Values-Based.
Mission-Guided.
Data-Informed.

DCA forges purposeful partnerships with our neighbors to improve health and well-being in our community.

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Partnerships that support our community

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01.12.22

Funding available for Ph.D. students to intern with local community organizations

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01.11.22

Writing Retreat Supports Community Engaged Scholarship

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01.06.22

MLK Commemoration & Service Opportunities

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12.15.21

Fostering Resilience in Durham

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12.15.21

Education Grant Application Now Open

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11.29.21

Duke AmeriCorps Learns Emergency Skills

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Featured Programs

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America Reads America Counts

The America Reads / America Counts (ARAC) program is designed to enhance the primary-level reading and math skills of children in Durham while offering Duke students a chance to gain valuable experience and give back to their community.
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Doing Good Employee Giving

Learn more about how giving together can create lasting impact in Durham and the region. Duke Doing Good contributions support affordable housing, disaster relief work, community health clinics, early childhood learning, and more.

Duke Homebuyers Club

A free resource that connects Duke employees and their family members to financial and homebuying tools
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College Advising Corps

The College Advising Corps (CAC) at Duke works to increase the number of low-income, first generation college and underrepresented high school students who enter and complete higher education. Duke currently employs 18 full-time college advisers to serve NC high schools.
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Jumpstart

Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed.
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PepsiCo K-12 Technology Mentor Program

A PepsiCo endowment funds instructional technology innovation, offers curriculum-related materials to support their work, and increases the information literacy of Durham Public Schools students.
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Impact Stories

Rooted in Respect: Community Leader and Duke Retiree Model Purposeful Collaboration

The West End Community Foundation partnered with Duke’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to share the story of the Community Family Life and Recreation Center at Lyon Park – part of a historically Black Durham neighborhood.

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Impact Stories

Southside: Preserving a Legacy

Utilizing a Doing Good grant, Southside Neighborhood Association honored Brother Ray and preserved his spirit of bringing people together by installing two dedicated benches in the neighborhood.

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Impact Stories

Duke College Advising Corps Helps Train Local Students, Residents in Emergency Response | Duke Today

The Duke staff aids about 50 AmeriCorps volunteers

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