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20-21 Community Engagement Report

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A plan to forge purposeful partnerships with our neighbors for the greatest positive impact

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01.20.23

Author Mikki Kendall gives keynote address at Duke University’s 2023 MLK service, Sunday Jan. 22nd.

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Durham University-Assisted Community Schools Research Collective,
12.02.22

Duke Public School Collaboration Published in Journal

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12.02.22

Impacts of the Community Engaged Scholarship Collaborative

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11.29.22

Kiran Sundar Honored with the 2022 Community Impact Student Award

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11.01.22

Doing Good Education Grants Now Open

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10.26.22

Duke Chapel Humanitarian Awards

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Upcoming Events

A Community-Academic Partnership to Advance Health Equity in the Latinx Community: Key Strategies and Lessons Learned

This presentation will discuss the history of a community-academic partnership between El…

Publishing and Communicating Your Work as Community-Engaged Scholars

In this workshop, participants will learn (1) strategies to identify potential outlets…

Engaging with Our Community Partners

In this workshop, participants will learn about opportunities for engaging with the…
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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.

Duke Homebuyers Club

A free resource that connects Duke employees and their family members to financial and homebuying tools
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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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Impact Stories

Durham’s Gem: The Museum of Durham History

The Museum of Durham History captures the stories of Durham’s people then and now.

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Impact Stories

Child Care Services Association

Child Care Services Association’s Shaping Healthy Lives works with child care programs to program reduce childhood obesity and instill healthy behaviors early on, creating a solid foundation for a healthy life for children ages birth through 5 years old.

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Impact Stories

AI and Implicit Bias

Both AI and bias (prejudice) have been major stories lately, from several states enacting new Jim Crow-style voting laws to anti-Asian sentiment. And then Google fired their head of AI ethics when she raised the question of hidden AI bias against women and people of color. Others have shown that bias is embedded into some AI programs.

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