Community Leadership Center – Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Registration Open for CLC Symposium on the Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Local and Global Community Development

The Community Leadership Center (CLC) will host “The Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Local and Global Community Development” on Thursday, March 14, from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. The keynote speaker will be the Honorable Marjorie Margolies, President of the Women’s Campaign International. Other speakers include Jennice Fuentes, Founder and Managing Partner of Fuentes Strategies and the … Continue reading Registration Open for CLC Symposium on the Role of Women Entrepreneurs in Local and Global Community Development…

Registration Open for “A Year After Maria” Symposium

The Community Leadership Center Hispanic Heritage Month symposium, “A Year After Maria: Current and Future Challenges in Puerto Rico,” will take place on Monday, October 15. Speakers will include the Honorable Eduardo Bhatia, senator and past president of the Puerto Rican Senate; Jorge Haddock, Ph.D., president of the University of Puerto Rico; the Honorable Nelson … Continue reading Registration Open for “A Year After Maria” Symposium…

Register Now for the International Conference on Cuba on 11/6

Dignitaries and leading scholars from the University of Havana, San Geronimo University, and the University of Medical Sciences of Havana will be visiting campus in early November for the “Conference on the Future Directions for a New Cuba: Building Sustainable Partnerships.” Sponsored by the Community Leadership Center, this conference will explore how institutions of higher … Continue reading Register Now for the International Conference on Cuba on 11/6…

Register Now for “Statewide Symposium on Charter Schools”

The Community Leadership Center (CLC) will host “Statewide Symposium on Charter Schools: Celebrating 20 Years of College Readiness,” on Tuesday, September 19th, from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. This event will feature Ronald C. Rice Jr., JD, Senior Director of Government Relations at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. The event location is the … Continue reading Register Now for “Statewide Symposium on Charter Schools”…

Register Now for the “Re-imagining the University/City Connection” Symposium

On Tuesday, March 28th, the Community Leadership Center will host, “Re-imagining the University/City Connection” Symposium, part of their Integrating Research, Policy, and Practice Lecture Series. Moderated by Dr. Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of the Department of Public Policy and Administration, a panel of five leading experts, including Chancellor Phoebe A. Haddon, … Continue reading Register Now for the “Re-imagining the University/City Connection” Symposium…

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on 10/13

The Community Leadership Center and the Department of History will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a discussion of the book Nationalist Heroines: Puerto Rican Women History Forgot, 1930s-1950s. Written by Dr. Olga Jiménez de Wagenheim, Professor Emerita in History at Rutgers University–Newark, this book tells the stories of women who fought for their homeland’s freedom. The … Continue reading Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on 10/13…

Viewing and Discussion of “Changing Face of Harlem” Documentary on 9/29

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Community Leadership Center (CLC) will view the documentary the Changing Face of Harlem, to be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Shawn Batey, on Thursday, September 29th, from 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. in the Campus Center’s Conference Room West AB. Register by contacting Matthew Closter, Research Associate … Continue reading Viewing and Discussion of “Changing Face of Harlem” Documentary on 9/29…

Women’s History Month Conference Scheduled for 3/25

On Friday, March 25th, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Community Leadership Center will host a one-day conference celebrating Women’s History Month. The conference’s theme is “Disrupting Power and Privilege to Empower Women.” Dr. Christine Ortiz, Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and the Dean for Graduate Education at the Massachusetts … Continue reading Women’s History Month Conference Scheduled for 3/25…

Cuban Sustainable Development Forum Scheduled for 3/4

Greg Watson, Director of Policy and Systems Design for the Cuba-United States Agroecology Network at the Schumacher Center for New Economics, will be on campus on Friday, March 4th, to speak about Cuban sustainable development. His forum will begin at 9 a.m. in the Campus Center’s Multi-Purpose Room. This event is sponsored by the Community … Continue reading Cuban Sustainable Development Forum Scheduled for 3/4…

“Creating Bridges for Camden’s Youth” Symposium on 3/24

“Creating Bridges for Camden’s Youth: Juvenile Justice Concerns and Local Solutions” is a symposium that goes hand-in-hand with the current Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts exhibition, “Juvenile Justice.” The symposium will take place on Tuesday, March 24th, from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m., in the Campus Center’s Multi-Purpose Room. The Committee on Institutional Equity and … Continue reading “Creating Bridges for Camden’s Youth” Symposium on 3/24…