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Homeland Security and Civic Engagement Summit


The Community College National Center for Community Engagement
https://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement/ and the League for Innovation
in the Community College are hosting a second Homeland Security and Civic
Engagement Summit to help community colleges create and improve homeland
security training and education programs that emphasize community
engagement. The 2004 Summit offers research and theories, strategies, and
tips and techniques for connecting homeland security academic curriculum to
civic engagement. Participants from all disciplines are encouraged to
attend.

Examples of how community colleges can address issues of homeland security,
service learning, and civic engagement include

*   History professors collaborating with civics or government professors
on projects that address democracy and deliberation;

*   Geography professors addressing cultural awareness and civic
engagement;

*   Counseling or psychology professors addressing critical incident stress
management;

*   Allied health professors addressing global infectious diseases and
public awareness;

*   Business and political science professors addressing economic impacts
of natural disasters;

*   Communication professors addressing identity theft and safety
precautions;

*   Computer information systems professors partnering with community-based
organizations to address cybersecurity;

*   Biology or chemistry professors addressing bioterrorism;

*   Student services volunteer programs addressing home safety; and

*   EMT or fire science professors addressing first responder programming
in their community.

The Homeland Security and Civic Engagement Summit will be held on Sunday,
February 29, 2004, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the San Francisco Hilton,
and there is no charge to participate.

Please RSVP to Rochelle Gordon mailto:gordon@league.org .

Contact Ed Leach mailto:leach@league.org for more information.

Dr. Susan Salvador
Office for Student Services
02/04/2004