Cornell's University, College and Land Grant missions state we have an obligation to enhance not only the well-being of our students, but New York State residents, communities, and others around the world as well. There is growing awareness that embracing diversity and collaborative, active engagement based on meaningful dialogue and exchange, is essential to achieving these goals and maintaining relevance in the work that we do, including sustainability and translational research initiatives.

A broad coalition of campus and community partners are coming together to facilitate an ongoing conversation around what “engagement” means, why it matters, and how we might go about it in a respectful and empowering manner. As part of this effort, a representative panel will be convened at Mann Library on April 30th to discuss their work, how it relates to our engagement mission and how we might better proceed in "Working Across Differences to Make a Difference".

Food and refreshments will be provided.

Hosted/sponsored by the Center for Community Engaged Learning and Research (CCELR).

Presented as part of Mann Library's Connected Minds, Resilient Communities programming. For more info see: www.mannlib.cornell.edu/resilient-communities