  {"id":1882,"date":"2011-06-06T16:08:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T16:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/?page_id=1882"},"modified":"2022-04-16T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T21:07:00","slug":"studentcivicleadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/studentcivicleadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Civic Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the many academically-rooted civic learning and action opportunities offered at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, the Harward Center for Community Partnerships also facilitates co-curricular volunteer and civic leadership opportunities for ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ students, faculty, and staff. Harward Center staff and student leaders assist prospective volunteers in identifying opportunities that allow you to combine your interests and values with the needs and priorities of off-campus community partners.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4133 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Bonner\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Among our leadership positions are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/bates-community-liaison-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Liaisons<\/a><\/strong>. These are students who are members of student clubs or athletic teams and who are trained to organize and lead their fellow team or club members in off-campus volunteer activities. This could take the shape of a one-time activity like helping with the bi-annual City of Lewiston Litter Pickup Day, or it could be something more sustained, like volunteering for an hour each week as a Playground Pal at a local elementary school.<\/p>\n<p>A team of students with extensive civic engagement experience serve as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/vsl\/cof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Outreach Fellows<\/a><\/strong>, helping their fellow students find desired opportunities for co-curricular volunteer work in a wide range of areas. Each Fellow serves as a campus liaison to a local non-profit organization and works 6-10 hours per week to educate the campus community about that organization and to recruit, train, and manage ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ volunteers for engagement with the agency. Community Outreach Fellows also participate in monthly reflection and skill-building workshops designed to develop their civic leadership capacities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4134 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner2-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Bonner2\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/files\/2011\/06\/Bonner2.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>The <strong><a title=\"Bonner Leader Program\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/vsl\/bonner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Bonner Leader Program<\/a><\/strong>, also overseen by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships, is part of a national network of 80 campuses across the country. This four-year program features sustained civic learning and action, one-on-one and small-group mentoring relationships, collaborative and cross-cultural problem-solving experiences, ample opportunities for reflection and skill building, and financial support. Thanks to their sustained, four-year investment in community work, Bonner Leaders are typically highly regarded by community partners and are able to make significant contributions to the off-campus community. They also receive valuable guidance, expertise, and mentoring from community members.<\/p>\n<p>Another cohort-based leadership program is our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/international-student-experiential-learning-fellowship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Student Experiential Learning Fellowship<\/a><\/strong>, which allows international students a special opportunity to learn about and get involved in the off-campus community. Still another cohort program is the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Civic Action Team, which is for first-year students interested in serving as tutors and mentors for older elementary and middle school kids. Both these leadership programs are one-year opportunities but in other respects are similar to the Bonner Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the many academically-rooted civic learning and action opportunities offered&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-1882","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1882"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2071,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1882\/revisions\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/harward\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}