Make sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to keep up with all the available opportunities and programs we are sharing! You can also find out what is happening 'In the News' with DCS.
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In this email:
- Rich Collins Fellowship Application Deadline Extension
- Prejudice in Community Engagement Virtual Panel
- Plan to Vote
- Volunteer for Blood Drive Newsletter!
- DCS Community Engagement Focus Groups
- Inter-Collegiate Wash Your Hands Challenge
- TEDxBrandeisU - Wellness In The New Age
- Your Career Corner with Hiatt Career Center
- Waltham Group Team Advocacy Deis Acts
- SPLASH! Event from Brandeis ESS
- Outdoor Fall Clean-up @ Waltham Women's Shelter
- Monthly Invasive Plant Removal with Mass Audubon
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On Campus & Virtual Opportunities |
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Rich/Collins Fellowship Application Deadline Extension!
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Prejudice in Community Engagement Virtual Panel |
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Please join us on October 27th from 5:30-6:30pm EST for a virtual panel: Prejudice in Community Engagement. The Waltham Group of Brandeis University will be hosting five panelists with experience from as nearby as Waltham and as far away as Uganda for a discussion about how to truly engage in a community and how to acknowledge and overcome the hazards of volunteering.
Our panelists will offer their insight on white saviorism, community voice, sustainable systems of engagement, and more. Please email wg-president@brandeis.edu with questions. Please RSVP to this event today!
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Please MAKE A PLAN now to register to vote and to cast your ballot. If you have not yet made a plan to vote, there is still time to develop one. The election will be close and turnout in the Brandeis community will be high.
It's not difficult — just follow these steps:
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Go to Vote.org to check whether you are already registered to vote.
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If you are not registered, Vote.org will walk you through the registration process, help you locate your polling place and even let you sign up for election reminders.
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Planning to request an absentee ballot and/or vote by mail? Vote.org can help you with that, too.
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For those registered to vote in Massachusetts early voting begins October 17. More information on early voting dates and locations can be found on the Secretary of the Commonwealth website.
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What does it mean to make a plan to vote?
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Need more assistance? Have other registration and voting questions? Contact Government Information Librarian Aimee Slater and check out the Brandeis Library libguide on voting.
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The VoteDeis Campus Coalition website has other voter information including voter-related campus events.
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Hunger and Homelessness Mask Decorating Competition |
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Don’t have a Halloween costume yet? Want an Uber eats gift card? Tired of wearing boring masks around all the time? Hunger and Homelessness is having a mask decorating competition! With entry you will receive a mask decorating kit, accessible via your Brandeis mailbox. To join the competition fill out this form and Venmo a donation if you can (suggested $5) to @hnh_brandeis.
After you enter you will receive a google forms link to upload a photo of your entry due by October 31st. All proceeds will go to the Community Day Center of Waltham. The winner will get a $25 Uber eats gift card, so send us your most creative looks!
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Volunteer for Blood Drive Newsletter! |
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WG Blood Drive is looking for submissions for our Nov. newsletter, open to all students with interest in writing, photography, design, etc.! Read our October edition to find out what we're all about!
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DCS Community Engagement Focus Groups |
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The foundation of community engagement is uplifting and listening to the voices of others. The Department of Community Service will be hosting 4 different virtual focus groups to learn about students' engagement (or lack thereof) in community services at Brandeis. Staff and CEAP Ambassadors will offer questions for reflection and feedback in hopes of ensuring volunteer programs are meeting the needs and expectations of our campus. Four different focus groups will be offered. If students identify with multiple identities you are welcome free to attend multiple focus groups. One $20 gift card will be raffled out per focus group discussion. Additional email surveys for students will be forthcoming throughout the semester. Please RSVP so that we can send out zoom links and offer some thoughts for you to reflect on prior to our time together. Thank you again for investing time in our community.
Focus Group Sessions:
October 30th 4:00-5:30 PM - Accessibility in Service- RSVP Here
November 4th, 4:00-5:30 PM - International Student Volunteer Service Engagement- RSVP Here
November 11th, 3:00-4:30 PM - BIPOC Students Volunteer Service Engagement - RSVP Here
November 16th 7:00-8:30 PM - Male Students Volunteer Student Engagement - RSVP Here
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Inter-Collegiate Wash Your Hands Challenge |
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Join colleges and universities across the Northeast by submitting a dance video demonstrating proper handwashing techniques to the Inter-Collegiate Wash Your Hands Challenge! Inspired by videos like this, this challenge aims to bring awareness to the importance of handwashing and spark some healthy inter-collegiate competition! The winning video team will win $100 of hand soap donated by CVS. Submissions are due October 31. See the submission form for more details.
If you would like to participate but do not want to create & submit your own video, please email hawp@brandeis.edu for information about participating in a Brandeis community dance video. #WashYourHandsChallenge #GlobalHandwashingDay
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TEDxBrandeisU - Wellness In The New Age |
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November 1st
8:00 P.M. EST
TEDxBrandeisU is hosted and organized by a group of students with the common goal to inspire and spark conversation through TED talks by students and faculty. We provide the platform for students to develop and share unique ideas through presentation and conversation. We challenge the Brandeis community to develop their ideas and questions to stimulate intellectual discussion in a creative, interactive, and fun environment by making their ideas accessible to members of this community and beyond. Come join us at our Facebook virtual live TEDxBrandeisU event on November 1st @ 8PM EST!!
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Your Career Corner with Hiatt Career Center |
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Recruiters and alumni from all industries and career fields want to speak with Waltham Group and Service Club leaders and volunteers. The Hiatt Career Center works with employers and alumni every day who want to speak with YOU about positions within their organizations, career fields, and industries and to share their career journey from Brandeis.
Where to start?
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Search thousands of jobs & internships and participate in recruiting events in Handshake here.
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Meet with a career counselor and get started here.
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Connect with Brandeis alumni here.
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Work with Hiatt to host a career or alumni panel here.
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Waltham Group Team Advocacy Deis Acts
For this week's DeisActs, we want to share resources for anyone who is voting in the upcoming election! Check out All In To Vote https://allintovote.org/plan/research-your-ballot/
to see what your ballot will look like, and research questions beforehand!
We also want to share an opportunity for phone banking with MASSVote!
Upcoming sessions are:
Monday, October 26 - 6 to 8 PM
Monday, November 2 - 6 to 8 PM
Please sign up here! https://forms.gle/zTzZ7dWkbpkCYNVU7
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SPLASH! Event from Brandeis ESS
Brandeis Splash is coming up, on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 12-5, and we are looking for volunteers to help us run our virtual Splash 2020! No coordinating experience is necessary! Volunteer responsibilities may include: Keeping communication open between the Splash team and teachers, Helping to make sure students have access to the right classes and directing them to the right links, and Making sure classes are staying on track and letting the Splash team know of any issues that arise. You will receive SAGE Community service hours.
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Community Partner Opportunities |
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Outdoor Fall Clean-up @ Waltham Women's Shelter |
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10/31/2020
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Waltham Women's Shelter - 205 Bacon Street
The Waltham Lions Club is seeking volunteers for a fall leaf clean-up at the Waltham Women's Shelter. This is a great socially distanced service project. Help us to get the property spruced up for fall. Rakes will be provided.
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Monthly Invasive Plant Removal with Mass Audubon
Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, located just seven miles from downtown Boston, represents a refuge for many plant and animal species. However, like many other natural spaces across New England, invasive plant species are well established. Habitat is working hard to decrease the presence of invasives and to improve overall biodiversity on the property, but needs your help.
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*Please note that the Department of Community Service provides marketing and may not be in direct partnership with this organization, student group or department. It is the responsibility of all members of this listserv to research all internal and external community engagement initiatives and programs prior to involvement.
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Department of Community Service
Shapiro Campus Center, Room 203
P: 781-736-3237
Want to submit your event or volunteer request in an upcoming This Week in Service email? Fill out this submission form to request support.
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