Affiliated Events

Unlikely

SUNDAY, SEPT. 22
11:30 A.M.
ORIENTAL THEATRE

FREE SCREENING!

Screening to be followed by Q&A with filmmakers and a panel featuring local speakers!
A feature documentary from Three Frame Media filmmakers Jaye & Adam Fenderson, Unlikely investigates America’s college dropout crisis and the barriers students face in their pursuit of an education and meaningful career.

Set in the cities of Akron, Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles, five individuals failed by the higher education system fight for a second chance at opportunity.

Sponsored by College Possible, Milwaukee Public Schools, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, and the Higher Education Regional Alliance!

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM

Six Pathways to Public Engagement

Nov. 12, 2019
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Alumni Memorial Union
1442 W. Wisconsin Ave.November 12, 2019, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

For the 2019 Community Engagement Symposium, we are focusing our gathering around "Six Pathways to Public Engagement," as identified by Stanford University's Haas Center for Public Service (https://haas.stanford.edu/about/about-our-work/pathways-public-service) . The Haas Center's Pathways highlight the multiple opportunities and activities that contribute and influence the public good. These include: Direct Service, Policy and Government, Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility, Community Engaged Learning and Research, Community Organizing and Activism, and Philanthropy. For our discussion, we would like to highlight how all of these different sectors of community collaborate to address social inequity in our communities. Our goal is to stimulate increased partnerships within these sectors.

To guide us in this daylong conversation, we have invited six speakers, one representative from each of these "Pathways," to tell the story about how their work and how their organizations address social justice in Milwaukee. Each representative will have about 10-12 minutes to tell their story.

To learn more about our speakers, please visit here.

About the Forum

Marquette Forum 2019-20

Pathways to Educational Access and Opportunity

Engaging with the spirit that led to the creation of the Educational Opportunity Program in 1969, the Marquette Forum will explore opportunities and challenges to creating educational access for all communities. To learn more about the EOP 50^th anniversary celebrations, see the website: https://www.marquette.edu/eop-50th-anniversary/

Building on last year’s theme, “Democracy in Troubled Times,” Forum events will engage students, faculty, staff, and the communities making up with Greater Milwaukee in conversations on overcoming the threats to the future of educational opportunity, including:
•  Increased wealth disparities nationally
•  Ballooning higher education cost
•  Mass incarceration policies
•  Healthcare inequities

As a Catholic, Jesuit university, the Marquette community is encouraged to consider these challenges by engaging with the Forum and participating in events. The Forum will also support existing symposia, conferences and colloquia related to educational access and opportunity.

For a list of previous years’ Forum themes and events, see the following link:

https://www.marquette.edu/forum-2018/

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This site will be updated throughout the academic year as we add events to our schedule.

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