Beyond
the Classroom
Is
accepting applications for Fall 2014!
Activate
Your Civic Leadership and Go Beyond the Classroom!
Beyond the Classroom is a
living and learning program for upper-level undergraduate students interested
in:
•
Leadership and advocacy for nonprofits and
NGOs;
•
Researching solutions that address real
world problems;
•
Internships related to local, national and global
issues;
•
Citizen Action and community
service;
•
Social Change with an impact!
We are now
accepting applications for Fall 2014!
Apply by
Friday, February 21st if you are interested in housing in South
Campus Commons:
For more
information, see: http://www.beyondtheclassroom.umd.edu/go.html
Activate
Your Civic Leadership! Join
Beyond the Classroom for our Upcoming Civic Events!
Wednesday, February
19, 2014, 6:30-8:30 pm
1102 South Campus
Commons Seminar Room, Building 1.
BTC Seminar and Film Series on “Achieving a Healthy, Just and
Sustainable Food System in the 21st Century” presents Todd Post,
Senior Editor, from Bread for the World Institute!
Facebook
event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/231095847076544/
Thursday, February 20, 6:15-8:30 pm: Critical Conversations on Civic
Issues Series
1310A Marie Mount Hall
Beyond the Classroom presents a Live Webcast with
former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on “Inequality for All”
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1444595432441905/
Monday, February 24, 2014,
7:00-9:00 pm:
Series on People Power: Activism for Social Change
1102
South Campus Commons, Building 1
THEME: PEOPLE POWER MOVEMENTS TO ENSURE WOMEN’S RIGHTS
Award-Winning Documentary Film:
Arise
Facebook
event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/405911179554381/
Monday, March 3, 2014, 7:00-9:00
pm:
Series on People Power: Activism for Social Change
1102
South Campus Commons, Building 1
SPECIAL
SEMINAR: Ensuring Justice by Protecting Women from Domestic
Violence:
An Evening with Laurie Duker, Executive Director, Court Watch
Montgomery
Monday,
March 10, 2014, 7:00-9:00 pm:
Series on People Power: Activism for Social Change
1102 South
Campus Commons, Building 1
SPECIAL
SEMINAR: “Beyond Newtown: Creating a World Safe for Children?”
An
Evening with Christian Heyne, Legislative Director, Coalition to Stop Gun
Violence
Facebook event
page: https://www.facebook.com/events/215254245344603/
For more details, go to: www.BeyondTheClassroom.umd.edu
Contact: Dr.
James V. Riker, Director: Phone: 301-314-6622 / Email: jriker@umd.edu
Meredith Collier, Assistant Director, Phone:
301-314-6620 / Email: maecolli@umd.edu
