SPRING | MARCH 20th- MARCH 24th, 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Saturday, February 25th- Wednesday, June 7th | Ambassador Program with CCAEJ | Training Series at CASA Pitzer
  • Monday, February 27th- Monday April 10th | Kallick Community Service Application Open

WEEKLY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TIP

TRAVELING FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT!

As you continue to work with your community partnerships, we want to remind all students that you are eligible for transportation reimbursement! 

Whether you took a LYFT/UBER, public transportation or drove your own vehicle, you can be reimbursed for that travel! Here is how you can access funds today!

1.     Complete the CEC reimbursement form: https://forms.gle/tFL3hpxRooXb5chc8

2.     If you are taking LYFT/UBER or public transportation please make sure to upload your receipts!

3.     If you drove your own vehicle you will need to complete a mileage form: https://bit.ly/3fRj8B7 . Make sure to include your maps

4.     WE DO NOT REIMBURSE FOR GAS!

PARTNER OUTREACH

 L.A. Works

L.A. Works creates and leads programming to address critical issues in Los Angeles by mobilizing targeted volunteer communities – family volunteers; corporate volunteers; general community members; and older adult volunteers.

Their Mission:

  • Increase volunteer participation in the community​;
  • ​Build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to achieve their missions through access to volunteer labor and other resources​; and
  • Educate and encourage people to engage in the broader social issues affecting the greater Los Angeles Community

L.A.Works | Spring Greening at Rowan Elementary | Saturday, March 25th, 2023

  • Event Volunteer | 9am-1pm | L.A. Works is seeking 50 volunteers for assembling planter boxes, planting and digging at Rowan Elementary School. Click here for more details!
    • Location | Rowan Elementary School | 600 S Rowan Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90023

Are you a community partner/ organization looking for volunteers or support? Would you like to be featured in our weekly newsletters, website and social media?

Complete our Partner Outreach Form for support and volunteer needs and to be featured on our weekly newsletter, website and social media, complete our Partner Feature Form. You can fill these forms out at any time of the semester!
For questions related to internships and partner connections please contact [email protected]

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

L.A.Works | Spring Greening at Rowan Elementary | Saturday, March 25th, 2023

  • Event Volunteer | 9am-1pm | L.A. Works is seeking 50 volunteers for assembling planter boxes, planting and digging at Rowan Elementary School. Click here for more details!
    • Location | Rowan Elementary School | 600 S Rowan Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90023

Carlos Goytia for California State Assembly 53

  • Political Campaign Internship | Seeking 15-20 bright, energetic individuals to work for field and campaign operation. Internships are unpaid.  Requirements:
    • Commitment to work a minimum of 5 hours a week, maximum of 12 hours per week. 
    • Ideal candidates should be highly organized, reliable, prompt, detail-oriented and self-motivated. 
    • An interest in politics and political campaigns in highly desired. 
    • Active social media presence – representing our campaign online professionally and courteously. 
    • Willingness to learn voter databases and systems. 
    • Willingness to communicate directly with voters through phone and door to door contact, always keeping in mind you are a representative of the campaign. 
    • Excellent written and oral communication skills   

Contact:  Any interested candidate should send a resume, letter of interest and two references to Melissa May at [email protected]. Email subject should be titled “Goytia Campaign Internship”.

Promise Scholars | Golf Tournament | Friday, April 7th, 2023

  • Volunteers | 6am-3:30pm) Promise Scholars is seeking volunteers for their fundraising Golf Tournament. These volunteers would help with registration, serve as game monitors, sell opportunity drawing tickets, and distribute snacks/water to the tournament participants 
    • Location | Los Serranos Golf Club | 15656 Yorba Ave, Chino Hills, CA 91709

Pomona Economic Opportunity Center (start by March 3rd/ Bilingual)Encuentros Volunteers | 1-2 students | Every other Fridays from 11am- 1:30/2pm

  • Seeking volunteers to join the biweekly Encuentros lunches on campus! Volunteers will be needed for picking up and dropping of workers from the PEOC to Pitzer, check in participants, note take, and will help with some social media outreach. Contact Fanelly Millan for details.

CYFC

  • Tutors| Monday- Friday 8am-3pm | K-12th grade students in Pomona Unified School District

CLASP

  • Tutors | Elementary- school children in the Claremont Unified School District. Contact [email protected]   for details

To see more engagement opportunities, check our Volunteer Opportunities Database.

CEC STUDENT AWARDS

Kallick Community Engagement Award
Open to all PZ students

Application Open: Monday, February 27th, 22023
Deadline : Monday, April 10th, 2023
Award Status Notifications: Friday, April 14th, 2023
$500 Award
Open to all PZ students who’ve completed 100+ hours of community engagement  work over the course of the current academic year.   

KALLICK APPLICATION : https://forms.gle/737GKDDuXPkrcRWLA 

For more information about these awards, you can visit our Awards and Fellowships page.

CEC FACULTY AWARDS

Periclean Voter Engagement Humanities (PVEH) Fellowship

Deadline: Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 (but applications are accepted after deadline)

Project Pericles invites faculty to apply for the PVEH Fellowship- a $1,000 award supporting faculty to serve as leaders in voter and civic engagement. This program is funded by the Mellon Foundation with additional support from The Eugene M. Lang Foundation. For more details visit our faculty resource website: https://bit.ly/3X7Y3lT

Mellon Periclean Faculty Leadership Award (2023-2025)

Fall 2023 Application Deadline: Monday, February 20th, 2023 (see website for additional application deadlines)

This is an excellent leadership and civic engagement opportunity—Mellon Periclean Faculty Leaders (PFLs) are a cadre of scholars designing and teaching humanities courses that incorporate community-initiated projects and voter education. Through their innovative curricula working with community organizations and through facilitating discussions about the importance of voting, PFLs create experiences that equip students with skills necessary to transform our political and social landscape.  For more details visit our faculty resource website: https://bit.ly/3X7Y3lT

FUNDING AND RESOURCES

Partner Funding
Deadline : Rolling Deadline

$250 MAX | $1250 AVAILABLE EACH SEMESTER

Community Partners may request funds to be used towards projects, events, initiatives. Funds will be accessible through reimbursement, direct payments to vendors unless otherwise requested. Max request of $250.
Partner Funding Request Form : https://forms.gle/ow7vkwHs3KP7AiF98

FUNDING AND RESOURCES

Community Engagement Transportation Funds | Spring Deadline | Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 (Students)

The CEC has transportation funds allocated for students doing community engagement-related travel either for a course or on their own. Students are allotted $200 each semester. Requests are accepted on a rolling basis and are due no later than two weeks after the end of each semester.

Community Engagement Clearance/Livescan/TB Funds | Spring Deadline | Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023 (Students)

The CEC has clearance funds allocated for students doing community engagement-related travel either for a course or on their own.  Requests are accepted on a rolling basis and are due no later than two weeks after the end of each semester.

Translation Funding Request | $1500 Available | (Students/Faculty/Community Partners)

If you are in need of translation or interpretation services, complete the form linked below. We have limited funds available for theses, so they will be distributed on a first come first serve basis.

For any questions related to funding and awards please contact [email protected].

For more information about the CEC please visit our website at https://www.pitzer.edu/cec/ or follow us on IG @pitzercec.

Community Engagement Center

1050 N Mills Ave, Scott Hall 108, Claremont, CA 91711

909.607.8183 | [email protected]