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Summer Harrison is an Associate Professor of English and Environmental Studies & Sustainability at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.
In Fall 2023, Professor Harrison taught Food Justice and U.S. Literature, a course in which students learned about the intersection of food, justice, and contemporary U.S. literature. By analysing how literature shapes and reflects ideas about food, students deepened their understanding of systemic inequities in food access and production. A core component of the course involved hands-on engagement with local food justice efforts, which allowed students to connect scholarship with real-world action. How our different perspectives enrich democracy and make our world beautifully diverseReflection from Arielle del Rosario, Associate Director: Making Space for All Ways of "Seeing" - A powerful exploration of what it means to lead with authenticity in a pluralistic democracy, informed by their Filipino American identity.
Periclean Partner Spotlight: An Interview with Krystal Barrett from the Center for Artistic Activism5/1/2025
 The Center for Artistic Activism (C4AA) is an education nonprofit that helps organizations and individuals bring creativity and innovation to their social impact and voter engagement work. Project Pericles has been collaborating with C4AA since 2023. Periclean Fellow Brandon Bauer of St. Norbert College connected Project Pericles and C4AA in 2023 given synergy between their faculty fellowship programs. They have been collaborating ever since.
On Monday, April 28, 2025, Wagner College hosted the opening of an exhibit titled Hostile Terrain 94 Conversations. As one of over 150 locations to host the participatory art project organized by the Undocumented Migration Project, the exhibit functioned as a capstone for the course The Body, the Arts, and Shared Heritage, taught by professors Celeste Gagnon of the Anthropology Department and Sarah Scott of the Visual Arts Department. Students in the course had the opportunity to learn through community engagement experiences while working with community partners Catholic Charities and La Colemna.
Event Recap: Teaching Creativity to Inspire Social Good with the center for artistic activism4/24/2025
On Thursday, April 17, 2025, Project Pericles joined forces anew with our wonderful partner The Center for Artistic Activism to co-host Teaching Creativity to Inspire Social Good. This rousing webinar focused on how creativity is a powerful tool for civic engagement and inspiring social good, uplifting the work of two extraordinary educators, Periclean Faculty Leader and Assistant Professor of Communication Design at Elon University, Shannon Zenner and Adjunct Professor of Theatre at Point Park University, D.T. Burns. During the event, participants:
We were pleased to have so many faculty and staff from across the Periclean and C4AA network join us this inspiring webinar and hope all emerged with some creative, catalytic ideas for ways to draw upon the arts to help students feel that they can effect positive change and to get involved in consistent civic action. Thank you to all who attended and to Shannon, DL, and C4AA for the phenomenal work you do! Event Photos    College students have the drive and desire to change the world but often need to be provided with clear paths to make an impact. Skidmore College’s annual Make Your Voice Heard Public Policy Prize Competition bridges this gap. Designed to turn passion into tangible action, the competition teaches students that civic engagement is more than casting a ballot - it's about using their voice to shape policy and improve communities. By researching pressing issues, writing to officials, and proposing real solutions, students gain the confidence and skills to advocate for change.
Exploring Food Waste and Farming Policy: Professor Berry’s Dialogues in Environmental Studies3/31/2025
 This Week’s faculty in focus is Brieanne Berry, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA.
As a two-time Civic Engagement Fellow, Professor Berry has developed and adapted resources for deliberative dialogues, helping students explore complex environmental policy issues through multiple perspectives. She even contributed a new deliberative dialogue on wasted food for Project Pericles’ Deliberative Dialogue Topics and Prompts. Project Pericles is thrilled to announce we have awarded 49 new Civic Engagement Mini-Grant to faculty and staff who are empowering students to engage with public issues in inclusive and collaborative ways, fostering deeper civic participation. Grants are supporting innovative civic projects across 21 states and at 46 institutions including Pericleans, private liberal arts colleges, public universities, minority serving institutions, and community colleges.
From using birdwatching to spark conversations around feminism and immigration, to exploring voting rights through the lens of the food business at a culinary institute, each Fellow is implementing a unique innovative project to help students gain critical skills for life-long civic leadership, while drawing upon and contributing to our Civic Engagement Resources. |
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