Fostering Community Resilience
The Engaged Humanities Network hosted its second Community Showcase, highlighting collaborative research, teaching and creative work between Syracuse University and community partners.
The positive impact of community-engaged research was on full display at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) on May 2. CFAC’s galleries showcased a wide array of projects, including work by the Data Warriors, whose scholars, which include local students from Nottingham High School, use math to explore societal and health issues in Syracuse to help map out a more just future, and Project Mend, an initiative that supports current and formerly incarcerated individuals and their families in using creativity to process their experiences, heal from the impact of the criminal legal system and gain editing and design skills through the publication of an annual journal.
They were all part of the second annual Community Showcase, hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S’) Engaged Humanities Network (EHN). Overall, the event included the collaborative efforts of faculty, staff and students from over two dozen departments across seven schools and colleges at Syracuse University, along with partners from 30 community-based organizations.
Since its founding in 2020 by Brice Nordquist, Dean’s Professor of Community Engagement in A&S, EHN has steadily expanded its support for community-engaged projects and broadened participation among students, faculty and community partners. This continued growth highlights the importance of its mission: to foster publicly engaged research, teaching and creative work that builds more interconnected and equitable communities... [Read the full A&S story.]