“What Went Wrong?” Reflecting and Learning from Community-Engaged Research Call for Proposals July 11-12, 2014 - Twin Cities, MN

“What Went Wrong?”

Reflecting and Learning from Community-Engaged Research

Call for Proposals

July 11-12, 2014 - Twin Cities, MN

Members of the Twin Cities metropolitan area (Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota)

in conjunction with the University of Minnesota are convening the first ever “What

Went Wrong?” Conference from July 11-12, 2014, dedicated to understanding and

enhancing community-engaged research practices. We recognize there is often just as

much (if not more) potential to learn from our failures as our successes. Yet, we are

rarely given intellectual settings to discuss, learn, and grow from our most challenging

research experiences.

Community-engaged research is an inherently messy process due to historically

exploitative community/university relationships situated in unequal power dynamics

that continue today. By highlighting the mis-steps and misalignments that can hamper

potentially powerful community/university partnerships, our goal is to provide a

participatory space for community members, community-based organizations, youth

researchers, and university researchers committed to deep community engagement to

gain clarity about our work.

Sincerely,

The Conference Planning Committee,

EngagedResearchConference@gmail.com

engagedresearchconference.wordpress.com

Call for

Proposals

Submit a

Proposal

Proposals due

5:00p.m. Pacific,

March 29,

2014

Planning Committee

Sara Axtell, Ph.D. - Community-Campus Health Liaison, University of Minnesota; Tracy Bradfield, Ph.D. - Research Associate,

Center for Early Education and Development, University of Minnesota; Erin Dyke - Graduate Student, Curriculum &

Instruction, University of Minnesota; Gevonee Ford - Executive Director, Network for the Development of Children of African

Descent; Susan Gust - Community Activist & Small Business Owner, community and Board Chair Emeritus, Community

Campus Partnerships for Health; Katie Johnston-Goodstar, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University

of Minnesota; Cathy Jordan, Ph.D. - Director, University of Minnesota Extension’s Children, Youth and Family Consortium;

Brian Lozenski - Graduate Student, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Minnesota; Shannon McManimon - Graduate

Student, Curriculum & Instruction, University of Minnesota; Tania Mitchell, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Postsecondary

Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota; Bic Ngo, Ph.D. - Associate Professor, Curriculum & Instruction, University

of Minnesota; Lumarie Orozco - National Trainer, National Latin@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities, Casa

de Esperanza; Jorge Rivas - Youthprise Youth Innovator; Vienna Rothberg, MSW, MPH - Community Program Specialist,

Epidemiology, University of Minnesota; Makeda Zulu-Gillespie - Director of Community Outreach, Urban Research

and Outreach-Engagement Center, University of Minnesota

Thank you to the William T. Grant Foundation

for their support