Swearer Center for Public Service
Resources and Opportunities
Transformative change requires collaboration, grounded in a sense of our shared humanity, shared purpose and shared power.
This page highlights applicable University policies and provides guidance on various issues important in community engagement (e.g., collaboration agreements, work with minors, compensation of partners, transportation and more).
While people at Brown engage with partners across the United States and around the globe and often seek to have national and global impact, we also have a particular responsibility to Providence and Rhode Island.
The Community-Engaged Data & Evaluation Collaborative (CEDEC) leverages Brown University’s resources to address data, evaluation and research priorities identified and valued by community organizations, nonprofits and public agencies in Rhode Island.
A network of people is available to support colleagues, partners and students in various aspects of community engagement.
Academic disciplinary organizations and national or international higher education networks offer numerous resources and opportunities related to community-engaged scholarship.