Join us for the UC Merced’s Second Annual Writing for Community Engagement Conference
This virtual event will be hosted by the Professional Writing Committee and the UC Merced Chapter of the National Writing Project on behalf of the Merritt Writing Program and Writing Studies.
Please save the date of this exciting series of virtual panels intended to foster discussion about community engagement possibilities here at UC Merced and in our surrounding region
Register here. Registrants are welcome to attend any and all of the conference panels:
SCHEDULE
12-1pm Keynote, "Signifiers and Metaphors: Langston Hughes’ Poetry and Youth Writing Activities” w/Ashaki Jackson
1-2pm Undergraduate Research and Publishing w/UC Merced students
2-3pm Building and Maintaining Diverse Global Communities w/community engagement leaders from the International Writing Program and the Voices and Faces Project
3-4pm Creating Community Engagement and Institutional Programs w/community engagement leaders from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)
4-5pm Engaging Regional Communities via Media Projects w/community engagement leaders from the Digital NEST on the Central Coast
For questions, please contact Christa Fraser at cfraser3@ucmerced.edu or Heather Parker Devrick at hdevrick@ucmerced.edu.
