How We Engage with Community Partners

The Ginsberg Center advances Our Guiding Principles through ongoing partner engagement that includes:

Listening

Our work starts with community.  We utilize the following approaches to understand community priorities & needs:

• Gathering information through one-on-one dialogue with community leaders
• Participating in sector based meetings and other community focused events
• Bringing together our Community Advisory Board

Connecting

As we build our understanding through listening and dialogue, we seek to match community identified priorities to U-M talent, research and expertise across campus by:

• Utilizing a robust management information system during consultations with faculty, staff and students to identify potential projects or opportunities that would be a good fit for all stakeholders
• Sharing our opportunities with our networks across U-M in service to matchmaking
• Supporting the Connect2Community volunteer portal
• Convening community and campus stakeholders around a particular topic or issue area
• Facilitating the Community Technical Assistance Collaborative (CTAC)

Stewarding

As a community engagement center, we serve as an ongoing connection resource for our community partners.  We demonstrate our commitment to partners by providing the following support:

• Assistance at the start, middle and end of a campus-community partnership
• Introduction and connections to existing resources on campus
• Community partner newsletter
• Preparation of students and academic partners for respectful and reciprocal engagement

If you are interested in partnering with the Ginsberg Center, please e-mail us at [email protected] to explore next steps.