On Saturday over 80 participants converged on the Great Hall for the Debating for Democracy leadership workshop.

Thursday, January 27th, 7:30-9:00pm, Alumni Guest House Meeting Room

Professor Abdi Kusow, a noted sociologist who has written extensively about African immigrants to North America, will be giving a talk entitled "Somali Immigrants in the United States: Conceptualizing Transnational Migration in a Stateless Global Context."

Northfield High School is looking for students to help mentor its robotics team. The school's Industrial Technology department recently received a $6500 grant to build a robot and compete at…

Northfield News currently has an opening for a reporter intern as well as a multi-media intern--someone who is well-versed in photography, video and the Internet.

Carleton students are also invited to…

Come hear student panelists explore what motivates them to perform civic engagement and how their beliefs and values influence the type of service they do. Pizza and discussion included!

The panel…

On Saturday, January 29th  at 10AM in the Great Hall, Carleton will be hosting the Debating for Democracy on the Road Conference. “D4D on the Road” is a 6-hour training workshop sponsored by Project Pericles that can help leaders and activists discover the power of using stories and connecting through values to mobilize support, persuasively communicate, and motivate people to act. An RSVP is required.

Have something to say to your elected representatives? Write a letter to them this Winter, and you and your group could win a chance to present your issue to a panel of current and former federal legislators in New York City.

Charlotte Turovsky '11, a Carleton senior and ACE Student Assistant, is one of Minnesota Campus Compact's featured students. Charlotte attended the Campus Compact's student leadership retreat this past October, and was part of a team of students were finalists in the Project Pericles Debating for Democracy 2010 policy letter contest in the Spring.

Growing Up Healthy, a coalition of organizations and agencies seeking to increase the level of community connectedness experienced by marginalized families with young children in Rice County, is one of three finalists out of over 200 contenders for a $25,000 grant from the Bush Foundation—but they need your help to win it!  The winner is selected through public online voting in the InCommons Collaboration Challenge, which ends on December 10.  Vote online now to support one of Carleton’s key community partners: http://www.incommons.org/en-us/CollaborationChallenge/finalists

On Tuesday, October 26th, local community leaders will meet at Carleton's Great Hall to discuss possibilities for the development of Northfield's Transit Corridor, including express bus and potential passenger rail service between Northfield and the Twin Cities. Charlotte Turovsky, Daniel Levy, and Logan Nash, who presented on transportation policy at the Project Pericles Debating for Democracy conference last Spring, are helping to facilitate the event.

Are you looking for an enjoyable job with purpose and meaning? The Academic Civic Engagement office is looking for a freshman or sophomore with good writing skills and some proficiency with computers and web software (or at least a willingness to learn!).

The 2009-2010 ACE newsletter has been released. This 6-page update reflects on some of the growths and accomplishments in civic engagement at Carleton over the past…