CoLab
The CoLab offers a range of education and skills building opportunities, including workshops on impact gaps analysis, design thinking for social change, and social business model canvas. The Fall 2021 workshops are open to students.
Check out how you can get involved on the CoLab page.
Chester Justice Celebration
This summer, the 2022 cohort of Chester Community Fellows in collaboration with Chester partners hosted the "Chester Justice Celebration", an event designed to foster a deeper understanding of and connection to cultural identity, environmental justice and civic engagement among Chester youth. A series of interactive workshops were led by community activists.
"Connecting curriculum, campus, and community through engaged scholarship and collaborative action."
Issue Areas
Organize your energies! If you’re passionate about an issue, we can help you find relevant courses, research, internships, and volunteer opportunities, whatever your academic major.
Faculty-Led Initiatives
We house faculty-led programs that encourage interdisciplinary learning and Engaged Scholarship. Current programs: Urban Inequality & Incarceration, Global Studies Initiative, Health & Societies, Arts in Action.
Resources
The Lang Center provides a variety of resources to students, faculty, and community members, including funding, advising, transportation, and space.
The Lang Center in the News
Delores Robinson of the Lang Center Named Welsh Award Recipient
"Delores is the Lang Center’s nerve center, the brains behind the brains, and the rhythm in our pulse,” says Associate Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of the Lang Center Ben Berger. "She brings passion and commitment to every aspect of her work." More
Lang Center Hosts Engaged Scholarship Event at City Hall
Earlier this month, the Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility collaborated with Saint Joseph’s University to host “Engaging Philadelphia through Scholarship and Teaching,” a convention at City Hall for faculty members and community partners from the Greater Philadelphia region. More
Four Students Named Stanford University Innovation Fellows
Christopher Gaeta ’22, Emma Parker Miller ’22, Ray Sidener ’21, and Nancy Yuan ’20 learned tools to socially engage with the Swarthmore community. They will also undertake online and on-campus training sessions to identify and address potential problem areas of campus life, based on interviews with students and faculty members and in collaboration with fellowship advisers. More