The Elma Lewis Center seeks to uplift communities and develop a culture of civic mindedness and civic action at Emerson College in Boston, MA.
The Elma Lewis Center for Civic Engagement, Learning, and Research (ELC) inspires and sustains civic engagement at Emerson College, using our distinct expertise in the arts and communication to serve the common good.
The goals of the Elma Lewis Center are to:
• Develop a culture of civic mindedness and civic action at Emerson;
• Bring our distinct expertise in the arts and communication to bear in serving the public good through school and community partnerships;
• Measure the effectiveness of Emerson’s civic action activities and contribute to the dissemination of knowledge regarding the ways in which creative expression might serve the common good through civic engagement;
• Provide a platform for civil discourse about issues of social consequence; and
• Develop the necessary infrastructure to support the growth of civic engagement at Emerson.
Our values uphold the belief that institutions of higher education have a responsibility to serve their local communities, that community partnerships are most meaningful when they are established with an ethic of care, respect, and collaboration, and that civic and community engagement cannot take place without a commitment to diversity and inclusion, and social justice.
Recommended Emerson Pages:
Service Learning - https://www.facebook.com/EmersonSLCA
Diversity and Inclusion - https://www.facebook.com/ecdiversity
