Earning Criteria

• To be eligible for the micro-credential, participants must be graduate students who are cohort members in the Engaged Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Scholars program.
• Attend all Engaged Arts and Humanities (EAH) Scholars meetings associated with equity-oriented partnership practices. These sessions will be part of the cohort’s regularly planned meetings. At these meetings, members will receive guidance and “templates” for equity-oriented partnership practices
• “Workshop” an equity-oriented partnerships activity in a cohort meeting and complete a series of reflections on the process.
• Implement equity-oriented partnerships activity with community partners and complete additional reflections. Create and publicly share (online) a “template” for equity-oriented partnership activity. Meet the evaluation criteria for implementing equity-oriented partnership practices.
• Assessed criteria: Understanding of equity and justice grounded in key theories and practices of community-engaged scholarship. Fluency with discourse practices that invite equitable participation in the co-design of shared activity among partners. A practice of iterative reflection and action oriented towards questioning structures of power and privilege in partnership activity. Development of collaborative and inclusive partnerships across social contexts that center equity and justice.
• Learners will produce “process” portfolios to share their activity design and reflections. They will also produce a “template” of their equity-oriented partnerships activity that they will share publicly through the Office for Outreach and Engagement and the Renée Crown Wellness Institute.