in the District of Columbia

2015 Annual Report

Georgetown University Campus Plan 2017-2036 1 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report EXHIBIT E: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Georgetown University in the District of Columbia

2015 Annual Report

Report at a Glance

3 Letter from President John J. DeGioia 4 Highlights from 2014-2015 8 Creating Economic Opportunities 11 Responding to Community Needs 19 Supporting Strong and Healthy Neighborhoods 24 About the Office of Community Engagement

1 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report georgetown university is deeply committed to advancing the common good in the city of washington, dc and around the world. since our founding in 1789, we have come together as a community to pursue our jesuit tradition of serving the most marginalized members of our city, our nation, and our world.

In recent years, the District of Columbia has undergone significant changes. We have witnessed the emergence of new economic sectors, the growth of our population, the rise of incomes, and an increasingly flourishing real estate market. But many challenges remain—especially for the most marginalized members of our city—and much work still needs to be done.

As an anchor institution in the District, and a Catholic and Jesuit university committed to justice, we have a responsibility to respond to these challenges— to educate students to be women and men for others and to create new knowledge to better understand our world and improve the human condition. At Georgetown University, we seek to engage in this work through mutually beneficial and sustainable partnerships designed to respond to the needs of our city. Over the last year, through the extraordinary efforts of many in our community, we deepened our engagement in significant ways. Members of our faculty conducted research on issues of health, the environment, and social justice in our city and helped local nonprofit leaders develop skills to strengthen and transform their organizations. Students, through the support of community-based course projects, helped preserve affordable housing, devise community development projects for the East End neighborhood, create citizenship resources for immigrant communities, and develop lesson plans for a DC high school. In January, our University honored George Jones, CEO of Bread for the City, with the John Thompson, Jr. Legacy of a Dream award, in recognition of his dedicated service to some of the most marginalized members of our DC community. Georgetown’s commitment to our immediate neighbors—expressed through the Georgetown Community Partnership—grew even stronger and we are grateful for the opportunity to work together to ensure a safe and vibrant community for all who live in the areas surrounding our Main Campus. During this past year, we also received several important recognitions of our community engagement work, including a renewal of our Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement, the most prestigious recognition of its kind in higher education. Our Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center also earned the endorsement of the National Cancer Institute, which commended the Center for its commitment to community-based research and education. This annual report offers further details on all of these partnerships and much of our community’s work. I invite you to learn more about these and many other efforts at communityengagement.georgetown.edu. I am deeply grateful to all those in our university community who have dedicated themselves to serving the common good both here in the District of Columbia and across our world—and I look forward to all we will accomplish together in the years ahead. Sincerely,

John J. DeGioia President, Georgetown University

3 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Highlights from 2014-2015 Jones’ work impacts a city where approximately 19 percent of residents live below the poverty line and 28 percent of residents live with little access to nutritious food.1

George Jones of Bread for the City Receives John Thompson, Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award Each year Georgetown recognizes a local leader working to solve some of the District’s most pressing challenges with the John Thompson, Jr. Legacy of a Dream Award. As part of the award Georgetown enters into a yearlong partnership with the awardee and his/her organization. In As part of Georgetown’s partnership with Bread for the City, the January 2015 Georgetown honored university has supported the organization in a number of ways, George Jones, CEO of Bread for the including: City, an organization that provides • Advising on a planned giving campaign DC residents living in poverty with • Advising on a staff benefits plan comprehensive services including • Providing professional development for BFC staff food, clothing, medical care, and • Engaging George Jones in keynote events on race and poverty legal and social services.

5 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Maryland-DC Campus Compact Recognizes Georgetown for Community Engagement The Maryland-DC Campus Compact recognized Georgetown University in fall 2014 for its community engagement, and a Georgetown faculty member for his dedication to civic learning. The university received the Engaged Campus Award, the region’s highest recognition of community engagement in higher education. Maurice Jackson, associate professor of history and a scholar of DC history and culture, received the Civic Engagement Award. Professor Jackson also Associate Professor of History Maurice Jackson, a scholar serves as the inaugural chair of the Mayor’s Commission on of DC history and culture, spoke at the event “DC and the African American Affairs. War on Poverty.”

DC and the War on Poverty: Then, Now, Georgetown One of Six Institutions in New and the Future DC Center for AIDS Research In March 2015 the Center for Public and Nonprofit Georgetown University joined an interdisciplinary consortium Leadership at the McCourt School of Public Policy held with five other institutions in spring 2015 to create the District a discussion about the legacy of the war on poverty in of Columbia Center for AIDS Research. The center, funded Washington, DC, the changing demographics of the District, through a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the implications of these changes for the city’s low- is led by George Washington University and also includes income residents. The panel featured Alice Rivlin, visiting , , the Children’s professor of public policy; Maurice Jackson, associate professor National Medical Center and the Washington DC VA of history and chair of the Mayor’s Commission on African Medical Center. Georgetown’s Princy Kumar, MD, directs the American Affairs; Ed Lazere, executive director of the DC center’s clinical and population sciences core, and the center Fiscal Policy Institute; George Jones, CEO of Bread for the will include the Women’s Interagency HIV Study, based at City and recipient of the 2015 John Thompson Jr. Legacy of a Georgetown and led by Mary Young, MD, assistant professor Dream Award; and Nicky Goren, president and CEO of the of medicine. The center will expand the multi-institutional Meyer Foundation. effort to support research that contributes to ending the HIV epidemic in the District and beyond.

Georgetown Renews Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement In January 2015 the “With this award from Carnegie Foundation for the the National Institutes Advancement of Teaching of Health, the District of renewed Georgetown’s Carnegie Classification for Columbia and the DC Community Engagement. Center for AIDS Research Georgetown was one of 361 colleges and universities to arrive as a premier receive the classification destination for HIV research in the country. in 2015. This prestigious [This is] an exceptional consortium of classification recognizes “campuses that are improving teaching and learning, producing research that makes a academic institutions and researchers.” difference in communities, and revitalizing their civic and MAYOR MURIEL E. BOWSER academic missions.”

6 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report The Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center conducts groundbreaking cancer research and provides community-based cancer screening and treatment services.

Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Social Justice Programs Mark Major Milestones Center Earns NCI Recognition for Community- Three longstanding programs at Georgetown’s Center for Based Work Social Justice celebrated major milestones during the 2014-2015 In fall 2014 the National Cancer Institute (NCI) endorsed the academic year. The First-Year Orientation to Community Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, citing Involvement (FOCI) celebrated its 30th anniversary. FOCI exceptional accomplishments in community-based work for provides an introduction to first-year students about social cancer prevention and control efforts. Georgetown Lombardi, justice issues in the District. Each summer 70 students engage the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in the with a variety of issues including HIV/AIDS, education, District, conducts community-based screening and research sustainability, hunger, and homelessness. on cancer disparities among underrepresented minority The Alternative Breaks Program (ABP) commemorated communities. its 40th anniversary this year. Since its founding in 1975 ABP has connected students, faculty, and staff for a week of immersion in social justice issues. During spring 2015 five Juvenile Justice Clinic Celebrates 40 Years ABP trips in the District focused on hunger and homelessness, In May 2015 the Juvenile Justice Clinic at Georgetown immigration, education, food insecurity, and incarceration. University Law Center celebrated 40 years of representing youth charged with delinquency in DC. Professor Wally The DC Schools Project marked its 30th year providing Mlyniec, who has run the clinic since its inception, English language tutoring to immigrant children and families transitioned leadership of the clinic to Co-Director and in the District. In fall 2014 the DC Schools Project began Professor Kristin Henning. In addition to educating students a new program working with unaccompanied minors at and representing adjudicated youth, the clinic offers technical Cardozo High School in partnership with the Mayor’s Office assistance, training, and resources to juvenile defenders. on Latino Affairs.

“Worker Justice DC [a DC-based Alternative Breaks Program trip] allowed me to engage with the larger DC community by breaking the Georgetown bubble and exploring pressing issues such as gentrification, inequality, and wage theft.”

BARBARA ANN KOZEE, 2015 ABP PARTICIPANT

7 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Creating Economic Opportunities

8 Office of Community Engagement 2014 annual report Georgetown University is the largest private employer in Washington, DC and a leader in the higher education sector, a key part of the District’s economy. Through salaries, benefits, and the procurement of goods and services, Georgetown helps create opportunities for residents of the District.

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6,008 Almost 45,000 Georgetown University alumni live in the Washington, DC region, including almost 15,000 Number of employees who work at undergraduate alumni and 30,000 graduate alumni. Georgetown University A top-25 university, Georgetown brings thousands of students to the District every year, many of whom continue to live and work in the region.

1,999 Number of Georgetown University employees New Academic Programs Support Industry Growth who live in the District of Columbia The global hospitality industry continues to grow in DC and in 2014, Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies began offering a Master’s of Professional Studies in Hospitality Citizenship Resources for Management. The curriculum provides hospitality professionals University Employees and students new to the industry with tools and skills to become In fall 2014 Diana Guelsepe, adjunct professor and innovative leaders. Located at the Georgetown Downtown evaluation specialist at the Center for Social Justice, campus in the heart of downtown DC, Georgetown serves as a taught a community-based learning course on convener and educator of industry leaders. immigration and social justice. Students in the class partnered with the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) to provide citizenship resources to The School of Continuing Studies provides a university employees. number of programs that serve growing sectors of the city’s economy, including Real Estate, Urban and Regional Planning, Sports Industry Management, Technology Management, Global Strategic Communications, and more.

9 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment Program Georgetown University is proud to participate in the Marion S. Barry Summer Youth Employment program, providing summer jobs to DC youth. Each summer the university hires youth to work on campus and gain job experience with University Information Services, the Department of Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, and more. In summer 2015 thirteen youth worked at Georgetown University.

Georgetown University began a partnership with 1776, Business and Civic Partners the DC-based global startup incubator. Pictured from left: Georgetown University continues to work closely with Jeff Reid, Director of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship business and civic partners on regional growth priorities, Initiative; David Thomas, Dean of the McDonough School of Business; John J. DeGioia, President of Georgetown including the Georgetown Business Improvement District, University; Donna Harris, Co-Founder of 1776; and Kelly DowntownDC Business Improvement District, DC Otter, Dean of the School of Continuing Studies. Chamber of Commerce, Greater Washington Board of Trade, Consortium of Universities, Federal City Council, Georgetown Partnership with 1776 and many others. In fall 2014 Georgetown University announced a partnership with 1776, the global entrepreneurship incubator in DC, bringing the university into the 1776 community. In May 2015 13 student entrepreneur teams began the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative’s 5th annual summer launch program, working with mentors on campus and at 1776 to refine the business models for their DC-based startups. The teams showcased their companies at an event at 1776 in July. Georgetown’s partnership with 1776 is a collaboration between the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative at the McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University Law Center, and the School of Continuing Studies.

Supporting Local Businesses Georgetown University is home to the Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and largest student-run corporation in the President Jack DeGioia celebrate the bicentennial of United States, Students of Georgetown, Georgetown University’s Congressional . Inc., (). The Corp runs several businesses on campus, including DCBIA and Georgetown Partner to Provide Real coffee shops, a grocery store, a convenience store, a salad and Estate Scholarship smoothie service, and more. In 2014 The Corp began selling The District of Columbia Building Industry Association coffee and tea from DC-based Compass Coffee at all of its (DCBIA) announced in spring 2015 the creation of a full locations. Corp storefronts sell other local products as well, scholarship to the Master’s of Professional Studies in Real including food from Jettie’s, BakeHouse, Whisked! and more. Estate program at the School of Continuing Studies. The need-based scholarship will be awarded to a District resident entering the program in fall 2015.

10 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Responding to Community Needs

11 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report DCPS Chancellor Kaya Henderson (F’92, G’07) spoke to graduates of Georgetown’s custom Executive Master’s in Leadership for DCPS principals and central office staff.

The District of Columbia has experienced tremendous growth in recent years but many significant challenges remain. Poverty, unemployment, health disparities, educational inequality, and social injustice continue to afflict many communities. Georgetown University is committed to addressing these challenges where it can and responding to the needs of the city’s most vulnerable residents.

Building Capacity for Nonprofit and Supporting Leaders in DC Public Schools Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business offers a custom Public Leaders Executive Master’s in Leadership program for DC Public As an institution of higher education, Georgetown University Schools principals and central office leaders, in partnership is uniquely positioned to educate community leaders and with DCPS and Chancellor Kaya Henderson (F’92, G’07). build capacity for government agencies, schools, and nonprofit The program equips principals and senior staff with leadership organizations. The university offers many standard and and management skills to promote excellence within the custom executive and professional education programs for local school system. The second cohort of 19 students graduated in leaders, a sample of which are included here. December 2014 and a third cohort began in January 2015.

Bread for the City Leadership Development 2ND COHORT SCHOOLS As part of its recognition of George Jones, CEO of Bread Nalle Elementary School • Ludlow-Taylor for the City, with the 2015 John Thompson, Jr. Legacy of a Elementary School • Hendley Elementary School • Dream Award, Georgetown University offered leadership Janney Elementary School • Houston Elementary development to senior staff members at Bread for the City. School • Thomson Elementary School • Mann Staff members have earned certificates through the Executive Elementary School • Raymond Education Campus MBA program at the McDonough School of Business. • Johnson Middle School • Eliot-Hine Middle School • Kelly Miller Middle School • Cardozo High School • Banneker High School

12 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report help them lead high-performing, high-impact organizations. In 2015, 82 nonprofit leaders participated in the certificate 5,800+ program, representing organizations including Children’s Number of disability health care providers National Medical Center, Catholic Charities, Urban Alliance, in areas including early intervention, Perry Street Public Charter School, and the Kennedy Center. employment, education, and cultural and In fall 2014 McDonough School of Business Professor Michael linguistic competency for which UCEDD O’Leary led a custom executive management program for staff provided training.2 26 leaders at Community Connections of DC (CCDC), the largest nonprofit provider of social and mental health services for the city’s most underserved residents. Maxine Harris, Training Disability Service Providers founder and CEO of CDCC, approached Professor O’Leary Georgetown University’s Center for Child and Human about providing the organization’s clinical and professional Development is the University Center for Excellence in staff with management and leadership skills. Some of the Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) for the District of CCDC staff are continuing at Georgetown to earn a full Columbia. The Georgetown UCEDD provides continuing Executive Master’s in Leadership. education, training, and technical assistance to health care At the School of Continuing Studies, the Center for providers locally, nationally, and internationally who serve Social Impact Communication (CSIC), led by Professor individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Denise Keyes, conducts applied research about the role communication and marketing plays in advancing social change, and brings its research to life by providing custom Developing Nonprofit Leaders and Managers training and communications consulting for leaders within The Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership at the nonprofits and socially responsible businesses. In fall 2014 McCourt School of Public Policy, led by Professor Kathy the center hosted a Digital Institute to help social impact Kretman, offers a Nonprofit Executive Management organizations strengthen their online presence and released a Certificate for nonprofit, public, and philanthropic leaders to study on best practices in nonprofit storytelling.

“When organizations work with CSIC they become our collaborators and we become their champions. We strive to be a strategic partner through every step of the project by utilizing the actionable insights uncovered through our center’s original research.”

JOHN TRYBUS, APR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR SOCIAL IMPACT COMMUNICATION

The summer 2014 class of the Nonprofit Executive Management Certificate program. Georgetown offers many custom executive education programs for local leaders. 13 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Students Engaging Inside and Providing Legal Representation for Underserved Clients Outside the Classroom At the Georgetown University Law Center, students learn to A key component of the Georgetown University curriculum is become lawyers that serve the most vulnerable members of our experiential learning, which provides students opportunities to community. With the largest clinical program in the country, apply skills learned in the classroom to real-world challenges. Georgetown Law students provide legal representation for Outside the classroom, students provide mentoring and individual and organizational clients in areas of law including tutoring services to children and families, participate in housing, juvenile justice, criminal justice, domestic violence, community service activities, and much more. entrepreneurship, human rights, and many more. Examples of these clinics include:

Affordable Housing Transactions Clinic 2,000 Students in the Affordable 450,000 LAW HOURS Housing Transactions STUDENTS Clinic work with low- income tenants to help them purchase and manage co-ops In 2014-2015 nearly 2,000 law students provided and condos and preserve 450,000 hours of pro-bono legal service through affordable housing units. clinics, practicum courses, externships, fellowships, Georgetown Law students helped revitalize and reopen community service, and other pro-bono activities. In January 2015 the Sierra Cooperative, an affordable the Sierra Cooperative, housing building in the an affordable housing building in Eckington. Eckington neighborhood Pictured from left: Adjunct of DC, reopened with the Professor Raquel Skinner, 200 help of students from the lead attorney, Harrison 2,800 28 clinic. Students helped avert Institute; Professor Michael MEDICAL HOURS ORGANIZATIONS Diamond, director, Harrison STUDENTS a tax sale and worked with the residents to develop a Institute; and Pamela financing proposal to renovate Frazier, president, Sierra Cooperative, Inc. In fall 2014 200 first year medical students spent the building. 2,800 hours partnering with 28 different local health Tackling the Civil Access to Justice Crisis care organizations through the First Year Service In this fall 2014 practicum course, law students provided over Learning Module. 100 hours of pro-bono work with local organizations working to increase access to justice, including the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless, the DC Access to Justice Commission, and the Legal Services Corporation, among others. Students conducted research and developed initiatives 18 to revise legal proceedings that would provide more support 400 16 FACULTY UNDERGRADUATES COURSES for underserved clients. MEMBERS Social Enterprise and Nonprofit Law Clinic The Social Enterprise and Nonprofit Clinic provides During 2014-2015 400 undergraduates enrolled in transactional legal services to social enterprises, nonprofit 16 separate community-based learning courses organizations, and small businesses. In spring 2015 students taught or co-taught by 18 different faculty members. helped incorporate a nonprofit dedicated to providing therapeutic green spaces for low-income and marginalized communities of color in DC. Other students helped a local nonprofit develop comprehensive volunteer policies and another develop small for-profit ventures. 14 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report The Urban and Regional Planning program began an Addressing the Health Needs of evolving social impact sector. academic partnership Underserved Populations Students work in collaborative with the DowntownDC Each fall first year students at the School of Medicine teams to develop actionable and Business Improvement partner with community organizations across the District sustainable communications District (BID) in spring and metropolitan area to address the health needs of deliverables that include 2015. Georgetown underserved populations and help students understand messaging guides, storytelling and the DowntownDC non-biological factors that influence patient outcomes. In tools, and more that help BID will collaborate fall 2014 five students worked with Columbia Lighthouse organizations increase visibility, on research and share findings for the Blind to create a digital story for the organization’s strengthen brand identity, and related to economic website, empowering participants to share their experiences. increase fundraising. development, Additionally, 4th-year medical students in the Community Exploring the Future of sustainability, Health Division partnered with the DC Superior Court Washington’s East End placemaking, and to assist victims of intimate partner violence with a focus In spring 2015 Georgetown’s urban planning issues. on trauma-centered care and multi-dimensional healing Urban and Regional Planning and recovery. Other partners included the DC Promise program offered a joint course Neighborhood Initiative, Father McKenna Center, Mount with the Georgetown University Law Center that explored Carmel House, and many more.” after “empowering the future of Washington’s East End, the neighborhood participants to share their experiences. anchored by Union Station and the Washington Convention Center. Students assessed neighborhood conditions, presented a vision for long-term growth, devised plans for community Developing Sustainable Communications Plans development projects, and presented their ideas to relevant city for Nonprofits agencies and community partners. Students in the Center for Social Impact Communication’s signature Cause Consulting course become trusted advisors to local nonprofits and socially responsible businesses by learning to consult with both head and heart in the rapidly 1,000+ THE POWER OF COMMUNICATORS GIVING BACK Number of hours Georgetown students enrolled in EDIJ courses have volunteered in DCPS classrooms supporting students’ 127 50 learning in literacy and math and serving as cause consultants trained clients served role models since January 2014. representing nearly Supporting K-12 Curriculum Development Biology Professor and Director of Science Education Outreach 13,525 $2M Heidi Elmendorf coordinates the RISE&Teach program hours served in pro-bono services that is part of Georgetown’s Minor in Education, Inquiry,

*as of fall 2014; based on PR industry standard consulting rates and Justice (EDIJ). Through this program science and math majors learn science pedagogy and develop and teach high 2014-2015 Cause Consulting Clients included Girls on school science curricula in partnership with DC public and the Run Montgomery County, The Literacy Lab, Our public charter school teachers. Eleven students taught in Daily Bread, Resources for Inner City Children, and biology, math and physics classrooms throughout the academic Washington Youth Garden. year at Dunbar High School and Cesar Chavez Public Charter

“My kids absolutely love having a Georgetown student volunteer in my Language Arts class. They love asking questions about college and hearing their perspectives on

the world.” DCPS HOST TEACHER

15 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Schools. In spring 2015 eight additional students partnered included kickball, soccer, flag football, track and field races, with Chemistry Professor YuYe Tong and Chavez Schools to dance competitions, an RFK Stadium tour, and a chance to develop and teach a hands-on unit about energy, combustion watch a practice session of DC United. In summer 2015 the engines, and fuel cells. camp expanded to include Big HOYA Little Saxa, an ongoing mentorship program for children at the shelter that includes Studying the Anacostia River and reading, arts and crafts, and outdoor exercise. Development East of the River In 2014 the McCourt School of Public Policy established the Policy Innovation Lab to tackle urgent and emerging Promoting Health and Reducing Health policy issues in the region through innovative and forward- Disparities thinking solutions. As part of the Lab’s inaugural project, 30 The Minority Health Initiative Council, a student organization McCourt students partnered with research and community at the School of Nursing and Health Studies celebrated its fifth organizations to explore current and future land development anniversary in January 2015 and began new efforts to reduce along the Anacostia River and implications for residents in health disparities through a partnership with AmeriHealth DC Wards 7 and 8. and a lecture series with health care experts. During its tenure, the council has built successful partnerships, engaged with local “The Policy Innovation Lab is an and national policymakers, and hosted events such as “Getting exciting new opportunity for the to Zero – World AIDS Day” and “Mission Nutrition.” McCourt School and a tangible example of Georgetown’s commitment to serving the common good.”

EDWARD MONTGOMERY, DEAN OF MCCOURT SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY

Providing Income Tax Assistance for Low Income Families The Georgetown Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (GUVITA) is a student organization that works with low income families to prepare tax returns. Students volunteer weekly throughout tax season at the Jubilee Jobs tax site, helping families with an average annual income of $20,000 file their tax returns and improve their financial knowledge.

Engaging and Mentoring Children at DC General In summer 2014, for the fourth year running, Georgetown medical students “I thank you for your contributions hosted a to raise awareness on key issues weeklong sports camp for nearly that affect minority communities. 50 children I join the residents of the District living at the DC General of Columbia in wishing you a Family Shelter. happy anniversary.” Camp activities MAYOR MURIEL E. BOWSER

16 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Faculty Research on Critical Social Issues Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities As a major research university, faculty members at The Georgetown University Center Georgetown University conduct research to deepen our for Child and Human Development understanding of our world and offer tangible solutions (GUCCHD) works to improve systems, for major issues facing our local and global communities, practice, and outcomes for young particularly our most vulnerable populations. Below are a few children, children and youth with examples of faculty-led research projects at Georgetown. special health care and mental health needs and their families, and individuals with developmental disabilities. Faculty at the center provide training and technical assistance, conduct research, engage in community outreach, and help shape public policy. In May 2015 GUCCHD published “Toolkit for Expanding the Systems of Care Approach” for child and adult mental health care.

Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Residents During spring 2015, Diana Guelespe, adjunct professor and evaluation specialist at the Center for Social Justice, partnered with CARECEN and Trabajadores Unidos de Washington, DC to assess the District of Columbia’s program to provide driver’s licenses to undocumented residents. DC is one of the few jurisdictions in the country with such a program.

Minority Health and Health Disparities The Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Climate Change and Urban Resiliency Research, located in Ward 6, provides community health The Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown University services and faculty members conduct research on health Law Center is a nonpartisan institute that serves as a disparities among underserved and ethnic minority resource for local, state, and federal policymakers. The populations in the District. Ongoing community-based center advances climate, energy, and transportation policies research projects include a dietary questionnaire for West that reduce greenhouse emissions and help communities African immigrants, an environmental quality assessment of adapt to climate change. In 2015 the center published DC neighborhoods, and studies on knowledge of HPV among recommendations to improve federal programs that could be black mothers and adolescent black males. The office also used to prepare for climate change. provides community-based educational resources on health and health disparities. Education, Health, and Social Policy The McCourt School of Public Policy includes 15 different Pediatric Environmental Health Care centers that are engaged in research, on a number of local, In February 2015 the Centers for Disease Control and national, and international public policy issues, including Prevention identified Georgetown University’s School of the Center on Education and the Workforce; Edunomics Nursing & Health Studies as the new academic home for Lab; Center for Juvenile Justice Reform; Center on Poverty, the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Inequality, and Public Policy; Health Policy Center; and the Environment. Under the direction of Laura Anderko, PhD, Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership. In addition to RN, the center provides consultations, resources, and research conducting actionable research on policy issues, some of the to families and health professionals in the region to reduce centers provide professional development opportunities for environmental health disparities among children. policymakers and practitioners.

17 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Community-Based Programs from 1:00-5:00 p.m., after traditional DCPS summer school ends. The program helps keep students in the classroom and Georgetown University partners with local community engaged in learning over the summer. organizations to provide community-based programming for residents across the District, including some of the city’s most underserved populations. Many of the programs seek College Preparation for DC Students to improve educational and health outcomes. Below are The Institute for College Preparation (ICP) is Georgetown’s examples of some of the community-based programs at signature pre-college academic enrichment program for DC- Georgetown University. area middle and high school students. Students participate in the program from 7th through 12th grade and take classes at Georgetown on Saturdays during the school year and for Girls Who Code Immersion Program several weeks during the summers. In spring 2015 all 10 ICP In June 2015 Georgetown’s University Information Services seniors graduated from high school and had plans to enroll and Technology Management program partnered with at postsecondary education institutions. Girls Who Code to offer a seven-week summer immersion program for 60 local high school girls. The program paired intensive instruction in robotics, web design, and mobile development with mentorship from the industry’s top female entrepreneurs and engineers. The partnership with Georgetown is the first time Girls Who Code has worked in the District.

Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment The Capital Breast Care Center (CBCC) provides culturally sensitive breast cancer screening services and health and wellness education guided by evidence-based practices to all women in the Washington, DC area, regardless of ability to pay. To date the center has screened over 12,000 medically underserved women and detected over 120 cases of breast cancer, providing treatment at no cost to the patients. In addition, the CBCC helps patients navigate the health care system and provides community education programs to raise cancer awareness and promote behaviors that can help reduce the risk of breast cancer and other health conditions.

All ten ICP seniors graduated from high school in 2015 with Summer Leap at Plummer Elementary School plans to enroll in postsecondary education. During summer 2015 the Center for Social Justice ran Summer Leap, a five-week summer program at Plummer Elementary Street Law Community Clinic School in summer 2015. Georgetown students taught classes The Street Law program at Georgetown University Law Center offers a Community Clinic for parents in transitional housing or emergency shelter whose children are enrolled at The CSJ offers a number of longstanding Bright Beginnings Child Development Center. The seminar, community-based literacy and mentoring taught by law students, focuses on practical law affecting the programs, including DC Reads, After School Kids, participants’ daily lives, including small claims court, tenant the DC Schools Project, and STEM Outreach. law, public benefits, domestic violence, dispute resolution, consumer protections, education, and other topics.

18 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Supporting Strong and Healthy Neighborhoods

19 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Georgetown University is committed to being an engaged, accessible, and responsive neighbor in communities across the District of Columbia and to supporting strong and healthy neighborhoods.

GCP WORKING GROUPS

Six Working Groups of the GCP meet monthly to address issues of shared interest and make consensus-based recommendations:

Georgetown Community Partnership • Safety and Student Life The Georgetown Community Partnership (GCP) is the • Environment and Landlord Initiatives forum for information sharing and consensus-based decision • Transportation and Parking making to support a high quality of life in the neighborhoods • Communications and Engagement • Data and Metrics around Georgetown University’s Main Campus and the • Master Planning university’s master planning. The GCP comprises neighbors, senior university leaders, students, faculty, staff, local OFFICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD LIFE government partners, and civic partners. The GCP has proven to be a model for collegial town-gown relations and The Office of Neighborhood Life is committed to has achieved positive results through a commitment to shared serving students, non-students and permanent goals, broad representation, transparency, consensus-building, residents living in the neighborhoods around and shared accountability. Georgetown University’s Main Campus. Neighborhood Life staff educate students living off campus and provide resources to help them be successful community members. The office also works closely with residents to address neighborhood concerns.

Lauralyn Lee, former Associate Vice President of Community Engagement; Don Edwards, CEO of Justice and Sustainability Associates; and Ron Lewis, Chair of ANC2E presented on the GCP at the 2015 International Town Gown Association conference. 20 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Georgetown University actively participated in community life throughout the year, including neighborhood cleanups, community events and celebrations, and more.

• Palisades Fourth of July Parade • Citizens Association of Georgetown Concerts in the Park • Taste of Georgetown • Volta Park Day • Georgetown 5K Race Against Homelessness • Citizens Association of Georgetown Gala • Georgetown House Tour • Burleith Spring Cleanup • Burleith Annual Picnic Georgetown University also hosted several community events in fall 2014, including the First Responders Picnic, an event to honor campus and community emergency personnel, and the Fall Community Fair and Tailgate, a family-friendly event to bring university and community members together. In November 2014 over 80 students and alumni also participated Councilmember Jack Evans spoke at the Georgetown in a neighborhood cleanup in West Georgetown. University Holiday Party in Riggs Library in 2014.

An Active Neighbor in Community Life Spring Move-Out Drive for Students Georgetown University is an active partner in community and Neighbors events and celebrations and helps support healthy In May 2015 Georgetown University hosted a move-out neighborhoods through community service activities. drive for students moving out of their spring housing and for Over the last year the university sponsored and participated neighbors. The university collected bulk trash items and items in a number of events, including: for donation to KEYS for the Homeless, a local homelessness service provider. Items donated during the drive represented almost $45,000 of in-kind donations and over 40 tons of waste diverted from landfills.

21 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report A Lifetime of Learning for Our Neighbors Community Service Partnerships in Georgetown University is committed to a lifetime of learning DC Neighborhoods and offers short, non-credit courses to members of our Over 400 incoming students participated in the Center community over 55 years of age. During the 2014-2015 academic for Social Justice’s Community Service Day in August year, 160 participants registered for 11 different courses taught 2014 and hundreds more participated in the MLK Day of by retired university professors. Community members over 65 Service in January 2015, partnering with communities and years of age can also audit most undergraduate courses. nonprofit organizations in Ward 7, including the DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative. Students in the McDonough School of Business, School of Medicine, Law Center, and School of Neighbors are encouraged to participate in life Continuing Studies also engaged in service projects across the at the university, including becoming members city, providing food for individuals experiencing homelessness, of Yates Field House, attending high-quality cleaning up park trails, decorating school classrooms, visiting performing arts shows, visiting art galleries, with older adults, and more. joining the Georgetown Athletics Hoya Kids Club, attending lectures and events, and much more. Local Elementary Students Test Robots at Georgetown In June 2015 students from Hyde-Addison elementary in Hoya’s Helping Hands Georgetown visited the university’s Yates Field House to test In spring 2015 the university launched Hoya’s Helping underwater robots. The 5th grade students built robots as Hands, a program that connects faculty and staff with part of a STEM curriculum sponsored in part by the United volunteer opportunities in the District, helping animate States Navy Office of Naval Research and the Association for the university’s Catholic and Jesuit identity. Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.

“The kids had a blast. This event was the culmination of over seven months of building and preparation. It is great to have Georgetown as a partner as we strive to bring rich STEM experiences to our diverse student population.”

RICH MUNZ, HYDE-ADDISON 5TH GRADE TEACHER

5th grade students at Hyde Elementary learned about robotics at Georgetown University’s Yates Field House.

22 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report “Georgetown University...has demonstrated a deep commitment to the education of our students and the wellbeing of our communities.”

IRASEMA SALCIDO, FOUNDER, CESAR CHAVEZ PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR PUBLIC POLICY

Each year hundreds of students engage with neighborhoods in Ward 7 and around the city in community service activities, including Community Service Day, MLK Day of Service, and more.

23 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report About the Office of Community Engagement The Office of Community Engagement works to fulfill Georgetown’s commitment to the common good in the District of Columbia and the metropolitan region. The office facilitates and develops relationships with community organizations, local governments, and civic organizations; supports community-based research and scholarship; supports the university’s growth and economic development efforts, including master planning; and strengthens the university’s partnership with its neighbors.

Community Engagement Staff Chris Murphy Vice President for Government Relations and Community Engagement Brenda Atkinson-Willoughby Director of Partnerships and Community Engagement Cory Peterson Director of Neighborhood Life Jamie Scott Assistant Director of Community Engagement Candace Mosely Special Projects Coordinator Georgetown University is extremely grateful for the leadership and contributions of Lauralyn Lee, who served as Associate Vice President for Community Engagement and Strategic Initiatives from 2012-2015.

For more information about Georgetown University’s community engagement, visit communityengagement.georgetown.edu

24 Office of Community Engagement 2015 annual report Footnotes 1 U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts 2009-2013; “Food Hardship 2008-2012: Geography and Household Composition.” Food Research and Action Center. September 2013. 2 Data are from 2013-2014, the most recent year for which data are available

Photography Georgetown University Compass Coffee logo courtesy Compass Coffee Photo of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser courtesy Executive Office of the Mayor

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