Hub Workshops
The Liberal Arts Engagement Hub workshops are centered around techniques and best practices for community-engaged humanities work. Always open to the public, these workshops are designed to bring together university and community members interested in, or already deeply engaged in, humanities-based community-collaborative projects. We always offer food and build in time for attendees to introduce themselves and make connections.
2024-2025 Workshop Series
The Hub’s 2024-2025 workshop series, Collaborative Learning for Change, is developed with our community and university partners in response to the concerns, needs, and aspirations of communities and community-engaged scholars. We present on topics such as community story-mapping, the ethical use of AI in community engagement, oral history and archiving, and disability justice, and aim to support, listen to, and learn from our communities. Together, we strive to amplify community wisdom and co-create knowledge that leads to transformative action and well-being.
The assumption underlying the design of this workshop series is that The Hub, as part of the university, has a responsibility to rebuild trust, foster authentic partnerships, and ensure that our collaborative efforts truly reflect and support community priorities.
Upcoming Hub Workshops
The 2024-25 workshop series has concluded. Stay tuned for more programming in the 2025-26 academic year!
April 23 & May 1
Inclusive Engagement: Partnering with the Disability Community is a two-part asynchronous workshop for University of Minnesota partners to foster ethical and meaningful collaborations with disability communities. Participants will learn best practices for outreach, create access statements, and develop an action plan for inclusive engagement. The online videos will soon be made available on The Hub's website.
April 23 from 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Minnesota Star Tribune reporter Eric Roper and producer Melissa Townsend, along with community adviser Greg McMoore, share the lessons they learned while making the organization's first narrative podcast, Ghost of a Chance.
March 28 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM
This session focused on the application of AI to specific case studies brought by participants.
February 7 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM
During the first session of a two-part workshop, participants acquired an understanding of current innovations in AI LLM. They learned the "what, who, where, when, why, and don’ts" of applying AI in community-oriented work. They specifically explored the application of ChatGPT and other Large Language models to consider the key principles, tactics, and ethical strategies to consider in community-oriented work.
November 22, 2024
The places in your life tell stories: your stories. Explore how to use place-based storytelling techniques and StoryMaps software to tell YOUR story! Led by Shana Crosson and Hawona Sullivan Janzen, this workshop was the first in The Hub's Collaborative Learning for Change series.