Announcing PROGRESS Workshops on Design Justice and Community Engagement

PROGRESS is pleased to announce a series of workshops focused on: design justice; data collection, analysis and policy; and community engagement.

These workshops take place at the University of Maryland (UMD) and bring together UMD and non-UMD scholar-practitioners, representatives of community-based organizations (CBOs), legislators, policymakers, students, and other stakeholders to discuss and formulate key principles and practices for building equitable, sustainable, and mutually empowering research-to-action partnerships between universities and communities.

The confirmed schedule is as follows:

• Inaugural PROGRESS Workshop on Design Justice - September 16, 2024
• PROGRESS Workshop on Community Engagement - October 17, 2024
• PROGRESS Workshop on Data Collection, Analysis and Policy - February 12, 2025

For more information, please send an email to PROGRESS@umd.edu.

PROGRESS is a campus-wide Fearlessly Forward initiative and a Grand Challenge priority of the UMD President that is administratively housed within the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS). 

PROGRESS gratefully acknowledges the School of Public Health for supporting PROGRESS events.