Community Engagement Archives - Community Practice Lab

Map of Chapel Hill and Carrboro with the Northside, Pine Knolls, and Tin Top neighborhoods marked and a star marking 605 Church Street

The Marian Cheek Jackson Center, in partnership with the Community Practice Lab, received a $40,000 grant from Carol Woods to advance community-led eldercare initiatives in the Northside community. The CPL team supported the writing of the grant, and CPL Community Program Specialist Kevin Giff will coordinate the Jackson Center’s development of local, affordable, and culturally …

Kevin Giff receives 2024 Dean's Performance Award

Kevin Giff received the 2024 School of Medicine Dean’s Performance Award for his community engagement work through the Community Practice Lab (CPL). The award honors Giff’s support of housing and community development initiative with HOPE NC and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. The Dean’s Performance Awards recognizes individual or group efforts that make significant …

Sayoko Kawabata, Ryan Lavalley, and Kevin Giff meet with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County's Neighborhood Engagement Team for a final handoff of processes

The Community Practice Lab (CPL) concluded three years of partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County (Habitat) in summer 2024. The CPL has supported Habitat in developing and implementing sustainable processes for community engagement. Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, an affiliate of the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity International, helps families build and improve …

The Carolina Aging Network (CAN) officially launched on May 30, 2024. CAN is a grassroots, cross-campus collaborative advancing aging-related community partnerships, education and training, and research at Carolina.聽 On May 30, CAN members gathered at the Seymour Center in Chapel Hill to identify priorities and action steps for the coming year. The May meeting extended …

Sayoko Kawabata, CPL community engagement fellow, received a 2024 Summer Research Fellowship and a 2024-2025 Jessie Ball duPoint Dissertation Fellowship from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School. Sayoko’s dissertation, which focuses on play among Fairview youth, emerged from her longstanding engagement with the Fairview community through the Community Practice Lab (CPL). …

The CPL Team at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center's Northside Festival

The Community Practice Lab (CPL) engaged in a wide variety of academic and community events, workshops, trainings, and presentations in spring semester 2024. Multiple sessions presented at 2024 Carolina Engagement Week聽 The CPL team contributed multiple sessions to Carolina Engagement Week 2024 in collaboration with our community partners, including:聽 Weaving and Casting a NET for …

Students in the spring 2024 MSOT course focused on community practice, as well as Dr. Ryan Lavalley, back left, and course TA Seth Mitchell, right.

Each spring semester, CPL Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley leads a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) course focused on community practice. This year he was assisted by Seth Mitchell, 2nd year PhD student in occupational science. In the course, six teams of four students are introduced to practice oriented toward community change and …

The interns alongside Fairview Community Watch and Hillsborough Tree Board plant three pawpaw trees for Arbor Day 2023

CPL Community Programs Specialist Kevin Giff was featured in Chapelboro‘s coverage of the Fairview Youth in Action Program. Giff has helped coordinate the program since its creation in 2019. The Fairview Youth in Action Program is a paid internship for high school students to address challenges in the Fairview community. Giff and others support the …

The Community Practice Lab engaged in a wide variety of academic and community events, workshops, trainings, and presentations in fall semester 2023. Leadership of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County’s annual summit The Community Practice Lab (CPL) facilitated organization-wide planning around community engagement and empowerment at Habitat for Humanity of Orange County‘s 2023 annual summit. …

Dr. Ryan Lavalley speaks to participants at Habitat for Humanity of Orange County's 2023 Annual Summit

The Community Practice Lab (CPL) facilitated organization-wide planning around community engagement and empowerment at Habitat for Humanity of Orange County‘s 2023 annual summit. The day-long workshop, led by Dr. Ryan Lavalley and CPL’s Community Engagement Team, guided Habitat staff in considering and planning for strategic actions to support local communities in building a sense of …

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CPL supports Marian Cheek Jackson Center’s $40,000 Carol Woods grant for community-led eldercare initiatives

CPL鈥檚 Kevin Giff receives Dean鈥檚 Performance Award for community engagement work with HOPE NC and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County

Weaving and casting a “NET”: Celebrating 3 years creating and supporting Habitat’s Neighborhood Engagement Team

Carolina Aging Network launches May 30

Spotlight: CPL Community Engagement Lead Sayoko Kawabata

Spring 2024 CPL events round-up

Spring 2024 MSOT students support local community partnership

News: Chapelboro features Fairview鈥檚 Youth in Action Program

Fall 2023 CPL events round-up

CPL leads annual staff summit for Habitat for Humanity of Orange County