Community Partners

At the Center for Community Engaged Teaching and Research (CETR), we believe strong partnerships are at the heart of meaningful, community-centered education. We welcome organizations, community leaders, and professionals who want to collaborate on projects that connect CSUDH students with real-world learning through community-engaged learning (CEL), community-based research (CBR), or other project or programming specific initiatives.

How Partnerships Begin

There鈥檚 no one right way to get started. Partnerships can take shape in many ways, for example:

A community member or organization reaches out to CETR to express interest.
A faculty member introduces a potential partner and requests support from CETR.
CETR staff connect with community leaders directly at the request of a faculty member.
Community leaders/professionals can be invited to events on campus where they explore possible partnerships with professors attending those events.

What to Expect

Once interest is expressed, CETR staff (and/or faculty) will meet with potential partners to explore shared goals and begin shaping the collaboration. These conversations typically cover:

Course learning outcomes and how a project could support them.
Community partner鈥檚 mission, goals, and preferred ways of working with students.
Steps and forms needed for CSUDH site approval.
Resources needed for a successful partnership.
Transportation or logistical considerations.

After this initial assessment, CETR will provide a Site Agreement form for the community partner to complete. Once submitted, CETR will coordinate with the CSUDH Procurement Office to finalize approval.

Ready to Join Us?

聽Please contact us at: cetr@csudh.edu

聽Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBS), Room D314

聽1000 East Victoria Street

聽Carson, CA 90747

聽Phone: (310) 243-2438

聽Office Hours: Monday through Friday

聽8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

An Example of a faculty-community partnership

One example of a reciprocal, collaboratively co-created partnership is the one created through the community engaged learning course by Assistant Professor Anat Schwartz鈥檚 class, where students collaborated with a local partner to co-create projects that served community needs while advancing classroom learning goals.

Partnering in Practice: Professor Schwartz & the Compton G.IRLS Club

In Spring 2025, Assistant Professor Anat Schwartz (Women鈥檚 Studies) partnered with the Compton G.IRLS Club to design a community-engaged learning course that connected students with grassroots gender justice organizing. The collaboration was reciprocal from the start: Professor Schwartz met with Chrystani Heinrich, the Compton G.IRLS Club Founder and Executive Director, in the Fall semester to align course goals with the organization鈥檚 mission and their community needs, as well as addressing logistical concerns such as risk management and transportation for campus visits.

Throughout the semester, students co-created and led workshops for middle-and-high school girls at the site, integrating hands-on learning with academic reflection. The community partner played an active role in shaping the experience and providing feedback. Regular check-ins and open communication helped maintain a responsive, mutually beneficial partnership.

This partnership later evolved into a community-based research (CBR) project involving collaborative article writing and public presentations鈥攁 powerful example of how CEL can deepen into sustained community engagement.

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