The Community Classroom

To further our mission and to continue our efforts to serve as the “front porch” of The University of Texas in the Austin community, the Center for Community Engagement has built a new program series called the Community Classroom. The Community Classroom is a series of courses offered to community members and residents that are taught by UT faculty, staff and community partners. These classes are designed to marry theory and practice and to offer a specific skill, knowledge, or expertise to support the work of Austin community members engaging with advocacy/activism efforts, or other community-based work. It is our goal to break down the barriers that can come when working and learning in a formal educational setting and create a reciprocal and dynamic space that informs exposure, dialogue and best practices. We will work toward giving community members relevant content, organization and project exposure, community knowledge and hopefully inspiration to advocate for themselves, their community and build access, equity and capacity. These courses are meant to be accessible and thus are $50 or less for 8 weeks and are structured to create an exchange amongst community members and community though leaders.

The courses will be offered virtually via Zoom for the upcoming academic year. The Community Classroom will do its best to offer the course materials and information in the most accessible way, both audibly and digitally, with the understanding that not everyone has access to the same levels of technology.

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• Dr. Danielle Wright, Associate Director of IUPRA, UT Austin College of Education
• Dr. Tracie Lowe, Assistant Director of Assessment, IUPRA
• Annika Olson, Assistant Director of Policy, IUPRA
• Rickey Lowe, Research Associate, IUPRA