Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement is a monthly podcast showcasing the projects and partners of the University of Minnesota’s North Minneapolis-based Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC). Conversation topics center on UROC’s research mission of working in scholarly-based partnership with urban communities to advance learning, improve quality of life, and discover breakthrough solutions to critical problems. The series is hosted by UROC Senior Director for Community Partnerships, Makeda Zulu, with production assistance from Blackbird Revolt.
Topics include birthing justice, community partnerships, job creation, food justice to name a few.
About UROC:
Located in North Minneapolis, the Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) links the University of Minnesota in vital public partnership with urban communities to advance learning, improve quality of life, and discover breakthrough solutions to critical problems. Since opening its doors in 2009, UROC has worked to build thriving, innovative, and respectful collaborations, create new models of urban and community development, and strengthen the University as a vitally engaged 21st-century university serving the public good.
Rules of Engagement
Developing Deep and Lasting University-Community Partnerships
Since opening its doors in 2009, UROC has worked to build thriving, innovative, and respectful collaborations and create new models of urban and community development through University/community partnership. UROC community partner Hedy Walls, executive vice president, social responsibility, YMCA of the North, and Doug Kennedy, assistant professor with the Integrative Health and Wellbeing Research Program at the University of Minnesota Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing, talk about their experience with UROC affiliation and learning and growing through University-community engaged partnerships.
