Community Engagement

Community Engagement at Xavier University involves the collaboration and sustained partnership between the University – its students, faculty, staff and administrators – and community organizations and institutions for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in order to advance learning through direct service, community building, and public advocacy.

In an effort to encourage involvement, foster greater understanding, and inspire sustained action toward social transformation, Peace & Justice Programs strives to promote community building, collaboration, and engagement between diverse and varied constituents both within the university and the broader local, national, and international spheres.

Examples of P&J’s programming that promotes and facilitates community engagement include:

• VegOut Community Dinners (Mondays)
• PB&J @ P&J weekly gatherings (Fridays)
• ConneXions
• Alternative Breaks
• X-Action (STAR, CAD, SMS)
• Summer Service Internship Program
• Post-graduate volunteer fair
• Vision of Hope Speakers Series
• Shantytown
• Habitat for Humanity