Haverford College
EN-9: Community Partnerships

Haverford College has a partnership with its local community via its Center for Peace and Global Citizenship (CPGC) (www.haverford.edu/cpgc). The following is a summary of these partnerships. Local Partnership Weavers Way Weavers Way Community Programs (WWCP) (www.weaverswaycoop.org) was formed in 2007 as the nonprofit arm of Weavers Way Co-op, a 3,500-member community-owned market with locations in the Mt. Airy, Ogontz, and Chestnut Hill neighborhoods of Northwest Philadelphia. WWCP’s mission is to build the Northwest Philadelphia community by fostering cooperative activities that support local food production, economic literacy, a sustainable environment, and healthy lifestyles. For the past two years, the CPGC has placed students from Haverford College with WWCP under the auspices of its domestic summer internship program. Each internship lasts approximately 10 weeks. Haverford College has several partnerships with its local community via institutional partnerships with its Center for Peace and Global Citizenship (CPGC) (www.haverford.edu/cpgc). The following is a summary of these partnerships. Non-local Partnership

Haverford College has teamed up with Devereux Industries Bike program. Haverford has scores of abandoned bikes left by students each year. Bikes are donated to Devereux that have programs that teach mentally and physically challenged individuals a skill. They receive a wage and are taught life skills. Once the bikes are refurbished, they return to Haverford and resell them back to students as a sustainable form of transportation. The program is extremely successful.

In 2013, Haverford College partnered with Goodwill Industries in an effort to reduce student move-out waste. Collection of materials is a two part process. Students are asked to voluntarily donate items at designated drop-off spots the week before classes end. Goodwill employees are on hand to assist students in loading items onto trucks. Several different times are scheduled to accommodate student class times. The second week, after students have left, Haverford summer workers "trash" the residence halls placing usable items into containers that are loaded onto Goodwill trucks. This is a very fast process and is usually completed within three days. Goodwill Industries International Inc. is a nonprofit 501 organization that provides job training, employment placement services, and other community-based programs for people who have disabilities To date we have diverted 34,700 lbs from the landfill. Reducing waste to landfills is included in Haverford College's Climate Action Plan. The college plans to become carbon neutral by 2060. This program is overseen by the Chief Sustainability Officer and Sustainability Coordinator.

Each year, Haverford College sponsors student participation in immersive experiences with a sustainability focus through its Center for Peace and Global Citizenship (CPGC) (www.haverford.edu/cpgc). The following is a brief summary of these experiences. Details are provided in the attached document. In 2011-2012, the CPGC sponsored three short-term academic programs with a sustainability focus. Each program involved student participation in either an off-campus conference or a field research project. In addition, the Center sponsored six 10-week summer internships with a sustainability focus. In an example of an academic program, a Haverford student traveled to Ottawa, Ontario, to conduct interviews with and collect data from organizations involved with the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement. In 2012-2013, the CPGC sponsored a group project that examined the effect of mountain-top-removal coal mining in Appalachia. In addition, 11 students were sponsored for sustainability-oriented summer internships, all ten weeks in length. Among the summer internships funded was one featuring a solar energy education program in Benin, West Africa; an heirloom seed project in Waldoboro, ME; and an urban farm recovery project in Brooklyn, NY. The Michigan Land Use Institute (MLUI) www.mlui.org is a nonprofit advocacy organization that protects the environment, strengthens the economy, and builds community. The focus of its work is northwest Michigan. It collaborates with citizens, government, businesses, and organizations to innovate models for resilience and prosperity. Over the past decade, the MLUI has hosted Haverford students as summer interns doing local environmental and sustainability advocacy work.

Devereux Bike sale and Move-Out Recycling information submitted by Claudia Kent, Sustainability Coordinator..