Exploring Food Waste and Farming Policy: Professor Berry’s Dialogues in Environmental Studies
Professor Brieanne Berry, Civic Engagement Fellow at Ursinus College, integrated deliberative dialogues on food waste and the 2024 Farm Bill into her environmental studies courses. By assigning students stakeholder roles, she fostered critical discussions on tradeoffs, advocacy, and policymaking, showing how diverse perspectives strengthen civic engagement and environmental decision-making.
Project Pericles Welcomes nearly 50 New Civic Engagement Mini-Grant Recipients!
Project Pericles awarded 49 new Civic Engagement Mini-Grants to faculty and staff at 46 institutions across 21 states. Supported by the Mellon and Lang Foundations, projects span three tracks—Deliberative Dialogue, Beyond Media Literacy, and Voting Rights Expansion—equipping students with skills for civic leadership while contributing innovative strategies to our national resource database.