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Sayoko Kawabata, Ryan Lavalley, and Kevin Giff meet with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County's Neighborhood Engagement Team for a final handoff of processes

The Community Practice Lab (CPL) concluded three years of partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Orange County (Habitat) in summer 2024. The CPL has supported Habitat in developing and implementing sustainable processes for community engagement. Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, an affiliate of the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity International, helps families build and improve …

The Carolina Aging Network (CAN) officially launched on May 30, 2024. CAN is a grassroots, cross-campus collaborative advancing aging-related community partnerships, education and training, and research at Carolina. On May 30, CAN members gathered at the Seymour Center in Chapel Hill to identify priorities and action steps for the coming year. The May meeting extended …

Sayoko Kawabata, CPL community engagement fellow, received a 2024 Summer Research Fellowship and a 2024-2025 Jessie Ball duPoint Dissertation Fellowship from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School. Sayoko’s dissertation, which focuses on play among Fairview youth, emerged from her longstanding engagement with the Fairview community through the Community Practice Lab (CPL). …

The CPL Team at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center's Northside Festival

The Community Practice Lab (CPL) engaged in a wide variety of academic and community events, workshops, trainings, and presentations in spring semester 2024. Multiple sessions presented at 2024 Carolina Engagement Week The CPL team contributed multiple sessions to Carolina Engagement Week 2024 in collaboration with our community partners, including: Weaving and Casting a NET for …

Students in the spring 2024 MSOT course focused on community practice, as well as Dr. Ryan Lavalley, back left, and course TA Seth Mitchell, right.

Each spring semester, CPL Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley leads a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) course focused on community practice. This year he was assisted by Seth Mitchell, 2nd year PhD student in occupational science. In the course, six teams of four students are introduced to practice oriented toward community change and …

Carolina Engagement Week brings together University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty, staff and students with community partners to learn about and celebrate engagement and collaboration with North Carolina communities. The Community Practice Lab team is contributing multiple sessions to Carolina Engagement Week 2024: Weaving and Casting a NET for Organizational Development February 27, …

The interns alongside Fairview Community Watch and Hillsborough Tree Board plant three pawpaw trees for Arbor Day 2023

CPL Community Programs Specialist Kevin Giff was featured in Chapelboro‘s coverage of the Fairview Youth in Action Program. Giff has helped coordinate the program since its creation in 2019. The Fairview Youth in Action Program is a paid internship for high school students to address challenges in the Fairview community. Giff and others support the …

The Community Practice Lab engaged in a wide variety of academic and community events, workshops, trainings, and presentations in fall semester 2023. Leadership of Habitat for Humanity of Orange County’s annual summit The Community Practice Lab (CPL) facilitated organization-wide planning around community engagement and empowerment at Habitat for Humanity of Orange County‘s 2023 annual summit. …

Dennis Streets facilitates dialogue at the UNC Collaboration for Aging event on November 30, 2023.

More than 30 faculty, staff, and students from across the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill gathered on November 30 for the first UNC Collaboration for Aging event. The dialogue explored avenues for collaboration to connect those engaged in aging-related research, education, and community engagement initiatives across campus. The event was sponsored by the …

Community Practice Lab (CPL) Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley and Housing Fellow Leiha Edmonds presented a national webinar for the Administration of Community Living (ACL). The webinar, titled “Expanding Home Accessibility Services: Strategies for Sustaining Cross-Sector Collaborations,” was presented for the ACL’s Housing and Services Resource Center. A branch of the U.S. Department of Health …

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Weaving and casting a “NET”: Celebrating 3 years creating and supporting Habitat’s Neighborhood Engagement Team

Carolina Aging Network launches May 30

Spotlight: CPL Community Engagement Lead Sayoko Kawabata

Spring 2024 CPL events round-up

Spring 2024 MSOT students support local community partnership

CPL Fellows contribute multiple sessions to 2024 Carolina Engagement Week

News: Chapelboro features Fairview’s Youth in Action Program

Fall 2023 CPL events round-up

UNC Collaboration for Aging event convenes campus-wide dialogue on aging initiatives

CPL staff present national webinar for the Administration of Community Living’s Housing and Services Resource Center