Creating and Sustaining Authentic Partnerships with Community in a Systemic Model.

Abstract

This article presents the unique approach to university-community partnerships developed and practiced at Michigan State University (MSU). We have established a model of campus-community partnerships that builds a wide-reaching system of networks connecting the university to communities. Our approach is developmental, dynamic, and systemic, characterized by an acute interest in the voices of community partners. This article also presents supporting documentation from interviews with community partners from two diverse urban school dis-tricts to illustrate some of the specific challenges faced in the development and maintenance of a partnership applying this approach. IntroductionU niversities throughout the country participate in outreach and engagement activities, and ever-growing numbers of practitioners are involved in efforts to garner mutual benefit for university and community through partnership. Despite

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