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Community Connections

Community Connections Day

Community Connections Day 2027 - Friday, September 18, 9 am to 3:30 p.m.

Community Connections Day is one day every semester when students, faculty, and staff take time away from their classrooms and offices to connect and engage with important ideas, strengthen relationships, and reflect on the shared values of the MICA community. Attendance is expected.

For this fall’s Community Connections Day, the theme is neighborism - how the MICA community can learn from and engage with their community, and connect with the organizations and people who are making a difference.

SCHEDULE:

9 am
Breakfast

9:30 to 10:45 am / Falvey Hall
Connecting to the Future of MICA: Interactive Strategic Planning Session

11 am to 12 pm / Falvey Hall
Neighborism in Action / A Fireside Chat on Creative Practice and Civic Engagement with Brooke Lierman and Amanda Morell

12 to 2 pm / Cohen Plaza
Lunch from Breaking the Borders

12 to 3 pm / Cohen Plaza
France Merrick Fellows Interactive Art Installation

12 to 3 pm / Brown Center
Community Engagement Fair and Voter Registration

1 to 1:45 pm / Brown 320
Neighborism is an Inclusive Practice / Join Student Academic Success & Student Affairs to consider how we continuously create Accessible MICA.

2 to 2:45 pm / Brown 320
Neighborism in Words: Immigration and Civic Engagement through Letter Writing / Join Advising, Global Education and the Writing Studio to learn more about current immigration practices and how to engage with civic leaders through letter writing.

3 pm / Cohen Plaza
Celebrate Community with Raffle and Cake

Reflections on American Sublime: The Work of Amy Sherald '06 + Enlarge

Faculty Sabbatical Presentation - Sonja Kelley + Enlarge

Faculty Sabbatical Presentation - Andrew Keiper + Enlarge

Panel sits on stage at Community Connections Day with paintings by Monica Ikegwu '20 displayed on screen + Enlarge

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Leslie King Hammond, Dean Emerita, speaks at the American Sublime panel discussion while Ernest Scott, Jeffry Cudlin and Raél Salley listen. + Enlarge

Community members gather at the Strategic Planning engagement experience. + Enlarge

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Community Connections Day

For this fall’s Community Connections Day, the theme is neighborism - how the MICA community can learn from and engage with their community, and connect with the organizations and people who are making a difference.

SCHEDULE:

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