Collaborations with Community

Collaborating for the common good

Our approach to community incubates democratic collaborations between community members and Notre Dame faculty, staff, and students that catalyze evidence-based sustainable interventions to local challenges.

COLLABORATORY

The South Bend Citizens Collaboratory is community of individuals and organizations committed to the flourishing of our shared home: South Bend. Bringing together community wisdom and experience with Notre Dame faculty expertise, the goal of the Collaboratory is to cultivate long-term, impactful partnerships in service of justice and the common good.

CARCERAL
ENGAGEMENT

As a national leader in providing best practices for carceral engagement, the institute seeks to expand, deepen, and evaluate the transformative impacts of prison education, create avenues for faculty and student research, provide career development and reentry support, and cultivate communities of practice locally, statewide, and nationally.

GATHERINGS

The institute’s gatherings draw national and international thought leaders to the University for dialogue on questions of justice, bringing diverse perspectives and fostering innovative approaches to some of the most pressing signs of the times.