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22nd International Service-Learning Conference

The Conference will be held on August 29-30, 2019 at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Alicia Moreau de Justo 1300, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

V International Service-learning Researchers' Symposium

On August 28, 2019, the international Service-learning Researchers' Symposium will be held in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina within the framework of the activities of the XVII International Service-Learning Week. This new edition is organized by CLAYSS with the support of the Ibero-American Service-Learning Network and sponsored by the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE).
As in previous editions, the approved papers will be presented orally in round tables and during the presentation of papers in poster format. Some authors will be invited to present their work at the 22nd International Service-Learning Conference that will take place on August 29-30, 2019. The deadline for submissions will be April 15, 2019. They may be presented in Spanish, Portuguese and English. The instructions and format for submission will soon be available for download on CLAYSS website [1].

Research and fieldwork hand in hand in Presidential Award winning project

The "Ricardo Jorge Hueda Engineering School", a secondary technical training institution, is located in the La Posta neighborhood of the city of Perico, Jujuy. This area of the Jujuy valleys has as its fundamental axis the production of tobacco, the families are mostly low-income people who live in precarious houses. With this experience, the students seek to contribute to the reduction of pollution from the burning of fossil fuels in the area, focusing on intra domestic pollution by complications arising from the use of coal in stoves and kitchens.
The students researched and discussed how and with what material coal could be substituted and verified the effects of the use of a plant such as the local tuna plant in its replacement. The experiments showed that the excipients in the plant are suitable to replace coal by not emitting toxins. With them they developed after several trials the "bioetanol", a fuel whose characteristic is to emit combustion that is not harmful, added to the fact that the waste from the plant is used to fertilize the soil, which makes this an ecological proposal.
The research was accompanied by a public awareness campaign on the dangers of using coal and how to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning. With this experience, the institution won the second prize in the Presidential "Solidarity Schools" Award 2018.

On-line courses 2019 beginning in march

English Courses:
Teachers, administrators and other education workers as well as social and community leaders and members of social organizations joined our courses in 2019. For those who are beginning to know and improve service-learning we have started online courses for the development of service-learning projects (one for educators in formal educational institutions (Initial, Primary and Secondary) and spaces for non-formal education and youth organizations) [3] and another for Higher Education [4]. These courses are available in Spanish and Portuguese as well.
Training of Promoters in Service-Learning course (in Spanish)
For those who already have an initial training in project development, the Training of Promoters in Service-Learning course allows participants to have the practical resources to manage a project at the institutional level, promote the training of other educators and accompany the management of projects in other institutions. More information at: http://www.clayss.org.ar/capacitacion-distancia.html [5]
Certificate in Service-Learning (in Spanish)
A new line of training that opens in 2019 is the Certificate in Service-Learning, offered in partnership by the Center for Higher University Studies of the OEI (CAEU-OEI), CLAYSS and UNTREF. It is theoretical in nature and provides a broad vision of service-learning, its pedagogical, didactic and political roots. For more information and registration: http://www.clayss.org.ar/capacitacion-diplomado.html [6]

News from the Chilean Network

On January 4, 2019, the Chilean Service-Learning Network (REASE), which has been in existence for 8 years, met. Thirty-four of its members met at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Chile for a planning day in which they closed the 2017-2019 period and determined the next objectives and projects to be developed until 2020.
Within this framework, the Network elected a new executive management. As Director of the Network was appointed Camila Fara Belmar, Head of Responsabilidad Social y Sustentabilidad Universitaria (RSSU) of the Undergraduate Schools of the University of Chile. While Manuel Caire Espinoza, current Head of the Service-Learning Program of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Natacha Pino Acuña, Director of the School of Industrial Civil Engineering of the University of Aysén and Jorge Reino Messina, Corporate Service-Learning Coordinator of the Autonomous University of Chile, now occupy the positions of Deputy Director, Treasurer and Secretary, respectively. From CLAYSS we thank the service of all the members of the previous management, and we wish all the best to the new team.

Brazilian Service-Learning Network discusses its strengthening and expansion

Last Tuesday, January 29, the event held at CENPEC aimed to deepen the concept of service-learning, invite organizations to integrate and strengthen the Network and propose activities for the year.
In order to disseminate the concept, strengthen the Brazilian Service Learning Network and invite partners to join the initiative, a meeting was held in the CENPEC auditorium attended by more than 30 representatives of 23 institutions from all over the country. Mônica Gardelli Franco, executive director of CENPEC, responsible for the coordination of the Network; and Alexandre Isaac, institutional relations advisor, opened the event, presenting the concept of "solidarity education" as a translation of the proposal of solidarity service-learning promoted by CLAYSS.
On behalf of CLAYSS, Katia Gonçalves Mori closed the meeting with a conference on service-learning and with proposals for 2019 activities, including periodic meetings and future events in other states. There was also a dynamic led by Isabella Moreira and Sofia Carvalho, from the Future Movement. For more information (in Portuguese) visit: https://www.cenpec.org.br/2019/02/noticias/encontro-aprendizagem-solidaria-janeiro/ [7]

New issue of the IARSCLE research journal

The latest issue of the International Journal for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IJRSLCE) is available here: https://ijrslce.scholasticahq.com/issue/1069 [8]
This issue contains 16 manuscripts in 5 sections, including Advances in Theory and Methodology, Community Alliances and Impacts, Faculty Roles and Institutional Affairs, International Service Learning and Research Community Participation, and Student Outcomes (Primary, Secondary and Higher Education). The Board of Directors of IARSLCE (International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement) has appointed two new co-editors for the journal. Glenn A. Bowen (Barry University) and Clayton A. Hurd (Campus Compact) began their two-year terms as editors in January 2019.

Global Youth Volunteer Day 2019

The 31st Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) will take place April 12-14. This is the world's largest youth service and civic action event and the only one that celebrates, expands and sustains the ability of all young people ages 5-25 and their communities to thrive working together for the common good. In addition to the usual exhibition and service projects and celebration events, this year's World Youth Service Day aims to encourage young people to become activists and advocates to address the root causes of their environment's problems through policy changes and challenge everyone to help renew the spirit of democracy and citizenship that is being threatened around the world: https://leadasap.ysa.org/gysd/ [9]

Recordamos a Harris Wofford (1926-2019)

From CLAYSS we accompany our North American colleagues in the grateful memory of Harris Wofford, former North American Senator who tirelessly promoted youth protagonism through citizen participation and service-learning. A frequent presence at the Service-Learning Congresses organized by NYLC [10] and a long-time member of the YSA [11], Board of Directors, Senator Wofford passed away at the age of 92, after having had an outstanding participation in the founding of the Peace Corps and the approval of laws promoting Service-Learning in the United States. To learn more: https://ysa.org/wofford/ [12]

MacJannet Award 2019

The annual MacJannet Global Citizenship Award is an important mechanism for identifying innovative university-community relationships around the world. Since 2009 and in collaboration with the MacJannet Foundation, the Talloires Network Secretariat has awarded 41 prizes to members from 23 countries. The award provides financial support and recognizes exceptional student leadership and community impact in areas such as public health, education and human rights.
The call is open until March 30, more information at: https://talloiresnetwork.tufts.edu/about-the-macjannet-prize/nomination-and-selection-process/ [13]

Talloires Network adds new student representatives to its steering committee

The Network Secretariat returns, as in 2017, to receive nominations of student leaders to serve on the Steering Committee for a two-year term beginning in June 2019. The elected student representatives will advise on strategic decisions and act as ambassadors for the Network, focusing on raising students' voices in these activities. More information: https://talloiresnetwork.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019-Talloires-Network-Steering-Committee-Student-Representative.pdf [14]

2019:

• 24 May: Open Conference of Nieves Tapia in Barcelona, organised by the Escolas Pías de Catalunya, and the University of Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya.

• 4-6 July: 2nd Regional Service-Learning Week in Central and Eastern Europe. For more information write to: [email protected] To read more info about our CEE program go here: http://www.clayss.org/CEE/index.html [2]

• 8 August: 5th International Service-Learning Researchers' Symposium. More information: http://www.clayss.org.ar/JIAS/english.html [1]

• 29 and 30 August: XXII International Service-Learning Conference at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Alicia Moreau de Justo 1300, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.