Due to ongoing concerns with COVID-19 and restrictions on in-person gatherings, the Place-Based Justice Network has decided to move our annual national summer gathering to an online platform. We are saddened to cancel invaluable in-person networking and collective learning. However, given how institutions have been adapting to our unprecedented experiences with social distancing, we thought it would be judicial to begin planning now for an engaging, interactive online offering as an alternative.

We would love your feedback in planning an offering that meets the emergent needs of PBJN members and look forward to recruiting many of you as session facilitators to continue growing our connections with each other and living the values of the Network.

The Place-Based Justice Network (PBJN) is a learning community committed to transforming higher education and our communities by deconstructing systems of oppression through place-based community engagement. Place-based community engagement is defined by the PBJN as a long-term university-wide commitment to partner with local residents, organizations, and other leaders to focus equally on-campus and community impact within a clearly defined geographic area.
PBJN Summer Institutes are an annual opportunity for colleagues to gather to share their strategies, lessons learned, and unpack pressing questions about how to do the work of connecting campuses and communities in ways that align with the Network’s collective values.