Diamond Leadership Certificate
DIAMOND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CERTIFICATE
The Diamond Civic Engagement Leadership Certificate is designed to prepare students for
lifelong engagement and involvement in community life through individual and collective
actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern. Students will need to utilize many of the leadership skills offered in the Bronze, Silver, Emerald and Sapphire certificates to successfully complete this certificate. Civic engagement begins with volunteering and service and require a higher level of commitment that involves working with others in a campus or community-based project or social justice issue. Engagement includes joining
neighborhood organizations; participating in local school and community organizations; joining
political parties and running for office; active involvement in local, state, national and global
organizations and issues; and serving others to make a positive difference in the local, regional,
national and global community.
Students should begin this certificate by taking the first three required workshops: What Is Civic
and Community Engagement?, Community Mapping and Community Engagement and Social Justice Activity Preparation. The
last required workshop on Community Engagement and Social Justices Activities--Structured Reflection is a structured reflection scheduled on GREAT Day in April to permit time to
complete and reflect on the engagement project or social justice activity. Students will be encouraged to pursue
projects that reflect their personal passions and interests and may be related to careers and
future lives as engaged citizens.
The Diamond Certificate will be awarded upon completion of eight workshops, including the
four required workshops (What is Civic and Community Engagement, Community Mapping, Community Engagement
and Social Justice Activites--Structured Reflection), submission of journal reflections for each workshop and completion
of a civic engagement project or a reflection paper on involvement in a social justice issue.
REQUIRED WORKSHOPS:
- Community Engagement and Social Justice Activities Structured Reflection 4/16
- Community Engagement and Social Justice Activity Preparation 10/10, 10/31, 1/21& 2/12
- Community Mapping 9/12, 1/21 & 2/6
- What is Civic & Community Engagement? 9/5 & 1/23
ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS:
- Beyond the 3 Rs: Education for Living in Ethical and Sustainable Ways (Issues in Social Justice Series) 11/5 & 4/8
- Bullied: The Jamie Nabozny Story 2/4
- Candidates Forum: Election 2012 10/17
- Critical Evaluation of Energy Use Choices in the Context of Our Changing Climate 11/6 & 2/12
- Decision Making With Character 11/13
- Developing Effective Ant-Bullying Programs 2/4
- From Geneseo to a Global Career 2/28
- Genocide After the Holocaust... 11/7
- Grant Writing: A Brief Look at Locating Sources and Learning to Write Proposals 11/27 & 2/25
- From Political Science at Geneseo to a Presidential Fellow to a Career in Public Service 3/26
- Leadership in Energy Sustainability 10/29
- Live Green Expo 2/20
- Mass Imprisonment in the United States 10/3
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Leadership & Service 1/21
- Meet and Greet Candidates Election 2012 9/17
- Philanthropy 12/3
- Planning and Leading Service Trips 2/13
- Problem Solving 10/2 & 4/9
- Servant Leadership 10/23, 1/21 & 1/23
- Social Change Model of Leadership 10/10 & 1/31
- Socialized for Change 11/7
- Teaching Slavery, Teaching Freedom: Global Perspectives 2/19
- Women’s Issues in Social Justice 3/6
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