Working Together to Build a Brighter Future

The Jewett Center for Community Partnerships (JCCP) is the home of community engagement at Wesleyan University. Guided by the principles of mutual respect and collective responsibility, the JCCP focuses on developing and maintaining local partnerships with schools, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and the community at large through the Office of Community Service and Volunteerism, the Center for Prison Education, and WESU 88.1FM. Our work in the Middletown community and beyond is organized around three areas of focus: Sustainability and Environmental Justice, Education and Youth Development, and Reimagining Justice. 

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Meet Our Political Action Initiative Fellows!

Strong democracies depend on informed, engaged citizens—and meaningful civic engagement begins on campus. This summer, 14 Wesleyan students are serving as Political Action Initiative Fellows, working together to develop and implement Wesleyan’s nonpartisan Democratic Engagement Action Plan. Over the next two years, this plan will guide the University’s efforts to strengthen civic learning, increase voter…

Reflections from Macie Carlos ’27, a recipient of the Spring 2026 Student Innovation Fund and founder of the Play It Forward

Play It Forward taught me that sustainable impact is not created through one event, but through buildingsystems that allow communities to support, collaborate, and motivate one another. I learned that meaningful civic engagement requires accountability, trust, and communication. Play It Forward hasshown me that real change is possible when we create solutions that outlast us.–…
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