Jewett Center for Community Partnerships

222 Church Street
Middletown, CT 06459
engage@wesleyan.edu
860-685-2881

JCCP Areas of Focus

In Spring 2021, the JCCP announced a new framework for organizing their work in community. Learn more about the JCCP’s Areas of Focus and some of their current partnerships. 

 

Sustainability and Environmental Justice

  • The Office of Sustainability recently moved to the Allbritton Center, offering the opportunity for increased collaboration with the Middletown community, and underscores the many initiatives already in place, including Long Lane Farm, GRO Dreamville, and the City of Middletown’s Sustainable CT internship.
  • Support Office of Community Service student groups such as Food Rescue and Bread Salvage.
  • Supported the Middletown Urban Farming Symposium with an Innovation Fund grant. 

Education and Youth Development

  • The MidWes Collaborative was created as a formal partnership between the JCCP, the College of Education Studies, and Middletown Public Schools. 
  • More than half of the Office of Community Service student groups work with young people. From Individual Tutoring to mentoring and empowerment work. 
  • We invite young people to participate in on-campus activities such as Girls in Science Summer Camp and Exploring College Pathways. 

Reimagining Justice 

  • The Reimagining Justice Initiative, a collaboration between the JCCP and the Center for Prison Education, deepens campus conversation around carceral issues and the imperative to shrink the internationally unique US prison system. Reimagining Justice allows for hands on experiences for campus students supporting local advocacy and community work and creates spaces for the expertise of CPE alumnx to enrich campus thinking and action.