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Community Forum 2022: Witnessing students express the appreciation of the humanity and brilliance in each other, by Audra Carson

Community Forum 2022: Witnessing students express the appreciation of the humanity and brilliance in each other, by Audra Carson

by SEMIS Coalition | Nov 19, 2022 | Blog, Civic Engagement, Community Forum 2022, Humanizing Education, Power of Community

It is a pure delight to share my experience at the 2022 SEMIS Coalition Community Forum held at Bob’s Lake House on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. Before I go any further with how wonderful the day was, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Audra...

Mi-STAR Water Unit gets a dose of Place-based Education

by Sarah Halson | Jun 30, 2022 | Blog, Civic Engagement, Curriculum, Place-Based Education, Upper Elementary, Water Quality / Studies

“I thought I knew everything there was to know about water, but I didn’t know water was everywhere!” proclaimed a 6th grade student during their final presentation to community members after a month-long unit on stormwater. This student was one of almost 300 students...

Meaningful Watershed Education Experiences: Great Lakes Grantee Showcase! SEMIS presents

by Lisa Voelker | Mar 2, 2022 | Civic Engagement, Community Stewardship, Teacher Toolkit

B-WET Showcase: This was an opportunity in January for NOAA B-WET Environmental Education Program grantees to showcase highlights from their projects, including challenges and success stories. The SEMIS Coalition is one of these grantees and fortunate to be a...

SEMIS Coalition Members Attend Ypsilanti Sustainability Commission, Give Presentation

by admin | Mar 2, 2022 | Civic Engagement, Events

Civic Engagement in SEMIS Lisa Voelker, SEMIS assistant director, presented on Nov. 7, 2021, during the monthly Ypsilanti Sustainability Commission meeting. Our goal was to re-introduce ourselves and share how local teachers and students are engaged in place-based...
Interview with Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

Interview with Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

by SEMIS Coalition | May 17, 2021 | Civic Engagement, Community Forum 2021

If you see an error (“Unable to play video. Error: 5”) and cannot play the videos in the presentation below, try clicking this link to the presentation directly. If that doesn’t work, try disabling browser plugins (like Privacy Badger, ClearURLs) on...
Community Mapping with GIS

Community Mapping with GIS

by SEMIS Coalition | May 17, 2021 | Civic Engagement, Community Forum 2021, EcoJustice, Student Voice

Click on the button below to view the illustration. Click to view: Community Mapping with GIS Mr. Segrist and Place-based Education has helped me learn and become more aware of my community’s history and how it has affected its current situation and...
Community Mapping with GIS

Community Mapping with GIS

by SEMIS Coalition | May 17, 2021 | Civic Engagement, Community Forum 2021, EcoJustice, Student Voice

We were given a class project on community mapping and sense of place. It was an opportunity to exercise student voice and learn how to map. When walking around my neighborhood, I learned a lot about the lack of effort that is put into keeping our area safe and clean....
Making Detroit a Better Place

Making Detroit a Better Place

by SEMIS Coalition | May 17, 2021 | Civic Engagement, Community Forum 2021, Community History

Click on the picture or use the arrow keys or space bar to go to the next slide. Grace Lee Boggs once asked Julia Putnam what she could do as a young person to help Detroit be a better place. The Rainbows asked ourselves the same question. This project is our answer...

Memory and Metaphor: Denouncing Impervious Surfaces and Announcing Riparian Zones

by Miriam Furlan Brighente, PhD | Apr 2, 2021 | Civic Engagement, Community Partners, Environmental Sustainability, New Community Partners, Paulo Freire, Place-Based Education, Power of Community, Transformational Partnership, Youth Voice

Continuing the annual virtual series learning as we are still experiencing a global pandemic, SEMIS Coalition met with teachers, community partners, administration staff, and coaches for the Winter ’21 Professional Learning. One of the main goals was to use...

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