Office of Community Engagement

Office of Community Engagement

Office of Community Engagement

Building relationships with community stakeholders.

The Office of Community Engagement optimizes the School of Public Health’s approach to civic and community engagement by facilitating relationships between SPH, community leaders, and interested partners across the university. We base our approach in mutually beneficial, reciprocal, and sustainable relationships with the local community and seek to maximize existing efforts at Brown in order to positively impact the health of Rhode Islanders and beyond. We provide planning and guidance for community engagement and work with community partners to identify issues most important in advancing the well-being of the community. 

We connect and convene people, link folks to resources, offer consultation and advice, and communicate opportunities to engage.

We focus on:

  • Building
    relationships with local organizations and individuals
  • Cultivating
    community-engaged experiential learning opportunities for students
  • Supporting
    community-engaged research
  • Promoting
    equity and consistency through processes and policies across the school, enhancing infrastructure to support community engagement

Resources for Students

We are dedicated to partnering across the local community, SPH, and Brown University to prepare students to be knowledgeable, collaborative, and empathic community leaders.
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Thanks to partnerships with local organizations like Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic, our public health students take their classroom training into the community, gaining invaluable, hands-on experience.

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Our local partnerships expand our policy reach and our students’ learning opportunities.