On Monday, January 16, the CCE will lead a number of community service projects for WSU students throughout the Palouse. Students can help with maintenance and cleaning with Family Promise of the Palouse, sort and archive civil rights era newspaper articles with White Spring Ranch Museum/Archive, assist local seniors with chores like shoveling snow with the Council on Aging, clean up the Paradise Creek stream with the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute, or help seniors with computers and other devices at Avalon Care Center. Students can sign up for these projects on CougSync, transportation is provided.
Also on Monday, January 16, the Palouse Fresh Food Project will hold the 2nd annual Sustainable-Local-Organic (SLO) Food Drive at Dissmore’s IGA in Pullman. Students can volunteer for up to three shifts at the food drive table between 8 am and 6 pm, and will earn civic engagement time through the CCE for helping with this event. Students can sign up for food drive shifts on CougSync. Faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to donate food and supplies at the SLO food drive with all donations going to the Council on Aging and Human Services for distribution to thirteen Whitman County food pantries.
Also, the Hope Center in Moscow is looking for volunteers to help inventory and sort donations, and the Regional Theatre of the Palouse in Pullman is looking for volunteers to help take down and store Christmas decorations. Contact DeDe at hopecenterservices@gmail.com to schedule a shift with the Hope Center, and contact Michael Todd at rtoptheatre@gmail.com to schedule a shift with the Regional Theatre. Both of these events are open to students, faculty, staff, and community, although shifts must be pre-scheduled to participate. Students should bring a Record of Civic Engagement form to the project to record their civic engagement hours.
Later in the week on Thursday, January 19, the CCE will hold a Public Square panel discussion titled “Status of the Dream: Does Freedom Ring?” This event will take place at 3 pm in CUB L60 (Butch’s Den) on the WSU Pullman campus, and will be livestreamed on the CCE’s YouTube channel. Students should register on CougSync, and this event is free and open to the public. To learn more about this discussion and the Public Square program, visit cce.wsu.edu/publicsquare.
The WSU Office of Equity and Diversity and partners will also host a variety of excellent events celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. throughout January. These events will culminate with the 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration on Thursday, January 26 at 6:30 pm in the CUB Senior Ballroom. For more events, visit mlk.wsu.edu.
