WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.210 --> 00:00:02.580 line:15% So my name is Bailey Clark and I serve as the 2 00:00:02.580 --> 00:00:05.160 line:15% Associate Director in the Center for Leadership 3 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:07.540 line:15% and Community Engagement at Rollins College. 4 00:00:07.540 --> 00:00:09.620 line:15% So the mission of the Center for Leadership 5 00:00:09.620 --> 00:00:11.620 line:15% and Community Engagement is to support 6 00:00:11.620 --> 00:00:15.260 line:15% students, faculty and staff with opportunities 7 00:00:15.260 --> 00:00:17.090 line:15% to get involved in the community 8 00:00:17.090 --> 00:00:19.780 line:15% and hopefully create positive change. 9 00:00:19.780 --> 00:00:21.670 line:15% My role specifically within the office 10 00:00:21.670 --> 00:00:22.935 line:15% is to direct the Bonner Leaders Program. 11 00:00:22.935 --> 00:00:26.965 line:15% That's a program for 40 students at Rollins 12 00:00:26.965 --> 00:00:30.600 line:15% that dedicate six to eight hours every week 13 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:34.490 line:15% with a non-profit organization in the greater Orlando area. 14 00:00:34.490 --> 00:00:38.530 line:15% So they focus on impact areas like the environment, 15 00:00:38.530 --> 00:00:42.093 line:15% education, hunger and homelessness, poverty 16 00:00:42.093 --> 00:00:45.140 line:15% and the goal is for them to take on roles 17 00:00:45.140 --> 00:00:47.310 line:15% within those organizations that help 18 00:00:47.310 --> 00:00:49.520 line:15% the organization fulfill its mission. 19 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.690 line:15% So everything from placing them in organizations 20 00:00:52.690 --> 00:00:55.858 line:15% where they are passionate about the mission 21 00:00:55.858 --> 00:01:00.080 line:15% to giving them tools to be successful in their roles. 22 00:01:00.080 --> 00:01:03.210 line:15% We do weekly courses with them. 23 00:01:03.210 --> 00:01:08.030 line:15% We provide monthly trainings on non-profit, 24 00:01:08.030 --> 00:01:10.050 line:15% best practices in non-profit management, 25 00:01:10.050 --> 00:01:13.420 line:15% volunteer management and things like that 26 00:01:13.420 --> 00:01:15.920 line:15% to make sure that they're successful in their roles. 27 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:18.384 line:15% Currently I'm teaching a class on non-profit management 28 00:01:18.384 --> 00:01:23.080 line:15% and we've invited our partners from the Edyth Bush Institute 29 00:01:23.080 --> 00:01:25.190 line:15% to come in and talk about what it means 30 00:01:25.190 --> 00:01:27.790 line:15% to start a non-profit organization. 31 00:01:27.790 --> 00:01:30.500 line:15% Quite a few of the students that we work with are 32 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:33.240 line:15% really passionate about the organizations 33 00:01:33.240 --> 00:01:36.904 line:15% that they work with and perhaps want to either pursue 34 00:01:36.904 --> 00:01:39.050 line:15% a career in non-profit management 35 00:01:39.050 --> 00:01:41.510 line:15% or start their own non-profit one day. 36 00:01:41.510 --> 00:01:44.930 line:15% So we go through what that takes and we've talked 37 00:01:44.930 --> 00:01:49.110 line:15% a lot about how many non-profit organizations exist 38 00:01:49.110 --> 00:01:52.240 line:15% in the Central Florida area and ways to either 39 00:01:52.240 --> 00:01:54.231 line:15% plug into existing ones or enhance 40 00:01:54.231 --> 00:01:56.590 line:15% the work that they're currently doing. 41 00:01:56.590 --> 00:01:59.370 line:15% In addition to my role with the Bonner Program, 42 00:01:59.370 --> 00:02:01.140 line:15% I support the Community Engagement 43 00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:03.660 line:15% designated courses on campus. 44 00:02:03.660 --> 00:02:06.420 line:15% So those are courses where students spend 45 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:09.140 line:15% at least 15 hours per semester 46 00:02:09.140 --> 00:02:11.690 line:15% working with a non-profit organization. 47 00:02:11.690 --> 00:02:14.070 line:15% Anything from helping elementary schools 48 00:02:14.070 --> 00:02:17.690 line:15% to develop curriculum to working with local 49 00:02:17.690 --> 00:02:20.440 line:15% health organizations to better serve 50 00:02:20.440 --> 00:02:24.180 line:15% the populations within their communities, 51 00:02:24.180 --> 00:02:29.180 line:15% to working with environmental issues through the sciences. 52 00:02:29.510 --> 00:02:31.740 line:15% We provide resources to faculty 53 00:02:31.740 --> 00:02:33.583 line:15% and students to make that possible.