Community engagement at the University of Washington means working together with different groups of people, like students, teachers, staff, alumni, extended communities, Tribal Nations, and Indigenous communities. We team up to share knowledge, resources, and skills with each other to solve important social issues and plan for a better future for everyone and our planet.
 

Community engagement at the University of Washington can be defined*  as the collaboration between the University (students, faculty, staff, and alumni) and our extended communities (local to global), including Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities for the equitable and mutually beneficial co-creation and exchange of knowledge, insights, creativity, resources, and capacities (labor and relationships) to address critical social issues and/or envision and contribute to the future well-being of our communities and planet. 

Our collaborations are grounded in cultural humility, relationship-building, reciprocity, co-identified questions, responses, and approaches to assessment. We emphasize ethical engagement and shared accountability, aiming for strengths-based, iterative relationships that honor and value the diverse lived experiences, perspectives, skills, identities, and ways of knowing of our communities to achieve a more just world.  

Learn more about community engagement at University of Washington here.