About Community Outreach
Who Are We?
The Office of Community Outreach & Service Learning (COSL) provides students a pipeline to service. Connecting student to real-world opportunities, focusing on individual responsibility and civic engagements, cultivating an awareness of community needs. In our office, students become civically engaged either through individual volunteerism, organizational involvement, or events and opportunities that enables them to reach into their communities to address unmet needs and concerns. These positive changes benefit both the student and also the community at large, while providing opportunities to build their social capital. Community Outreach and Service Learning also help students generate their own service and advocacy projects.
Through service, John Jay students:
- Gain confidence through personal and professional development
- Increase leadership capacity
- Learn and practice the flexibility to succeed in a changing multicultural world
- Connect to their neighboring communities in order to cultivate an awareness of community needs
- Become civically engaged through volunteerism, community organizational involvement, and program management
- Get a valuable out-of-classroom experience and opportunities to build their social capital
Annual Events: "Do Something" Campaign, Oxfam Hunger Banquets, Holiday Helpers Toy Drive, "Unmet Needs Round Table" Campaign, Bridging the Gap Campaign. The office also maintains partnerships with organizations such as the Red Hook Community Justice Center, Center for Court Innovation, New York Cares, Safe Horizon, Just Food, St. Paul the Apostle’s Soup Kitchen, and many others.
3 Levels of Entry to Service:
I. Long-Term:
II. Short-Term:
III. One-Shot (Signature Events):
- "Do Something Pledge Week"
- Oxfam Hunger Banquet
- Community Outreach "Friendsgiving"
- Holiday Helpers Toy Drive
If you have any questions or concerns, please email communityoutreach@jjay.cuny.edu or call 646-557-4820.