The Lindy Center for Civic Engagement works with faculty across the University who want to incorporate Community-Based and Engaged Learning (CB/EL) pedagogy elements into their courses. We provides course development support, resources to establish partnerships with Philadelphia community organizations, and information about best practices and scholarship in CB/EL. For staff, the Lindy Center offers awards, CIVC 101 teaching opportunities, and a service program called Dragon Volunteers. This section of our website covers: 

Community-Based and Engaged Learning (CB/EL) is a pedagogy that unites classroom learning, engagement opportunities, group dialogue, and guided introspection to make students more informed, more proximate, and more reflective about pressing issues that shape society. Community-engaged learning facilitates opportunities to further relationships between students, faculty and local/global community partners to pursue a public good and to—whether onsite or online—strengthen their collective capacity to address real problems that will generate a more just world in their careers and lives. The Lindy Center is a place where faculty and students can learn and develop their use of this pedagogy in the classroom and other spaces - we offer trainings, workshops, and resources to faculty looking to get more involved, fellowships to faculty who do this work more extensively, and student assistants to facilitate the work (in addition to developing the student assistants as leaders).

Dragon Volunteers is a service program that allows benefit-eligible employees to receive up to 16 hours of paid time each year to use for civic engagement activities.

Lindy Center Space The Lindy Center's building at 3210 Cherry Street is a fantastic programming space and we welcome faculty and staff use of the space for class meetings, workshops, and other events as our calendar allows. We have an open-concept main room with various seating options and a large-screen TV at the front for presentations, a smaller conference room with a large table and TV, and breakout spaces on the second floor that can also be used. Plus we have a kitchenette with coffee and tea and 4 all-gender restrooms. If you are interested in using our space for civic engagement-related programming or course meetings, please complete this form no less than 14 days in advance of your desired event date. Reservations will be confirmed within 3 - 5 business days and will be based on availability and alignment with Lindy Center's mission. Please direct any questions to lindycenter@drexel.edu.