Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 56.94
Liaison Scott Morgan
Submission Date Dec. 21, 2023

STARS v2.2

Evergreen State College, The
EN-10: Community Partnerships

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Shaina Thompson
Graduate Sustainability Fellow
Office of Sustainability
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1st Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Thurston County Food Bank/Campus Food Bank Satellite Program

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
Its founding and ongoing support are made possible through a community partnership between the Thurston County Food Bank in downtown Olympia, the Center for Community-Based Learning and Action at the Evergreen State College, the Evergreen Campus Food Coalition, TESC Division of Student Affairs, and Aramark (the campus food service vendor). Volunteers, location, and donations are made possible through partnering with Evergreen.

http://thurstoncountyfoodbank.org/satellite-locations/
http://www.evergreen.edu/communitybasedlearning/campusfoodbank.htm

2nd Partnership

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Farmworker Justice Day/Jose Gomez Farmworker Justice Day/Farm Workers Union

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
The agenda for Farm Workers Justice Day April 24, 2019 was created as a tribute to Jose Gomez. The events are organized to bring farmworker voices to the Evergreen campus to educate and involve students and community members in the critical issues farmworkers face.

https://www.evergreen.edu/communitybasedlearning/farmworker-justice-day

https://www.farmworkerjustice.org/

3rd Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
Thurston Regional Planning Council, trpc.org

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Sustainability-related

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
TRPC coordinates municipal and large, public entity planning in Thurston County that's related to transportation, land use, and climate impacts.

Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
NW Eco-Building Guild, GRuB, Nisqually Land Trust, Curriculum for the Bioregion, Freedom Farmers at Muirhead Farm, Kiwanis Food Bank Garden, Olympia Food Co-Op, Olympia Seed Exchange, People for Puget Sound, WashPirg, Capitol Land Trust, Kiwanis Food Bank Garden, Native Plant Salvage, Puget Sound Restoration Fund, South Sound Beach Naturalists, Hands-On Children's Museum

Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
https://www.evergreen.edu/communitybasedlearning

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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