Past Events

First-Year Community Engagement Series #3

First-Year Community Engagement Series #3

3 PM- 4:30 PM EST: Health-focused opportunities @ MIT

Join the PKG Center for a weekly series with other first- year students that want to make the world a better place! We’ll meet for 7 sessions during the fall semester and talk about a myriad of important social justice topics. Have fun participating in activities with other first year students, make new friends, and learn about ways you can participate in social change at MIT and beyond! We’ll talk about different methods of social change, share actionable resources, and connect you to other MIT students and offices engaged in social change at MIT! Join us for as many sessions as you’d like to attend, 1 or all 7!

Click here to register!

MIT IDEAS Panel: From Pitch to Proposal to Prototype

MIT IDEAS Panel: From Pitch to Proposal to Prototype

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

Are you interested in learning more about the IDEAS program from the perspective of the staff and volunteers that make this program as special as it is? Join us on Wednesday, November 4 from 5:30pm – 7pm (ET) to meet online reviewers, judges, past grantees, facilitators, and mentors.
This event is designed to unveil the roles each person plays during the program and beyond the awards and showcase ceremony.

RSVP for this event via Handshake if you are a member of the MIT community, or join us by using this Zoom link if you do not have access to Handshake.

Bridging Divides around US Politics: Creating Change in How We Engage With Each Other (Part 1)

Bridging Divides around US Politics: Creating Change in How We Engage With Each Other (Part 1)

A Two-Part Workshop:
Thursday, October 29 at 4:00 – 5:00p ET – Workshop
Monday, November 9 at 4:00 – 5:00p ET – Reflection on Practice

This hands-on workshop is for people who wish conversations and interactions between people who disagree politically could be more constructive, especially on social media. This workshop is also for anyone who wonders whether it is possible to have constructive conversations — and whether it is even worth having constructive conversations. Click here to register!

Chat & Chew: Session 4 – Theory of Change

Chat & Chew: Session 4 – Theory of Change

October 28, 2020

12pm – 1:15pm

Click this link to RSVP via Handshake if you are a member of the MIT community. If you do not have access to Handshake, you can join the event via Zoom.

First-Year Community Engagement Series #2

First-Year Community Engagement Series #2

7-8 PM EST: Civic/Political Engagement

Join the PKG Center for a weekly series with other first- year students that want to make the world a better place! We’ll meet for 7 sessions during the fall semester and talk about a myriad of important social justice topics. Have fun participating in activities with other first year students, make new friends, and learn about ways you can participate in social change at MIT and beyond! We’ll talk about different methods of social change, share actionable resources, and connect you to other MIT students and offices engaged in social change at MIT! Join us for as many sessions as you’d like to attend, 1 or all 7!

Click here to register!

Maximizing Remote Supervision

Join the PKG Center on Wednesday, October 21st at 2pm (ET) for Maximizing Remote Supervision! RSVP for the Zoom link here. Not sure how to navigate working from home? Looking…
Chat & Chew: Session 3 – Impact Gaps Canvas

Chat & Chew: Session 3 – Impact Gaps Canvas

October 21, 2020

12pm – 1:15pm

Click this link to RSVP via Handshake if you are a member of the MIT community. If you do not have access to Handshake, you can join the event via Zoom.

First-Year Community Engagement Series #1

First-Year Community Engagement Series #1

7-8 PM EST: Community-Engaged Work and Methods of Social Change

Join the PKG Center for a weekly series with other first- year students that want to make the world a better place! We’ll meet for 7 sessions during the fall semester and talk about a myriad of important social justice topics. Have fun participating in activities with other first year students, make new friends, and learn about ways you can participate in social change at MIT and beyond! We’ll talk about different methods of social change, share actionable resources, and connect you to other MIT students and offices engaged in social change at MIT! Join us for as many sessions as you’d like to attend, 1 or all 7!

Click here to register.

PKG Fellowship deadline for IAP Fellowships

PKG Fellowship deadline for IAP Fellowships

12:00 pm (noon)

Submit your application for an IAP PKG Fellowship by clicking here. All IAP PKG Fellowships must be planned for remote work – we will not support travel or in-person work for IAP.

PKG IAP Health Deadline

PKG IAP Health Deadline

October 16th, 11:59 PM

Click here to submit your application!