The Ginsberg Center is a community and civic engagement center with a mission to cultivate and steward equitable partnerships between communities and U-M. Its goal is to advance social change for the public good through social justice education, workshops,
The Center also partners with faculty and staff to enhance student learning through consultation. This is achieved by connecting socially just community experiences to coursework, programs, and research. Hundreds of local opportunities are listed on the Center’s volunteer portal at connect2community.umich.edu. Students can explore opportunities for employment, work-study, and internships. For instance, at Storytelling for Social Change, students create audio/visual products—things like social media templates, videos, and images—that help community organizations tell their stories.
The Ginsberg Center is also U-M’s hub for democratic engagement, with a focus on nonpartisan voter engagement, civics and media literacy, and dialogue across difference. Specific work includes the Big Ten Voting Challenge and Pathways to Civic Engagement.
Maize Pages
The Maize Pages website contains a database of U-M’s 1,700+ student organizations. To find serviced-focused orgs, visit maizepages.umich.edu and filter by the “service/service learning” and “activism” categories.
Student Organizations Dedicated to Service and Activism