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Urban@UW’s Research to Action Teams Gather for a Fall Workshop

Published on November 1, 2024


What do Microforests, the historic University of Tacoma campus, refugee resettlement, greenwater recycling, everything bagels and tasty Thai food have in common? They all played a part in October’s Research to Action teams retreat, led by Urban@UW

Urban@UW brings together multidisciplinary academics and embedded community leaders to solve complex urban challenges through the Research to Action Collaboratory. Teams in the Collaboratory are given seed funding as well as project management training at quarterly workshops and an annual retreat. This year the 2024-25 cohort includes:

The retreat began on the University of Tacoma campus, where each team updated us on their progress (and we noshed on everything bagels). Then we toured the microforest site. Next we broke for Thai food at a restaurant in Kent, and then traveled to the community garden site. There we learned about the green water recycling project. 

The day ended with RAC co-director Jen Davison teaching the group about Deep Democracy and the DIVE model of Deep Curiosity. RAC teams, along with Urban@UW Director Rachel Berney and Program Manager Kate Landis, broke into small groups to role-play a situation in which there was conflict and used the new tools to transform that conflict. 

The RAC teams will gather again in the winter quarter for a workshop and will enjoy a multi-day retreat next spring. The Urban@UW team are in touch with the teams on a regular basis to help them troubleshot challenges and share resources.

 


Urban@UW brings together multidisciplinary academics and embedded community leaders to solve complex urban challenges through the Research to Action Collaboratory.
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