Building a better Boston — together
Our Community Partnerships are the cornerstone of the S/RC's programs and service initiatives. S/RC staff, along with Simmons faculty and student leaders, work closely with community partner staff and members to develop strong relationships that meet community need while providing meaningful experiences for Simmons students focusing on sustainability and impact. The S/RC has more than 60 community-based partners, many of which are located not far from our campus in the Fenway, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury neighborhoods.
The Community based organizations partner with the S/RC in one or more of the following areas on both the undergraduate and graduate level:
- Service-Learning Courses
- Federal Community Service Work Study Programs
- Community Service Programming
- Volunteer Events
The opportunities are many and growing: our anchor partners may hold summer programs on campus, serve as guest speakers, apply for grants together, use campus space for meetings and events, and participate in innovative professional development, scholarship, and fellowship programming.
Issues with Impact
S/RC partnerships are built on reciprocity and address a wide and diverse range of areas including:
- Youth education
- Health
- Hunger and homelessness
- Empowerment and development of girls and women
- Tutoring and mentoring
- The elderly
- The LGBT community
- The physically and mentally challenged
Below is a sample list of Community and Institutional Partners that students have worked with through service-learning courses or volunteer opportunities at Simmons. For more information on an organization, visit their website or contact us at (617) 521-2700.
Community Partners
- ABCD Health Services
- America Scores
- Beacon Academy
- Big Sister
- Boston Latin School
- Boston Public Health Commission
- Boston Teachers Union School
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston
- Centro Presente
- Citizen Schools
- City on a Hill
- Community Reentry for Women (C.R.E.W.)
- Community Servings
- Cradles to Crayons
- Earthworks Boston
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Farragut School
- Fenway CDC
- Fenway High School
- Gateway (The O'Bryant to the LMA)
- Girl Scouts
- Girls Get Connected
- Girls LEAP Self-Defense
- Greater Egleston
- Homes for Families
- Horizons for Homeless Children
- Hyde Square Task Force
- Jamaica Plain Head Start
- James P. Timilty School
- Jumpstart
- Mass Mentoring Partnership
- Mission Hill School
- Mission Safe
- Mount Pleasant Home
- Partners for Youth with Disabilities
- Peace Games
- Project Place
- Refugee Immigration Ministry
- Roxbury Tenants of Harvard
- Renaissance Charter School
- Science Club for Girls
- Sociedad Latina
- SpeakOut
- Special Olympics
- St. Francis House
- Studio 5
- Summer Ink
- Tenacity
- United Neighbors of Lower Roxbury
- Women's Lunch Place
- YMCA International Learning Center
Institutional Partners
Other Information
Scott/Ross Center Main Office
Main Campus Building
Room W102
617-521-2700
Attention Interested Community Partners
If you would like to include a volunteer opportunity in the S/RC's semi-monthly campus announcements, please contact us via email at volunteer@simmons.edu.
For more information about Studio Five services please contact Professors Andrew Porter, at andrew.porter@simmons.edu or Ellen Grabiner, at grabiner@simmons.edu.
