Dear Colleagues,

I’m writing today to share important information about UWM’s Social Compact grants. This grants program is part of a larger effort we are undertaking, in conjunction with community partners, to respond to the challenges associated with poverty in Milwaukee.

In my inaugural address this fall, I announced the new Social Compact work that we have since been forging to address social justice, social entrepreneurship, and equity issues. Solutions Central is part of this compact and serves as a way to make a difference in specific urban areas with measurable outcomes. The Social Compact grants are supported through a collaboration between Solutions Central (a project of the Division of Global Inclusion & Engagement) and the Social Entrepreneurship, Justice & Equity Compact (SEJEC).

The Social Compact grants committee welcomes applications for projects that focus on reducing poverty in the Greater Milwaukee area. Proposals must have a UWM faculty or academic staff as the lead, and must also include at least one community partner. The committee will award a number of grants up to $25,000 each from a total of $200,000 in available awards. The opportunity is being funded through the Division of Global Inclusion and Engagement (Dr. Joan Prince) and the Social Compact Grant Committee (co-chaired by Dean Scott Emmons – Peck School of the Arts and Dr. Robert Smith – Director, Cultures & Communities and Associate Professor of History).

The application deadline is 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 28. For further details, please visit the Social Entrepreneurship, Justice & Equity Compact Grants website.

Best regards,

Mark A. Mone
Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee