Students become engaged and responsible leaders who respect and value the knowledge and experience of diverse groups, while partner organizations are empowered to enact their visions for thriving, prosperous communities.

This evolving university-community collaboration partners Bucknell students, faculty, and staff with communities in the anthracite coal region by linking together and building upon collaborative projects in community-identified priorities for revitalization, explorations of local histories and heritage, and envisioning future possibilities in the common goal of developing sustainable communities.