Community Partnerships

An artwork by Shepard Fairey titled RI Angel of Hope and Strength projected onto the RISD Auditorium exterior at night in downtown Providence

Hours

Mon–Fri, 8:30 am–4:30 pm

Contact

Center for Community Partnerships

20 Washington Place

Fourth floor

Providence, RI 02903

401 709-8520

Connect with us

In RISD’s Center for Community Partnerships (CCP), we help our partners on campus and within the local community bring collaborative projects and initiatives to life. Through our work, we help make the institution’s assets, opportunities, skills and knowledge accessible to diverse communities while deepening the understanding of responsible civic and academic engagement among students, faculty, staff and alumni.

More about the CCP

CCP resources and opportunities

Engage. Build partnerships. Make an impact.

Whether you’re a faculty member looking to connect classroom with community, a student interested in public service, or a nonprofit who wants to collaborate with RISD, we can get you started and guide you through the process.

RISD flags flying in front of downtown highrises

A guide to better discourse

Need help creating space for open, respectful dialogue on campus? As part of Campus Compact, a higher education coalition focused on civic engagement, we offer this starter kit for communicating across lines of difference and strengthening our community through democratic conversation.

Download the Better Discourse Guide

Impact stories

Interior Architecture students work on large model of the Pell Bridge

New Grant Program Unites RISD Faculty with External Partners to Supercharge Research

Expanded Field Fund grants are supporting wide-ranging projects by faculty members Adela Goldbard, Jonathan Knowles, Rene Payne, Liliane Wong and Derrick Woods-Morrow.