DECEMBER 2024

Heya Hoyas!

The Hoya Social Impact Alliance aims to connect, celebrate, and foster collaboration among GU alumni, students and staff of all years and programs who are professionally engaged in social impact, social justice, and/or service -- whether at a nonprofit, university, government entity, corporation, foundation, or in a volunteer role.

Every few weeks, we’ll be sending out this newsletter to highlight the important work that Hoyas are doing in their communities and on campus, and share events, resources and other opportunities that may be of interest.

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NEWS

Honoring Pres. DeGioia and his Social Impact Legacy

As you may have heard, President John J. DeGioia (C’79 G’95) has announced he is stepping down to focus on his recovery from a recent stroke. Over his 23 year tenure, DeGioia established Georgetown as a renowned center for social impact, including the development and growth of: the Georgetown Scholars Program, LGBTQ Resource Center, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Health Justice Alliance, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research, Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, Earth Commons, Racial Justice Institute, Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies, the Prisons and Justice Initiative and more. Thank you, Pres. DeGioia, for your leadership and social impact legacy!

JOIN

The Social Impact Alliance Leadership Team

To grow the Social Impact Alliance, we need you! As a member of the team, you can develop leadership, event planning, project management, communications, and membership/organization-building skills; meet and network with a wide variety of Hoyas from all schools, programs, degrees, certificates, and initiatives; and be part of the creation of a professional alliance that will serve alumni, students, the social impact community, and the University for many years to come.

Available positions include:

• Membership/Community Lead(s)

• Programming Lead – DC Area

• Programming Lead – U.S.

• City Liaison(s)

• Social Media Lead

• Student Representative(s)

• Subject Matter Expert Community Liaisons

Read more and apply here.

Don’t Forget to Connect Online!      

If you don’t already follow us, check out the Hoya Social Impact Alliance on LinkedIn, Facebook, Hoya Gateway, and our website.

CELEBRATE

Our Inaugural Social with Impact

“It was inspiring to see so many fellow Hoyas focused on #socialimpact in so many different ways.” – Alum

“Had a great night yesterday connecting with other Georgetown University students and alumni working in #socialimpact. Shoutout to the Hoya Social Impact Alliance and James Radack for putting together a great event, and here’s to cultivating an impact-driven community here in the DMV!” – Current Student

On November 19, with the Georgetown Club of DC, we hosted a networking event at The Admiral. The response showed there is a strong desire for this alliance and for ongoing connections between alumni, students, and the university about social impact professions and topics.

With 160 registered, and nearly 100 in attendance, the event drew from a cross-section of various undergrad, grad, and continuing ed programs. There were also representatives from the GU Cawley Career Education Center, the Social Impact Internship Program, the McDonough Business School career office, the Prisons and Justice Initiative, and Mu Alpha Alumni Association. 

When asked "What do you (alumni) need/want from the Social Impact Alliance?," responses included: 

• "Opportunities to connect more with Hoyas in the DC area -- especially in the tech and public benefit space"

• "Nonprofit Board service do's and don'ts best practice guidance"

• "A way to connect with social enterprises by inviting speakers to talk about issues and provide networking/partnership opportunities for alumni"

• "Mentoring opportunities"

• "Volunteer opportunities--Matching"

Stay tuned for more in person programming! If you’d like to help organize a similar event in another city, consider joining our leadership team and/or reach out. (See above.)

For more photos of the event, check out the album in our LinkedIn group.

OPPORTUNITIES

For Professional Development

Spring 2025 Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program Program and Scholarship

Application Deadline December 6, 2024

The GU Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program is designed as an experiential leadership lab to explore the pressing issues that nonprofit leaders face and strengthen the management capacity of those working with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. 

Find out more and apply.

Government, Education, Non-Profit Career Fair

Georgetown University, along with 13 other undergraduate and graduate institutions, invite students and employers to take part in our annual Government, Education and Non-Profit Career Fair, scheduled for Friday, February 7, from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. This event will take place virtually on Handshake. 

If you have a job, fellowship or internship you would like to share with the Hoya Social Impact Alliance community, please respond to this email.

COLLABORATE

Here’s how you can support the Hoya Social Impact Alliance

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We will regularly highlight Hoyas doing amazing social impact work in the community. To make it easy to share what you're working on, we've created a short form below that we'll use to share information in our monthly(ish) newsletter. Share your news.

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As always, we’d love to hear from you on the work we are doing.

Hoya Saxa!

Hoya Social Impact Alliance Steering Committee

The Hoya Social Impact Alliance is in its incubation phase as an Alumni Alliance/Affinity group. Alumni Alliance/Affinity groups provide a way for Georgetown University alumni to organize around an industry, shared interest, identity or community. Groups seeking to create a new alliance/affinity group follow a phased multi-year approach to demonstrate interest and sustainability for the group. The first phase is an incubation phase where groups begin to recruit volunteers, engage alumni and begin developing an engagement plan to be an active recognized group.