Community Engagement
Through community engagement, ACU aims to honour its "commitment to serving the common good", expressed in its Mission. In partnership with other organisations, the staff and students of ACU work to bring about change, through their own research, learning, attitudes and actions, and in the lives of others.
The Institute for Advancing Community Engagement (IACE) was established by ACU to advance the development of mutually beneficial and sustainable community engagement in three ways:
Beyond Disadvantage - Reaching out to people marginalised in society.
Beyond Borders - Reaching out beyond national borders to those communities most in need – focusing specifically on education and health.
Beyond Differences - Addressing the need for engagements across faith traditions, cultures, gender and age.
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