The S.O.U.L.S. Center links the University with the larger urban community by supporting projects that serve community-identified needs and contribute to the education of our students. To this end, we work to establish long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships with community organizations in the Greater Boston area. Drawing on the combined assets of the local and university communities, partnerships take a variety of exciting and productive forms.

Benefits for Community Partners

• Increased pool of volunteers
• Staff support for project coordination
• Networking & professional development opportunities
• Access to the human and physical resources of the campus
• Support for research project 
• Assistance with advocacy and policy-related work
• Expertise and resources for community development
• Opportunity for your organization’s staff to mentor the next generation of non-profit leaders
• Opportunity to educate college faculty, staff, and students about community issues and to work collaboratively to address those issues
• New funding opportunities 
• Role models for pre-collegiate youth about the prospects of attending college

Adapted from Scheibel, Bowley, & Jones, The Promise of Partnerships. Campus Compact, 2005.

What our partners have to say about working with S.O.U.L.S.

“The Suffolk students worked enthusiastically and tirelessly to bring exciting new programming to Heritage Apartments…We had excellent support on everything from volunteer power to funding. We worked as a team to solve any issues and were mutually invested in all of our endeavors.”

- Caitlin Connolly, Boston Heritage Apartments

“The support Suffolk gives to our organization is great! The students have proved to be very interested in our cause and are very committed.”

- Lucy Pineda, Latinos Unidos en Massachusetts

“I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to connect with Suffolk and have them in our school.”

- Lindsey Borr, The Eliot School