ALT How can we communicate the value of community engaged work to the various institutions we inhabit? -- for job searches/tenure/promotion as well as funding applications.  How can make institutional space for these activities to be better recognized? -- Promotion and tenure guidelines, university mission statements, physical spaces, and funding opportunities? The panel will share experiences and advice particularly relevant to younger scholars. Dr. Ahmed Allahwala, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Geography at University of Toronto Scarborough Blog post: “How can we do what we love and make it count by the institutions we work for?“ Dr. Aída R. Guhlincozzi, University of Missouri Preparing Future Faculty Post-Doctoral Scholar in Geography and Women’s and Gender Studies Departments Blog post: “Community Geography’s Superpower“ Dr. David Padgett, Associate Professor of Geography and Director of the Geographic Information Sciences Laboratory at Tennessee State University.