Category: Beth Martin
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Creating a College-going Culture: Five Qs with Dana Bunnett
On October 10th, many of the schools in Santa Clara County will participate in College Day, a day meant inspire a college-going culture, so that all elementary, middle, and high school students can see themselves going to college. Director of Kids In Common (a program of Planned Parenthood Mar Monte), Dana Bunnett, answers five questions for…
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Vote for The Health Trust, Help Them Increase Fresh Food Access!
This year CommUniverCity recognized the Health Trust with our Golden Brick Award for their efforts to make Silicon Valley the healthiest place to live. And now you have a chance to support them as well! To support their efforts to increase fresh food access, vote for The Health Trust in the Google Bay Area Impact Challenge! The…
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Students create a garden for Family Supportive Housing
Family Supportive Housing is one of the only places in the South Bay that provides interim housing and support for entire families while they look for more secure shelter, education and employment. As of March 30th, families at Family Supportive Housing can now tend to and reap the benefits of a new shared garden at…
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Local Businesses Support Sustainability Fair
Here at CommUniverCity, we are more than excited about the upcoming Sustainability Fair this April 12th at the Brenda Lopez Plaza in the Greater Washington Neighborhood of San José. Along with a packed agenda of kids games, smoothie making, and Zumba and Folklorico performances, we are ecstatic to share some of our community partners’ insights…
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Learning far from a Textbook: SJSU Urban Planning Students discover Collaborative Neighborhood Planning
Author: Beth Martin As we walk as a group in front of the Sacred Heart Church, Paul stops us and points back at the street we just walked down: “What types of businesses did you see along this portion of Willow Street?” he inquires, “did you notice any similarity or trends among them?” Together, as…
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SJSU Students Deliver Marketing Smarts to Local Micro-entrepreneurs
Adelaida’s Cocina—“Always baked from the heart” reads the top of the business card that San José State marketing students delivered to Adelaida Ortiz, a local Latina micro-entrepreneur on December 4th. They also delivered business cards in Spanish, with the tagline “Siempre hormear desde el corazón” so that she could reach her mainly Spanish speaking…
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The Community Convenes: 7th Annual Safe & Green Halloween
In the big city of San José, with nearly a million residents, we think it’s important to slow down and connect on a human and neighborhood level. This year CommUniverCity celebrated its seventh year organizing Safe & Green Halloween, an event created to bring residents of Central San José together by teaching our young people…
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City Council Vote on Five Wounds Plan Postponed
Just this Wednesday, the San José Mercury News reported that Mayor Chuck Reed asked to postpone the City Council vote to approve the Five Wounds Village Plan, a vote that was originally set for last Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013. This announcement comes after the Five Wounds Village Plan was unanimously approved on September 25th by…