Category: News
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Catalysts of Community Engaged Learning: The 2022 Celebrating Partnerships Event
Every other year, CommUniverCity holds a huge event called “Celebrating Partnerships,” where core partners of the organization come together to take a grand look at active projects that CommUniverCity has been maintaining or is involved in. This past Thursday on May 5th, in which some of you know as Cinco de Mayo, CommUniverCity their biennial…
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Withstanding the Virtual Hurdles with Young Entrepreneurs Academy
There’s a reason why Young Entrepreneurs Academy’s acronym is YEA! Young Entrepreneurs Academy is one of the newer additions to the CommUniverCity projects. The primary focus for YEA is to engage the youth into learning and developing entrepreneurial skills that are normally practiced in the real world of business. A few of these topics include…
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The Power of the Pen(cil)
An SJSU Behavioral Science Major befriends a 6th grade cartoonist, but how did this come to be? It’s the power of the pen(cil)! Any pairing is possible through the Writing Partners program, where SJSU students are paired with elementary students and write letters to each other throughout the course of the semester. The overall objective…
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The College Day Cycle
College. It’s not a topic that a typical elementary student would think about. However, it’s never too late to get a head start. In late October, CommUniverCity took a lead role in the 11th Annual College Day. During College Day, SJSU students are connected to various Downtown San Jose elementary school classrooms to share their…
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Children Learn the Fun in and Importance of Healthy Eating
According to Santa Clara County’s status of children’s health, 18% of students in San Jose Unified School District face obesity or are in the “health risk” zone for body composition. To combat increasing rates of obesity, Cooking Matters teaches the importance of a healthy diet and living a healthy lifestyle. Over the course of three…
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Uplifting a New Community of Leaders
San Jose is a city of rich cultural and ethnic diversity. The Hispanic/Latin community makes up 31.6% of this diversity. Among that group are some residents who are so dedicated to improving their neighborhoods that they took on CommUniverCity’s Community Leadership Program. The Community Leadership Program [CLP], recently wrapped up a 3 month training of…
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Watering Seeds of Environmental Education
To reconnect with our environment for Earth Month, we look back on one of our Growing Sustainably projects, Watershed In A Box. Starting in 2018, we have paved the way for local K-12 students to learn about watershed protection, climate change, and sustainability. In 2017, the Olinder community suffered the effects of devastating floods from…
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Programa de Liderazgo Comunitario 2021
¡Bienvenid@s al Programa de Liderazgo Comunitario de este año! ¡Estamos listas para conocerl@s a tod@s y desarrollar sus habilidades de liderazgo! Vea el folleto a continuación. Para registrarse, haga clic aquí:
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Promoting Civic Engagement in Local Politics
This election year has been rocked by a global pandemic, massive unemployment, and protests for social justice. As we all shifted towards digital communication, there was suddenly a need for a way for the community to voice all their political concerns. CommUniverCity served California State Senate District 15 by hosting a virtual Candidate Forum on…
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Supporting Local Businesses with Marketing and Advertising
Millions of businesses felt the impact of sweeping changes such as social distancing restrictions. According to data from the April 2020 Current Population Survey, the number of active business owners in the United States plummeted by 3.3 million or 22%. While there are some resources available, such programs are continually changing. Small businesses struggle to…