Category: News
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Happy American Education Week!
With the wealth of opportunities available to the youth, the options are endless, but not always accessible. Lockdown restrictions further exacerbates unique academic needs that stem from social isolation. At CommUniverCity, we take every chance we get to open the doors of higher education. In celebration of American Education Week, we want to highlight the […]
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Spotlight on Alex Dahl
Alex Dahl joined the CommUniverCity team as a graduate student in Environmental Studies at SJSU to lead the Growing Sustainably programs. Little did she know about the impact it would leave and the direction it would take her. Lived experiences are a key factor in ensuring adequate social-emotional development of adolescents. The environment is what […]
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Highlighting Environmental Justice for Sustainability Month
Social justice lies at the heart of all our projects, dedicating about one third of our projects on environmental justice. We view environmental education as environmental justice, a positive right for students in our service area to have access and exposure to great learning opportunities and get inspired to be a part of the new […]
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Recognizing National Cleanup Day
Today, we’d like to put a spotlight on National Cleanup Day by looking back on our Public Litter Can project. Although we envision a clean and sustainable future for the City of San José, overcoming the issue of litter remains a constant challenge. Despite launching a city app in 2017 that lets residents report public […]
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Bridging Gaps in Immigrant Communities
Once upon a time, neighborhood associations in San Jose identified a critical need for the next generation of Resident Community Leaders, specifically in the Spanish-speaking community. San Jose alone is home to over 380,000 Spanish speakers. In May 2020, 10 Resident Community Leaders graduated from an 11-week course meant to develop practical, community-based participatory research […]
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Student-Led Community Engagement in Eastside San Jose Goes Virtual
The Alum Rock Avenue corridor is located approximately two miles east of downtown San Jose. In Fall 2019, graduate students in San Jose State University’s Master of Urban Planning program, partnering with CommUniverCity and the City’s District 5 office, conducted a series of outreach events in the communities adjoining this corridor. This included “Café y […]
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Bringing Focus to Watersheds in an Uncertain Time
Watershed in a Box (WIAB) is a project that connects K-8 students in local public schools to the natural environment that surrounds them in their community through in-classroom and after school programs focusing on environmental and watershed education, with an emphasis on the Coyote Watershed. It is a project that stemmed from a partnership with […]
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Celebrating Earth Day at CommUniverCity
A happy, safe, physically distant, but socially connected Earth Day from all of us at CommUniverCity! In keeping with the spirit of sustainability, CommUniverCity is assembling garden education kits for 4th through 6th graders for distribution to families in Central San Jose this month. We’ll be growing carrots, cauliflower, kale, and beans. We are also […]
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Reinforcing a College Going Culture With Engineering in Action
Engineering in Action (EIA) introduces engineering topics to elementary students in a fun and engaging way. It’s a place where SJSU students can bring out their creative side and elementary students can interact with different activities while learning. It’s not only important to teach young students about STEM education, but to also develop a college […]
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Teaching Children Healthier Options with Cooking Matters
To combat the rising rates of childhood obesity in the U.S., local elementary students take part in CommUniverCity’s Cooking Matters program. Cooking Matters is dedicated to teaching the importance of nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle to San Jose’s K-6th youth. Through a span of 6 weeks, nutrition lessons vary across a wide array of […]