Category: Programs
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2nd Annual Spartan Keyes Egg Hunt!
Author: Elizabeth Figueroa, Special Programs Manager Approaching its 2nd year, the Spartan Keyes Egg Hunt sprouted as a result of two community leaders enrolled in CommUniverCity’s CLP connecting about resources in their respective neighborhoods. Carmen Cautiverio from Northside Neighborhood put on her first Egg Hunt at the very spacious Backesto Park the previous year and…
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Raising Awareness Through Performance
Authors: Nicole Guzman & Katherine Cushing According to a 2017 study by the Pew Research Center, San Jose is one of the 20 metropolitan regions with the largest populations of undocumented residents in the U.S. Immigration concerns are some of the most pressing issues in our local community. As a way to raise awareness and…
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Delmas Park Open House: “Design your Delmas”
Author: Nicole Guzman, CommUniverCity Project Coordinator Over 70 people attended the Delmas Park Open House on December 5th at the Children’s Discovery Museum. This event allowed residents and other stakeholders to come together to discuss the existing community assets and outline future changes they would like to see in their community. We also support…
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How Growing Sustainably is Growing
Author: Nancy Nguyen, Public Ally and CommUniverCity Project Coordinator Silicon Valley is expanding and urbanizing at an exponential rate as the tech industry gears up to be one of the most powerful entities in the country, leading to the boom of high paying tech jobs, housing development, and business and commercial development. However, as prices…
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College Day: Overcoming Barriers to Walk through Doors of Opportunity
Author: Elizabeth Figueroa, Special Programs Manager Some of us are born into families who are trying to make their way up from a home with dirt floors. Some of us are born into families where our immediate post-high school financial contribution is valued more than a shot at college. And some of us are born…
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John Delacruz, not Textbook
Author: Lauren Chun Professor John Delacruz doesn’t teach like a typical professor, but that’s why his students love him. John Delacruz teaches creative advertising in the Department of Journalism & Mass Communications at San José State University and he is one of CommUniverCity’s biggest supporters and advocates for community-engaged learning in creative disciplines. “These…
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Delmas Park and CommUniverCity Partnership
Author: Nicole Guzman We are excited to announce a new partnership with the Delmas Park Neighborhood Association and CommUniverCity. One of our annual projects involves conducting a neighborhood satisfaction survey, and our focus area for this year is Delmas Park. On September 23, San José State University students from multiple departments, Political Science, Global Studies,…
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Engineering in Action Students Inspire Future Generations
Author: Danny Ludovina, Project Coordinator for Engineering in Action What can someone do with an education in the fields of STEM, or Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math? Why does learning how to log proper notes, choosing numerical formulas, or shaping structures matter to an elementary school child? We at CommUniverCity had these questions in mind…
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East Santa Clara Street Urban Village wins 2017 APA Award
Author: Lauren Chun, Communications Specialist When you walk along East Santa Clara Street, what do you think of? The unique shops? The mix of people that live along the corridor? Or maybe you just see the problems that need to be fixed. Unfortunately, there are things that need improvement. That’s why over 60 Urban and…
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Fountain Alley Design For All Showcase
Author: Nicole Guzman, Project Coordinator of Design For All After 5 months of planning and hosting community workshops, our SJSU Industrial Design students created 7 amazing street life models for the community and passerbys in Fountain Alley on May 15. This final showcase gave us the opportunity to gather more community feedback on how people…