Steering Committee Year in Review of 2012-2013
On September 6, 2013, we held our first fall Steering Committee meeting, where we welcomed Joan Rivas-Cosby as Chair, Norberto Dueñas as Vice-Chair, renewed the membership of Sami Monsur and […]
Speed Screenings and Record Clearance: Changing Lives One Petition at a Time
Ulviya Gamidova and Francisco Padilla started school at San José State University early this year. In mid-August 2013, they and other advanced students in the Record Clearance Project began interviewing
Five Wounds Area Urban Village Plans
Over 80 community members and leaders attended the draft presentation on September 17, 2013 of the Five Wounds Area Urban Village Plans (Roosevelt Park, Five Wounds, 24th and William Street,
Grand Opening of The Hub
On Wednesday, September 11, 2013, San José State Urban Planning students held their first meeting of the open urban planning studio “The Hub” (“el Centro”) with Greater Washington community leaders. To
Learn about Covered California and the impact of Affordable Care Act on Immigrants
We are partnering with Our Lady of La Vang Parish to provide educational workshops to improve community health at their annual Health Fair. Through our partnership with Our Lady of
35 Community Leaders Collaborate with SCU and SJSU to Empower the Greater Washington Community
This Tuesday, on August 13, 2013, we partnered with Santa Clara University (SCU) to host our first collective meeting with the Greater Washington community. We invited community-based organizations to share
National Night Out 2013 at Spartan Keyes & Washington Neighborhood
We all deserve vibrant, healthy, and safe neighborhoods. Thank you Washington Neighborhood and Santa Maria Urban Ministry for hosting National Night Out at the Washington Youth Center. Families enjoyed a magic show,
Volunteers Removed 55 Bags of Trash from the Five Wounds Trail
Happy Trails! Last Saturday, our Pathways: Friends of Five Wounds/ Brookwood Terrace (FWBT) Trails cleaned up the Five Wounds Trail along Coyote Creek thanks to the partnership of organizations
Bearing fruit with Garden to Table – Growing Sustainably
Our program and partnership Growing Sustainably – Garden to Table, was featured this Saturday August 3, 2013 in L.A. Times by Lee Romney on the story of how Garden
Clearing Backyard for a New Neighborhood Garden
This weekend we partnered with Garden to Table and the Downtown Streets Team to engage community members to volunteer and help clear out our next neighborhood community garden. A