Tag: Community
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Summer Gardening Recap 2022
Over the summer of 2022, CommUniverCity SJSU hosted its third annual gardening workshop series, which entailed three in-person workshops and free gardening kits for 30 families. Pico de Gallo, a popular Latin recipe made of tomatoes, onions, and cilantro often used as a dip or a topping was the centerpiece of these workshops. Community residents […]
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What are “Promotores”?
Have you heard of promoters? If you are thinking about the promoters in your DNA, that’s not the ones we are talking about. The model we are talking about are Promotores! Promotores are leaders, residents, and helpers in their community. CommUniverCity has had the opportunity to expand on this model. This opportunity was available because […]
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SJSU Campus Community Garden: A Hidden, Local Gem for Both Residents and Students
In mid-May, a little over a dozen of children from Olinder Elementary School’s CORAL after school program took a trip to an urban farm. The destination? Our very own San Jose State Campus Community Garden. The SJSU Campus Community Garden is located on San Salvador St. across the street from the Campus Village housing, and […]
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Guadalupe River Park and Gardens Assessment
Written by the Spring 2022 SJSU URBP295 Students. Lecturers: Rick Kos and Ahoura Zandiatashbar. Spring 2022 SJSU URBP295 students take a group photo underneath the San Jose State University sign on San Salvador St. Located a few blocks west of Downtown San José, the Guadalupe River Park rests along the banks of the Guadalupe River […]
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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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Recruiting Potential CommUniverCitans at the Community Connections Fair
In late February, CommUniverCity connected SJSU students, staff, and faculty to windows of community involvement opportunities during the Spring 2022 Community Connections Fair. The Community Connections Fair hosted by Center for Community Learning & Leadership took place on February 23 from 10AM-1:30PM, where CommUniverCity Department Analyst Matthew Snyder and Brenda Flores, Masters in Public Health […]
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Veggielution’s SoFA Pocket Park: A Perfect Project Uplifting the Community Through Research and Core Partners
By SJSU URBP295 Students: Matt Gustafson, Xio Aguirre, Jean Reynolds, Ana Lopez At the southern edge of downtown San José lies an arts district known locally as SoFA (South of First Area). In recent years the area has seen an influx of investment activity as developers set their sights on the highly gentrifiable landscape. Enter […]
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Anatomy of a CommUniverCity Priority
Author: Elizabeth Figueroa The year was 2009, and I was a struggling student in pursuit of a ‘fit’. I was testing a fifth major at San Jose State University while working a retail job under an admirable mentor who positioned me to meet other admirable people in the City of San Jose’s Strong Neighborhoods Initiative […]
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Imelda Rodriguez, Building Community through Sustainability
Author: Katherine Cushing Imelda Rodriguez is the Community Director for CommUniverCity San Jose (CUC). Before joining CUC, Imelda worked for a Fortune 500 company specializing in organizational development. After working for decades as a corporate executive, Imelda moved to San Jose, California to care for her mother, who had been diagnosed with leukemia. “When I […]
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Dayana Salazar, Latina Leader in Sustainability
Author: Katherine Cushing Professor Salazar has been a part of San Jose State University’s Urban and Regional Planning Department for over 20 years as well as CommUniverCity since its inception 11 years ago. Dayana has served as the driving force behind CommUniverCity San Jose, a university-based public-private partnership aimed at creating great neighborhoods in disadvantaged communities […]