Tag: downtown San Jose
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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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CommUniverCity celebrates the 10th anniversary of Luna Park Chalk Art Festival
Author: Nicole Guzman, Project Coordinator The weekend of September 16 was the Luna Park Chalk Art Festival’s 10 year anniversary! Of course, CommUniverCity came out to support and participate in all of the festivities. Our booth was right next to the stage, the perfect spot to interact with the chalk artists and watch the […]
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Student Spotlight: Marisela Castro
Author: Marisela Castro, SJSU Student Engaged-Learner, Guest Writer When people hear the word “activist” or “activism,” a myriad of different definitions may come to mind. You may immediately correlate the word with connotations like protesting and being disruptive or you may think of noted scholars in our history including Angela Davis, Malcolm X and Martin […]
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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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Dreams For A Lively, Vibrant, and Walkable Fountain Alley
Author: Nicole Guzman, Project Coordinator for Design For All What are some of your favorite places in Downtown San José? If you didn’t immediately think of Fountain Alley, you might just add it to your list after you hear about this special project known as Design For All. Design For All is an industrial design […]
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Get Out the Vote Mobilizes the Masses
Author: Nicole Guzman Happy Election Day! The US presidential election of 2016 is about to come to an end. Instead of focusing on the presidential candidates who have been busy with their campaigns, I will shift the focus to the cohort of students enrolled in the Political Participation (POLS 108) course at San José State. […]
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Community Leadership Program is on a Mission!
Author: Nicole Solis, Communications Specialist Margaret Mead once wrote, “never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Community leaders are emerging in downtown San José now more than ever. The Community Leadership Program (CLP) conducted a collaborative workshop on Thursday February […]
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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 to Table began, and how our efforts have addressed the issues of poverty, crime, neighborhood blight, and food security in the Central San José neighborhoods. We […]
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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 wonderful couple shared their backyard for three households to transform into a neighborhood garden. These households and community members will be determined in the coming […]