Tag: neighborhood
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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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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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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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Northside San José Installs Pop Up CurbSide Cafe
Author: Nicole Guzman, Project Coordinator for Northside Neighborhood Community Open House The final Northside Open House took place in the heart of Northside Neighborhood, Backesto Park. Carmen Cautiverio graciously hosted us at her center for the Downtown Enrichment Program. About 70% of attendees agreed that the Open House increased their knowledge of Northside’s issues, assets,…
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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 prepare for this session, students reviewed previous community plans, and presented their findings to the community. Community leaders were eager to share their thoughts. Community…
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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 the major themes and interests of the Greater Washington neighborhood. The meeting generated non-stop conversation about the neighborhood’s assets and needs among the thirty-five community…
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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, Zumba-thon, a Folklorico performance, and a visit from a clown. We also appreciate the Spartan Keyes Neighborhood for hosting live rock band The Rippoffs and Zumba.…
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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…