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USU Learning Network: Two Free Webinars for USU Members in October on Characterizing

The Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) is offering two webinars on why and how universities use neighborhood data as part of their urban serving mission. You are welcome to attend one or both. The webinars’ purpose is to enable USU institutions, both those who engage in neighborhood data collection and analysis and those looking to get started, to learn from each other through sharing current practices, innovative tools, and solutions to common problems. The webinar covers the following issues: 1) why universities engage in neighborhood data collection; 2) what data is collected; 3) how the data is shared both across the university and with the wider community; 4) how neighborhoods are engaged throughout the process; and 5) why non-university partners get excited about this work.

To register for these webinars, please contact Adrianne Thomas at athomas@aplu.org.

Webinar 1: Characterizing Neighborhood Change with Data: The Role of University Centers

Date: October 5, 2011, 2:00-3:30 EST
Presenters:

  • IUPUI, John Krauss, Director, Indiana University Public Policy Institute and Director, IU Center for Urban Policy and the Environment
  • University of Memphis, Phyllis Betts, Director, Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action
  • University of Minnesota, Jeff Matson, Lead, Community GIS Effort, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs and Heidi Barajas, Executive Director, Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center
  • San Jose State University, Dayana Salazar, Executive Director, CommUniverCity, Imelda Rodriguez, Community Director, and Paul Pereira, Neighborhood Team Manager, City of San José.

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Webinar 2: Characterizing Neighborhood Change with Data: Select Projects

Date: October 12, 2011, 2:00-3:30 EST
Presenters:

  • CSU Fresno, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Assistant Professor, Kremen School of Education and Human Development, Experiences of Central California Latino Males: Leaders and Youth Recollecting Despair and Success in Barrios and Schools
  • San Francisco State University, Gerald Eisman, Director, Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, Engaged Learning Zones: Building Neighborhood Resilience through Community Service Learning
  • University of Akron, Eric Johnson, Executive Director, University Park Alliance, Strategic Neighborhood Plan
  • University of Massachusetts, Boston, Donna Haig Friedman, Director, Center for Social Policy, Tim Davis, Research Associate, Center for Social Policy, The Fairmount Initiative.

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Additional Resources

Making Connections Community Development Initiative

National Neighborhood Indicators Project