University Park Family serves the Los Angeles neighborhoods around USC and Expo Park. A University of Southern California partnership.
Events
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Neighborhood Council elections
March 27, 2010 from 2pm to 8pm – Hoover Recreation Center
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March of Dimes March For Babies run walk in Expo Park
April 24, 2010 from 7am to 11am – Exposition Park
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AMGEN Tour of California
May 22, 2010 from 1pm to 6pm – Starts at LA Live
Forum
Outdoor gyms help people get in shape in South Los Angeles and University Park
Started by Eddie in Sample Title Mar 2.
USC and Community News | Noticias comunitarias y la USC
Started by Kathy Diaz in Sample Title Feb 24.
South LA gets a giant aquarium - Ecosystems to open at the California Science Center in Expo Park
Started by Eddie in Sample Title Feb 23.
Google coming to South LA?
Started by Eddie in Uncategorized Feb 18.
Free USC basketball clinic for the girls in your life
Started by Eddie in Sample Title Feb 17.
Birthdays
Birthdays Tomorrow
USC in the Community News
A Future Free of Boundaries
It’s a special moment when a former student sends a postcard from Sweden, an e-mail from Egypt or a text from Brazil.USC Makes Honor Roll for Community Service
USC has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.Architecture Brigades Complete Project
USC School of Architecture students, in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Global Architecture Brigades, recently returned from Panama, where they completed their first project.Record-Setting Good Neighbors Campaign
The 2009 USC Good Neighbors Campaign, launched in October in tough recessionary times, exceeded its goal with a record $1.2 million given by USC faculty and staff.Not Taking Education for Granted
The USC Neighborhood Academic Initiative was awarded a $250,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation, a private foundation that “seeks to influence the quality of life for future generations.”Resources, restaurants and respites
Bacaro LA Wine Bar
The 2-9 Cafe
Rosso's Pizzeria
Ragazzi Room
The Shrine Farmers Market
Tuesdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Royals and Jefferson
Expo Center / CSU Produce Stand
Thursdays 3 - 5 pm
3980 Menlo Ave. at Martin Luther King Blvd. in front of the pool
F.A.M.E. Church Farmers Market, parking lot on the southwestern corner, every Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Expo Park Farmers Market
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturdays
South lawn of Natural History Museum
Adams/Vermont Farmers Market
2 - 5 p.m. Wednesdays
1432 W. Adams
323-777-1755
L.A. Urban Oasis Farmers Market
5010 11th Avenue
323-291-8748
7 a.m. - 2 p.m. Saturdays
Central Avenue
8 a.m. - noon Saturdays
Carver Middle School
4410 McKinley at Vernon 90011
Trojan Fresh Market
USC campus - Alumni Park
Expo Center - an Olympic-sized pool, a kids pool with water features and a gym
Expo Park Farmers Market
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturdays
South lawn of Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum of LA CountyRose GardenAhmanson Senior Center
Parsons Preschool
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Spring Sports 2010 - EXPO Center
Posted by Kathy Diaz on March 8, 2010 at 12:29pm
African American Men's Health and Empowerment Summit Saturday features Norm Nixon, Olden Polynice, Dick Gregory
Who: "The View's" Sherri Shepherd, health activist Dick Gregory, former Los Angeles
Laker Norm Nixon, r&b artist Charlie Wilson, Rosie Greer and Olden Polynice
When: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 8:00 am to 3:00 p.m.
Where: The Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa ,Concourse Hall, Los… Continue
Posted by Eddie on February 25, 2010 at 8:32pm
Free tuition to nursing school; Vermont Senior Housing now open; Free H1N1 flu vaccines Friday and Saturday;
If
you know of anyone between 18-28 years old, interested inthe Nursing
field, University of the District of Columbia(UDC) is offering FREE
tuition, FREE books, a $250 monthlystipend, and guaranteed job
placement as a nurse atProvidence Hospital upon graduation (it's a 3
year program)with a starting salary of $40,000.
The program is recruiting new students now!! Please contact Ms. Beshon Smith (202) 266-5481 or… Continue
Posted by Eddie on February 25, 2010 at 8:00pm
Kid Watch is Busy Busy, Busy
Busy, Busy, Busy—Boy, has Kid Watch been busy this year! Brigette Kidd, program coordinator of the program, reports the many activities in which the program has been involved. Here’s a partial list of what and where Kid Watch has been active: October trainings, the Anti-graffiti Poster Contest, recess tables at Norwood, back-to-school nights at Weemes and Norwood, the Halloween carnival at Weemes, and recruitment table
… ContinuePosted by Kathy Diaz on February 24, 2010 at 11:45am
What Money Can’t Buy | Lo que no se puede adquirir con dinero
Posted by Kathy Diaz on February 24, 2010 at 11:41am — 2 Comments
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TRANSFORM LA
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Leimert Park Beat
Jackie's Bag
JACKIE’S BAG
When Jackie McLean first appeared on the scene
he swung it like nobody else;
He stood all alone, with that bittersweet tone,
owing nobody, only himself.
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With his furious attack he could take you back
…A Swingin' Affair
A Swingin’ Affair
I was told as a child Blacks had no worth, not a nickel’s worth of dimes. I believed that myth
til Dex rode in with his ax in double time.
His horn was soarin’, the changes flyin’, his rhythm right on time; my heart beat with the pleasure of new found pride, knowing, his blood flowed through mine.
…Mr. President: By Refusing to Look Back, You're Jeopardizing What Lies Before Us
And the Implosion Begins . . .
And the Implosion Begins . . .
Well, I guess Tavis is about to get a little taste of what it means to be held accountable. The article below also speaks to the issue of Tavis' ego. It discusses how he attempted to purchase the honor of having the communication school bear his name.
One would think that the naming of schools would be based on merit rather than largess. After all,
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MILES
We knew him as Miles, the Black Prince of style, his nature fit jazz to a tee.
Laid back and cool, a low threshold for fools, he set the tone of what a jazzman
should be.
Short on words, and unperturbed, about what the people thought;
frozen in time, drenched in the sublime, of the passion
his sweet horn had wrought.
Solemn to the bone,
…Echo Park Online
Take credit for making an Echo Park band famous: Send Cinderella Motel to SXSW
CINDERELLA MOTEL – you know those rock, post-punk, cabaret indie darlings – has a new video for their single, ‘Automatic Pleasure’ that we’d like everyone to see. You can discover some new music and perhaps send them to play at The Roxy in Austin for SXSW. Please support local businesses, and that includes local musicians and [...]Echo Park Public Displays of Art Walk
Please join Echo Park Online and Art Needs Freedom next Saturday February 6th from 12-6pm! A message from the creator Heather Mendoza: I am creating a sidewalk gallery “Art Hop” in Echo Park and would love for YOU to be a part of it! A one day event that will turn the neighborhood of Echo Park [...]Hip Hop Tonight
This just in from our friends at LA Stereo! Come support dope artists this Tuesday: El Prez, Diz Gibran, Tiron, Hollyweerd, Spree Wilson, Mikkey Halsted, LEP Bogus Boys, GRPPLyaz. We’ll be there. Look out also for Leaders of The New Cool, they are rolling out a series of concerts in different cities.Echo Park fruit tree giveaway
Echo Park fruit tree giveaway On January 16, 2010, free fruit trees –including apple, peach, plum, apricot, nectarine and orange trees — will be distributed at Delilah Bakery (1665 Echo Park Avenue) in Echo Park from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Trees can be reserved in advance, and need to be picked up by 4:30 p.m. Unreserved [...]About
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Schools
Manual Arts High School became an Innovation Design School in 2008
32nd Street/USC Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School is one of the the most popular magnet schools in the LAUSD
John W. Mack Elementary School opened in 2005 and is named in honor of the man who headed the Los Angeles Urban League for 36 years
Lenicia B. Weemes Elementary School
Norwood Street Elementary School has its own Farmers Market
Vermont Avenue Elementary School
St. Vincent School opened in 1911 and is the second oldest school in Los Angeles
City Services and Elected Officials
Councilwoman Jan Perry and her personal website.
Councilman Bernard Parks.
County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.
North Area Neighborhood Development Council website and blog.
The Honorable Bernard Parks
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