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The Mystery of the rose in the Garden and other tales of Esperanza

The Art & Science program, working with the Health Program is planning a series of public garden projects.

These will involve:

• Creating an organic food garden in Estrella Park. This will provide healthy produce to those who might not otherwise be able to afford it. It will also promote a connection with the Earth and growing plants, which is often lacking in the city.

We also want to use companion planting to create a biologically healthy garden.

Companion planting… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Eve King on October 30, 2009 at 11:36pm — No Comments

Kid Watch Update



New beginnings—When Kid Watch kicked off this year with a Safety Task Force meeting, the fall trainings and school safety assemblies (with Jim Starr “the Singing Cop”), it also began with a new leader. Brigette Kidd (in grey jacket) has joined Kid Watch as the new program coordinator. As you can guess, she had her hands full right from the get go. But she has a good handle on things, and we know the program is in good hands. Another new face is… Continue

Added by Kathy Diaz on October 29, 2009 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Youth Orchestra Takes Center Stage / La Orquesta Juvenil brilla sobre el escenario

Caption: Students from St. Agnes Parish School participate in YOLA.

Dudamel fever spreads to EXPO Center

When Gustavo Dudamel, the new music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, made his “welcoming” appearance at the Hollywood Bowl on October 3, on hand were some lucky young musicians.



The EXPO Center Youth Orchestra, which is the first project of the Philnarmonic’s Youth Orchestra L.A. (YOLA), gave a rousing… Continue

Added by Kathy Diaz on October 29, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Headless Halloween and Deadly Dia De Los Muertos events in University Park and Expo Park neighborhoods

There are dozens of free, spooky and safe events in the around USC. Most of the schools in the area have costume parades and contests. The students at St. Vincent's Catholic School celebrate All Saints Day instead and the kids dress up as their favorite saint.



Here's a list of some we found (please add a comment with info of others you may know about):



Haunted House at Hoover Recreation Center



The officials Halloween Party Site for the City of… Continue

Added by University Park Family on October 26, 2009 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Congresswoman Roybal-Allard Christens New Military Social Work Program

The USC School of Social Work and the USC Institute of Creative Technologies held a reception to celebrate the school's new military social work and veteran services program, the first of its kind at a research university, and recognize Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard for helping secure $3.2 million in federal funding for its development.



"We will have the only program, thanks to Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard's work, that connects active research both in new forms of… Continue

Added by Meaghan Hardy on October 26, 2009 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Class Helps City’s Gang Prevention Efforts

Students enrolled in Adolescent Gang Intervention, one of the USC School of Social Work's more popular undergraduate courses, have been instrumental to Los Angeles city officials working on gang prevention and intervention strategies.



The year-old class focuses on providing foundational knowledge on gang life and culture, theories of gang involvement, historical context of gangs in Los Angeles, and current intervention and policies in areas addressing the gang… Continue

Added by Meaghan Hardy on October 26, 2009 at 12:03pm — No Comments

Fast food ban in South Los Angeles ending; next steps debated

As the fast-food restaurant ban comes to a close, the debate on whether it worked or if it was a good idea and what to do next has heated up.



One recent study by the Rand Corp. claims the density of fast-food chain restaurants per capita is actually higher in other parts of Los Angeles than in South… Continue

Added by University Park Family on October 20, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

USC creates interactive maps of neighborhood services

The detailed maps of neighborhood resources pinpoint the locations of schools, parks, churches, museums, heath care facilities and historic buildings.



Did you know all these parks are are in the USC University Park and Exposition Park neighborhoods:

* Jesse A. Brewer Jr. Park

* Denker Recreation Center

* Exposition Park Rose Garden

* Hoover Recreation Center

* Loren… Continue

Added by University Park Family on October 16, 2009 at 2:28pm — No Comments

USC called a good neighbor

Jacques Steinberg of the New York Times asks: Which institutions have the best relationships, fiscal and otherwise, with the communities in which they reside?



A college president compiled a list of college highlighting the good works of 25 colleges, called Saviors of Our Cities. The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and… Continue

Added by University Park Family on October 12, 2009 at 6:44pm — No Comments

South L.A. Community Plans Get Mixed Reviews

Hi,



My name is Callie Schweitzer, and I'm the community reporter for Neon Tommy, USC Annenberg's new digital news site. I've been covering the community for 2 years, and I have been lucky enough to get to know many of you.



Here's my latest story on the South L.A. Community Plans workshop.



http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/neontommy/2009/10/post-39.html



Please feel free to e-mail me at callie.schweitzer@neontommy.com if you have story ideas or things you… Continue

Added by Callie Schweitzer on October 7, 2009 at 2:39pm — 2 Comments

Clothing drive benefits locals seeking a job

WANTED: Clean, gently-used professional clothing for individuals looking for jobs, but cannot afford professional attire.

Donations can be delivered to the Southeast L.A.-Crenshaw Work Source Center at 3965 South Vermont Avenue or by calling (323) 730-7900.

In partnership with USC Employee Recruitment Services, USC Civic and Community Relations and the Southeast L.A.–Crenshaw WorkSource Center.

Added by University Park Family on October 5, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

CAAM in Exposition Park one of top 5 black history museums in America

The Washington Times put the California African-American Museum in Exposition Park at the top of the list.



The museum opened during the 1984 Olympic Games and has undergone a major remodeling. It has 19th-century landscapes, modern paintings from the Harlem Renaissance and memorabilia from the estate of Tom Bradley, the only black mayor of Los Angeles. National museum director Lonnie Bunch, who helped to establish the museum, told the paper that the… Continue

Added by University Park Family on October 2, 2009 at 4:08pm — No Comments

Mabuhay Festival celebrates Filipino-American cutlure

The 3rd Annual Mabuhay Festival is from 3pm-8pm, Saturday, Oct. 10, at McCarthy Quad on the USC campus to celebrate Pilipino American Heritage month.



Hosted by USC Troy Philippines, the Mabuhay Festival raises funds for "a God-centered, model microfinance nonprofit organizational charity" in the Philippines.



YouTubers… Continue

Added by University Park Family on October 2, 2009 at 2:24pm — No Comments

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