City officials and business groups continue to reach out to the USC Universtiy Park neighborhood to gauge the community's desires for the area's future.
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We want the people behind the plan,” Gabriela Garcia, a community organizer for the Neighborhood Land Trust, told Ariele Pratt of the Daily Trojan
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Added by University Park Family on November 19, 2009 at 11:30am —
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Campus and Community are throwing an event to discuss the Visions for Vermont Community Plan initiative - led by the Figueroa Corridor Coalition, a group of 25 local neighborhood organizations.
Date: Friday, November 13, 2009
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Mercado La Paloma
3655 South Grand Avenue (Right across the DMV)
On their Facebook site,…
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Added by University Park Family on November 12, 2009 at 6:55am —
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Market Makeovers helps guide people who want to convince the
corner store to carry more healthy food, such as
non-fat milk, bananas and apples.
South L.A. Healthy Eating Active Communities Initiative and Public Matters (where I did my internship this sumnmer) have worked with the…
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Added by University Park Family on November 4, 2009 at 11:04am —
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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…
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Added by Elizabeth Eve King on October 30, 2009 at 11:36pm —
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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…
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Added by Kathy Diaz on October 29, 2009 at 1:01pm —
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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…
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Added by Kathy Diaz on October 29, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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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…
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Added by University Park Family on October 26, 2009 at 2:55pm —
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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…
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Added by Meaghan Hardy on October 26, 2009 at 12:15pm —
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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…
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Added by Meaghan Hardy on October 26, 2009 at 12:03pm —
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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 —
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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…
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Added by University Park Family on October 16, 2009 at 2:28pm —
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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…
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Added by University Park Family on October 12, 2009 at 6:44pm —
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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…
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Added by Callie Schweitzer on October 7, 2009 at 2:39pm —
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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 —
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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…
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Added by University Park Family on October 2, 2009 at 4:08pm —
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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…
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Added by University Park Family on October 2, 2009 at 2:24pm —
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As the city faces a $400 million deficit,
officials are looking for places to cut. And one place for the axe to fall a – neighborhood councils, a system of 89 councils scattered throughout the city that are designed tto serve as liaisons between communities and elected officials,
"When you're $400 million in debt, that luxury may have to wait until another day,"
Al…
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Added by University Park Family on September 29, 2009 at 2:51pm —
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L.A.U.S.D.'s Garfield High will soon be eligible for a takeover because of persistent academic failure, a high-level district source has told venerable L.A. Times reporter Howard Blume.
That means
a charter school can now manage Garfield.
The East Los Angeles campus of 4,600…
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Added by University Park Family on September 25, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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Visions for Vermont, a project aimed at redrafting of the city's development plans, met last week as the
30 neighborhood residents who showed up spoke for the tens of thousands who live in the area, according to a story by
Neon Tommy reporter Callie Schweitzer.
They wanted more affordable housing, better schools, repaved sidewalks,…
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Added by University Park Family on September 21, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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South Central Farmers said that on Friday Sept. 18 Mayor Villaraigosa would need to sign an ordinance changing the way the City assesses fees to "Special Events", including local certified Farmers' Markets.
Farmers Markets…
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Added by University Park Family on September 20, 2009 at 11:43pm —
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