2004 Campus-Community Partnerships

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Team Up! UCLA & Ujima Village: U2 Can Make a Difference

Abstract:

The Team Up partnership between Residential Life and Ujima Village began in the fall of 2003. Since that time the partnership has developed into a number of learning opportunities. While still in the process of developing the work, we are excited about what we have accomplished and we recognize that discontinuing the work at the end of this year would be unfortunate for the UCLA students, the Ujima community and the UCLA community. We have found ways to support some aspects of the work but are requesting support for transportation.

We propose to continue our work by focusing on Saturday programs and homework help. We would like to investigate working on a community based technology program. While our primary focus in 2003-2004 was with the elementary school children, in the upcoming year, we plan to expand our program to systematically include both the high school population and the parents. Our goals remain that students will develop a deeper understanding of their community and privilege. This partnership will grow the whole student: a civic minded and aware student who provides service that leads to individual and community sustainability while maintaining a UCLA connection with the South Los Angeles community of Ujima.