Partnering with Faculty for Deeper Youth Engagement
My name is Ana Antunes. I am an Assistant Professor & Lecturer in Gender Studies and a Youth Engagement & Leadership Coordinator working with University Neighborhood Partners.
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A Focus on Youth & Families: Bridging University and Community Wellbeing
There is some exciting energy building with a family engagement partnership between the Hartland Youth Center and the Hartland Bridge Training Clinic (UNP and the U of U’s College of Social Work). This partnership is focused on home visits to families in the Hartland neighborhood from a team of social workers and Youth Center staff, […]
Read MoreBuilding Deeper Knowledge Systems at UNP
In 2018, UNP took stock of its work over the previous 15 years by celebrating partner and partnership accomplishments. UNP also looked ahead to the future by engaging west side residents and university stakeholders in the creation of a new long-range strategic plan.
Read MoreThe Westside Coalition and a Shifting West Side Narrative
The Westside Coalition is a social welfare organization that advocates for residents living on the west side of Salt Lake City. The Coalition fights for health, safety, and quality of life for its residents.
Read MoreStrategies for a Shared Future: UNP’s Long-Range Plan
The following post is an exerpt from UNP’s most recent issue of it’s Community Voices magazine.
Read MoreA Study in Social Interventions at Hartland
Districts and after school programs throughout the United States grapple with ways to best serve their students. For some students, growth and progress come through various school and after school community partnership experiences.
Read MoreGo Girlz Summer Camp Wrap Up
Friday, August 9 was our last day of Go Girlz Summer Camp 2019. It was our first year piloting a summer program for 14-15 years olds transitioning into high school.
Read MoreStudents Bridging University & Community Social Work
The Hartland Bridge Training Clinic is a partnership with the University of Utah’s College of Social Work based at the UNP Hartland Partnership Center. This group of undergraduate and graduate social work students (plus a few missing) clocked over 4200 hours this past year! Students focus on health and wellness partnership building and support, including […]
Read MoreGrowing Our Own Teachers
Jacque Tovar has been a paraeducator in Salt Lake City’s schools for over 20 years. As a youth, Jacque struggled in school. She and her parents — a Mexican immigrant father and a white mother — were forced to move year after year into new school boundaries. Today, Jacque works tirelessly on behalf of students, […]
Read MoreThoughts Before Parting: Sandwiches and Accordions
I’ve been thinking a lot about sandwiches lately. And accordions. The 17 years I’ve been at UNP have been like that huge intake of breath of an accordion, filled with possibility, energy and excitement. It’s been such fun, and such an honor, to be part of the creation and growth of UNP, to be part […]
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