Sometimes something beautiful grows in the ugliest of places. …
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Impact Stories
Beautiful Growth at UNP
2020 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award
APLU names University of Utah 2020 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award Winner…
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Improving Schools by Investing in Local Educators
The Grow Your Own Educators partnership has just published its second annual report…
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An Important Message for the UNP Community
As a department of the University of Utah we are following recommended strategies to reduce the spread of the coronavirus (COVID 19). …
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Parents Sharing Power in Salt Lake City Schools
By the Family-School Collaboration Design Research Project
If you attended parent-teacher conferences at a west side school this past fall, you may have been handed a small comic book about School Community Councils (SCC). That comic — and the parent leaders who handed them out — are part of a community-based research project working to increase family voice in school decision making….
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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, increasing trusting relationships and student support….
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Building 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. …
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The 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. …
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Strategies 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.
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