Greetings from Jenny Mayer-Glenn, UNP’s New Director
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Dear UNP Community: My name is Jennifer Mayer-Glenn, but please feel free to call me Jenny. I am honored to be the new director of University Neighborhood Partners.
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Go 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 MoreNew Westside Leadership Institute Pathways
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As the Westside Leadership Institute (WLI) celebrates 15 years of success building leadership skills among residents on Salt Lake City’s west side, the collaborating organizations behind it seek to increase the institute’s wrap-around services by expanding its length and breadth into a year-long leadership pathway.
Read MoreTheatre for Social Action at Hartland
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This past semester the Department of Theatre offered a flipped classroom course entitled Theatre for Social Action. The premise of the class was to focus on devising social action pieces with youth at the UNP Hartland Partnership Center, located in the Glendale neighborhood.
Read MoreThe 2019 Xipetotec Graduation & Upcoming Imaginemos Latinx Summit
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Casa Quetzalcoatl celebrated the 2019 Xipetotec Graduation this past June 1st. The event honored First Generation students, along with their families, for the important mile stone of high school graduation.
Read MoreThe West High Our CASA: A Thriving Educational Hub
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Although my time here at West High school hasn’t been very long, I have been welcomed with open arms. Our CASA is a program created through a partnership between University Neighborhood Partners and the Salt Lake City School District.
Read MoreThis Neighborhood is Not for Sale
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In the 2018 anniversary issue of Community Voices, we shared how residents and their partners have worked for a decade and a half to improve lives and strengthen community in Salt Lake City’s west side neighborhoods. The mural pictured above speaks to the very real concern that residents may not be able to enjoy the […]
Read MoreThe Case Management Certificate & Local to Global Social Work
Developed as a response to the initiative of resettled communities and UNP community partners, the College of Social Work’s Case Management Certificate program continues its commitment to community-driven pathways to education.
Read More“We are Hartland!” Youth Performance
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For the past few months at the UNP Hartland Partnership Center, four University of Utah Theatre Teaching students lead by Kelby McIntyre-Martinez worked with the Hartland Youth Center to put together a social action theatre piece, “We are Hartland!”
Read MoreJulianne Rabb Honored as Field Instructor of the Year
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This past week the University of Utah’s College of Social Work recognized and celebrated the important work and contributions of their field faculty and the students with
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