Economic Development and Urban Communities: A Quality of Life Conversation—Thursday, Nov. 17
Join residents, business executives, and community leaders in a UROC Critical Conversation on Economic Development and Urban Communities: A Quality of Life Conversation at 6 p.m. Thursday, November 17. The event will explore the connection between public and private investment in North Minneapolis and other urban communities and its impact on individual and community health, prosperity, and quality of life.
Understanding School Trauma
Katie Johnston-Goodstar studies education and development of urban and Native American youth.
Pioneering Health Care
Two UROC-based medical programs aim to prepare kids for health care careers and doctors for practice in a complex world
Community Day 2016: Celebrating Partnership
Join friends, community leaders, and University staff at the sixth annual UROC Community Day, an annual open house celebration of University-community partnerships. Meet the University staff and community partners behind UROC's Northside-based programs, tour the building and gallery, and enjoy free breakfast from local Minneapolis vendors.
Dameun Strange and Innovative Philanthropy
Dameun Strange joined the Bush Foundation’s Ron McKinley Philanthropy Fellowship in 2015 as part of an inaugural cohort of philanthropy leaders. A member of the foundation’s Community Innovation Program, Strange works to fund creative community problem-solving projects that drive collaborative, asset-based innovation in the Twin Cities and throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and 23 Native nations.
Power to Quit
Smoking is debilitating to any population, but it can be downright devastating to the more than 70 percent of homeless people who smoke. In addition to being deadly, the habit is often tied to other substance abuse issues, which can reinforce cycles of homelessness and dependency.
Lincoln Community School is poised to become a park-like neighborhood gateway and oasis with help from University-community partners and residents
George and Beverly Roberts, along with some of their neighbors, had already written to the Minneapolis school board expressing concern over the condition of North Minneapolis’ Lincoln Community School playground when, much to their happy surprise, they attended Community Day at the University of Minnesota Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center (UROC) and found staff there were working on the issue too.
Michael Goh and Peter Demerath are one of several Generation Next/UROC Faculty Fellows working to find solutions to Minnesota’s achievement gap
It’s a familiar story—across the country, white students are doing better academically than their classmates of different races and ethnicities who typically have lower test scores and higher dropout rates. This “achievement gap,” as it is commonly called, is particularly evident in Minnesota, where the gap between the performance of white students and students of color is among the highest in the nation.
UROC’s after-school program helps young people discover community involvement
Listen up adults: If you want young people to become active, eager contributors to their communities, one of the first things you need to do is figure out who you have to be in order to help them do that. Ross VeLure Roholt, an associate professor in the University’s School of Social Work in the College of Education and Human Development learned that early in his career while working with youth.
Listening, building trust is key to UROC’s Trauma Recovery Project
Insightful conversation is known for sparking positive change. So it seems fitting that the Trauma Recovery Project, launched last spring by the University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC), hinges on conversations with North Minneapolis residents and faith leaders, community-based professionals and University scholars.