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UIUC Champaign/Urbana Area Revitalization Project: A discussion of why Champaign/Urbana
lacks a Community based revitalization program

Powerpoint Presentation for Urban Planning course. Ethnography of the University Course. Features summary of ESLARP and similar projects in the Champaign-Urbana area.

Tags: University Community

â€œThe longer I live here the more I see itâ€: Exploring length of residence, group identification and race-related stress among black Caribbean immigrants

This study explored the relationships among length of residence, group identification (racial and ethnic identity) and race-related stress for a sample of Black Caribbean immigrants (n = 96). Participants were recruited through university student…

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Community As Curriculum: Youth Community Informatics

Teachers' Manual. Includes sections on Youth Community Informatics Projects in Champaign-Urbana on pages 37-40.

Tags: Education

SLATE Summer Conference: Job Discrimination

The three weeks from April 6th to April 26th saw a bloodless revolution take place in Champaign-Urbana, home of the University of Illinois. It was a relatively quiet revolution amongst the 40,000 inhabitants. In fact, except for a few lines, it…

Tags: History

LETTER CONCERNING RACE RELATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

The University of Illinois enrolled approximately 120 black students in the fall of 1937. A group of around forty students, half white and half black, were attempting to end discrimination at area Champaign-Urbana restaurants. Mixed groups of these…

Tags: Racism

News-Gazette clippings, December 11-17 2010

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Community Engagement @ Illinois: Unedited Source Material

Unedited texts Community Engagement @ Illinois: Connecting Research and Service at the University of Illinois. These documents are the unedited submissions that were excerpted for the final published volume, available at:…

Tags: Campus Community, Education, Youth