In Summer 2008, Kimberlie Kranich, outreach coordinator and co-director of the Youth Media Workshop (YMW) at WILLAM-FM-TV in Champaign, IL, began working with program evaluator Holly Downs of the University of Illinois College of Education and her…
Investigates survey methodologies and non-response reasons for low-income African-Americans in North Champaign, especially around the Douglas Community Center.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate an after school program that is designed
to meet the specific needs of African American youth. The program is called the
Academic Cultural Enrichment (ACE) Mentorship Program and is sponsored, in part,…
Recognizing that racial segregation often takes
place in leisure spaces, we sought to gain a greater understanding of African
Americans who specifi cally seek out leisure settings that are linked
to their sub-population. Th us, the purpose of this…
Website of the now defunct Urban Exchange Center, an initiative of the University of Illinois in partnership with the Urban League of Champaign County. This site is preserved at the Internet Archive.
CHAMPAIGN – With 13 school days left in the existing Washington Elementary School building, students, parents and teachers – past and present – celebrated the school's 50-plus years of history.
Jazz Threads commemorates the history, celebrates the present, and builds the future of the vibrant American art form of jazz on a local level. Long committed to bringing artists into deeper contact with the diverse constituencies of…
