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We support and propel the implementation of neighborhood revitalization activities in the City of Rochester while broadening and deepening the educational experience for RIT students. The mission is accomplished with community partners by:
- Facilitating the discovery of new knowledge and the application of existing knowledge through community-based participatory action research that results in co

mmunity revitalization, builds upon community assets, and fosters the intellectual and social development of students.
- Focusing the discovery process on the study of everyday life in Rochester neighborhoods, determining what residents want to change, developing a plan to accomplish change, and carrying out the plans.
- Strengthening RIT faculty competencies to implement community-based participatory research into teaching practice.
- Promoting student participation, building an ethic of civic engagement and community involvement in professional practice and resident-led asset-based community development.
- Transferring innovative appropriate technology from the University to the community.

06/27/2023

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09/15/2018

Transforming vacant land in to jewels of the neighborhood!
Sofrito Celebration with the Marketview Heights Collective Action Project today!

09/09/2018

It was an extraordinarily projective day for the RIT Alumni Global Day of Service at the Children’s Garden on 1st Street! Thanks to all the MVHCAP residents, RIT Alumni and Students and personnel who came out to harvest, tend the garden and paint the sign!!!

08/31/2018

RIT Alumni Global Day of Service is Saturday, September 8th, 2018 9am to 12pm—RIT UCP and MVHCAP are excited to have RIT alumni, family and friends join us at the Children’s Garden located at 127 First Street, Rochester NY 14605 to help harvest and tend the garden. Join us and sign up at: alumni.rit.edu/gds18fs

08/08/2018

Conducting interviews to document and archive the wonderfully diverse stories and living histories of northeast Rochester.

08/03/2018

Students gave wonderful presentations at the RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium today!

08/02/2018

Prepping for tomorrow’s RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium! Come listen to the important research students have been undertaking.

07/31/2018

The “Field to Table Project” is a collaboration in its 9th year with the residents from Marketview Heights Collective Action Project and RIT-UCP. This summer they are conducting a community-based participatory research project of the Children’s Garden. Findings of this active research will be presented at the RIT Undergraduate Symposium.

06/20/2018

Amanda, 4th Yr. Psychology major is working with Martin and the Marketview Heights Collective Action Project on the Field to Table Project. In its 8th season, this project partners RIT students with adult and teen residents as the leadership team to teach children and their families where there food comes from, gardening skills, nutrition, physical activity and creativity. The large variety of pesticide-free food grown is reflective of the diverse community that has resided in South Marketview Heights.

05/17/2018

Getting ready for an exciting Engaged Scholarship Symposium co-sponsored with RIT Universtiy Community Partnerships and NY Campus Compact!

05/07/2018

Sustainable Communities class partnering with Project HOPE to research repurposing city owned vacant lots, gave their final presentations on May 4, 2018. Graduate students in the class explored what other similar sized cities’ land use policies and practices have been.

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92 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY
14623

Website

http://www.rit.edu/cla/ucp/

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