Neighborhoo Dof Opportunity

Neighborhoo d Of Opportunity ‘09-’10

Our Challenges Intensifying Inequality within our nation. Families of color, together, own 16 cents to the white family’s dollar. Wealth disparities mean we are squandering our nation’s most important resource: its people. These disparities stymie economic mobility, the freedom to innovate, and the reinvigoration of our economy.

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Our Challenges Declining Opportunity within our regions. Opportunity is key to building wealth. Unfortunately, opportunity is not evenly accessible within our region. Uneven opportunity means that inequities in wealth, health, job access, education, and neighborhood quality will intensify. As a result, all Americans suffer due to our linked fates.

The Urban Exodus Becoming a Nation of Suburbs Tax Policy

Housing Policy

Transit Policy

The Urban Exodus But, opportunity for who?

USC’s Development History USC is no exception

USC’s Good Neighbor Campaign USC has positive tradition of giving back to the community

Business as usual? What kind of campus can we be?

Build upon USC’s tradition of service & innovatio n?

Status Quo of City Decline?

Regional Equity Close Gaps, Increase Opportunities

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” –Einstein

NEXT STEPS BECOME the nation’s first campus to apply regional thinking. FULFILL USC’s mission to “meet pressing social needs.” GAIN new heights and attract students and professors. FORM genuine partnerships, connect opportunity, and help build and dream up a better society.

CC Trust Fund Promoting Housing & Economic Opportunity The Campus and Community Trust Fund holds, appreciates, and responsibly invests in community development opportunities for green, mixed-use affordable housing and economic development. Potential Partners: USC, FCCLT, Esperanza Housing Corporation, Genesis Korea Opportunity: CRA RFP Bethune Site & FCCLT Trust Fund

Examples: •University of South Florida & Tampa CDC, Nehemiah Project •Yale Dwight Fund •Harvard 20/20/2000 •SINA/Trinity Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative •Kenyon College Campus and Community Development Fund •Report Growth, not loss

Urban Opportunity Center Fostering Progressive Urban Education And Action The Urban Opportunity Center is a nexus for critical campus and community education about the root causes of urban inequality, a resource to connect action and solutions to address these causes by business, internship, and research opportunities, and a connector to key community issues, such as housing and jobs. Potential Partners: USC Office for Civic and Community Relations, USC Community Computing Center, JEP, CBLC, Volunteer Center, Minority Business Center, Work Source Center, Trust Fund UOC

Examples: •Connecticut College, Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy •University of Ohio’s Innovation Center

Student Voice Committee Integrating progressive policy goals in new USC developments The Student Voice Committee is a team of student representatives whose role is to integrate concerns and solutions into the USC Master Plan, affecting housing, retail, and supplier contracts, and closely tying a triple bottom line of meeting to campus and community needs, upholding environmental sustainability, and expanding socioeconomic opportunity. Potential Partners: USC, student organizations, University Student Government

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Examples: •UCLA and UC Berkeley Student Committee Systems

Community Mapping Tracking and Sharing Neighborhood-level Data to Inform and Evaluate policy Community Mapping involves (1) creating an open-source digital community mapping tool, (2) applying the tool to track and share neighborhood level data relevant to the community, such as residential displacement, quality of housing, and open space, (3) creating data and infrastructure that can increase community-serving research opportunities. Potential Partners: USC, student organizations, CBLC, Professors, Grad Studnets

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Examples: •UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge •Center for Community Mapping

Visions for Vermont Creating a Bottom-up & Neighborhood Focused Community Plan Visions for Vermont Community Plan is an innovative, resident-focused engagement in order to create a plan focused on the Vermont Corridor. The ultimate goal is to create a developmental framework supporting opportunity, such as quality businesses, housing, and jobs, and community needs and assets.

Examples: •NYC Community Plans

Potential Partners: USC Grad Students, USC Professors, Bilingual Students, USC CCR, Neighborhood Council

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CCU BASIC STRUCTURE Holistic Campus Organizing Administ ration/ BOT

Parents/ Alumni

Coalition-Building Advocacy, Resolutions, & Commitments to affect policy

O/L Students /Orgs

OffCampus Organizing & Strategy

Faculty/ Orgs

Figueroa Corridor Coalition (FCCEJ)

On Campus Impacts

Researc h Advocac y People’s Planning Fundraisi ng Commun ications

Media, Research, Grants, Innovation

LA’s First bottom-up Community Plan towards neighborhood opportunity

BOILING IT DOWN Campus Organizing

Community Organizing

Teams based on: •Coalition-building •Events •Advocacy •Strategy •Grants/Innovation Teams based on: •Research •Advocacy •People’s Planning Lab •Fundraising •Communications •Strategy

CCU PRINCIPLES

•Team Based •Leadership, Knowledge, & Skill Development •Rotation/Flexibility •Mentorship & Shared Learning •New Ideas welcomed

TAKE ACTION NEXT MEETING •Weekly Strategy Team, 4:00 PM, VKC 201 •Monthly Coalition Meeting, 6 PM, VKC 201 •Biweekly Goal Team Meetings, Ad-hoc based on interest

EASY ACTIONS

CONTACT US Email: [email protected] Phone: 213-537-5CCU Website: campusandcommunity.wordpress.com

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