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Tacoma, WA
Community Engagement and Public Service Activities
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Action Mapping Project (AMP)
Community Engagement Activity
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The Action Mapping Project empowers youth to transform their everyday experience and neighborhood knowledge into information that can be used to advocate for change. AMP aims to motivate action that reflects the interests, culture, and priorities of local youth. AMP provides STEAM training and pathways to higher education for high-school community mappers.
Three goals:
1) Annual production of participatory data representing experience and perception of all middle school and high school aged youth in Tacoma
2) Establish educational 'Action Mapping Centers' in all five comprehensive Tacoma high schools where youth earn high school credit to participate in AMP,
3) Generate action plans for neighborhood change initiatives based on data produced by youth.
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Youth Agents of Change: Youth Participatory Action Research Project Partnership
Community Engagement Activity
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Dr. Hershberg from the University of Washington Tacoma, as well as Dr. Stephen Ross from the University of Washington Tacoma, is collaborating with Executive Director LaTasha Rodriguez-Jackson from the organization Restore, Assemble, Produce (RAP) and youth engaged in their organization, to develop a Race and Equity plan that the Kent Police Department will intent to implement in the very near future. In addition, through this project, youth participants with investigate topics related to police-community violence, engage in dialogue with members of the KPD who are also interested in racial equity, and design their own research project related to this topic. As part of their research, they will gain skills in data collection, analysis, and civic engagement. Dr. Hershberg and additional members of the adult allies team (who include a former UWT Student Joshua Little, and soon-to-be identified Research Assistants from UWT), as well as a leader in the Kent Community, Ronald Jonhnson, will also work together to document how this YPAR process is impacting important youth development experiences and outcomes, including sense of empowerment, critical consciousness, and psychosocial well-being. The research documentation side of this work will also be used to support future RAP-YPAR efforts as YPAR has become a main arm of their programming.
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Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC)
Community Engagement Activity
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I serve as the Vice President of APCC. In additional to board related functions, I also chair the steering committee which organizes the Annual New Year celebration with more than 10,000 people in attendance. I also chair the Fund Development Committee and the Building Project Committee. I have been part of APCC for more than 20 years.
Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) is a center for cultural exchange providing programs and services that promote the greater awareness, understanding, equity, and inclusion of the Asian and Pacific Islander people. This community includes immigrants, refugees, children and youth, seniors and elders, low-income, and all groups who are a part of the Asia Pacific community. Our founders recognized the need for cross-cultural understanding in their community, and in 1996 they founded APCC to address this need.
They are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization located in Tacoma, Washington, serving the Greater Puget Sound and beyond. APCC proudly represents and serves the Asia Pacific people from 47 different countries, providing a wide range of programs and activities, many of which are free or very low cost of admission. APCC brings people together in the spirit of acceptance and understanding, helping to build a stronger, healthier, more vibrant community for present and future generations.
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Strengthening the South Sound Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Community Engagement Activity
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In May 2023, UW Tacoma hosted a community conference around entrepreneurship, convening a network of incubators, accelerators, funders, investors, industry groups, and economic development agencies for a conference in May. Nearly 100 entrepreneurs and community leaders attended to share their ideas and experiences. The event, created by Jill Purdy in partnership with the Economic Development Board of Tacoma/Pierce County and the William Factory Incubator, was an opportunity for attendees to network, learn from one another, and brainstorm ways to enhance the ecosystem for entrepreneurs. Participants generated numerous ideas for improving access to resources, mentoring, and funding and strengthening support for entrepreneurs. Data collected at the conference will contribute to The BEE Project research currently being conducted by scholars Christina Theodoraki and Winifred Soribe on the South Sound entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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Coho pre-spawn mortality in Swan Creek
Community Engagement Activity
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This project brings college and middle school students together to learn how to estimate two important metrics: the number of coho salmon spawning in Swan Creek (aka "escapement), and the rate at which coho salmon are dying before they spawn (broadly called "pre-spawn mortality").
Undergraduate students from UW Tacoma also teach the community about their capstone project by participating in Salmon Saturday events hosted by Tacoma Metro Parks.
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Puget Sound Clean Cars Stormwater Partnership
Community Engagement Activity
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This government-industry-academic advisory and discussion workgroup was focused on understanding the role of automotive products in water quality impairment. The group worked to identify causes of stormwater pollution and discussed possible solutions.
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UW Tacoma was borne of an engaged community, which continues to inform our orientation today. We recognize that the most successful UW Tacoma community partnerships are transformative and result in each partner achieving more together than they can alone. Within our strategic plan, we acknowledge that partnerships flourish when they are supported with infrastructure including organizational processes, communication channels, staffing, and funding.
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