Appreciation Luncheon for Homeless Count and Survey Volunteers 
On Friday, April 16 an Appreciation Luncheon was given in honor of the more than 60 student volunteers from Fuller Seminary that helped complete the City of Pasadena 2010 Homeless Count and Homeless Survey. Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard presented a Certificate of Recognition to Fuller Seminary President Richard Mouw that expressed the City's appreciation of the student's efforts. Other City officials and community leaders expressed their appreciation as well. A copy of the report can be obtained from the following web site www.urban-initiatives.org
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County of Ventura 2010 Homeless Count Released!
The total number of homeless adults and children counted was 1,815 which represents a
decrease of 17% when compared to the number
of homeless persons counted last year.
Urban Initiatives served as consultant to the Ventura Homeless and Housing Coalition for the homeless count. The report is available on www.urban-initiatives.org and www.vchhc.org.
County of Ventura 2010 Homeless Survey
Urban Initiatives is also serving as consultant to the Ventura Homeless and Housing Coalition concerning the administration of the more than 100 question survey. Results will be available in June.
Los Angeles Police Department Workshop on Homelessness and Mental Illness
Sofia Herrera, PhD and Joe Colletti, PhD participated in the workshop on March 23 that provided training and education concerning law enforcement interactions with the homeless mentally ill. Joe Colletti gave a presentation entitled "The Big Picture: Gaining Perspective Over Time.
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Other Activities in Progress:
Tamales de la Paz (Peace) is coordinated by Urban Initiatives in partnership with Los Angeles Councilmember Ed P. Reyes, - District 1 and other community organizations. It is an annual event of community solidarity that helps bring peace and healing to past events and outstanding issues that have troubled the MacArthur Park neighborhood. Such events and issues include the May 1, 2007 confrontation between rally and march supporters, media, police, and others in the park. The event will take place on Friday, April 30 beginning at 5:00 pm at Mama's Hot Tamales Café. Click here to view last year's event.
"Building Faith Among the Vulnerable: Preventing Foreclosure Rescue and Loan Modifications Scams" is a workshop for faith and community leaders that Urban Initiatives is co-sponsoring with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection. More details will appear in next month's newsletter.
Human Trafficking in Southern California is a joint effort with Oasis USA, the Western U.S. Office for Stop the Traffik and the Office for Urban Initiatives at Fuller Theological Seminary. Through this partnership, a survey will be completed that will describe the needs of women and men who have been trafficked into Southern California from Asian countries.
Homeless Assessment for Simi Valley, CA is a joint effort with the City of Simi Valley which will note gaps in homeless services and provide recommendations to fill such gaps.
Community-Based and Faith-Based Institutes
Urban Initiatives has established several community-based and faith-based institutes that provide a wide-range of community research, education, evaluation, and development activities that include the following:
Institute for Community Psychology. For more information click here.
Institute for Transnational Research and Development. For more information click here.
Institute for Vital Economic and Neighborhood Development (VEND) facilitates neighborhood economic revitalization by creating viable employment and income generating opportunities through the development of successful worker-owned, small business enterprises. For more information please contact Joe Colletti, PhD at joecolletti@urban-initiatives.org.
Office for Urban Initiatives in partnership with Fuller Theological Seminary. For more information click here. |
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Urban Initiatives (formerly known as the Institute for Urban Research and Development)
responds to the economic, housing, and social needs of neighborhoods, cities, and counties from
local, regional,
national, international, and faith-based perspectives through program development and community-based research. Such activities has focused on affordable housing, business development and education for micro-businesses, fair housing, health care, homelessness, human trafficking, migrant farming, and street vending.
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For information contact
Joe Colletti, PhD
Office for Urban Initiatives/ Fuller Seminary
135 N. Oakland Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91182
626.304.3753
Sofia Herrera, PhD Office for Urban Initiatives/ Fuller Seminary
135 N. Oakland Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91182
626.304.3753
sofiaherrera@urban-initiatives.org
Andrew Wright
Office for Urban Initiatives/ Fuller Seminary
135 N. Oakland Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91182
626.304.3753
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