SOCIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD

Non-Traditional Learning
Shirley Brice Heath of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching completed 10 years of research demonstrating the effectiveness of after-school, cultural programs in helping at-risk youth. Partners is working to disseminate and implement the results of her research, the ArtShow publication and video, by creating a dialog among cultural, community development and youth development advocates on using arts and cultural assets to assist youth.

United Way Joint Venture
The United Way of America (UWA) and Partners are working on a strategy that fosters collaboration in communities to develop arts-based, after-school programs for young people between the ages of 12 and 21 in five United Way communities in the United States and Canada.

Creating a Caring Community
This initiative is designed to kindle strategic collaborations between communities and institutions such as museums, libraries, churches, schools and parks to provide cultural, mentoring programs for children at risk.

Neighborhood Conservation:
Using Amenities for Low-Income Neighborhoods
This program explores how amenities such as community centers, community gardens and parks and design quality of affordable housing can be resources for neighborhood cooperation, security, pride and beautification. The program also uses cultural resources for innovative projects for children, the elderly and new immigrants.

Multicultural Communities - Bridges for Understanding and Cooperation
The cultural resources of ethnic neighborhoods can serve as a stimulus for tourism, economic development and improving relations between different racial and ethnic groups.