2008 Prize Winners

The Center for Community Partnerships is pleased to announce the sixth annual Ann C. Rosenfield Distinguished Community Partnership Prize. The 2008 Prize Winners are shown here. The invitation is shown here. A news item about the awards in the Daily Bruin can be seen here. A news item in UCLA Today can be seen here. An article from Asia can be downloaded here. A pdf of the program for the evening can be downloaded here.

Program Description

The Rosenfield Distinguished Community Partnership Prize program is designed to publicly recognize ongoing or one-time collaborations between UCLA faculty, or staff and community residents or non-profit organizations that have already enhanced the quality of life in Southern California communities in meaningful and measurable ways. A total of four awards will be presented. Each award is made jointly to the principal UCLA participant and the community partner, thereby publicly recognizing and uniting the two halves of the UCLA in LA partnership.

Because UCLA values these partnerships and wants to encourage and reward them in tangible ways, each winning partnership will receive a cash prize of $25,000 divided between the UCLA partner and the community partner. No public funds are used to support the prize program. All awards are subject to applicable University of California policies and federal and state taxation.

These cash awards are made possible through the Ann C. Rosenfield Fund at the UCLA Foundation under the direction of David A. Leveton.

Program Goals

The primary goals of the annual Rosenfield Distinguished Community Partnership Prize Program are to publicly demonstrate that UCLA:

• Is committed to serving the needs of Greater Los Angeles across the many disciplines in which it is engaged;
  
• Values and rewards the work of faculty and staff working in community-based programs and projects;
  
• Recognizes the importance and essential contributions of partnerships with external not for profit organizations in helping it fulfill the service component of its mission;
  
• Respects the histories, values and goals of the many diverse communities it serves;
  
• Encourages and celebrates partnerships that are helping to make our communities better places to live, learn, work and play.

Awards Categories

To underscore the value and relevance of UCLA's community partnerships, awards will be made in the key areas identified by Chancellor Carnesale and the Center for Community Partnerships as the highest priorities. They are:

• Children, youth, and families
  
• Arts and culture
  
• Economic development

Awards Criteria

Each program or project must involve at least one community partner and one UCLA-affiliated partner and must take place in or be directly relevant to communities located in Los Angeles County. Preference should be given to programs or projects that:

• Are ongoing or have multi-year implications
  
• Can be replicated in other Los Angeles communities
  
• Involve or are relevant to significant populations within the community. Engage multiple community partners
  
• Are conceived and implemented in collaboration with not-for-profit community organizations with valid 501 (c) 3 status
  
• Have produced measurable and documented results (these may include specific and practical recommendations resulting from a research project).

Selection Process

A blue ribbon committee of knowledgeable and appropriately representative individuals appointed by the Associate Vice Chancellor, Community Partnerships will select each year's winners. The committee is comprised of both community leaders and UCLA representatives.

Eligibility

Applicants must have active appointments as faculty or staff and must have completed at least two full years of university service.

Applicants should demonstrate community involvement in projects or initiatives that have had an impact on communities within the greater Los Angeles area.

Winning partnerships must demonstrate the importance of connecting academic knowledge to community knowledge.