University – Community Partnerships
Scholarship in Action

Research and Programs Enhancing the Quality of Life in Los Angeles

The Center for Community Partnerships (CCP) is committed to connecting our faculty, staff, and students with the communities beyond our campus through the exchange of ideas and resources.  For the past six years, the Center has provided on a competitive basis support for partnerships between UCLA faculty and/or professional staff, and non-profit organizations in the Los Angeles area.  While in 2009 we will not be issuing a call for proposals, we will provide regular updates on our website regarding future funding opportunities.

Current Campus and Community-Based Partnerships

Campus Awards

Alison Bailey
Closing the Academic Language Gap for English Language Learners Transitioning From Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten
Award year 2007

Arleen Brown
The Peer to Peer Technical Assistance Nutrition Initiative: Evaluation of a Randomized Trial
Award year 2006

Dana Cuff  
Backyard Homes: Solutions for Affordable Housing in Pacoima               
Award year 2008

Leo Estrada
Creative Strategies to Revitalize South Los Angeles              
Award year 2008

Dan Froot 
Who’s Hungry?                                                  
Award year 2007

David Gere
Make Art/Stop AIDS: Teen Aids Awareness and Action
Award year 2006

Mark Hansen
Zip Codes
Award year 2008

Yeheskle Hasenfeld 
Toward Effect Management of Permanent Supportive Housing for Homeless with Disabilities
Award year 2008

Ariella Herman & Judith Katzburg
UCLA Head Start Low Literacy Nutrition & Physical Activity Intervention: Evaluation of a Pilot Project
Award year 2008

Karen Hunter Quartz
Making Good Choices: A University-Community Partnership To Ensure Educational Equity Across The Belmont Zone of Choice  Award year 2008

Cheryl Keyes
Beyond Central Avenue: Contemporary Female Jazz Instrumentalists of Los Angeles
Award year 2007

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
Uncommon LA: A Neighborhood-Based Cultural Tourism Network                                       
Award year 2006

Edward McCabe & Erica Stanley
UCLA CSG-King Drew Magnet High School      
of Science and Medicine: Team Teaching in Secondary Education at the Interface of Society and Genetics
Award year 2008

Kathleen McHugh
The ‘Access Mazer’ Project: Organizing and Digitalizing the Lesbian-Feminist Archive in Los Angeles     
Award year 2007

Robert Nakamura
Community and Educational Outreach for Pilgrimage of Tolerance DVD 
Award year 2006

Barbara Nelson & Mark Peterson   
Concord LA: Building Cross-Cultural Bridges in South Los Angeles
Award year 2008

Jeannie Oakes
Belmont Education Collaborative/UCLA Partnership for New High School Options in LAUSD 
Award year 2006

Ana-Christina Ramon
The Black Los Angeles Oral History Project: Black Politicians and How They Make Community
Award year 2007

Concepcion Valadez
Teaching Teachers and Tutors to Teach Spanish Literacy
Award year 2007

Fabian Wagmister
Remapping LA – Engaging the Preset Revitalizing Community
Award year 2006

Ken Wells
The Building Wellness Toolkit Evaluation of a Community Participatory Partnered Research Pilot Project
Award year 2005

Antronette Yancey
Community Voices
Award year 2008

Jonathan Zasloff
Affordability Matters: An Assessment of Efforts to Plan for Affordable Housing In Los Angeles County
Award year 2007

Community Awards

ABRAZAR
Listos
Award year 2006

        

Asian Pacific American Legal Center Southeast Asian Community Alliance
In the Majority: Challenges, Resources, and Strategies for Educating Immigrant Students
Award year 2007

California Science Center Foundation
The California Science Center/UCLA Community Youth Science Education Initiative
Award year 2007

Children’s Bureau
Pathway to Overweight Prevention
Award year 2008

Community Asset Development Re-defining Education (CADRE)
Turning the Tide on South Los Angeles Student Dropout
Award year 2008

Community Health Councils
South Los Angeles Health Disparities Scorecard
Award year 2008

Downtown Women’s Center
Public Education on Women’s Homelessness Project
Award year 2007

East LA Classic Theatre  
Beyond Borders Program Evaluation 
Award year 2008

The HeArt Project
Artists as Activists/Evaluating Arts Education
Award year 2007

Khmer Girls in Action
The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma in the Long Beach Cambodian Community
Award year 2008

Learning Rights Law Center
Juvenile Justice Project
Award year 2008

Museum of Tolerance – Center X
Handbook for Teachers
Award year 2006

Program for Torture Victims
Family Connection and Healing for Los Angeles Survivors of Torture
Award year 2007

St. Mary Medical Center Foundation / Families in Good Health
Youth Nutrition and Physical Activity Mapping Project
Award year 2007

Thai Community Development Center
Public Markets as a Tool for Immigrant Entrepreneurships and Social Integration in East Hollywood
Award year 2006

Campus and Community-Based Recipients by Year

CCP-COR Joint Research Program Current Recipients

Jonathan Furner
Department of Psychology
Project Title: Under-Tagging in Museums: An Outcomes-Based Study of Children’s Generation in Terms of Describing Art Museum Objects
Award Year 2008

Yih Ling Hser
Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Science
Project Title: Employment and Social Reintegration
Award Year 2008

Benjamin Karney
Department of Psychology
Project Title: Understanding and Assessing Marital Outcomes in Low-Income Communities: a Thematic Analysis of Hispanic and White Couples Narrative
Award Year 2008

Marjorie Orellana
Department of Education
Project Title: Urban Youth Inquiries on Language and Literacy
Award Year 2008

For more on CCP-COR Joint Program

2007 CCP COR Recipients

Laura Abrams
Department of Social Welfare
Project Title: Perceived Needs, Barriers, and Social Supports Among the Youth Offender Reentry Population in Los Angeles County
Award Year 2007

Ruth Milkman
Department of Sociology
Project Title: The Transformation of Immigrant Day Laborer Organizing: From Local to National, From Worker-Center to Union-Oriented Approaches
Award Year 2007