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UNIVERSITY COMMUNITYCOLLABORATIVE OF PHILADELPHIA

The University Community Collaborative of Philadelphia (UCCP) prepares and supports youth and young adults to become confident, effective leaders and collaborates with organizations to create cultures that value and integrate the contributions of youth, thereby building stronger communities.

Annual Report 2011

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inside Director’s Message 03 Youth Leadership in the Media 04 Taking their Leadership on the Road 06 Expanding the (net)work 07 What Makes This Possible 09 Organizational Snapshot 10 How you can help 11

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ExECUTIVE DIRECTOR Barbara Ferman

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Michiko Hunt

TRAININg + TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MANAgER Ieshia Nelson

MEDIA PRODUCTIONS + COMMUNICATIONS MANAgER Natalia Smirnov

VOICES PROgRAM COORDINATOR Johannah Bennett POWER INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR Leana Cabral

YOUTH ACTION SCHOLARSPROgRAM MANAgER Kenny Williams-Medley

ADVISORY BOARD Kisha Bird Tony Alvarez Dominic EasonIdurne IrizzarryDr. Sonja Peterson-Lewis 2011 LEADERS CORPS Jessica ArceMosi BlaylockSaeed BriscoeGary BrowneDave CruzHelena EsdaileLynsey GraeffNastassia HarewoodEarl JosephEarla JosephAaron KennedyFritz LubinAdedoyin OtolorinTaneka Shaire PriceNorman ScottPhil ScottMalikka SaeedAkua WhitakerJamie WhiteTaesha WhiteKenny Williams-Medley

2011 INTERNS Jessica ArceTasha AzorKatelyn Baker-SmithAndrew BollingerJasmine CostelloStephany FaublasRosalia FiorelloHillary GarvanneLynsey GraeffJosh GrajewskiTyler HerculesJulie MonteleoneMelena MurphyAtusa ShirasbBrittany Wilkerson

LThis past year marked our tenth anniversary of developing young leaders. From a very modest start- one part time staff person and a Temple student working with 9 youth

on a summer project at Asian Americans United- we have grown to an organization with 6 full time staff, a part time youth staff of 18 (Leaders Corps), and a continuum of programming and employment opportunities that serves between 120 and 140 older youth each year. The overarching goal of the continuum is to foster young leaders by building the necessary foundations of confidence and self esteem, developing the 21st century skills upon which effective leadership rests, creating an awareness of larger social, economic and political issues, and nurturing the kinds of values that underlie a fair and just world. During our ten years of youth programming, we have worked with over 800 youth providing the skill building, knowledge development, networking, exposure, opportunity, and support for them to excel in their personal lives and to assume leadership positions in their schools and communities as well as in the nonprofit, educational and public sector arenas. While I am tempted to recount all of our achievements over the past 10 years, I will adhere to the confines of an annual report and relay some of the many highlights from 2011. As you know, leadership development, media, and collaboration are key pillars of the UCCP. In developing youth leaders, we make it explicitly

clear that education is critical. Our efforts paid off; last year, all of our participants were promoted to the next grade and 11 of our 13 graduating seniors are now in college, three of whom won partial or full scholarships. We are still working on the other two. Our participants distinguished themselves as young leaders in many other ways as well. With funding from the Philadelphia Youth Network, 25 of our participants had paid summer employment to work on pressing issues in their communities. Five participants were admitted into the Leaders Corps, our paid staff of youth leaders who facilitate our programs. Through paid and unpaid internships, international scholarships, professional conferences and training and technical assistance workshops, more than 30 participants took their leadership on the road. Finally, as an organization we have pushed the envelope of youth voice and leadership through collaborations with a wide array of wonderful organizations both in and outside of Philadelphia. And, these highlights are just the tip of the iceberg. So, come journey with us through the next few pages and see how youth can shine when they have meaningful challenges, authentic opportunities, genuine supports, and caring adults who believe in their capacity to be leaders.

Barbara Ferman, Ph.D.Executive Director

celebrating 10 years of youth leadership

Director’s Message

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YOUTH LEADERSHIP in media

CREATINg ALTERNATIVE REPRESENTATIONSLast year, the UCCP piloted an innovative youth produced news show “POPPYN: Presenting Our Perspective on Philly Youth News.” Building on years of UCCP’s youth media expertise and the continuing frustration of our participants with the stereotypical negative representations of youth in the mainstream media, POPPYN was developed as an alternative narrative produced BY youth FOR youth (and adults who care to pay attention). POPPYN’s first episode premiered on PhillyCAM – Philadelphia Community Access Media - in January 2011 and focused on youth voice in education. It featured inspiring youth organizing work of the local grassroots Campaign for Nonviolent Schools and coverage of youth voice in the National Drop Out Conference. In the following 11 months, POPPYN released 5 more 30-minute episodes, spotlighting 17 youth-led organizations and initiatives and engaging over 300 youth through production, on the street interviews and interactive community screenings of the show. We also added more media and civic literacy segments to the show, creatively

and humorously breaking down urgent local issues from budget cuts to flash mobs to ethnic food stereotypes. In addition to our weekly spot on Public Access TV, which reaches over 350,000 households across the region, developing POPPYN challenged us to engage our target audience through participatory online media. POPPYN has cultivated an avid fan following on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. This constant connectedness has raised the stakes for POPPYN youth producers and viewers to create a high-quality, engaging and ethical show. The interactivity also allows POPPYN fans to participate in the production by providing feedback and contributing content.

In July 2011, the POPPYN team presented their work and lessons learned at the National Alliance for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) Conference in Philadelphia and four of our youth producers spent over 48 hours creating short films exploring genre and media literacy at NAMLE’s Modern Media Makers camp. This year, POPPYN will digitally travel north to have a regular spot on Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s Youth Channel! We also hope to raise funds to bring the POPPYN crew to the Allied Media Conference in Detroit.

The media is a mulTi-billiON dOllar, glObal iNdusTrY ThaT affecTs almOsT everY asPecT Of Our lives iNcludiNg whaT we Purchase, whaT we cONsider TO be imPOrTaNT, hOw we see Ourselves aNd OThers, aNd hOw we ThiNk. fOr far TOO maNY Of Our YOuNg PeOPle, The media has becOme a dOuble TraP, POrTraYiNg Them iN a verY NegaTive lighT ON The ONe haNd while alsO TargeTiNg Them as a majOr cONsumer grOuP. aT The uccP, we Teach YOuNg PeOPle TO be media savvY bOTh iN Terms Of PrOduciNg Their OwN media aNd iN iNTerPreTiNg The media ThaT surrOuNds Them. leT’s Take a lOOk.

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‘“In my view, POPPYN is among the most interesting new models of urban youth media initiatives in the United States, and as co-editor of the Journal of Media Literacy Education, I am quite familiar with a wide range of such programs both nationally and internationally.” – Renee Hobbs, Founding Director, Harrington School of Communication, University of Rhode Island.

INSERTINg YOUTH VOICE INTO MAINSTREAM MEDIA This past year 17 of our youth participants shared their insights into issues of education and violence with the Philadelphia Inquirer. As part of what we hope will be an ongoing process, staff writers from the Inquirer solicited input from our participants, incorporating their voices into the paper’s popular education blog. Inspired by this work, Sandra Dungee Glenn invited several participants to discuss their perspectives on education on her WURD Radio show.

“We shadowed [the students at

Harriton]. I thought we would have

a lot of differences regarding our

education and way of life. We got

to talk about the similarities and

differences that we had and kind

of broke a lot of stereotypes.” Erica

Irving, Senior, Bodine High School

for International Affairs

gROWINg THE FIELD + PROVIDINg ExPERTISEV-Media, our youth media crew, was quite busy this past year, helping other organizations use media to promote the work, voice and causes of young people.

• The federation for Neighborhood settlements hired V-Media to work with high school students from Teens 4 Good, their urban gardening and entrepreneurship program. V-Media facilitated the process of developing a youth cooking show prototype highlighting how young people are learning about healthy eating through the production and preparation of food. The 5-minute show premiered on PhillyCAM Sunday, February 19th at 8:30pm.

• Youth united for change, one of the lead organizations in the Education Not Incarceration Campaign, contracted with V-Media to film the campaign. Once again, youth organizations have learned the value of using media to promote their cause and have turned to V-Media as a valuable asset in that process.

• Norris square Neighborhood Project, with whom we have collaborated for several years, brought V-Media on this summer to help their youth produce a documentary on how music influences young people. “Power of Music” was screened at a local community event and aired on PhillyCAM.

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lynsey graeff, a member of our Leaders Corps and POPPYN team, was accepted into Teach for america where she will bring the leadership and social justice skills and knowledge she developed at the UCCP to students in a Philadelphia High School. Initially scheduled to go to New Orleans, Lynsey successfully petitioned to stay in Philadelphia. We look forward to collaborating with her and her students.

‘‘The longer I worked with the UCCP and the more I was confronted with the issues that plague the Philadelphia School District, the less I could ignore my desire to do something about them. My work with the UCCP propelled me toward Teach For America and my experiences here undoubtedly stood out as the most relevant of my qualifications.” - Lynsey Graeff, LC member & future teacher

aT The uccP, we TraiN YOuNg PeOPle TO be leaders iN Their OwN lives, iN Their schOOls, Their cOmmuNiTies aNd The larger sOcieTY. This PasT Year, maNY ParTiciPaNTs TOOk Their leadershiP ON The rOad ThrOugh iNTerNshiPs, TeachiNg POsiTiONs, cONfereNce PreseNTaTiONs aNd TraiNiNg wOrkshOPs.

taking theirLEADERSHIP on the road

jaime white, former participant and Leaders Corps member, spent a year with cityYear greater Philadelphia where he was a seventh grade class room assistant at Ben Franklin High School. Obviously, he did quite well since he is now back for a second year. Go Jaimie!

barbara ferman, Executive Director, was a Visiting international scholar in australia, where she conducted workshops on various aspects of university community engagement and youth leadership development for faculty, staff, students and community and public sector leaders at universities and other venues in 10 cities.

earl joseph, former participant and Leaders Corps member, accepted a position with the Pennsylvania horticultural society upon his graduation from Temple University. Earl is now applying the leadership, facilitation and organizing skills he developed at the UCCP to recreation centers, parks and neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia.

Through our partnership with the experiment in international living, angela hagins and johntel Ogden spent 6 weeks in Costa Rica and Spain, respectively, working with, learning from and teaching other youth and adults about leadership, culture, service traditions and probably the world of teenagers.

Five members of our Youth action scholars Program presented a workshop on Media Stereotypes and Education at the free minds free People conference in Providence, Rhode Island, winning a scholarship to offset travel costs.

recOgNiziNg The POwer iN cOllecTive vOice, The uccP cOllabOraTes wiTh OTher OrgaNizaTiONs TO PrOmOTe PracTices ThaT break dOwN barriers TO, aNd creaTe OPPOrTuNiTies fOr, YOuTh vOice aNd leadershiP. we have fOcused Our effOrTs ON YOuTh vOice iN educaTiON aNd schOOls;

expanding the network

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contributed to unacceptably low test scores and unacceptably high dropout rates. Accompanying those stark differences are assumptions and stereotypes that students on both sides of the line have formed. In an effort to increase understanding amongst high school students, we brought several of our participants to Harriton High School in Lower Merion where they

BRIDGING THE CITY SUBURBAN DIVIDE A line on a map can make all the difference in the world, especially if you are a public school student. Lower Merion Township has one of the best school districts in the nation while the Philadelphia School District continually struggles with insufficient funding, a crumbling infrastructure, and outdated books and technology, all of which have

shared their thoughts on education and leadership. While the differences between their respective schools were certainly noted, much of the conversation focused on what they shared in common as teenagers (music, clothing, style, and other aspects of popular culture). All of the students were quite eager to continue the conversation, which they will in the spring at a Philadelphia high school. Stay tuned….

UCCP Leaders Corps members facilitated workshops for over 1000 Philadelphia students, helping them develop an action plan to address a health issue affecting their school. Some of the Leaders Corpsmembers had the opportunity to work with their elementary/middle school alma mater groups thereby deepening the communityconnection that we value in our “peer

FOSTERING HEALTHY SCHOOLSThe UCCP collaborated with The food Trust for the third year in a row on their annual Youth for healthy change leadership summit. This year’s focus was the HYPE (Healthy You- Positive Energy) initiative aimed at increasing physical movements and healthy food options in Philly schools.

to near peer” approach. Our Training and Technical AssistanceCoordinator, Ieshia Nelson, facilitated a discussion for Wellness Club advisors on best practices and activity designsfor the new curriculum. Over 90 schools were represented at the summits, supported by subject teachers, health & physical education providers, school administrators and after-school volunteers.

building a clear path to their future and giving them voice in creating that path. As OST providers ourselves, we are uniquely positioned to work with other OST providers to facilitate conversation around goal setting as a means to success. With support from the William Penn Foundation and in partnership with the Out of School Time Resource Center at the University of Pennsylvania we have

DEVELOPING O.S.T. CAPACITY FOR SCHOOL SUCCESSThis year the UCCP began an ambitious project to train members of the Out of School Time community on the School District’s Individualized Learning Plan (ILP). The ILP is designed to help focus students’ attention on specific short and long term goals as a means to

created a two-part workshop series designed to educate the staff of OST programs on how the ILP can be utilized in OST programming to help students grow and achieve academically.

expanding the network continuedAMPLIFYING YOUTH VOICES In 2011, UCCP joined 10 other local organizations as part of the Philadelphia Youth media collaborative (PYmc). Other members of PYMC include:

• WHYY’s Dorrance H. Hamilton Public Media Commons

• Big Picture Alliance• YESPhilly• PhillyCAM• Scribe Video Center• Temple’s Center for Media +

Information Literacy• Spiral Q Puppet Theater• People’s Emergency Center• CODA program• Philly Youth Radio

The 11 organizations span expertise in youth development, media production, and digital/media literacy. The network has been meeting informally since 2009 and established formal goals and structure in 2011 with a grant from The Philadelphia Foundation. We are excited to be part of this vibrant group committed to strengthening and promoting the local youth media field and supporting youth in becoming creative media makers, critical thinkers, and engaged global citizens.

educated citizenry. We are currently in the process of securing funding for the development of an assessment plan. Through a series of workshops and facilitated conversations with a range of organizations involved in Action Civics and research on best practices in civic engagement, we will identify a set of common goals, outcomes, indicators and measures for Action Civics. These will be used to develop assessment tools and to design a pilot study for implementing these tools across a set of organizations engaged in Action Civics. With a deeper understanding of the potential for action civics to strengthen civic and academic competencies among low income youth, NACC will be in a strong position to develop a national marketing plan that promotes the philosophy, curriculum tools, and assessments of action civics throughout the country.

We have been honored to work with five supreme organizations on this project: the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE, at Tufts University), Generation Citizen (with programming in Boston, New York and Providence), Earth Force (Denver with affiliates in 22 states and 55 cities), Mikva Challenge (Chicago) and Youth on Board (Boston). We have learned from, laughed with and, hopefully, added to the knowledge of, these organizations. Onward and upward.

TACKLING THE CIVICS CHALLENGETwo years ago, the UCCP joined with five other community, school and university based organizations to form the National action civics collaborative (Nacc). Concerned about the paucity of opportunities for low income youth to become meaningfully engaged in civic activities, NACC has been promoting action civics as a way for youth to develop the skills, knowledge and orientation necessary for effective civic and political participation. Comprised of issue identification, research, constituency building, action, and reflection, Action Civics encourages youth voice, youth agency, and collective action, with adults providing the guidance and scaffolding for launching youth-driven projects geared towards some larger change. The collective programming experience of the NACC organizations combined with research on civic engagement suggests that Action Civics can be an effective tool for engaging low income youth in collective, community based problem solving with long term effects on civic behavior and educational achievement.

With generous support from the McCormick Foundation, NACC has held two convenings, one in Boston and one in Chicago, during which time we articulated core principles, identified potential allies, and made a commitment to collaborate on promoting and expanding the practice of Action Civics as an evidence-based approach to creating an engaged and

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NACC CHICAgO gATHERINg SUmmER 2011

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PARTNERS•Asociación Puertorriqueños en

Marcha, Inc•Campaign for Non Violent Schools•CIRCLE (Boston)•Civic Mission of Schools•Earth Force (Denver)•Education Works•Experiment in International Living•Food Trust•Generation Citizen (Providence,

Boston and New York)•Mikva Challenge (Chicago)•North Philadelphia Arts and

Culture Alliance•PhillyCAM•Research For Action•Youth on Board (Boston)

PARTNERHIGHSCHOOLS•Bodine High School for

International Affairs•Franklin Learning Center•Freire Charter School•George Washington Carver High

School of Engineering and Science•Marianna Bracetti Academy High

School•Mastery Charter School, Lenfest•Mastery Charter School,

Shoemaker•Mastery Charter School, Thomas•Parkway North West High School

for Peace and Social Justice•Parkway West High School•Simon Gratz High School, Mastery•South Philadelphia High School•YouthBuild Charter School

FUNDERS Foundations•BestBuyChildren’sFoundation•ChristianR.&MaryF.LindbackFoundation

•TheGraceS.&W.LintonNelsonFoundation

•KinderMorganFoundation•PatriciaKindFoundation•PewCharitableTrusts•PhiladelphiaFoundation•WilliamPennFoundation•YOUTHadelphia(ofthePhiladelphiaFoundation)

Government•CorporationforNationalandCommunityService(throughDrexelUniversityandPHENND)

•PhiladelphiaYouthNetwork

Individuals•CarolynAdams•RobertAiken•CecilandFairleyBaker•MichaelandElaineBroida•LeonardCaldwell•RobinJones•ZebandNancyKendrick•RobertKerstein•AmyLandesman•MichaelandMarleneLandesman•BernardMennisandBarbaraFerman

•KatherineMoore•GaryMucciaroniandDavidSilverman

•SusanMudambi•MasaruNakawataseandJeanHunt

•JeffreyRudnick•EllenSolms•SheriStahler•BenedictStavisandMarjattaLyyra

•AndreaSwann•GeorgeVonShaven•DeborahWagner•CatherineandChristopherWolfgang

REVENUES

ExPENSES

70%Salaries & Benefitsfor Program Staff

19%Program Supplies& Equipment

11%Administrative Costs

81%Foundations

9%Earned Income

9%Government

1%Individuals

WHAT mAKES THIS POSSIBLE

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Organizational SnapshotVOICES

After-School Program

50 PARTCIPANTS completed 110 hours of civic

engagement, leadership and media training fom October to May, developing projects dealing with abusive relationships and bullying and presenting them to a community audience.

POWER Internship

72 HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS & SENIORS

completed over 80 hours of political education and anti-oppression training, creating PSAs and designing a community event that addressed stereotypes, broken homes and cyberbullying.

YAS Youth Action

Scholars

36 YOUTH PEER EDUCATORS spent the

academic year and the summer researching education funding, race in the media, the juvenile justice system and globalization, designing and presenting workshops on how these issues affect youth.

POPPYN Youth News

10 YOUTH CREW MEMBERS created 6

30-minute episodes presenting the YOUTH perspective on issues affecting young people in Philadelphia, covering 18 organizations and 21 events.

SENIOR Projects

8 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS completed their required Senior

Project Fieldwork at the UCCP, developing projects on media representation of women, self-image, government corruption and more.

LEADERSHIP Development

Institute

5 YOUNG LEADERS (former participants and

Temple students) spent 2 weeks getting trained on facilitation and curriculum design, earning a position in UCCP’s Leaders Corps.

LEADERS Corps

25 CORPS MEMBERS facilitated and

supported all of the above programs and activities, participating in professional development trainings and conducting workshops for partner organizations.

173 Youth and Young Adultswere involved inUCCP’s direct programming in 2011.

TRAININgS & WORKSOPS

113 Organizations

1110

Youth (High School & Middle School)

785 Adults

1,895 individuals and 113 organizations were trained by UCCP staff and Leaders Corps on various aspects of Youth Leadership Development in 2011.

POWER INTERNS 2011

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how YOU can help:DONATE:

UCCP is supported primarily by foundation grants and individual donations. We need your help in order to continue this work. Here’s how you can donate.

Send cash or check as a tax deductable donation directly to the UCCP:

University Community

Collaborative of

Philadelphia (UCCP)

4th Floor Gladfelter Hall,

Temple University

1115 W. Berks St

Philadelphia, PA 19122

HIRE US:The UCCP provides fee-for-service trainings, technical assistance and organizational consultation in the following areas:

• Youth-Adult Partnerships• Youth Leadership Development• Youth Councils• Youth Philanthropy• Youth Media• Project-based Learning• Using Individual Learning Plans

in after-school settings• Youth worker training• Youth Mentorship• Youth Civic Engagement

In addition, UCCP’s youth media team, V-MEDIA, can produce custom promotional videos and PSAs for your organization or issue.

VOLUNTEER:The UCCP needs talented and dedicated youth and adults to help further our mission to build stronger communities.

YOUTH AND COLLEGE STUDENTS:

• Join one of our youth programs and develop leadership skills

• Help promote UCCP’s opportunities in your school and community

• Arrange a youth-led workshop at your school or organization

• Intern with UCCP as a youth mentor

ADULTS:• Host a fundraising party at your

house or workplace• Volunteer your expertise in

marketing, fundraising or public relations to promote UCCP’s work.

university community collaborative of Philadelphia (uccP) @ Temple University

4th Floor gladfelter Hall, Temple University1115 W. Berks StPhiladelphia, PA 19122ph: 215-204-2007 fax: 215-204-3770www.temple.edu/uccp

THE ONLY TRAINING FOR LEADERSHIP IS LEADERSHIP