Neighborhood Wellness
Nuturing The Next Generation of Community Leaders...
Both divisions of the Urban Ecology Institute are united in their overarching goal: to create neighborhoods where people love to live. Through our Education Program Division, we foster confidence and environmental awareness in urban youth - inspiring them to take on active roles in the well-being of their commmunities. We have the privilege of seeing these transformations everyday:
- A shy high-schooler comes out of their shell to help elementary school students in the LEAH Mentors Program...
- Adolescent Greentimes writers learn critical job skills while also researching today's most pressing topics in science...
- Through our CityRoots Program, Youth Crews see the positive impact that their collective actions can create while making their neighborhoods a little greener...
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To achieve a deeper impact across all of our programming, we increase our participants' social capital and build social cohesion in the communities we serve. Our Sustainable Cities Division works with urban residents to create real, lasting change in their communities through urban forestry projects. The groundwork laid for a network of neighborhood stewards during these projects establishes social capital that community leaders can utilize to achieve even more. The social cohesion developed in this work encompasses how people feel about themselves, each other and their community. It speaks to their sense of self, sense of place, sense of safety, commitment to environmental stewardship, belief in public institutions, their health and their level of civic and social engagement. In order to realize the Urban Ecology Institute's vision of healthy, vibrant cities, The Neighborhood Wellness Team evaluates our work to ensure that the Education Program and Sustainable Cities Divisions are maximizing the social capital and social cohesion of the communities that we serve.
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