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Council presents at the Coalition for Community Schools National Forum in San Francisco May 7-9, 2012 |
Copy of presentation materials are available. Equity Workshop or Plenary |
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Our new web mapping and data visualization platform is live! Make powerful maps, find stats for grants, download data and explore... |
Council announces new Income and Asset Development Coordinator |
We are pleased to announce that Jenna Churchman has joined Urban Strategies Council as the new Program Coordinator for Income and Asset Development in our Economic Opportunity Program. Read Short Bio |
Our CEO presented on the TCE Boys and Men of Color Work at Grantmakers' in Health Annual Meeting in Baltimore. PDF here. |
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Local leaders offer testimony, submit policy recommendations and data to Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color In California |
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Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color to convene Bay Area Hearing in Oakland on January 20, 2010, from 1:00-4:00pm and Elihu Harris State Office Building |
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New stats for the City of Oakland's homicide crisis in 2010 here. |
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TCWF conference on violence prevention |
Download our presentation: 'Planning Comprehensively To Prevent Violence' |
New stats for our city: crime, reentry, foreclosures, demographics and more indicators here. |
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New stats for the County: crime, reentry, foreclosures, demographics and more indicators here. |
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Our collaboration on Code for Oakland scored us the first InOak OpenSource award! More here. |
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Council wins NIJ Award |
Last week we were awarded the Innovation in Mapping award from the National Institute of Justice & DOJ! |
Updated FBI data for Alameda County and Oakland available here. |
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CRC released a new report on the HAMP program in California. Read about the impacts on racial equity and the limited success of this program here. Featuring data analysis from Urban Strategies Council. |
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Full Service Community School plan adopted by OUSD! |
The Oakland Board of Education adopted a 5-year strategic plan on June 18 implementing full service community schools supported by a FSCS District. Urban Strategies facilitated six Board of Education retreats over the 14-month planning process as well as the Full Service Community Schools Task Force, one of 14 that contributed to the plan. |
We're moving to 1720 Broadway Ave, Floor 2 on June 10. New location details here. (Phone and email will be down June 10-13!) |
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Oakland Police Dept Crime Analysis Partnership! |
Explore our maps and reports on Oakland crime developed for the OPD and now available publicly! |
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Urban Strategies Council is the lead agency for program planning at the Ashland Youth Center! |
The Urban Strategies Council is a community building support and advocacy organization located in Oakland, California. Founded as a non-profit in 1987, the Council works with stakeholders in low-income communities, community-based organizations, and public systems to expand services for children and families, improve health, educational, and other outcomes, and increase employment and economic opportunities
