| The 2004 Award Finalists |
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Wentworth Institute of Technology and
The Mission Main Resident Services Corporation, for
The Mission Hill/Fenway Technology Collaborative
The Mission Hill/Fenway Technology Collaborative was established in 2001
in partnership with the Alice H. Taylor Tenants Task Force, Fenway Community
Development Corporation, Parker Hill/Fenway ABCD Neighborhood Service Center,
and the Office of City Councilor Mike Ross. Through its mission, the
collaborative delivers multiple technology-driven programs and provides new
opportunities for Mission Hill and Fenway low-income residents to develop
technology skills, expand knowledge and capacity, and promote community
through technology.
Since January 2001, the collaborative has provided more than 100 low-income
families with personal computers and technology skills through the City of
Boston's flagship intergenerational Technology Goes Home program; established
the technology-focused Youth@ArtTech summer program annually serving 60 local
youths ages 12-14; and added four additional community partners to plan and
execute future community programs.
Clark University and
The Main South Community Development Corporation, for
The University Park Partnership
In the mid-1980s, Clark University recognized that its future was inextricably
linked to the successful future of the Main South neighborhood, where Clark is
situated. Main South is one of the most challenged neighborhoods in Worcester,
Massachusetts: 35% of the families have incomes at or below the poverty level;
the unemployment rate is 10%; the median household income is 64% lower than the
city average; 28% of the families are headed by single mothers; and 39% of the
adults lack a high school degree or a GED.
Under the leadership of former Clark University President Richard Traina, Clark
embarked on a partnership with its community that has since grown to become a
national model for university-community partnerships. Working with the Main
South Community Development Corporation, the University Park Partnership focuses
on five areas of need: physical rehabilitation and home ownership; public safety;
economic development and creation of jobs; social and recreational programs for
families; and education.
Mount Holyoke College and
Girls Incorporated of Holyoke for
The Possible Selves Partnership
Mount Holyoke College, an all-women's college dedicated to empowering women
since 1837, and Girls Incorporated of Holyoke, a branch of the national
organization that has been inspiring girls in Holyoke to be strong, smart, and
bold for over twenty years, are natural partners in many ways. The Possible
Selves Partnership, which originated in 1999, is a collaboration between Girls
Inc.'s HIP Youth Organizers (Hermanas in Power) and Mt. Holyoke College professor
Becky Wai-Ling Packard and her educational psychology students.
The collaboration involves the investigation of possible selves, or personalized
images of hopes and fears for the future. Participating Girls Inc. teens have
looked at their own hopes and fears through activities ranging from self-collages,
audio journals, and their own research to tutoring and other concrete
skill-building supports. While learning from the Girls Inc. girls about the
possible selves of young women in Holyoke, Mt. Holyoke students have also explored
their own possible selves as teachers and researchers in an urban setting. Both
groups have learned alternatives to traditional research methods, and next year
they will work together on a new project: researching the paths that past Girls
Inc. members have negotiated into their future.
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The Carter Partnership Award was originally developed in Georgia. It is housed at the Board of
Regents for the University System of Georgia. Dr. Sue Sehgal is the founder and director of this
program. To see information on the Carter Partnership Award please visit
www.usg.edu/carteraward.
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