UC Berkeley and the Community
National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) Forum 2014 Town GownWorkshop
Town and Gown: New Paradigms for Collaboration
Track & Session No. XXX
April 14, 2014, 10:15am – 12:00pm
Presenters: Linda Morris Williams – Associate Chancellor, UC Berkeley
Harry LeGrande –Vice Chancellor Student Affairs, UC Berkeley
Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund
Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund
2006 - 2014
CCPF Grant Distribution by Theme
(2006-2013)
Community
Safety &
Livability
23%
Education
34%
Environmental
Stewardship
18%
Arts and Culture
20%
Economic
Development
5%
Chancellor’s Community Partnership Fund
Berkeley United in Literacy Development :
Equity Through Literacy (2012)
Primary Partners: Berkeley Alliance, Public Service Center
Cal Move-Out Program
CAL Move-Out Program
2014 Partners:
• UC Berkeley
• City of Berkeley
• Student groups: ASUC, CO-OPs,
CalGreeks & more
• Landlords & tenants
• Reuse.org
• DR3: Divert, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Moveout.berkeley.edu
Public Service Center
Publicservice.berkeley.edu
Cal in Local Government
Co-Curricular Programming
Originally I thought VITA is just
doing tax returns for people, but I
learned that doing tax returns right
can actually make an influence on
people's lives.
-Cal Student in VITA (Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance)
Bonner Leaders AmeriCorps
Richmond Excellence Serving Our
Community at Berkeley
ACES:
American Cultures Engaged Scholarship
Richmond High School Health
Academy
presents
Hope for the
Bay
Improving Connectivity &
Transportation to
Richmond’s South
Shoreline
outh Shoreline
(Marina
WhY-PLAN
Bay)
Y-PLAN! and Richmond High School
Step 4: Going Public
Final Proposals
Richmond Bay Campus
Richmond Bay Campus Vision
• A state-of-the-art, inspirational and sustainable place to
produce world-class collaborative science for healthy living
and sustainable communities.
• A center of innovation for national and international academic,
government, non-profit and industry partners.
• Solutions for 21st century challenges in energy, environment,
human health, and the global economy.
RBC in the Community – Shared Values
• Strengthen our institutional partnerships with the Richmond
Community.
• Leverage UC Berkeley’s and LBNL’s (Lawrence Berkeley
National Lab) intellectual and institutional resources in ways that
provide mutual benefit to the Campus, Lab and Richmond
Community.
• Be an engine for economic development and innovation locally
and regionally.
• Encourage partnerships for education, workforce development,
and career readiness – PreK-Adult.
Creating a Partnership Commitment
for RBC - Richmond
•Next steps:
– Create a Community Partnership Commitment
that provides a roadmap for UCB-LBNL
collaboration with the Richmond community
–Have hosted discussions around 4 community
priority areas:
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Education
Workforce Training
Employment/Hiring and Procurement
Long-term Community/RBC Engagement