作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2024年8月1日

萨克拉门托 State’s 锚大学 initiative will fund 18 new and continuing projects focused on cultivating community partnerships and addressing key issues in the 萨克拉门托 area.

教职员工和学生将利用该计划的小额赠款，在未来一年与地区伙伴合作开展公民和社区参与项目。

该计划最近为Sac州立大学与社区团体、机构、学区和其他组织合作领导的18个项目提供了总计近10万美元的资助。

他们的工作将包括帮助无家可归的人在即将到来的全国大选中投票，促进学校的健康和保健，支持年轻人的心理健康，帮助来自弱势背景的年轻人发展领导能力和生活技能。

“Through the 锚大学 Grants program, we are making an investment in our community, helping to ensure that people around us have better lives,” said Rita Gallardo Good, 囊状态’s senior vice president for Public Affairs and Advocacy and a member of the 锚大学 Advisory Council.

罗伯特·s·尼尔森公民参与基金资助新的或现有的创新项目和计划，重点关注公民参与，以改善萨克拉门托地区的长期福利。 This year’s 囊状态 recipients, along with their community partners, are:

• The 社会工作学院 and community partner 萨克拉门托 Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, to mobilize and engage homeless people for the November 2024 general election
• The 心理学系 and 萨克拉门托 Community Land Trust, pairing 囊状态 students with youth in South 萨克拉门托 to foster civic engagement
• The APIDA中心 and Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs, to support and mentor young people in their academic and professional journeys
• The 社会学系 and Her Health First, to explore medical interventions by Black doulas and midwives with an eye toward improving birth outcomes
• The 老年医学部 and community partners Campus Commons Senior Living 萨克拉门托 and area schools, to promote civic engagement between older adults and younger people

社区参与拨款资助新的或现有的项目和计划，重点关注社区参与的伙伴关系、研究、奖学金和学习，这些项目和计划将改善萨克拉门托社区的长期福利，并解决锚大学倡议的六个优先问题中的至少一个。 This year’s recipients are:

• The 环境研究系 and community partner Save the American River Association and 萨克拉门托 County Parks, to continue 布什湖的修复工作及海龟保育工作
• The 艺术系 and 萨克拉门托 County Unified School District, to continue a course that offers University students an opportunity to engage with local youth through a course called Barrio艺术在社区
• The 教育学院 and Grant Union High School, for a program focused on youth psychology and well-being
• 心理学系、尼古拉斯小学和萨克拉门托山谷特许学校为一个现有的项目提供资金，该项目旨在帮助青少年提高社会意识、学习技能和心理健康
• The 社区参与中心 and Bowling Green and Marion Mix elementary schools, for a program through which 囊状态 scholars exchange letters with elementary school students
• The 音乐学院 and Robla School District, to continue offering 小提琴和大提琴班，给缺课的孩子 in the 萨克拉门托 area while providing teacher training to University students
• The 梦想者资源中心 and Capital Storytelling, for a workshop series and showcase event that 放大移民的故事 from campus and the larger community
• The 地理系 and Soil Born Farms, for a project that aims to enhance ties and deepen knowledge about cultural staple foods of immigrant and refugee communities
• The 民族研究系 and Museum of Children’s Art, in which University scholars will interact with students in Oakland, engaging them through letter writing, discussions and as campus hosts
• The 计算机科学系 and Aspire Twilight Academy, to introduce an innovative interdisciplinary course that merges science and art education
• 联合学生公司 和健康教育委员会，为一个旨在培养五、六年级学生的信心、知识和健康的综合项目
• 项目反弹 以及锡安女子学院（Zion Girls Academy），在那里，萨克州立大学的工作人员和学生志愿者将指导受到司法系统影响的来自不同背景的弱势群体
• 音乐学院和纳托马斯特许学校，为今年的新美国音乐节，将寻求通过表演，讲座和大师班为年轻人提供接触客座艺术家的机会

Gallardo Good说，每一个项目都有可能在它们所服务的社区留下永久的印记。

“Our investment as an educational institution in these communities will resonate for many years,” she said. “The fact that our Hornets are playing a role in enhancing the lives of others is a legacy.”