A STUDENT-CENTERED, ANTI-HUNGER NUTRITION PROJECT IN AN URBAN CITY INVOLVING FIVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THE RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY Dr. Reva Curry, Executive Director of Community Partnerships Dr. Joseph Rubenstein, Professor of Anthropology Amanda Parris, Community Partnership Fellow Lauren Kablis, Community Partnership Fellow
We are for Positive Social Change Mutually beneficial Mutually respectful Goal oriented Collaboration from multiple groups College student involvement Think Tank – Project Development – Pilots – Evaluation • Transformative for everyone involved • • •
Creating Positive Social Change through academics and relationship building Homework Assistance/ Mentoring • After school program at MLK Complex • K- 8 th grade • 2: 45 -4: 30 pm one – two afternoons a week
Creating Positive Social Change through school beautification Local African American History Mural at MLK School • Collaboration with – MLK social studies teachers and students – Local community – Noyes Museum • Mural in Foyer Entrance of MLK School – To be completed by June 2011 Mural Image completed June 2010 at New York Avenue School
Creating Positive Social Change through school beautification MLK School Mural African-American History of Atlantic City
Creating Positive Social Change Through Gardens Covenant House Community Garden Texas Avenue School Garden
Creating Positive Social Change through Gardens St. Mary’s Church Garden Team Planting the Seeds
Creating Positive Social Change through student leadership Investing in our Students • Stockton College student involvement… • Transition from service participant to transformational leaders managing projects Community Partnership Fellows Lauren Kablis and Amanda Parris
What Would Happen If We Integrated Two Projects?
Protecting Our Environment while Creating Positive Social Change The Campus Kitchens Project It Makes a Difference • National program involving 30 university and high school campuses • Un-served, usable food from school cafeterias is combined with food donations to create nutritious meals to delivery to needy families. • 1, 240, 456 lb of food recovered • 1, 060, 055 meals served • 20, 000 students engaged • 250, 062 hours volunteered • $2, 766, 000 saved by community agencies and individuals in need
Protecting Our Environment while Creating Positive Social Change DC Central Kitchen Founder Robert Egger • Operates The Campus Kitchens Project, Culinary Job Training for Released Inmates, Breakfast Programs, Catering, Contract Foodservices • 5000 meals prepared daily for the Greater Washington DC Area. • Nonprofit community essential to the national, state and local economy, and can promotes positive social change. • Nonprofit community must work together and join forces to have a greater voice nationally, statewide and locally
Protecting Our Environment while Creating Positive Social Change Sampling of Current Campus Kitchen Locations New 2010 Campus Kitchen Openings St. Louis University Northwestern University Marquette University Minnesota State University of Nebraska Washington and Lee University • Gettysburg College • College of William and Mary • • • • University of Massachusetts St. Lawrence University Union College East Carolina University of Virginia Washington University Richard Stockton College
Creating Positive Social Change through student leadership The Campus Kitchen Local Partners • Stockton College • Atlantic City Board of Education • Atlantic Cape CC Culinary Academy • Sodexo Foods • Atlantic City Boys & Girls Club Campus Kitchen at Atlantic City Student Leaders and Volunteers
Creating Positive Social Change The Campus Kitchen at Atlantic City Over 2800 lbs of food donated & 2000 meals served to needy families • Cooking Shift: Mondays 35 pm • Plating Shift: Tuesdays, 34 pm • Delivery Shift: Tuesdays, 4 -5: 30 pm •
Creating Positive Social Change Plating Meals Meal Loading
Creating Positive Social Change through student leadership Lessons Learned from Campus Kitchen at Atlantic City • Student recruitment, development and deployment takes time. • Student leadership at a higher level is needed for Campus Kitchen and other projects Provost support in Community Partnership Fellows
Creating Positive Social Change Linking Projects Lessons Learned • Connecting Campus Kitchen of Atlantic City to Community and School Gardens in Atlantic City and Pleasantville • Desired Outcomes • Community Projects are complex , evolve over time, and require multiple community partners. • Transformation over time is desired, not a “quick fix” which doesn’t last. • Community and school empowerment through transformation is key. – Maintain gardens for optimal yield each year – Donate portion of produce to Campus Kitchen at Atlantic City for nutritious meals
CP Fellow Assignments: • • • Student recruitment, training and deployment Manage/coordinate 2 projects Be knowledgeable on all projects Assist in writing, presenting and publishing Maintain Website, Facebook presence Assist in compiling data, research, and status reports
A Student-Centered, Anti-Hunger Nutrition Project in an Urban City Involving Five Community Partners Creating Positive Social Change • Questions?
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