Projects receive Ross Fund support
June 29, 2020
Three projects involving Binghamton University and community partners will receive support for 2020-21 from the Stephen David Ross University and Community Projects Fund:
- Community HUBS for Racial Justice: Helping Us Build Successfully — $6,180
Community Partner: CARES Advocates for Families Inc.
University Partner: Department of Human Development/Binghamton Witnessing Whiteness Community
The grant will be used to bring together two existing community-based projects involving the University and community: the Binghamton Witnessing Whiteness Community and the CARES Parent Mentor Program.
The partners will collaborate to strengthen the community-University partnership, use resources more efficiently across programs with compatible missions, and collaboratively work toward increased racial justice advocacy in the Binghamton community.
- Housing Rights Internship Program — $4,490
Community Partner: Broome County Land Trust
University Partner: Human Rights Institute
The Human Rights Institute will partner with the Broome Community Land Trust (BCLT) to create a competitive student internship. This internship will support BCLT’s goal of building an organization owned by community residents most impacted by housing insecurity in the Binghamton area.
The intern will receive training and hands-on experience in local regulations around housing rights and in community outreach. Binghamton faculty and BCLT staff will work together to train and oversee the work of the student intern.
- Ross Park Zoo Visitor Improvement Project (VIP) — $6,030
Community Partner: The Southern Tier Zoological Society
University Partner: Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
Through this project, the zoo and University will work to engage the community to provide feedback on ways to improve the presentation of conservation messaging at the zoo.
The University will lead a needs assessment and the zoo will work with the University to implement improved messaging.
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