Community

The Center for Urban Partnerships (CUP) Open House Breakfast held on the 12th of February, 2004 addressed community leaders and representatives interested in building community alliances and developing future joint research opportunities with UNLV. CUP's services, including grant funding assistance, and program evaluation, design, and implementation were highlighted by staff and guest speakers. Several CUP advisory board members, including Clark County Manager, Thom Reilly, and Susie Cram, Chief Operating Officer of Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, discussed pressing community issues. UNLV faculty members Dr. Patricia Markos, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, and Larry Ashley, Addictions Specialist and Undergraduate Coordinator, provided an overview of ongoing research projects with CUP.
The event was attended by 175 representatives from Community agencies. The following is a sampling of our attendees: Clark County Health District, Nevada State Division of Welfare & Social Services, Clark County School District, Clark County Family Services, Economic Opportunity Board, Ronald McDonald House, Nevada Council on Problem Gambling, Nevada Donor Network, Department of Juvenile Justice Services, Center for Creative & Therapeutic Arts, The Rape Crisis Center, St. Rose Dominican Hospitals, SAFE House, Goodwill, Cambridge Family Resource Center, Nevada Disability Advocacy& Law Center, Nevada HAND, BEST Coalition, Desert Regional Center, Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow, Nevada PEP, Family TIES of Nevada, Helping Hands of Vegas Valley, Public Defender’s Office, Baby Find, Boys & Girls Club FRC, Opportunity Village.

“The community response to our Open House has been overwhelmingly positive with many people thanking the Center for Urban Partnerships for providing an open community forum on the UNLV campus for agencies to come and speak about pressing community issues and raise the level of awareness regarding services in Nevada among organizations. We have been inundated with requests to partner with the University for the benefit of the community, which was ideally the ultimate goal of the Open House. It was a wonderful chance for us to make new connections in the community and for the community to put a face to the name: Center for Urban Partnerships.” Heather Bruton, Community Outreach Coordinator for CUP

CUP Open House Pictures