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The UCCBP's main purpose is to continue to research and examine
community issues and implement the action plan developed by the UCCBP Resource Team to enhance connectivity and
quality of life in the University City area.
Activities
and Deliverables
Over the past two years, the UCCBP Resource Team funded and supported by The Community Building Initiative, The
University City YMCA and supported by The Lee Institute commissioned research to drill down to the University City
level on the same issues covered in the regional Social Capital Benchmark Survey. The group's three core charges
of leadership, infrastructure and identity all begin with the identification and strengthening of indigenous leaders
who represent the interests of University City's residents while respecting and nurturing its diverse people and
divergent viewpoints. Following this two year research and civic engagement project and encouraged by The Community
Building Initiative, the University City YMCA and The Lee Institute, a new team was formed to take the action plan
and completed research and move towards implementation. The UCCBP Implementation Team was formed in October of
2004 and operates as a University City YMCA special project.
Charlotte as a whole did not rank as highly on trusting other
people in general or interracial trust as did the University City area. University City's levels of trust and diversity
are a unique gift, and their presence offers an opportunity for study and possible replication. The UCCBP believes
that by nurturing diverse leadership in the University City area it will be possible to sustain and strengthen
the high level of interracial trust that exists here, and hopefully gain enough insight into it to export tactics
to strengthen it elsewhere and groom empowered leaders who have experienced its benefits first hand.
The
UCCBP has two public deliverables:
- The creation of an annual Leadership Summit event; and
- The creation of a Leadership Academy for University City existing
and emerging leaders.
In addition, the UCCBP will continue to commission research
to further study the factors that contribute to its attractive mix of high diversity and high trust so that it
can enhance the area's sense of community.
Area of Focus
Leadership development, including the identification,
education, empowerment and inspiration of new and emerging area leaders. Research into social capital issues, primarily
interracial diversity and trust. Connecting University City residents to the area and to each other by fostering
a sense of community and by building social capital networks among leaders, groups and residents.
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