Champaign Urbana Area Project

Join us for our second event designed to promote community dialogue and learning!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

7:00 p.m.

South Side Elementary School

712 South Pine Street, Champaign

The Champaign-Urbana Area Project and the South Side PTA will be hosting our second Community Conversations event, focused this month on Restorative Justice in Schools. Parents, teachers, administrators, youth advocates, and community members will have the opportunity to learn about the benefits of restorative practices in schools and to participate in small-group discussions on how these practices might enhance our local schools.

Come learn about how restorative justice can create safe school climates, improve learning, decrease bullying, reduce suspension and expulsion rates, and much more! Share your thoughts and concerns with fellow community members so we can work together to improve our community.

This discussion will be led by Sara Balgoyen, parent of a South Side student and advocate of restorative justice through both CUAP and the Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice Project.

Refreshments will be served and free babysitting will be provided.

Download the event flyer here.

After a months-long search and interview process, the Champaign Police Department has announced its selection of a new chief: Anthony Cobb of Urbana, Illinois.

We at the Champaign-Urbana Area Project are proud to have assisted Champaign rresidents in voicing their concerns and opinions for the new police chief at our first Community Conversations event on December 5, 2011. At this open event, residents were invited to draft questions for possible inclusion in a Meet & Greet panel interview session with the four potential candidates. The majority of questions used at the Meet & Greet were derived from questions written at our Community Conversations event.

Please visit the News-Gazette for more information on Mr. Cobb and his new position: Cobb is new Champaign police chief

Join us for the first event in our new series designed to promote community dialogue!

December 5, 2011

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Douglass Branch Library

504 E. Grove St.
Champaign 61820–3239

The Champaign-Urbana Area Project will be hosting our first Community Conversations event, entitled C.H.I.E.F.S.: Community Helping In the Efforts on Finding Solutions. This event will support community members interested in discussing community concerns surrounding the hiring of a new Champaign Police Chief. The conversation will be guided by community members and will focus on what is wanted and needed in a Police Chief in our community. The event will be an opportunity for the community to provide questions focused on the community concerns that may be used by the Search Committee at the public “Meet & Greet” with the final 4 candidates on December 8 sponsored by the NAACP.

Light refreshments will be served.

The NAACP and the Champaign Mayor’s Office are hosting a food drive for the Thanksgiving holiday. Please help by collecting one or more bags with the following items:

• Mac & cheese
• Cereal (Cheerios)
• Rice
• Beans
• Canned fruit
• Canned veggies
• Spaghetti
• Spaghetti sauce
• Peanut butter
• Soup
• Jell-O
• Goodies (fruit snacks, etc.)
• Stuffing

Please drop off your bags at 606 N. Country Fair Drive OR one of the following Family Video Stores:

• 1101 N. Mattis Ave., Champaign
• 805 N. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
• 1901 Philo Rd., Urbana

You can also call 217-766-1995 and someone will pick them up!

This membership drive is open to all ACCESS Initiative youth, families, partners and staff members.  You will have an opportunity to learn more about Timebanks, preview Community Weaver 2.0, and sign up for membership. A light meal will be served, please register.

Champaign County TimeBank Membership Drive

Champaign Public Library

200 W. Green St.

Roberson Pavilion, Room B

Friday, November 18, 2011 from 4:30-7:00 pm

Visit Unity in Action Magazine online to view the latest issue, which includes an article on Champaign County’s new TimeBank. Click here to read the article: Unity in Action Magazine

On October 8, the National Alliance on Mental Illness Champaign County Affiliate invites you to join us to support individuals and families living with brain disorders, meet new people, and spread the word that recovery is possible!

Walking is free!

Meet at 9:30 a.m. at Community Elements, 202 W. Park Avenue, Champaign, IL

For more information, call Sue at 419-5345 or email skeller@communityelements.org

See attached flyer here: NamiWalk2011

If you cannot participate in the walk, donations are always welcome, tax-deductible, and can be mailed to:

PO Box 1514
Champaign, IL 61820