The Welikeia project and the corresponding free online tool Visionmaker. NYC focus on the historical landscape ecologies of New York City. This article provides a brief introduction to online participatory tools, describes the Visionmaker tool in detail, and offers suggested ways to use the tool for Extension professionals based in and outside New…

This article explores shared space at the University of Minnesota's Robert J. Jones Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center (UROC), located four miles off campus in a community strong in assets, but facing inequality, disinvestment and racism. UROC's mission promotes university-community collaboration to solve critical urban challenges. We…

ABE urban extension presents one approach to the solution of the educational problems of the urban disadvantaged. Five potential problem areas are identified, realizing that even if they are resolved by intervention strategy, success depends upon appreciation of ABE participants as "legitimate" students with accompanying rights, duties, and…

The College of New Rochelle's School of New Resources is described including: adult participation in decision making (selection and development of courses, faculty recruitment, and courses and programs evaluation), and descriptions of extension centers and campuses (AFSCME-AFL/CIO, Co-op City, South Bronx, New York Theological Seminary, and…

Describes how urban universities can strengthen their linkage with culturally diverse communities and contribute to the health of local neighborhoods. Increased dialog and coordination of efforts can result from community outreach, university examples of diversity, and the support of research on multicultural issues. (SLD)