Valencia Community College

your city or a utility in your city transitioned from small-scale, pilot programs to large-scale smart grid deployment? o No, Ameren, St. Louis’ utility provider has small-scale, pilot programs for training future employees at the St. Louis Community College and a smarter workforce training program at the company. • What is the level of customer adoption of smart grid technology in your…

“Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Pleaseeeee! C’mon, let’s go! We have to!” I shouted. It was January 20th, 2015. 8:00pm. (AKA my birthday). We were in the middle of having cake. And as in we, I mean my Mom, Danny, Zio, Nonna, and Nonno. As we were enjoying our strawberry cake, we were discussing if we should drive to Arizona or not. The only reason we were thinking about going is because, well, Danny’s mom had just passed away and my Nonna Angie (his mom), and Nonno Vito (his dad) had a house out in…

In my first semester at Valencia College, I have met many brilliant minds. The people I met here do not deserve the stigma that centers around attending a community college. This school is their second chance. Often enough it is their only chance. The students I have met here have different stories. I met people who were detoured in high school and Valencia is their only hope to graduate from an university. I have met people who entered the service when they turned…

Nelson & Prilleltensky (2010) provide a template for devising “value-based interventions in multiple settings - schools, workplaces, hospitals, communities - and with a variety of foci - health promotion, drug-abuse prevention, teenage pregnancy, formal and informal support, minority rights, and child abuse”. Their research shows that “Community psychologists are interested in values that promote the well-being of disadvantaged people. However, given that people’s needs vary according to their…

Through education programs, community engagement, and city-wide collaboration, this project strives to create opportunities that support the remedial efforts at the waterfront via agencies (ex: BARC), community groups, and public volunteers. Hamilton residents now have the opportunity to shape the future of the West Harbour community by participating in community engagement events such as: “A West Harbour Engagement Planning Stakeholder Workshop”…

Here at The Robinson’s Community Outreach Center (RCOC) like to think of our marketing plan as a systematic method to reach our target audience. Our target audience would be communities within the Phoenix Metropolitan area that struggle with low incomes, at-risk youth, and underprivileged populations that are in need of assistance to reduce their day to day challenges. The Robinson’s center is determined to create a system that possess reliable resources to our clients, so they are aware that…

I am one of them. Santa Monica College was my first stop after high-school, almost 20 years ago. Growing up it seemed that I was always marginalized. I was the “darker skinned kid” who didn’t speak English and whose parents had funny accents. I recall being 7 years old and being cornered by a bunch of kids my age, and being told that my skin color was not liked by “God”. I realized early on that I was different. This difference, for an immigrant, is a hard pill to swallow. My high school…

The Beaulieu and Continelli article aims to establish a link between community and neighborhood organization, and the rates of concentrated disadvantage. This not only looks at the disadvantage faced by minorities, but the possible advantages that could be gained by white communities through this organization. Along the lines of community organization is the access that all people have to necessary resources. In some cases the access to these resources is limited by economic disadvantage, and in…

Riverview Gardens is unique in that it is self-sustaining organization. Riverview Gardens offers a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program which allows community members to purchase a box of organic produce, each week for 24 weeks. For community members who cannot afford a CSA share, Riverview Gardens offers a Workshare program. It is similar to the CSA share, however, it offers low-income people the chance to volunteer…

I looked at school as a way to gain knowledge, the same way I would look at watching a documentary. Going back to college is not job training. While I did enjoy the business and economic portion of running a business, I felt that there was more to it than just being able to sit down, run programs, and compute numbers. Having a focus in life is extremely important especially…