All posts by Theressa Johnson

Linear Park Cleanup Day

October 1, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

picture 1 Councilman Rasheed Wyatt with students and residents at the rails/trails entrance at the LaSalle station

Heath Street Residents with Councilman Wyatt at the linear park cleanup 9/28

Miguel Tabor from Heath Street cleaning the abutments at the rails to trails

Mike Cartwright with some UB students preparing to plant bulbs at the rails to trails cleanup/bulb planting session

Breakfast Meeting

July 21, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

A very informative breakfast meeting was held July 27 at the Gloria Parks Community Center, It was very well attended. Among the speakers were representatives from Amazon, Family Dollar, Eight Days of Hope,. the Mayor’s impact team, the University Collaborative, and the University District Block Club Coalition. Councilman Rasheed Wyatt, Chief Carmen Menza from District E, and housing supervisors from the city answered many questions about issues in our neighborhoods. Eight Days of Hope founder Steve Tabor, spoke about his group along with volunteers from the Buffalo area and around the country,who replaced roofs and steps, added handicap ramps, painted houses, cut down trees and weeded laws as well as other home repairs in the University district. Eight Days will do this again next year July 18 – 25, 2020. in another district in the city of Buffalo.

Amazon plans to bring in quite a few jobs into the Buffalo area. If interested please text BUFFNOW to 77088 to find out what positions are available.

Mickey Vertino, president of the University Heights Collaborative ( UHC), and Annie Cheatum President of The University District Block Club Coalition (UDBCC) both spoke about the importance of attending meetings to find out what is happening in your area. The UHC meetings are at the Gloria Parks Community Center. the second Tuesday of the Month.at 7 pm. The UDBCC meetings are held at 995 Kensington Ave on the third Tuesday of the month at 6 pm. The District E meetings are held at 995 Kensington on the second Wednesday of each month at 6 pm.. The meeting ended at noon with everyone there learning something new about what if happening in our district and how to become a part of the changes

Councilman Wyatt is having a breakfast meeting at the Gloria Parks Community Center Saturday July 27, 9 AM – Noon. Please respond by Wed July 24 to the Councilman”s office.

Useful Information

July 10, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

Senior Program

June 26, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

BEAM Program Event

May 1, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

Dear BEAM Family,

We have some great news to share! The Buffalo Bills would like to officially announce that they have awarded BEAM a very generous grant! We will be holding an event this Monday (May 6th) to celebrate with one or more of the players from the Bills!

This event is required for all BEAM FIRST Robotics students (students who cannot attend must clear it with me in advance).

Siblings are welcome.

Meet a (or more) Buffalo Bill’s player(s)!

Drive the BEAM team 6870 robot! Watch it score and climb!

Show off your Lego Mindstorms robots! Build something new!

When: Monday May 6th! 5:30 pm -6:30 pm

Where: Gloria J. Parks Community Center

3242 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214

RSVP by replying to Mike Cartwright at mwcart2001@gmail.com

Dalar Nazarian, Ph.D.

Program Coordinator

BEAM (Buffalo-area Engineering Awareness for Minorities)

University at Buffalo
115 Bonner Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260

(716) 645-3066

UB on the Green

May 1, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

Dear Community Partner,

I am writing to let you know about some exciting changes taking place this year to our long-running UB on the Green Concert Series. This year, we were presented with an opportunity to partner with the Insane Inflatable 5K Run here on South Campus to reach even more of the community.

This means we will be focusing on a one-day event on Friday, August 9th from 5 to 8pm in conjunction with the registration for the race. We will still be using the event as an opportunity for organizations to table and are excited to continue partnering with you to reach our broader community.

In order to sign up to table, please email Community Relations with the following information:

Organization Name
Contact Person’s Name
Contact Phone Number
Contact Email
Brief description of tabling subjects or activities
Special considerations you will need (access to power, extra tables/chairs, etc.)

Please let us know if you would like a table at the event at your soonest possible convenience. We provide one table and two chairs to all tabling organizations. We will release exact location information closer to the event.

Thank you for your continued partnership. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns about the UB on the Green event.

Best,

Community Relations, 829-3099

Idea Summit

April 28, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

Idea Summit

April 28, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

November 2019 Meeting Agenda

April 18, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

UHC General Meeting Agenda November 2019
Meeting will be held at
Gloria Parks Community Center at Main and Heath Streets

Guest Speaker Michael Ramos Lead poisoning Specialist in the City of Buffalo
The dangers of lead poisoning and how to prevent it.
Love your block grants
Restorative Justice training sessions
Voice Buffalo presents A night of Power with Yusef Salaam community conversations on wrongful convictions, youth in the criminal justice center Nov 15 at 6 pm at Elim Christian Fellowship 70 Chalmers Street. tickets at org/event/yusefsalaam
There will be no UHC meeting in December

Spring Service Days 2019

March 7, 2019UncategorizedTheressa Johnson

All posts by Theressa Johnson

Linear Park Cleanup Day

Breakfast Meeting

Useful Information

Senior Program

BEAM Program Event

UB on the Green

Idea Summit

Idea Summit

November 2019 Meeting Agenda

Spring Service Days 2019

Meetings

Email SignUp

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