The Community Partnership Board (CPB) celebrated its 10th year with a reception for its 2000-2001 grant recipients April 12 at the Robert Purcell Community Center.
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| Lynn Zwibak '02, right, shows a display of her project, "Closing the Generation Gap" -- which proposes having students tutor individuals in computer training classes at the Women's Opportunity Center -- to Marcia Fort, executive director of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center, April 12, at the CPB spring reception. Richard Killen/University Photography |
The evening began with a speech by Marcia Fort, executive director of the Greater Ithaca Activities Center (GIAC), who addressed the importance of local community agencies and the commitment of Cornell students to helping those organizations. She was followed by Sarah Jensen '02, an executive board member of the student organization Into the Streets (ITS), a program that was funded by CPB in 1992. From its fledgling days, ITS has expanded to become a day of public service anticipated by both students and community members alike. Each of the 15 grant recipients then had the opportunity to speak about the current state and the future goals of their projects.
The speeches were followed by a dinner, during which students, faculty and staff from local agencies had the chance to talk with each other about the awarded projects. Displays set up around the perimeter of the room gave more detailed descriptions of these projects. Community service initiatives ranged from organizing soccer lessons at GIAC, to measuring electromagnetic field levels at kindergartens in Cyprus, to starting a reading group at the Lansing Residential Center, a detention facility for women.
Since its inception in 1991, CPB has provided more than $90,000 worth of funding for local, national and international service projects. Each year, CPB seeks to foster student leadership and social responsibility by encouraging students to take action against social problems. Students can receive up to $2,000 to implement their grassroots social-action projects. In order to be eligible for funding, they must meet the five requirements of the CPB philosophy statement: partnership, student management, social responsibility, education and evaluation.
The members of the Community Partnership Board are Deborah Agrin '01, Divya Awal '03, John Briggs '03, Stephanie Chin '02, Adam Fox '04, Natasha Ladha '01, Frolich Lim '04, Eric Linden '02, Po-Wen Tu '03, and the adviser is Joyce Muchan.
CPB is funded in part by the Cornell Public Service Center and the Student Assembly Finance Commission. For more information on grants or membership, contact the CPB at cpb@cornell.edu or stop by the Public Service Center at 200 Barnes Hall.
Here are the 2000-2001 CPB grant-awarded projects and recipients:
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