The Urban Action Institute (UAI) is the outreach and community action arm of Worcester State University’s Urban Studies department. The UAI collaborates with students, faculty, and community partners to address social, political, and economic injustices through field-based learning and advocacy for a more equitable city. The Urban Action Institute aims to contribute to a world where the collaborative approach it embraces becomes mainstream.
“When we interviewed Midaly we felt like she had a really positive student-focused perspective,” said Adam Saltsman, associate professor of Urban Studies and director of the UAI. “She’s really interested in listening to students and understanding them so she can help them navigate the challenges of being in college, but she also wants to help push them to go one step further and do the kind of engaged work that UAI tries to do out in the community and within the University.”
The annual Empty Bowls fundraiser was held Nov. 14 in the exhibit area of the Student Center. The Urban Action Institute, which is the outreach and community action arm of the Urban Studies Department, partnered with Chartwell’s and the Student Government Association for the event to promote hunger awareness and provide resources to students in need.
The Shared Scholarship Series resumed for its tenth year on Friday, January 26, with presentations by Danielle Morales, assistant professor in the Urban Studies Department, and Laura Reynolds, assistant professor in the Earth, Environment, and Physics Department.
Worcester State University will bring together community organizations, affordable housing advocates, housing experts, and city officials Tuesday, March 12, for its first Housing Justice Summit. The half-day event is open to the public.
Worcester State University brought together community organizations, affordable housing advocates, housing experts, and city officials on March 12 for its first Housing Justice Summit.
Worcester State students are not immune to food insecurity. A Worcester State Urban Action Institute self-study conducted before the pandemic revealed that close to a third of the university’s students struggle with hunger.
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