Community Engagement

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Setting the Stage for Collaboration With the Community

  • by John Marx

Picture this: You enter Aggie Square’s Community Engagement Hub on the first floor of the tallest building of the project, the front door opening onto a gallery with a long table and walls filled with art from a Quarter at Aggie Square experience. Or maybe the gallery is showing off a citizen science experiment run with a local school; or images taken by a neighborhood photographer who worked with a university collaborator; or possibly paintings by a local artist who is working with a member of our faculty. 

Aggie Square Rendering

Aggie Square’s Community Benefits Laid Out

The Community Benefits Partnership Agreement (CBPA) is created to ensure the Aggie Square innovation district on the UC Davis Sacramento campus not only boosts the economy of the region but also provides meaningful access to jobs, affordable housing and other benefits for residents of the surrounding neighborhoods.
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Aggie Square Puts the Focus on Talent

By John Marx

Although there are lots of ways that UC Davis makes a difference in the greater Sacramento region, probably our biggest impact derives from the talented graduates educated in our academic programs. 

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UC Davis, SETA Sign Agreement for More Career Path Training

CPE, Aggie Square anchor tenant, aims to benefit underserved communities

Starting in February 2021, economically disadvantaged Sacramento residents will be able to access scholarship-funded career training offered by UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education (CPE), the workforce development arm of UC Davis.

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‘We Help Close the Gap Between Industry and Education’

Wexford’s Chief Community Officer Talks Successes in Other Cities

By Tanya Perez

A regular topic of discussion among the planners of Aggie Square surrounds opportunities for youth. Specifically, what might kids in kindergarten through 12th grade be able to participate in at Sacramento’s future innovation hub?

From the beginning, Aggie Square has been envisioned as a place which will invite the community to be part of engaging, enriching programs. And that means local children, as well.

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Artist-Philanthropist-Educator David Garibaldi Visits Aggie Square

Sacramento Artist Performs for Students in Transformative Justice Studies

By Sharon Knox

Leadership from Oak Ridge Elementary and Aggie Square joined the Quarter at Aggie Square’s Transformative Justice Studies students and faculty for a conversation with Sacramentan David Garibaldi about arts, education, and community.

“This past summer, we saw our world creating images that reflected how we felt, saying what we had no words for,” Garibaldi said. “Art has always been a voice for the unsaid.”

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