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{{toplink|url=http://www.ucgreen.org|name=ucgreen.org}}[[File:UCGreen.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UC Green in action.]]''' | {{toplink|url=http://www.ucgreen.org|name=ucgreen.org}}[[File:UCGreen.jpg|200px|thumb|right|UC Green in action.]]<blockquote>''Cooperative Community Greening''<br><br>''Trees Make Great Neighbors''</blockquote> | ||
Through partnerships and education we empower volunteer environmental stewardship in University city and its surrounding communities. | |||
'''UC Green''' was started in 1998 by the University of Pennsylvania’s Facilities and Real Estate Services. Early on, Penn worked to combat crime, trash and blight in University City. UC Green’s role, as then-President Judith Rodin put it, was to “unite community organizations, city agencies, university students and residents in local greening efforts.” | |||
Today, UC Green continues to improve our neighborhoods. Through partnerships and education '''we empower volunteer environmental stewardship''' in University City and its surrounding communities. | |||
''In Memory of Winnie Harris'' | |||
UC Green remembers and honors the legacy of our long-time Programming Coordinator and acting Executive Director Winnie Harris, who tragically passed away on February 3, 2017. Winnie was the beating heart of UC Green; fiercely protective of the many youth who got their first job with the Green Corps, meticulously organized in coordinating thousands of volunteers in tree plantings and community events, and a beloved figure to the many neighbors that benefitted from her tireless passion for a greener Philadelphia. She will be dearly missed. | |||
''Note: The above descriptive information came from the organization's [http://ucgreen.org/index.php/about-us About Us] page. | |||
==In The News== | |||
*[http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Community-Organizer-West-Philadelphia-Arrest-Murder-Shooting--450128423.html Arrest Made in Murder of West Philadelphia Community Organizer], NBC-10, October 10, 2017. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 09:42, 10 October 2017
Cooperative Community Greening
Trees Make Great Neighbors
Through partnerships and education we empower volunteer environmental stewardship in University city and its surrounding communities.
UC Green was started in 1998 by the University of Pennsylvania’s Facilities and Real Estate Services. Early on, Penn worked to combat crime, trash and blight in University City. UC Green’s role, as then-President Judith Rodin put it, was to “unite community organizations, city agencies, university students and residents in local greening efforts.”
Today, UC Green continues to improve our neighborhoods. Through partnerships and education we empower volunteer environmental stewardship in University City and its surrounding communities.
In Memory of Winnie Harris
UC Green remembers and honors the legacy of our long-time Programming Coordinator and acting Executive Director Winnie Harris, who tragically passed away on February 3, 2017. Winnie was the beating heart of UC Green; fiercely protective of the many youth who got their first job with the Green Corps, meticulously organized in coordinating thousands of volunteers in tree plantings and community events, and a beloved figure to the many neighbors that benefitted from her tireless passion for a greener Philadelphia. She will be dearly missed.
Note: The above descriptive information came from the organization's About Us page.
In The News
- Arrest Made in Murder of West Philadelphia Community Organizer, NBC-10, October 10, 2017.