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S• Made possible through a large gift from
Eleanore Woods Beals, '50, and her husband, Vaughn Beals
• Vision of improving academic achievement in Buffalo
• A team comprised of Buffalo State community engagement and education leaders translated this vision into the Community Academic Center
• Desire to further increase Buffalo State’s presence in its West Side neighborhood
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The overall national public high school graduation rate for the class of 2003 was 70 percent. There is a wide disparity in the public high school graduation rates of white and minority students. Nationally, the graduation rate for white students was 78 percent, compared with 72 percent for Asian students, 55 percent for African-American students, and 53 percent for Hispanic students. For African American and Hispanic males the gap is even larger and less than half of these young men finish high school. (Greene & Winters, 2006)
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•Buffalo’s most diverse region with over 70 languages spoken
•24% of all refugees that come into New York State settle in the Buffalo area
•In 2011 Buffalo resettled 1,600 refugees; the expected number in 2012 is over 2,000
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• 42% of youth (ages 5-18) in the city of Buffalo live in poverty.
• The high school graduation rate for the city is 54%. Without a high school diploma, a young person is twice as likely to be unemployed.
• On the West Side 41.4% of the total population and 61.2% of youth under age 18 living below the poverty line. Both values are almost triple national averages.
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• Site identified at 214 Grant Street just South of Lafayette and Grant
• Renovations to 214 Grant Street began in July of 2011
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partnerships with its West Side neighbors by establishing the Community Academic Center…The CAC will be a place for us to work with and serve the people of Buffalo by collaborating on outstanding cradle-to-career educational opportunities. We are enormously grateful to the Beals family for making this center possible.”
~ President Aaron Podolefsky, 2011
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The excitement generated by the new center has attracted many visitors. For example, SUNY Trustee Eunice Lewin, Assemblyperson Sean Ryan, and SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher listen as students from BPS International School #45 describe the importance of learning about science and going to college. CAC
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• The Buffalo State Community Academic Center (CAC) serves as a site where people from higher education and the local community meet to engage each other about matters of importance to children, families, and the West Side neighborhood. The center's mission is to coordinate and anchor cradle-to-career educational support programming for youth on Buffalo's West Side. Recognizing that the success of children is directly related to a viable social and economic infrastructure, the center also supports micro-enterprise development and partners with neighborhood revitalization efforts. With a special emphasis on the needs of refugee families, the center serves as a "hub" for work being done at various satellite locations in partnership with a variety of community-based organizations. CAC
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Unique by design
The CAC is unique by design
• geographically placing the college within the community
• pushing past the traditional boundaries between campus and community
• more than just its physical location, the CAC places itself in a distinctive space in terms of the services provided. CAC
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Direct Programming
Integrates Buffalo State students and volunteers into the West Side community in programs that support youth and families.
Support Programming
Brings Buffalo State students to community partner sites to support the good work that they are doing
Networking
Coordinating and collaborating with agencies that promote effect service provision
Using a three-pronged approach, the Center provides direct programming to youth and families, supports existing programs at partner organizations, and enhances the network between organizations supporting youth and families.
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Buffalo Beginnings Journey’s End
Girls Inc. YWCA
Career Counseling Buffalo State Higher Education Administration Department
Visual Art Program Buffalo State Art Education Department
Explorations in Science Buffalo State Earth Science and Science Education Department
Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of WNY
US Citizenship Classes Jericho Road Ministries
Advanced Reading and Writing Jericho Road Ministries
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AmeriCorps After School Volunteers
• Two graduate level Art Education students at Buffalo State design an original curriculum and teach weekly lessons
• Registration based program for youth in grades 4-8
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“Celebrating the Immigrant and Refugee Experience - Yesterday and Today"
Young Audiences of WNY, in collaboration with the CAC and Buffalo Public Schools received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. A large scale mural (2,400 sq feet) will be painted by muralist Augustina Droze in collaboration with neighborhood youth and families. In addition, an art installation on Grant Street will incorporate narratives from youth and families on the West Side.
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• Buffalo Public Multilingual Parent Drop-ins
• Buffalo English Language Learners Network
• U.S. Citizenship Classes, Jericho Road Ministries
• Reading Comprehension and Writing Intensive Workshops, Jericho Road Ministries
• Buffalo Homeschoolers Coalition CAC
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AmeriCorps After School Volunteers
Monthly Service Corps
Service-Learning Coordination for the School of Education
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GBuffalo English Language Learners’
Network Afterschool Educational Initiatives Roundtable
West Side Promise Neighborhood Planning Grant Proposal
Global Voices: “Celebrating the Immigrant and Refugee Experience - Yesterday and Today"
West Side Voices Roundtable Series Youth Leadership : October 24, 6:00PM Entrepreneurs : November 28, 6:00PM
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For questions or additional information please contact us:
John SiskarSenior Advisor for Buffalo State Educational Pipeline
Meg DeeDirector, Community Academic [email protected]
Maureen McCarthyProgram Coordinator, Community Academic [email protected]
Stop by and visit us at 214 Grant Street Buffalo, NY 14213
Visitors welcome, workers REALLY welcome!
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