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Action Research.ILLINOIS College of Fine and Applied Arts \| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Action Research.Illinois AR.I Mission Statement AR.I Projects AR.I Courses AR.I ~ Who We Are Community Partners AR.I Advisory Committee Affiliated Professionals AR.I Events and News AR.I Grants and Awards 2012 Seed Grants for Course Development 2012 Faculty Mentor Program ESLARP Mission Statement Why East St. Louis? Why University of Illinois? Who We Are Community Partners Campus Partners ESLARP Staff ESLARP Faculty Vernon Burton Cynthea Geerdes Robert Selby Graduate Assistants Randall Rice Senait Brown Will Godfrey Sripallavi Nadimpalli Crystal Whiters Noah Lenstra Jake Odland Alumni What We Do Courses Current Courses FAA 291 FEB Spring 2012 FAA 291 APR - Spring 2012 FAA 291 fall 2011 FAA 291 oct fall 2011 2000 to present 1990 through 1999 Student Learning Community Information and Technology Neighborhoods and Planning Organizational Capacity Building Parks and Open Space Design Assistance and Construction Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics Works Cited Olivette Park Neighborhood Block 1 Publications and Presentations Academic Publications Student Projects and Reports Neighborhood Plans Conference Presentations Outreach Weekend Reports Retreats and Annual Reports Awards and News ESLARP in the News Awards and Recognitions Newsletters Get Involved Resources and Links Maps Internal Resources Make a Gift to ESLARP Metro East Citizens Air Project Contact Information Resources Criteria Pollutants and Your Health Toxics and Your Health Events and News Illinois Global Action Research Outreach Weekend Registration Check out the Action Research.Illinois Blogspot! *Spotlight . . .* FAA 391 students' research from Fall 2010 gets published in a textbook on homelessness In the 2010 Fall Semester, students in FAA 391 researched best practices of Permanent Supportive Housing models for housing the homeless. They published a report which was presented to the Cities of Champaign and Urbana. Part of this report was published by Greenhaven Press in their textbook series, "Opposing Viewpoints". Read the original report here. Search	Enriching young minds through community engagement Illinois Avenue Playground To build its membership and its reputation as an organization that gets things done, WIPNO looked for a project that could meet the residents' concerns and be completed relatively quickly. Few of the neighborhood parks had play spaces for toddlers, so the construction of such a playground was a suitable project. Several elderly neighbors had been maintaining some abandoned lots as a place for children to play. The University assisted with the site acquisition, donation of materials, and playground construction. But the design of the playground came from the youngsters' own ideas of what the "perfect" playground would be. Marie Drake East St. Louis Resident [1.22 M] "...give our children a place to play..." [0.49 M] "...input from the community..." Jeanne Genis Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [0.24 M] "...trees, flowers, grass, someplace to run..." [0.60 M] "...a living testament..." Illinois Avenue Playground is a visible improvement in the community. It represents an investment in youth, provides a place in the neighborhood for senior citizens and children to be together, and promotes the development of vacant lots. Dorothy Kenney East St. Louis Resident [0.18 M] "...when I look out across the street..." Marie Drake East St. Louis Resident [0.17 M] "...I'm proud of it..." Minnie Reed East St. Louis Resident [0.53 M] "...look out and see beauty instead of a wilderness..." Last updated on 7/22/2011