UNITE

May 10 2013

Lancaster UNITE program gears up

The city of Lancaster is now accepting applications for the fourth annual Uniting Neighbors in a Team Effort (UNITE) program.

Applications for the UNITE program are available on the city’s website at www.cityoflancasterca.org/unite and must be submitted by Friday, June 14 at 5 p.m. (postmark dates will not be accepted).

The program, which aims to help build safer and stronger neighborhoods, offers residents an opportunity to propose neighborhood improvement projects and compete for the resources and funding needed to make those projects a reality.

Aug 30 2012

Strengthening local neighborhoods

The Lancaster Neighborhood Vitalization Commission (LNVC) approved seven winning projects for the third annual UNITE (Uniting Neighbors in a Team Effort) program at its August meeting. The UNITE community projects, which focus on strengthening community ties, beautifying, and enhancing public safety in local neighborhoods, will take place Saturday, Sept. 22.

May 17 2012

Forum to propose neighborhood improvements

The Lancaster Neighborhood Vitalization Commission will launch the third annual Uniting Neighbors in a Team Effort (UNITE) program with an applicant information session at the El Dorado Town Hall meeting on Thursday, May 24. The UNITE program provides residents with a forum to propose neighborhood improvement projects and compete for the resources and funding needed to bring these projects to fruition.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
May 12 2011

Great ideas meet city resources

LANCASTER, Calif.—After last year’s success with the UNITE (Uniting Neighbors in a Team Effort) Lancaster program, the city of Lancaster is ready to usher in the second annual season of service.

Residents, neighborhood and community groups are encouraged to participate by submitting proposals to help improve the lives of Antelope Valley residents in addition to beautifying neighborhoods and establishing a stronger community bond.

Marisol Aguilar  |   OW Contributor
Sep 9 2010

Innovation, creativity sought in projects

Uniting Neighbors in a Team Effort (UNITE) Lancaster is a program launched by the City of Lancaster’s Neighborhood Vitalization Commission and by the Safer Stronger Neighborhoods Committee in an effort to improve neighborhoods and to strengthen neighbor relationships. 
 
 The program is designed to not only beautify or improve the neighborhoods in Lancaster, but also for neighbors to work side by side and build strong relationships to help each other in times of need.
 

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”