ASU Center for Community Development and Civil Rights

1. ASU Center for Community Development and Civil Rights “Building bridges between the university and the community as catalysts for transformation.”

2. Who We Are Founded by long time civil rights leader, Raul Yzaguirre, the Center for Community Development & Civil Rights is based on the premise that a great university in addition to teaching and research—has the intellectual resources to solve problems. In forming strategic alliances with the university and the community, the Center for Community Development and Civil Rights furthers the goal of Arizona State University to become a New American University embedded in the community. “Building bridges between the university and the community as catalysts for transformation.”

3. Alliances and Interests • Children, Parents, Families, Communities • Education • Health and Wellness • Leadership • Business, Civic, Political • Public Discussions • CBOs • Engines of Change • Essential Partners “Building bridges between the university and the community as catalysts for transformation.”

4. CoBRA • Community Based Research in Action • Young Latino Male Initiative • Health and Wellness Initiatives • Financial Literacy Research • CARE • Community Action Response Effort • American Dream Academies • Education • Financial Literacy • Health • Immigrant Integration • Social Venture Capital Fund • Nonprofit Assistance Program • AVANCE • Alliance for Vision and Civic Engagement • Civic Engagement Programs • Civil Rights Series • Degree Completion Initiative “Building bridges between the university and the community as catalysts for transformation.”

5. Context • Demographic Changes • 35% of population is Hispanic • 50% of ALL high school graduates in Arizona are Hispanic • Arizona State University is the only 4-year public university in the 5th largest city in U.S. • Total AZ population  6.2 million (est. 2006 U.S.C.B) • Total AZ Hispanic population  1.75 million (est. 2006 U.S.C.B) • ASU Latino Student Population 13,500 (approx.)

6. ASU Challenge • Access • Low-income – ADA, Latino Male • Minority – LELI, Forum • Immigrant – ADA • Impact • Change/Transform Communities • Excellence • Create independent nonprofit organizations to serve the community and the nation • ADA • LELI • finishschool.org

7. Young Latino Male Initiative • A program to identify effective community-based models to help stem the increase of Latino Male drop out rates • Development of a model Latino Male High School Completion Pilot to be implemented in Arizona in 2008/2009 • Legislative agenda at the national level to create finishschool.org

8. Measurability • All our work must be measurable • Emphasize short-term ROI • Measure longitudinal results • Our measurement system – Immediate reports • PODER: Performance Optimized through Data Exchange and Reporting

9. Who We Serve • Low income immigrant families • At-risk young Latino Males • High-level corporate executives In other words a very broad segment of the Latino community

10. American Dream AcademiesEducation • A 9-week module for low-income minority parents in the greater Phoenix area • 4,500 parent graduates between October 2006 – June 2008 • Impacting 18,000 low-income minority youth

11. Latino Executive Leadership Institute • A transformative leadership experience for the highest level corporate Latinos in corporate America • Create a group of high-level Latino corporate executives that understand their CSR to their community. • Incorporate and independent nonprofit organization for this purpose.

12. Our Stakeholders? • We serve the least able to make their voices heard • We also serve high potential corporate executives • We answer as a university a broad segment of our community