A Conceptual Model for Initiating and Sustaining University Partnerships With Black Communities

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Abstract

This paper features a community-university partnership that established a Black-owned non-profit organization and launched a community-led afterschool program serving Black youth in low-income neighborhood. Moreover, taking an equity-centered approach to this partnership presented the university new opportunities, resources, and capital leveraged by the community that would not otherwise have been accessible. Interviews with community members contributed to a conceptual model that displays the best practices, strategies, and mutually beneficial opportunities that emerged between the community and university. The significance lies in the potential for this model to be replicated with other Black communities as a way for universities to engage in meaningful partnerships for collective impact.

Authors

• M. Meghan Raisch, Temple University

• J.Z. Bennett, University of Cincinnati

• James Earl Davis, Temple University