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Urban Cohort joins Peaslee Neighborhood Center

Urban Cohort joins Peaslee Neighborhood Center for 14th annual community event, honoring partnership and leadership.

Jenn Summers, Executive Director, Peaslee Bonnie Neuimier, Founding Mother of Peaslee and Community Activist/ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Partner Karen Zaino, TCE and Urban Cohort Faculty Elizabeth Burnside, Urban Cohort Community Mentor and Peaslee Board Member John Blake, Architecture Faculty and Director, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú's Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine Markeisha Smith, Urban Cohort Community Mentor Pat Youngblood, Urban Cohort Community Mentor Brian Schultz, Associate Dean for External Relations and Partnerships Tammy Schwartz, Director, Urban Cohort Ganiva Reyes, TCE Department Chair  First row (left to right): Jadyn Buxton, Urban Cohort Student and Urban Cohort Student Advisory Board Member Teri Joyber, Urban Cohort/TEACh Student and Urban Cohort Student Advisory Board Member Jenn Arens, Urban Cohort Instructor and Peaslee Community Education Coordinator
Oxford and Beyond • Economic Impact

Urban Cohort joins Peaslee Neighborhood Center

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University’s Urban Cohort program faculty and students joined the Peaslee Neighborhood Center on Tuesday, Oct. 29, for the “Making a Way with Peaslee” annual community event at Woodward Theater. Celebrating a 16-year partnership, Peaslee recognized John Blake, director of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú’s Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine, with the Bonnie Neumeier Movement Builder Award for his impactful community work. Jenn Arens, co-instructor for the Urban Cohort Junior Seminar and Peaslee’s Community Education Coordinator, was also honored for her decade of service. The event highlighted the ongoing collaboration between Peaslee and the Urban Cohort in fostering community engagement and educational equity.

(AI tools Grammarly and ChatGPT 4.0, a language model developed by OpenAI, assisted in writing this article.)