Saturday Sports is a two-hour program held throughout the year that engages kids and families with resident volunteers, giving them the opportunity to play games and do crafts in Jackson.

The Literacy Mentoring program is an educational initiative where volunteers go into K-2 classrooms at Jackson Elementary to work with students one-on-one to practice sight words, letters, sounds, reading, and writing. These students are chosen by their teacher and are often the ones who are most struggling and need to catch up with their grade level. As mentors, we use fun and creative games and activities to help kids learn!

Each year we host listening sessions related to pressing issues in the Jackson Neighborhood (i.e. crime, homelessness, etc.). These community meetings are vital to the health and well-being of the Jackson Neighborhood. We gather together to hear the heart and concerns of our neighbors and connect them to resources in the city, such as The Fresno City Planner, Fresno PD, and City Council, to address issues like homelessness and crime.

Neighborhood Woodshop provides woodworking education to youth in the Jackson neighborhood.

Ongoing woodworking classes are happening.

Click below to reach out to Brett if you would like more information.

bmason@jacksoncdc.org

Food distribution takes place weekly on Wednesday afternoons at Grace United Methodist Church. If you’re available on a Wednesday and would like to give us a hand, please let us know!

We hold monthly ABCD focused meetings at Jackson Elementary to equip neighbors on every street who will be mobilized to improve our neighborhood with others.

Jackson Blockheads are residents who expand communication within the neighborhood. They share information, invite folks to events, gather ideas, and distribute information with the neighbors on their block. Blockheads meet with Jackson CDC Staff.

We secured local government and federal funding for a safety infrastructure project from 6th to Cedar along Tulare. This project is ongoing.

Each year we have a resident-led ongoing project to clean every alley in the Jackson Neighborhood. We want our neighborhood to be a place where people love to live, relate, and play. This means we want our neighborhood, streets, sidewalks, and alleys to be safe and clean.

We provide solar-powered security lights to neighbors and they install them in every dark alley in Jackson.

We have a resident-led ongoing project to repaint every light pole in the Jackson Neighborhood.

Each year we produce surveys for the 923 homes of Jackson. These surveys are a crucial part of assessing the health and well-being of a neighborhood. Community surveys allow us to collect real-time data on pressing issues such as crime, homelessness, traffic safety. These surveys direct us to the next steps as far as action and collaboration with other existing entities.

We show up to city council meetings and speak publicly about issues related to the Jackson Neighborhood.

We are working to establish a financially sustainable, resident-led Neighborhood Hub (similar to a community center) that is mobilized to advocate and serve in Jackson. We believe a resident-focused and resident-led neighborhood hub can lead to a healthy sustainable community.