Raleigh Neighborhood College

Neighborhood College offers participants the tools to become actively involved in neighborhood and community organizations. Many graduates go on to become leaders in Citizens Advisory Councils (CACs) and neighborhood organizations.

Students meet Raleigh and Wake County staffers who offer an inside look at the services and programs offered by the City of Raleigh and Wake County. Classes may include a trip to the Raleigh Television Network for a simulated taping and visits with the Raleigh Police Department's K-9 and Mounted Patrol units and SWAT team.

"As a new resident, it was a great program to immerse myself in the City and really learn the basic nuts-and-bolts things that you would pick up in a lifetime of living somewhere. It helped me cement a permanent connection."

- Jeff Murison, executive director of the Hillsborough Street Community Service Corp.

"Raleigh Neighborhood College just reaffirmed that everybody's opinion matters. We should take an active role in how the City is shaped and making it a city that is comfortable as well as prosperous now and in the future. We each have a hand in that."

- Charles Haywood, employee of the N.C. Justice Department

"It connected me personally more to the City. I feel that I not only know more about the workings of the City but I feel more a part of it because of the experience."

- Clodagh Bastian, executive director of International Focus.