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2. 2nd Annual Youth Leadership Awards on Thursday, April 26, 2007 3. 4th Annual Foster Youth Connections Breakfast on May 1, 2007 4. NAM Releases Poll of California Youth on April 25, 2007 5. Early Academic Planning Camp Deadline Is April 30, 2007 6.Karmalized Talent presents Decrypting the System on April 27, 2007 7. First Place for Youth “STEP IT UP” Upcoming Orientations 8. Youth Education Scholarship Applications Are Due May 18, 2007 |
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2. 2nd Annual Youth Leadership Awards on Thursday, April 26, 2007In recognition of Nation Foster Care Month, Please join the City and County of San Francisco, Idependent Living Skills Program and Honoring Emacipated Youth at the Youth Leadership Awards. Date: Thursday, April 26, 2007 Please view the flyer for more information. 3. 4th Annual Foster Youth Connections Breakfast on May 1, 2007The 4th Annual Foster Youth Connections Breakfast brings together community leaders, foster care provider agencies, and foster youth to make direct connections, learn more about Honoring Emancipated Youth (HEY), and the ways we can all better support each other. Following the breakfast, youth participants will travel to job sites and shadow community leaders who have volunteered to host a youth for the day. Please view the invitation for more information.
4. NAM Releases Poll of California Youth on April 25, 2007CALIFORNIA DREAMERS: A PUBLIC OPINION PORTRAIT SAN FRANCISCO— Family breakdown trumps the war in Iraq, global warming and even stress about school as the biggest challenge youth see facing their generation, according to a New America Media poll to be release on Wednesday, April 25. In the first ever youth poll conducted by cell phone, 600 Californians aged 16 to 22 conveyed a yearning for traditional structures- marriage, parenthood and religion. At the same time their views about race, identity and immigrant status reveal them to be members of a post-minority generation, the largest and most diverse the country has known. "These young people represent the forefront of the cultural continuum,” says Sandy Close, Executive Director of New America Media. "To gauge their hopes, fears and perspectives about the future is to glimpse who we are becoming as a society." Nationally recognized pollster Sergio Bendixen conducted the poll, commissioned by New America Media (NAM) and co-sponsored by the University of California Office of the President. Bendixen will present the full findings of the poll in Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles, followed by a panel discussion among youth and youth development leaders. Assemblywoman Fiona Ma will be a key respondent at the Sacramento briefing. To RSVP or for more information, please contact Hannah Harte at hharte@newamericamedia.org or 415-503-4170. To view poll results after release, visit www.newamericamedia.org/polls. 5. Early Academic Planning Camp Deadline Is April 30, 2007An early start in college planning is important to university admission. In an effort to continue the program started at UC Santa Cruz Renaissance Scholars program, the CME “Connect, Motivate and Educate” Society of San José State University will be hosting a four-day Early Academic Planning Camp in June 2007. This FREE program will encourage thirty 8th grade foster youth to see higher education as an achievable pathway to fulfilling their dreams and will show them what they need to do in high school to prepare for university admission. The camp will be housed on the San José State Campus, a wonderful opportunity for youth to get a feel for what it will be like to go to college and live on campus. For more info please contact Connie Hernandez Robbins at (408) 924-1089 or Connie.Hernandez-Robbins@sjsu.edu 6. Karmalized Talent presents Decrypting the System on April 27, 2007Karmalized Talent is a theater family that decrypts our current state of life incorporating different aesthetics to bring new eyes and intelligence so that powerful, beautiful, eloquent images of young women are encrypted in the public mind. Friday, April 27, 2007
7. First Place for Youth “STEP IT UP” Upcoming OrientationsTake your first steps to planning your future at First Place. “Step It Up” is a two-week economic literacy class that prepares your for independent living. Completion of the class is required to enter First Place’s Housing Programs. All participants receive a $10/hour stipend for attendance and up to $25 in public transportation assistance. Tuesday, May 15, 2007 All orientations are held at First Place for Youth, 519 17th St. Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612. Cross street is Telegraph. Contact: Ly Franshaua N. Pipkins at (510) 272-0979, ext. 244, or lpipkins@firstplacefund.org 8. Youth Education Scholarship Applications Are Due May 18, 2007The Youth Education Scholarship (YES™) program was developed to help former foster youth achieve the dream of a college education or vocational training. YES™ scholarship funding is intended to supplement, but not replace, other available financial aid or scholarship funding and may be used for tuition, books, school supplies, housing, transportation, clothing, food and other education-related expenses. SVCF’s goal is to improve outcomes for all former and current foster youth who have demonstrated a personal commitment to education and the ability to achieve educationl success. Pleae contact Isabel Chou at (408) 558-5440 or view the application for more information. 9. Open House at Chabot College on May 12thGet to know Chabot College! Spend an exciting day on campus…there’s something for everyone! Visit the Chabot College website or view the flyer for more information 10. San Francisco’s Chronicle’s coverage of Foster CarePlease see the links below for the most recent coverage and as always you may contact me if you need links to previous articles from the past month. March 22 |
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1. Upcoming HEY Events