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| FYA Professional Development Training: October 10th |
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Please join us for the next FYA Professional Development Training “Compassion Fatigue: Battle Scars, Secondary Trauma, and Wounded Spirits—Take Care of Yourself.” Beverly Kyer will discuss Compassion Fatigue, a syndrome consisting of various symptoms that mirror Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and can develop in helping professionals who work with people experiencing PTSD.
This training will be held on Tuesday, October 10th, from 9:30 to 12:30 at the ILSP Office, 2647 International Blvd., Suite 312, Oakland. To RSVP, email afreeman@fosteryouthalliance.org or call 510-444-4025, x235.
This training is a joint project of FYA, Seneca Center, and Chabot FKCE.
Click here for a schedule of upcoming trainings.
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| Bay Area Walk a Mile Project |
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FYA in collaboration with California Connected by 25 will bring to the Bay Area this fall an exciting and innovative program called Walk a Mile. Developed at the University of Washington, Walk a Mile matches policy makers and their constituents to promote a greater understanding of each other's lives by "walking in each other's shoes" for one month. FYA will match policy makers in the counties of Alameda, San Francisco, and Santa Clara with youth who are aging out of the foster care system.
Click here to learn more. |
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| Convening Of Community Colleges: November 9 |
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| FYA along with the Alameda County and Oakland Workforce Investment Boards invite you to a convening of Bay Area Foster Youth Allies including leaders from Community Colleges, Child Welfare, Workforce Investment and Community Based Organizations
Topic:
Increasing Access and Success Rates for Foster Youth in Higher Education
Why? In the nine Greater Bay Area Counties over 700 youth exit the foster care system annually. Almost 50% have not graduated high school. For most former foster youth the path to higher education and living wage employment is through Community Colleges. However, due to lack of external support; housing difficulties and not understanding the system, retention and completion rates for foster youth are low. By addressing these challenges together and broadening our understanding the unique circumstances in the lives of foster youth we can change lives.
Who should attend? Instructional and Student Services Leaders including: Vice Presidents; Deans, EOPS, Financial Aid, Counseling, Tutoring, Key Influencers who work with foster youth or special projects. Leaders from Child Welfare Agencies, Workforce Investment Boards and Community Based Organizations
Location: Berkeley City College: room TBA
For more information contact Amy Freeman at the Alameda County Foster Youth Alliance 510 444-4025 ext 234 or afreeman@acfya.org.
Click here for a flyer.
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| The First Place Fund for Youth Is Moving |
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First Place Fund for Youth is moving to a new location in downtown Oakland. They also have several new events for youth to get involved. There will be hot lunches, movie nights, and community building opportunities. Click here to see the schedule of events. Plus our usual Orientation, Prerequisite Economic Literacy Course—STEP It UP!, and graduation schedule is available. Click here to see the details.
Visit First Place soon @ their new location! The address is 519 17th St., Oakland, CA 94612. |
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| Foster Youth Employment Forums |
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| Employment is a critical component to successful transitions to adulthood for current and former foster youth. Yet many of emancipating and former foster youth lack the appropriate skills to obtain and maintain stable employment upon aging out of the foster care system.
Please join Alameda and other Bay Area counties including Contra Costa, San Francisco, and San Mateo in a regional forum to address the employment training needs of foster youth. The forum will bring together the region's child welfare and workforce development professionals to share innovative programs and strategies to prepare foster youth for adulthood through employment training and opportunities.
Click here for a flyer.
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| Join the Youth Empowerment Summit Committee |
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YES (The Youth Empowerment Summit) is a FREE Bay Area conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, and straight ally youth dedicated to fostering safe schools and youth activism. YES is structured to focus on giving youth organizers the tools to combat homophobia and transphobia in schools. Join the planning committee for this important event. The committee will meet every Saturday in the San Francisco offices of GSA Network to do planning, outreach, and recruitment for conference participants.
For more information call Marco at 415-552-4229 or marco@gsanetwork.org.
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| OUSD Job & Resource Fair: October 6 |
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| Join Oakland Adult and Career Education Department of OUSD for the 2nd Annual Job and Resource Fair on October 6th. The fair will be held at the Oakland Museum Garden at 1000 Oak Street. For more information, click here for a flyer or visit www.jobtrain.info. |
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| LGBTQ Speaker's Training for Youth 23 & Under |
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| Wanna Be a Leader, Fight Oppression, and Get Paid? Then come get LOUD!
LGBTQ Speaker's Training for Youth 23 & Under
Saturday October 21st 11-6pm @ The Pacific Center: 2712 Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley
You'll be trained to give Workshops and Panels that address homophobia, transphobia and LGBTQ violence in East Bay Schools and Organizations.
Training space is limited so get in touch today.
Bridgette (510) 548-8283 x514 or Youth@PacificCenter.Org
Brought to you by the LOUD Youth Program: Loving Ourselves and Uniting Diversity
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| Media Coverage of Foster Youth |
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Click here and here for 2 articles from the San Francisco Chronicle about current legislation affecting foster youth.
Click here to read an Oakland Tribune article about the Renaissance Scholars Program at Cal State East Bay.
Click here to read an article from the Tulare Advance-Register about an innovative program in Tulare County. The Youth Transitions Program places current and former foster youth as trainees in clerical jobs with Tulare County at Health and Human Services Agency locations. |
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