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| No FYA Bulletin Next Week |
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| The FYA Bulletin will be on Spring Break next week. The next bulletin will be April 20th. Please submit announcements for that bulletin by April 19th. |
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FYA TRAINING on 4/11: WORKING WITH LGBTQ YOUTH
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The next FYA Professional Development Training will focus on "Working with LGBTQ Youth" and will be held Tuesday, April 11th, from 9:30 until 12:30 at ILSP, 2647 International Blvd, Suite 312, Oakland.
This training is a joint project of FYA, Seneca Center and The Chabot FKCE. Click here for a schedule of upcoming trainings.
To RSVP, email Amy Freeman at afreeman@fosteryouthalliance.org or call 510-444-4025, x235. RSVP for this training today!
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| FYA Stepping Stones Walk Around Lake Merritt & Resource Fair: May 20th |
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| Click here to download a FYA Walkathon brochure, which includes a Registration form. If you would like to staff a table at the Resource Fair, please click here. |
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| Job Opening at Casey Family Programs |
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| Casey Family Programs has an opening for a Supervisor of Clinical Services in the Oakland Field Office. Click here for the job announcement. |
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| Heart Gallery Opening in Oakland |
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| On April 28th, The Bay Area Heart Gallery Gala will be from 6:00-8:00 at Oakland City Hall, 3rd floor, Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland.The Heart Gallery Exhibit runs from: April 24-May 12 and is open to the public 8:30-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. |
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| Call For Participants In Study |
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Participants are needed for a project concerning former foster
youths' experiences with the educational system. This particular component
of the project calls for participants who were in care for at least one year
of their life and is concerned with ethnicity; if you are interested in
participating in the larger study on education, but not in the study of
ethnicity, you can still participate.
For this portion of the project, the researcher, Zandree Stidahm, is hoping to interview at least two participants of different ethnic backgrounds who were born before 1950 and at least two participants of the same constraint born anytime after 1950.
All that is asked of participants is one scheduled interview (in person, by phone, or by email, your choice). All personal information will be kept completely confidential (no names or other identifiers will be released in the project). All ethnic voices are
important to this project, and any time you could give to share your
experiences (with ethnicity or with education in general) for this project
would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully this study will begin a conversation
among educators concerning how to improve educational contexts for foster
children. Please share your voice in this effort.
Compensation:
All participants in this study will receive a ten dollar gift card to
Chili's Bar and Grill simply for participating in this project.
Contact Zandree Stidahm for more information:
email: zstidham@gmail.com
phone: (H) 661-836-0185
(C) 661-805-3233
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| California Granted Title IV E waivers. |
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| Click here to read an article about the Title IV E Waivers granted to California, which will allow counties to spend some of their federal foster care money on services designed to prevent children from going into foster care in the first place and help those who do end up in the system return safely to their families or find a permanent home faster. |
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| New documentary: "Race is the Place" |
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Click here for a flyer about a screening of the documentary Race is the Place and an afternoon of outstanding Youth Performances.
Going beyond the buzzwords of "multiculturalism" and "diversity", RACE IS THE PLACE is a hip-hop fast moving documentary jam, where the political becomes personal. Using spoken word, song and just plain rants, a diverse group of performers and visual artists dare to examine one of the most emotionally explosive issues in American life, busting stereotypes by using humor and poetry to say things traditionally left unsaid.
YOUTH PERFORMANCES
A dynamic group of Oakland middle and high school youth will perform solo and collaborative spoken word, rap, and theater pieces centered around issues of race and identity. Their words and rhythms will share stories, challenges, and hopes that represent Oakland's diverse community. The youth performances are a culmination of a four day intensive writing workshop. Come and hear their perspective on race and identity in Oakland today.
Sunday April 16, 2006
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Parkway Theater
1834 Park Blvd, Oakland
The event is free and open to the public. Light lunch and drinks will be provided. Please call 415.553.2293 with inquiries.
This event is part of KQED Community Outreach and Making Connections Oakland. Generous funding has been provided by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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| Computer Trainings at Seneca Center |
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Seneca Center, in partnership with Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, is pleased to offer the following free trainings:
April 7 – Intermediate/Advanced Microsoft Excel
April 14 – Microsoft PowerPoint
April 21 – Intermediate/Advanced Microsoft Word
All classes will be held from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm, at Chabot College - Room 301 (second floor of the 300 building) 25555 Hesperian Boulevard in Hayward.
Parking permits for the Chabot College lot will be emailed to training registrants. Also, there will be no break for lunch and no food allowed in the computer lab, so please plan accordingly!
Register online at www.senecacenter.org.
(Run your mouse over the “Training” menu at the top of the homepage, and select “Class Signup” from the drop-down menu that will appear. Contact training@senecacenter.org or call 510-317-1446, ext. 411 with any questions.)
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| Blue Ribbon Commission on Foster Care |
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| Click here to read about the newly formed Blue Ribbon Commission on Foster Care. |
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