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To submit an announcement to the FYA Weekly Bulletin, email Amy Freeman: bulletins@fosteryouthalliance.org. Announcements received by Wednesday morning will be included in the Thursday Bulletin.
If you cannot view this bulletin clearly, click here to read it at http://www.acfya.org/bulletin/index.htm
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| FYA Professional Development Training: January 9th |
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| Save the date for the next FYA Professional Development Training for Direct Service Staff, which will be held Tuesday, January 9th from 9:30 to 12:30 at ILSP, 2647 International Blvd, Suite 312, Oakland.
The topic will be Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence.
To RSVP, email Amy Freeman at afreeman@acfya.org or call 510-444-4025, ext. 235.
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| Renaissance Scholars Early Academic Planning Camp |
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The Renaissance Scholars Program is proud to announce that the planning of its 3rd annual Early Academic Planning Camp (EAPC), February 2-4, 2007, is well underway. The EAP Camp is designed to shape the academic pathways of thirty eligible 8th grade foster youth through 3 days of academic planning, goal-setting, personal reflection and mentoring.
Application deadline is January 12th.
Click here for the application.
Applications can be submitted to NikiAnne Feinberg, Program Assistant, Renaissance Scholars Program- STARS, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Tel (831) 566-2736. Fax (831) 459-3047 or email nikianne@ucsc.edu. NikiAnne can also provide information to you regarding the local coordinator for transportation and other logistics from your area.
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| Save the Date! GSA Network Benefit in January |
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Thursday, January 25, 2007
Last year, GSA Network brought you a private screening of RENT - The Movie...
This year, get ready for the WORLD PREMIERE of Legally Blonde - The Musical as it hits the stage of the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco!
Tickets will be available as a benefit for GSA Network!
More info coming soon about ticket prices, VIP tickets, and corporate sponsorship packages!
Thanks to a tiered-ticket structure, everyone from students to VIP underwriters will be able to enjoy an exclusive theatrical event together, all while helping raise much-needed funds for the only student-led organization that connects GSA clubs across California.
To learn more about Legally Blonde - The Musical visit: http://www.shnsf.com/shows/show.asp?key=18&subkey=513
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| On December 12, people from all over Oakland will gather to commemorate the lives of loved ones lost to violence at an annual Evening of Remembrance.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 from 5pm-8pm
Jack London Inn: 444 Embarcadero West, Jack London Square
Limited free parking.
Please join us as we honor those we have lost in 2006 and in years past. There will be food, entertainment, a calling of the names, and information for victims and survivors.
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| Winter Relief Family Shelter |
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The Tri-City Homeless Coalition’s Winter Relief Family Shelter will remain open to provide shelter, case management services, counseling and a variety of other services through April 2007. This is a good way for clients to gain access to many other great programs at Tri-City Homeless Coalition such as Sunrise Village Shelter, Project Independence, and many of other resources to housing that we may have. The shelter sites are located in Fremont and Newark (a local church hosts the families for a month at time). They welcome single and two-parent families (don't need to be married to stay together in the shelter).
For more information or to enter into the shelter, please call Kara Carnahan, HOPE Project Manager at 510-378-7917. |
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Tri-City Homeless Coalition is seeking a
Social Service Coordinator for Project Independence. Click here for the job announcement.
Tri City Homeless Coalition is also seeking a Mentorship Coordinator for Project Independence. Click here for the job announcement.
The OAKLAND COMMUNITY AFTER SCHOOL ALLIANCE (OCASA) is seeking a Director. Click here for the job announcement.
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| Serving Youth with Emotional Disturbance and Transition Aged-Youth Best Practice |
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Click here for a brochure about an upcoming conference on Serving Youth with Emotional Disturbance (ED) and Transition Aged-Youth Best Practices. The conference will take place January 18-19, 2007 at CSUS in Sacramento.
Click here for lodging options.
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| Media Coverage of Foster Care |
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Click here for an EDITORIAL from the 12.3.06 San Francisco Chronicle:
On Foster Care Reform
Why are these children dying?
Click here for another EDITORIAL from 12.3.06 Chronicle:
Foster Care Reform
These deaths drew news coverage. But we need to know what happened whenever a foster youth dies.
Click here for: Foster Care Reform --It works in South Carolina also from the 12.3.06 Chronicle.
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