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| FYA Walk Around Lake Merritt & Resource Fair May 20 |
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Online registration for the FYA Walk Around Lake Merritt is now open! Click here to register for this great event. Come out on May 20th for a morning walk to support youth in their transition from foster care to adulthood. Listen to great music and browse the Resource Fair. Bring youth! Free registration for all current and former foster youth up to age 24. Registered walkers will receive a beautiful t-shirt.
An IPod Shuffle will go to the walker bringing in the highest contribution. Other great prizes include a year's supply of Peet's Coffee and tickets to A's games. Supervisor Keith Carson, a Walkathon sponsor, will speak just before the start of the Walk.
All proceeds go directly to support the work of FYA.
The deadline for submitting a Resource Table form and payment has been extended. Please click here for a vendor form. For more information or to sign up to staff a Resource Table, contact Melinda Clemmons at 510-428-9821 or email her at mclemmons@fosteryouthalliance.org.
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| FYA Professional Development Training RSVP Today |
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| ...for FYA’s Resources in the Community and Staff Networking event, which will be held Tuesday, May 9th, from 9:30 until 12:30 at ILSP, 2647 International Blvd, Suite 312, Oakland.
This training is chock-full of useful information!
Back by popular demand: Mr. Charles Shetter, who will explain all about MediCal eligibility and how to get youth connected the way they are supposed to be.
The Berkeley/Oakland Center for Independent Living will be on hand to talk about SSI benefits and the services available at their center for youth with disabilities.
And there is more. This is the opportunity to meet your counterparts at other agencies, share ideas, and support each other’s work.
Click here for a flyer to post in your agency. Click here for a schedule of upcoming professional development trainings.
Please note: the FYA Brown Bag Series for Management Staff training on “Conducting Effective Evaluations” which had been scheduled for today has been cancelled due to lack of interest at this time. Click here for a schedule of upcoming trainings for management.
These trainings are joint projects of FYA, Seneca Center and The Chabot FKCE.
To RSVP for the trainings, email Amy Freeman at afreeman@fosteryouthalliance.org or call 510-444-4025, x235.
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| Fostering Art Opening Reception: Today |
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| Fostering Art will be having their 2006 Art Exhibit on May 4th and 5th at Root Division Gallery.
Fostering Art is a photography program for current and former foster youth that teaches art as an act of conscious self-expression. When students are behind the camera, they are in charge of how they are seen and what parts of their world they are willing to make public. The students in the Fostering Art program have an artistic tool, that they have immediate access to, which allows them to explore and control the expression of their image, vision, and voice.
• When: May 4, 2006; 6:00 - 8:00 PM
• What: Fostering Art Opening Reception
• Who: A Home Within, Fostering Art
• Where: Root Division Gallery; 3175 17th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110.
• Public info: www.fosteringart.org; and www.ahomewithin.org.
• Contact: Liz Bernstein at 415 652-1434; or Rosana Aguilar at raguilar@ahomewithin.org
Gallery hours are 12 noon to 7 PM on Friday May 5th and by appointment on Saturday and Sunday.
Please call 415 652-1434 to schedule.
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| Bi-lingual Social Workers Needed |
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| The Alameda County Social Services Agency is currently recruiting skilled bilingual Social Worker IIIs. Click here to see the Social Worker III Position Announcement and click here to see the instructions on how to apply. |
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| HEY Voices of Youth Carnival and Resource Fair This Saturday |
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Voices of Youth:
Success through Empowerment
A carnival and resource fair honoring current and former foster youth, their families, and supporters
Saturday, May 6 from 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Justin Herman Plaza (at the foot of Market Street at the Embarcadero, across from the Ferry Building).
Lots of great community resources for current and former foster youth, youth speakers, performers, community members, music, entertainment, food, games, and more - all free! Hope to see you there!
Sponsored by:
Honoring Emancipated Youth - HEY www.heysf.org
San Francisco Independent Living Skills Program www.sfilsp.org
CASA www.sfcasa.org
City Youth Now www.cityyouthnow.org
Edgewood Center for Children and Families www.edgewoodcenter.org
Larkin Street Youth Services www.larkinstreetyouth.org
San Francisco Human Services Agency www.sfgov.org/site/dhs
SFUSD School Health Programs Department
United Way of the Bay Area www.uwba.org
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| HEY Job Shadow Breakfast Day May 17th |
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Support foster youth's career goals at the Third Annual HEY Foster Youth Job Shadow Day. Join HEY for a benefit breakfast as they recognize foster youth in the workplace. You'll hear directly from foster youth and find out about ways to help the youth achieve their dreams. Wednesday, May 17th from 8 - 9AM at the Palace Hotel, 2 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco. For more information or to RSVP contact Sara Razavi at 415-808-4435 or srazavi@uwba.org
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| The Alameda County Board of Supervisors Foster Parents Day Proclamation May 9th |
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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Foster Parents Day
Proclamation May 9th
Location: County Administration Building, Supervisors’ Chamber
1221 Oak Street, Fifth floor, room 512 Oakland, California
Time: Meeting starts at 10:00
Come and show your support for foster parents!
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| Project Bridge At Laney College: Registration Open |
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May is a good time for youth/young adults to do the paperwork for
registration, financial aid, EOPS, etc. to be ready to start college
classes at Laney College in mid-August.
Project Bridge is a basic skills learning community.
Click here for a Project Bridge flyer to share with youth.
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| Covenant House Community Heroes Dinner: May 18 |
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Covenant House California will host their 2nd Annual Bay Area Community Heroes Awards Dinner on May 18th at the Lake Merritt Hotel.
The Covenant House California Community Hero Awards celebrate individuals who make a positive difference to our community, lead inspirational lives, and demonstrate a concern for homeless and at-risk youth.
This year's honorees are MTV News Correspondent, Sway Calloway; star of stage and screen, Delroy Lindo; and Vice President of Wells Fargo, Dale Golden.
For information regarding this event or to purchase tickets, please contact Esti Iturralde at (510) 601-0465.
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| Assembly Select Committee on Foster Care Hearing on Emancipation Friday May 12th |
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| The Assembly Select Committee on Foster Care is holding a public hearing on Emancipation Friday, May 12th, in San Francisco. Youth and adults, come and have your voices heard by the lawmakers from Sacramento. Let’s show the State Officials and the public that we care about what happens to youth when they leave foster care and that we have ideas to improve the system.
Date and Time: May 12, 2006 from 1pm-4pm.
Location: San Francisco California State Building, Milton Marks Auditorium (located in the basement) on 455 Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, California.
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