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From: Herczog_Michelle <Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu>
Resources to Commemorate
César E. Chávez Day
March 31, 2009
California has established an official state holiday to honor Latino labor leader César E. Chávez, born on March 31, 1927. César Chávez Day is intended to promote service to the communities of California in honor of Chavez's life and work. It will be celebrated on March 31, or the appropriate Monday or Friday following or preceding that date.
Resources include:
VIVA LA CAUSA
The Story of César E. Chávez and a Great Movement for Social Justice
A Documentary Film and Teachers Guide about the Delano Strike and Grape Boycott
led by César E. Chávez and Dolores Huerta.
FREE to Schools from
Teaching Tolerance
A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
To order, go to:
www.teachingtolerance.org/lacausa
César E. Chávez Service Programs
http://yscal.org/cm/Programs/Chavez/Main.html
Cesar Chavez Service Programs encompass two major components, afterschool Service Clubs and Legacy Projects in honor of Cesar Chavez Day.
Cesar E. Chavez was an ordinary man with an extraordinary legacy of great accomplishment and service to humanity. While he is best known for his lifelong effort to found and lead the first enduring farm workers’ union in U.S. history, the significance and impact of his life transcends any one cause or struggle. He forged a legacy of service, conviction and principled leadership that serves as a beacon for all.
Youth Service California’s Cesar E. Chavez Service Programs encompass two major components, both funded by CaliforniaVolunteers. The first is the Cesar E. Chavez Service Clubs, which take place afterschool in Title I middle schools throughout the state. Through the Service Clubs, middle school students learn not only about the life and values of this hero, but they also learn how to apply his values to their own life. Students become local leaders, and use their own voice to identify real community needs and plan service with their communities that meaningfully address those needs.
The second component is the Legacy Projects in honor of Cesar Chavez Day. Legacy Projects are playgrounds and skate parks that are constructed in high-need communities throughout the state each year to give students a safe and constructive place to play and be active.
César E. Chávez Foundation
Chavez Day 2009: Si Se Puede! Yes We Can!
http://www.chavezfoundation.org/
This year’s theme, “Si Se Puede! Yes We Can!” reminds us that our actions can bring HOPE and positive CHANGE to our communities. We have seen the power of people organizing across this country in recent months to bring change to the White House and we must continue that call to action so we can bring change to our communities. Join us as we celebrate Chavez Season 2009, a Season of Service and commitment because, “we don’t need perfect political systems, we need perfect participation.” Cesar E. Chavez
César E. Chávez
California Department of Education Resources
http://chavez.cde.ca.gov/ModelCurriculum/Intro.aspx
Model Curriculum
Information provided on these Web pages is a standards-based model curriculum on the life and work of César E. Chávez. The curriculum is provided for grades Kindergarten through 12, with biographies, pictures, and other resources provided to help teachers prepare lessons for this state holiday.
Resources for the Public
Information provided on these Web pages are resources for the general public interested in the life and work of César E. Chávez. Included are many pictures and documents scanned from the Walter Reuther Library archives at Wayne State University along with numerous other pictures and documents.
Research Center
The site contains many original scanned documents and pictures from the Walter Reuther Library archives at Wayne State University and Fred Ross Collection. This is the first time they have been made available outside of the archives. There is also an audio clip and transcripts from 50 interviews of people who knew and worked with César E. Chávez. In addition there are photos from Victor Aleman, Bob Fitch, El Malcriado, Cathy Murphy, Cris Sanchez, Elmar, Futirsoff, George Ballis, Glen Pearcy, Hank Gableem, J. Salazar, Manuel Echavaria, Sebastian, Jocelyn Sherman, and the UFW.
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Showing posts with label service learning. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Service-Learning Leadership Institute 2009
From: Herczog_Michelle <Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu>
The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce
2009 California Service-Learning
Leadership Institute
The Changing Face of California:
Youth Service
Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond
February 9 – 11, 2009
Anaheim Sheraton
Anaheim, California
The 2009 Institute focuses on expanding service in schools and in communities because research confirms that service-learning has the power to motivate students from all levels of ability and social backgrounds to graduate from high school and be engaged in their communities. We know that service-learning and youth service can meet the challenges of the changing face of California. We have much work to do, and the Service Learning Leadership Institute is an excellent venue to learn how to do it best.
More information can be found in the attached file.
Full Registration Options
Adult Late: Jan 18 - Feb. 7: $375
Adult On-site: Feb. 9 - 11: $425
K-12 Student: $100
Single Day Registration Options
Adult: $150/day before Feb. 7, $175/day on-site
K-12 Student: $30/day before Feb. 7, $50 on-site
REGISTER ONLINE TODAY AT:www.yscal.org
The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce
2009 California Service-Learning
Leadership Institute
The Changing Face of California:
Youth Service
Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond
February 9 – 11, 2009
Anaheim Sheraton
Anaheim, California
The 2009 Institute focuses on expanding service in schools and in communities because research confirms that service-learning has the power to motivate students from all levels of ability and social backgrounds to graduate from high school and be engaged in their communities. We know that service-learning and youth service can meet the challenges of the changing face of California. We have much work to do, and the Service Learning Leadership Institute is an excellent venue to learn how to do it best.
More information can be found in the attached file.
Full Registration Options
Adult Late: Jan 18 - Feb. 7: $375
Adult On-site: Feb. 9 - 11: $425
K-12 Student: $100
Single Day Registration Options
Adult: $150/day before Feb. 7, $175/day on-site
K-12 Student: $30/day before Feb. 7, $50 on-site
REGISTER ONLINE TODAY AT:www.yscal.org
Service Learning Grants and Funding Opportunities
From: Herczog_Michelle <Herczog_Michelle@lacoe.edu>
The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce..
Service Learning Grants
and Funding Opportunities
Sprint Character Education Grant Program
Acceptance Period: Feb. 2, 2009 at 9am through Feb. 27, 2009 at 6pm
Maximum Award: $5,000 (Individual Schools) $25,000 (Districts)
Sprint and the Sprint Foundation are committed to supporting K–12 education initiatives within the focus area of character education. The Sprint Character Education Grant Program accepts applications for funding of character education programs promoting leadership, youth volunteerism, character education and school pride. Grants will fund the purchase of resource materials, supplies, teacher training and equipment that facilitates character education for K-12 students.
Examples of programs that the Sprint Character Education Grant Program will fund include:
Character education curriculum and character education teacher training
Direct project related costs for service learning programs
Leadership and mentor training
The program is open to all US public schools (K-12) and US public school districts and provides grant funding to support character education programs.
For more information, visit: the Sprint Character Education Grant Program at:
http://www.sprint.com/responsibility/education/character/index.html .
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ING Unsung Heroes
ING Foundation
Deadline: April 30, 2009
Maximum Award: $2000-$25,000
Number of Awards: 103
Purpose: Are you an educator with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential? Do you know a teacher looking for grant dollars? ING Unsung Heroes® could help you turn great ideas into reality for students.
For more than 10 years, and with $3.0 million in awarded grants, ING Unsung Heroes has proven to be an A+ program with educators. The program’s “alumni” have inspired success in the classroom and impacted countless numbers of students. Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000
Eligibility:
All K-12 education professionals, whether or not they are clients of ING, are eligible. Specifically, these individuals must be:
employed by an accredited K-12 public or private school located in the United States
Full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff with effective projects that improve student learning
Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, disability, or national origin. Previous recipients of ING Unsung Heroes awards are not eligible to apply for another award.
More Information: Download the Application <http://www.ing-usa.com/us/stellent2/groups/dc/documents/companylobinformation/001143.pdf > . Questions regarding the program should be addressed to Scholarship America: Phone: (507) 931-1682 or (800) 537-4180; E-mail: ing@scholarshipamerica.org
URL: http://www.ing-usa.com/us/aboutING/CorporateCitizenship/Education/INGUnsungHeroes/index.htm
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Teaching Tolerance Grants For Teachers and Classrooms No Deadline
Maximum Award: $500 - $2500
Teaching Tolerance offers grants of $500 to $2500 to preK-12 classroom teachers for projects designed to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools and/or support educator professional development in these areas. Proposals from other community organizations and houses of worship will be considered on the basis of direct student impact.
Types of Grants Funded
Projects funded by Teaching Tolerance encourage intergroup relations and tend to be:
Small-scale, resourceful and student-focused
Focused on character/moral education, conflict resolution, multiculturalism, community service, or other aspects of tolerance education
Clearly defined, well-integrated and related to students' own life experiences
Creatively resourceful and economically responsible, involving staff participation, community volunteers and in-kind contributions wherever possible
Embedded, rather than one-time-only, events or activities that impact student and educator attitudes of discrimination and bias.
For more information, visit the Teaching Tolerance website at: http://www.tolerance.org/teach/grants/guide.jsp . Teaching Tolerance Grants are made possible through the generosity of the Southern Poverty Law Center's supporters.
The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce..
Service Learning Grants
and Funding Opportunities
Sprint Character Education Grant Program
Acceptance Period: Feb. 2, 2009 at 9am through Feb. 27, 2009 at 6pm
Maximum Award: $5,000 (Individual Schools) $25,000 (Districts)
Sprint and the Sprint Foundation are committed to supporting K–12 education initiatives within the focus area of character education. The Sprint Character Education Grant Program accepts applications for funding of character education programs promoting leadership, youth volunteerism, character education and school pride. Grants will fund the purchase of resource materials, supplies, teacher training and equipment that facilitates character education for K-12 students.
Examples of programs that the Sprint Character Education Grant Program will fund include:
Character education curriculum and character education teacher training
Direct project related costs for service learning programs
Leadership and mentor training
The program is open to all US public schools (K-12) and US public school districts and provides grant funding to support character education programs.
For more information, visit: the Sprint Character Education Grant Program at:
http://www.sprint.com/responsibility/education/character/index.html
-------------------------<<>>----------------------------
ING Unsung Heroes
ING Foundation
Deadline: April 30, 2009
Maximum Award: $2000-$25,000
Number of Awards: 103
Purpose: Are you an educator with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential? Do you know a teacher looking for grant dollars? ING Unsung Heroes® could help you turn great ideas into reality for students.
For more than 10 years, and with $3.0 million in awarded grants, ING Unsung Heroes has proven to be an A+ program with educators. The program’s “alumni” have inspired success in the classroom and impacted countless numbers of students. Each year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000
Eligibility:
All K-12 education professionals, whether or not they are clients of ING, are eligible. Specifically, these individuals must be:
employed by an accredited K-12 public or private school located in the United States
Full-time educators, teachers, principals, paraprofessionals, or classified staff with effective projects that improve student learning
Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, disability, or national origin. Previous recipients of ING Unsung Heroes awards are not eligible to apply for another award.
More Information: Download the Application <http://www.ing-usa.com/us/stellent2/groups/dc/documents/companylobinformation/001143.pdf
URL: http://www.ing-usa.com/us/aboutING/CorporateCitizenship/Education/INGUnsungHeroes/index.htm
-------------------------<<>>----------------------------
Teaching Tolerance Grants For Teachers and Classrooms No Deadline
Maximum Award: $500 - $2500
Teaching Tolerance offers grants of $500 to $2500 to preK-12 classroom teachers for projects designed to reduce prejudice among youth, improve intergroup relations in schools and/or support educator professional development in these areas. Proposals from other community organizations and houses of worship will be considered on the basis of direct student impact.
Types of Grants Funded
Projects funded by Teaching Tolerance encourage intergroup relations and tend to be:
Small-scale, resourceful and student-focused
Focused on character/moral education, conflict resolution, multiculturalism, community service, or other aspects of tolerance education
Clearly defined, well-integrated and related to students' own life experiences
Creatively resourceful and economically responsible, involving staff participation, community volunteers and in-kind contributions wherever possible
Embedded, rather than one-time-only, events or activities that impact student and educator attitudes of discrimination and bias.
For more information, visit the Teaching Tolerance website at: http://www.tolerance.org/teach/grants/guide.jsp
Thursday, November 20, 2008
November CISC History-SS Report
From: Gary Dei Rossi [mailto:gdeirossi@sjcoe.net]
Welcome to the CISC History-social science report. The attached items include:
*an article by Nat Hentoff concerning the youth vote that appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Oct. 31
*"Not by Votes Alone", an article by Ted McConnell (one of the keynote speakers at last year’s Asilomar Conference) on the importance of civic education
*the CISC history-social science minutes from the Nov. 6th meeting, including…
-History-Social Science Framework Revision Committee meetings
-Supplemental instructional materials for Native Americans
-CDE History-SS newsletter
-CCSS awards applications for excellence in History-SS education
-2009 CCSS conference
-CCSS pre-conference event on Closing the Achievement Gap
-Upcoming 3R’s program events
-Civic education resources
-National service learning standards
-Media and Democracy project
-Five Freedoms Project (a Leadership & Youth Media project)
*the latest CA 3Rs Bulletin on Student Religious Expression in School Assignments
*the CA 3Rs calendar for this year.
Gary F. Dei Rossi
Co-Chair CISC History Social Science Committee
Welcome to the CISC History-social science report. The attached items include:
*an article by Nat Hentoff concerning the youth vote that appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Oct. 31
*"Not by Votes Alone", an article by Ted McConnell (one of the keynote speakers at last year’s Asilomar Conference) on the importance of civic education
*the CISC history-social science minutes from the Nov. 6th meeting, including…
-History-Social Science Framework Revision Committee meetings
-Supplemental instructional materials for Native Americans
-CDE History-SS newsletter
-CCSS awards applications for excellence in History-SS education
-2009 CCSS conference
-CCSS pre-conference event on Closing the Achievement Gap
-Upcoming 3R’s program events
-Civic education resources
-National service learning standards
-Media and Democracy project
-Five Freedoms Project (a Leadership & Youth Media project)
*the latest CA 3Rs Bulletin on Student Religious Expression in School Assignments
*the CA 3Rs calendar for this year.
Gary F. Dei Rossi
Co-Chair CISC History Social Science Committee
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Anniversary of the 19th Amendment: Civic Education Resources
From: Heather Martin [mailto:heatherm@etr.org]
It was in August of 1920 that the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution came into effect, giving women the right to vote.
In the last presidential election, voter turnout was higher for women (65 percent) than for men (62 percent), according to the US Census Bureau
(http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/voting/004986.html).
Women today are participating in the political process and holding key leadership positions as well. The first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives was Jeannette Rankin (R-MT), whose first term in Congress was from 1917-1919, a period in time when many women across the country still did not have the right to vote. Now, more than 80 years later a record 91 women are serving in the 110th United States Congress. Of the 246 women who have served in Congress a total of 27 African American or black women have served in Congress (one in the Senate, 26 in the House), including the 14 serving in the 110th Congress. Seven Hispanic women have been elected to the House; all are serving in the 110th Congress. Four Asian American women have served in the House, including two in the 110th Congress.
Source: Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2008
http://156.33.195.33/reference/resources/pdf/RL30261.pdf
Our nation’s history provides an excellent jumping off point for getting students involved in service and civic engagement. Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse has resources available to help you connect the two.
For more information and resources on service-learning and citizenship/civic engagement see these NSLC Library Items and NSLC-produced resources:
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution
This program focuses on the history and principles of the U.S. constitution and Bill of Rights for elementary through high school. The curriculum not only enhances understanding of the institutions of American constitutional democracy, it also helps students identify the contemporary relevance of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Critical thinking exercises, problem-solving activities, and cooperative learning techniques help develop participatory skills necessary for students to become active, responsible citizens.
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=5184
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=5186
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=5182
Hot Topic: Citizenship
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/citizenship/index.php
Hot Topic: Civics and History
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/civics__history/index.php
Hot Topic: Civic Engagement
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/civics__history/index.php
Citizenship and Service-Learning in K-12 Schools
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/k-12_facts/citizenship/index.php
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Heather Martin, MISt
Librarian
Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
America's Resource for Service-Learning Information
Toll-free 866-245-7378, ext. 240
Fax 831-430-9471
heatherm@etr.org
www.servicelearning.org
It was in August of 1920 that the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution came into effect, giving women the right to vote.
In the last presidential election, voter turnout was higher for women (65 percent) than for men (62 percent), according to the US Census Bureau
(http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/voting/004986.html).
Women today are participating in the political process and holding key leadership positions as well. The first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives was Jeannette Rankin (R-MT), whose first term in Congress was from 1917-1919, a period in time when many women across the country still did not have the right to vote. Now, more than 80 years later a record 91 women are serving in the 110th United States Congress. Of the 246 women who have served in Congress a total of 27 African American or black women have served in Congress (one in the Senate, 26 in the House), including the 14 serving in the 110th Congress. Seven Hispanic women have been elected to the House; all are serving in the 110th Congress. Four Asian American women have served in the House, including two in the 110th Congress.
Source: Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2008
http://156.33.195.33/reference/resources/pdf/RL30261.pdf
Our nation’s history provides an excellent jumping off point for getting students involved in service and civic engagement. Learn and Serve America’s National Service-Learning Clearinghouse has resources available to help you connect the two.
For more information and resources on service-learning and citizenship/civic engagement see these NSLC Library Items and NSLC-produced resources:
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution
This program focuses on the history and principles of the U.S. constitution and Bill of Rights for elementary through high school. The curriculum not only enhances understanding of the institutions of American constitutional democracy, it also helps students identify the contemporary relevance of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Critical thinking exercises, problem-solving activities, and cooperative learning techniques help develop participatory skills necessary for students to become active, responsible citizens.
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=5184
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=5186
http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/index.php?library_id=5182
Hot Topic: Citizenship
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/citizenship/index.php
Hot Topic: Civics and History
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/civics__history/index.php
Hot Topic: Civic Engagement
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/civics__history/index.php
Citizenship and Service-Learning in K-12 Schools
http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/k-12_facts/citizenship/index.php
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Heather Martin, MISt
Librarian
Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
America's Resource for Service-Learning Information
Toll-free 866-245-7378, ext. 240
Fax 831-430-9471
heatherm@etr.org
www.servicelearning.org
ORIAS Update 9-23-08
From: ORIAS [mailto:orias@berkeley.edu]
ORIAS UPDATE 9-23-08
(Print view at http://orias.berkeley.edu/oriasnews.html)
IN THIS UPDATE:
1. Exhibit and programs at Hearst museum: Traje de la Vida: Maya Textiles of Guatemala opening September 25.
2. Service learning: San Francisco’s Blue Planet Run Foundation
3. Exhibit: Doctors Without Borders: A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City - October 15-19, 2008
4. On-line Resource: African Access and Africana Book Awards
ON CAMPUS
Exhibit and programs: Traje de la Vida: Maya Textiles of Guatemala
Where: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley – Kroeber Hall on campus at Bancroft and College Avenues.
Hours: Opening September 25 - Wednesday to Saturday 10:00am - 4:30pm Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm
The exhibit explores weaving and artistry in Guatemala. Opening to the public on September 25, 2008, the spectacular works in this exhibit offer visitors a unique look into Maya culture through textiles collected over a hundred year period. Film footage by videographer Kathleen Mossman Vitale of Endangered Threads Documentaries is featured in the exhibition as well as photography by renowned documentarian, Jeffery Foxx.
Curated by Margot Blum Schevill, Traje de la Vida explores the story of the Maya from the highlands of Guatemala. Through their weaving, they tell a narrative of culture, personal identity and of social and political transformation, with themes illustrating the resilience of the Maya people and the ability to tell their stories.
Through this exhibition, we hope to offer visitors a unique look into Maya culture, both traditional and contemporary. Rich colors and textures fill the galleries as visitors are treated to a visual cornucopia. Engaging hands-on activities for all ages and are interspersed throughout the exhibition. Learn to weave on a loom, or try on a colorful huipil and pantalones.
The Hearst will host a year of Guatemalan educational programs including weaving demonstrations, family days, film nights, and dynamic lectures, and kick off with our exhibition opening event, scheduled for the evening of September 25, 2008.
Information on programs associated with the exhibit at
Information on school visits at: http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/outreach/schoolvisits.html
Contact: Akiko Minaga, Museum Educator minaga@berkeley.edu| 510-643-7649
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS:
A service learning opportunity combining science, human rights, and international studies: Blue Planet Run Foundation
San Francisco’s Blue Planet Run Foundation is dedicated to creating global awareness of the safe drinking water crisis worldwide. They have a number of youth programs including a “school action kit” and a hip-hop video online at <http://blueplanetrun.org/youthboard>. Currently, they are sponsoring a 30-Mile Challenge (30 miles in 30 days run, walk, or cycle) to build wells for bringing safe water to 1200 students in Tanzania. Local students are encouraged to participate and can find out more at http://blueplanetrun.org/30-mile.
Contact: Sabrina Walasek
Program Director
Blue Planet Run Foundation
500 Sansome Street, Suite 205
San Francisco, CA 94111
www.blueplanetrun.org
415-762-4345
Exhibit: Doctors Without Borders: A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City - October 15-19, 2008
This free exhibit, co-sponsored in SF by World Savvy, is made up of materials used by Doctors Without Borders in its medical work around the world. Guided by aid workers, students will explore real shelters; see how food is distributed; taste the high-energy biscuits distributed to combat malnutrition; understand basic health care and epidemic control in emergency settings, and more. For more information on our 2008 California tour to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and San Diego, and to find some resources to use with your class, click here:
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/education/refugeecamp/home. School groups are encouraged to attend! Sign up now to bring your class in October 2008, go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/109549666.
Note: A great curriculum companion piece for this exhibit is available online at the Exploring Human Rights virtual classroom from the ICRC - module 5B
http://www.ehl.icrc.org/images/stories/explorations_pdfs/5_comp.pdf
RESOURCES
Africa Access – was founded in 1989 to help schools, public libraries, and parents improve the quality of their children's collection on Africa.
http://www.africaaccessreview.org/aar/research.html
In addition to reviews and activities you can find this year’s winners of the Africana awards including this “Best books for Older Readers” awardee:
Aya
Marguerite Abouet & Clement Oubrerie (illus.)
(Drawn & Quarterly, 2007)
The graphic novel Aya tells the story of its 19-year old heroine, the studious and clear-sighted Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a breezy and wryly funny account of the desire for joy and freedom, and of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City, a suburb of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. An unpretentious and gently humorous story of an Africa we rarely see-spirited, hopeful and resilient.
Marguerite Abouet was born in Abidjan in 1971. At the age of 12, she was sent with her older brother to study in France under the care of a great uncle. She now lives in Romainville, a suburb of Paris, where she works as a legal assistant and writes novels she has yet to show to publishers. Aya is her first comic. It taps into Abouet's childhood memories of Ivory Coast in the 1970s, a prosperous, promising time in that country's history.
Clement Oubrerie was born in Paris in 1966. After a stint in art school he spent two years in the United States doing a variety of odd jobs, publishing his first children's books and serving jail time in New Mexico for working without papers. Back in France, he went on to a prolific career in illustration. With over 40 children's books to his credit, he is also co-founder of the 3-D animation studio, Station OMD. A drummer in a funk band in his spare time, he still travels frequently, especially to Ivory Coast. In Aya, his first comic, Oubrerie's warm colors and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Abouet's vibrant writing.
__________________________________________________
Michele Delattre, Program Representative
University of California Berkeley
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies
2223 Fulton Street Room 338 #2324
Berkeley CA 94720-2324 orias@berkeley.edu 510-643-0868 http://orias.berkeley.edu
ORIAS UPDATE 9-23-08
(Print view at http://orias.berkeley.edu/oriasnews.html)
IN THIS UPDATE:
1. Exhibit and programs at Hearst museum: Traje de la Vida: Maya Textiles of Guatemala opening September 25.
2. Service learning: San Francisco’s Blue Planet Run Foundation
3. Exhibit: Doctors Without Borders: A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City - October 15-19, 2008
4. On-line Resource: African Access and Africana Book Awards
ON CAMPUS
Exhibit and programs: Traje de la Vida: Maya Textiles of Guatemala
Where: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley – Kroeber Hall on campus at Bancroft and College Avenues.
Hours: Opening September 25 - Wednesday to Saturday 10:00am - 4:30pm Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm
The exhibit explores weaving and artistry in Guatemala. Opening to the public on September 25, 2008, the spectacular works in this exhibit offer visitors a unique look into Maya culture through textiles collected over a hundred year period. Film footage by videographer Kathleen Mossman Vitale of Endangered Threads Documentaries is featured in the exhibition as well as photography by renowned documentarian, Jeffery Foxx.
Curated by Margot Blum Schevill, Traje de la Vida explores the story of the Maya from the highlands of Guatemala. Through their weaving, they tell a narrative of culture, personal identity and of social and political transformation, with themes illustrating the resilience of the Maya people and the ability to tell their stories.
Through this exhibition, we hope to offer visitors a unique look into Maya culture, both traditional and contemporary. Rich colors and textures fill the galleries as visitors are treated to a visual cornucopia. Engaging hands-on activities for all ages and are interspersed throughout the exhibition. Learn to weave on a loom, or try on a colorful huipil and pantalones.
The Hearst will host a year of Guatemalan educational programs including weaving demonstrations, family days, film nights, and dynamic lectures, and kick off with our exhibition opening event, scheduled for the evening of September 25, 2008.
Information on programs associated with the exhibit at
Information on school visits at: http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/outreach/schoolvisits.html
Contact: Akiko Minaga, Museum Educator minaga@berkeley.edu| 510-643-7649
OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS:
A service learning opportunity combining science, human rights, and international studies: Blue Planet Run Foundation
San Francisco’s Blue Planet Run Foundation is dedicated to creating global awareness of the safe drinking water crisis worldwide. They have a number of youth programs including a “school action kit” and a hip-hop video online at <http://blueplanetrun.org/youthboard>. Currently, they are sponsoring a 30-Mile Challenge (30 miles in 30 days run, walk, or cycle) to build wells for bringing safe water to 1200 students in Tanzania. Local students are encouraged to participate and can find out more at http://blueplanetrun.org/30-mile.
Contact: Sabrina Walasek
Program Director
Blue Planet Run Foundation
500 Sansome Street, Suite 205
San Francisco, CA 94111
www.blueplanetrun.org
415-762-4345
Exhibit: Doctors Without Borders: A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City - October 15-19, 2008
This free exhibit, co-sponsored in SF by World Savvy, is made up of materials used by Doctors Without Borders in its medical work around the world. Guided by aid workers, students will explore real shelters; see how food is distributed; taste the high-energy biscuits distributed to combat malnutrition; understand basic health care and epidemic control in emergency settings, and more. For more information on our 2008 California tour to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and San Diego, and to find some resources to use with your class, click here:
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/education/refugeecamp/home. School groups are encouraged to attend! Sign up now to bring your class in October 2008, go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/109549666.
Note: A great curriculum companion piece for this exhibit is available online at the Exploring Human Rights virtual classroom from the ICRC - module 5B
http://www.ehl.icrc.org/images/stories/explorations_pdfs/5_comp.pdf
RESOURCES
Africa Access – was founded in 1989 to help schools, public libraries, and parents improve the quality of their children's collection on Africa.
http://www.africaaccessreview.org/aar/research.html
In addition to reviews and activities you can find this year’s winners of the Africana awards including this “Best books for Older Readers” awardee:
Aya
Marguerite Abouet & Clement Oubrerie (illus.)
(Drawn & Quarterly, 2007)
The graphic novel Aya tells the story of its 19-year old heroine, the studious and clear-sighted Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a breezy and wryly funny account of the desire for joy and freedom, and of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City, a suburb of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. An unpretentious and gently humorous story of an Africa we rarely see-spirited, hopeful and resilient.
Marguerite Abouet was born in Abidjan in 1971. At the age of 12, she was sent with her older brother to study in France under the care of a great uncle. She now lives in Romainville, a suburb of Paris, where she works as a legal assistant and writes novels she has yet to show to publishers. Aya is her first comic. It taps into Abouet's childhood memories of Ivory Coast in the 1970s, a prosperous, promising time in that country's history.
Clement Oubrerie was born in Paris in 1966. After a stint in art school he spent two years in the United States doing a variety of odd jobs, publishing his first children's books and serving jail time in New Mexico for working without papers. Back in France, he went on to a prolific career in illustration. With over 40 children's books to his credit, he is also co-founder of the 3-D animation studio, Station OMD. A drummer in a funk band in his spare time, he still travels frequently, especially to Ivory Coast. In Aya, his first comic, Oubrerie's warm colors and energetic, playful line connect expressively with Abouet's vibrant writing.
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Michele Delattre, Program Representative
University of California Berkeley
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies
2223 Fulton Street Room 338 #2324
Berkeley CA 94720-2324 orias@berkeley.edu 510-643-0868 http://orias.berkeley.edu
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Service Learning Grants Available
From: H-SSOrganizations@lws.lacoe.edu On Behalf Of Herczog_Michelle
The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce
Youth Service America Launches Two Mini-Grant Programs
to Support Global Youth Service Day Projects
Disney Minnie Grants
$500 for Service Projects Led by Children Ages 5-14
The Walt Disney Company and Youth Service America are excited to announce grants of up to $500 to support child-led service projects. These grants support children (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. Teachers, older youth (15-25), and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply, if they engage younger children in planning and implementing the project. A significant part of the service must take place on GYSD 2009, April 24-26. We particularly encourage applicants to address the environmental issues and to seek to empower children as young citizens through their projects. 0; Applicants can use the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a reference and review past grantees’ projects from all over the world on our website. Applications are welcome from all countries. Applicants from India, China and Russia are especially encouraged to apply. While grant information is made available in Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish, applications will only be accepted in English (an online translation tool is available at the YSA website).. Past Disney Minnie Grantees are also eligible to apply. Be sure to download the correct application and review all application materials, available at http://www.YSA.org/awards
Questions?
Email MinnieGrant@ysa.org
Deadline: October 30, 2008
State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant
$1000 for Teachers & Service-Learning Coordinators
With generous support from the State Farm Companies Foundation, Youth Service America is offering the annual State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth-led community improvement projects across the United States and Canada (Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick provinces only). These grants of up to $1,000 support teachers and service-learning coordinators in engaging students (ages 5-25) to implement service-learning projects for Global Youth Service Day, April 24-26, 2009. We encourage semester-long projects that are launched on Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 2009 and extend through Global Youth Service Day.
To learn more, download our NEW electronic application, grant guidelines, and budget spreadsheet at http://www.YSA.org/awards
Questions?
Please contact goodneighbor@ysa.org
Deadline: October 15, 2008
The Los Angeles County Office of Education
is proud to announce
Youth Service America Launches Two Mini-Grant Programs
to Support Global Youth Service Day Projects
Disney Minnie Grants
$500 for Service Projects Led by Children Ages 5-14
The Walt Disney Company and Youth Service America are excited to announce grants of up to $500 to support child-led service projects. These grants support children (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. Teachers, older youth (15-25), and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply, if they engage younger children in planning and implementing the project. A significant part of the service must take place on GYSD 2009, April 24-26. We particularly encourage applicants to address the environmental issues and to seek to empower children as young citizens through their projects. 0; Applicants can use the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a reference and review past grantees’ projects from all over the world on our website. Applications are welcome from all countries. Applicants from India, China and Russia are especially encouraged to apply. While grant information is made available in Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish, applications will only be accepted in English (an online translation tool is available at the YSA website).. Past Disney Minnie Grantees are also eligible to apply. Be sure to download the correct application and review all application materials, available at http://www.YSA.org/awards
Questions?
Email MinnieGrant@ysa.org
Deadline: October 30, 2008
State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant
$1000 for Teachers & Service-Learning Coordinators
With generous support from the State Farm Companies Foundation, Youth Service America is offering the annual State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant for youth-led community improvement projects across the United States and Canada (Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick provinces only). These grants of up to $1,000 support teachers and service-learning coordinators in engaging students (ages 5-25) to implement service-learning projects for Global Youth Service Day, April 24-26, 2009. We encourage semester-long projects that are launched on Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 2009 and extend through Global Youth Service Day.
To learn more, download our NEW electronic application, grant guidelines, and budget spreadsheet at http://www.YSA.org/awards
Questions?
Please contact goodneighbor@ysa.org
Deadline: October 15, 2008
President's Environmental Youth Awards (PEYA)
From: Ferriole.Thomas@epamail.epa.gov [Ferriole.Thomas@epamail.epa.gov]
Hello,
Young people from around the country are invited to participate in the annual awards program that encourages individuals, school classes, summer camps, public interest groups, and youth organizations to promote environmental awareness and positive community involvement.
The following link provides pictures of previous winners and information about the PEYA application process and deadline of October 31:
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/peya/index.html
I also believe every school with elementary programs should know about the following link to our children's website:
http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Program coordinator Sharon Jang and I look forward to hearing from and to receiving your applications.
Very truly yours,
Tom Ferriole
Education Outreach
U.S. EPA, Region 9
(415) 972-3350
Hello,
Young people from around the country are invited to participate in the annual awards program that encourages individuals, school classes, summer camps, public interest groups, and youth organizations to promote environmental awareness and positive community involvement.
The following link provides pictures of previous winners and information about the PEYA application process and deadline of October 31:
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/peya/index.html
I also believe every school with elementary programs should know about the following link to our children's website:
http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Program coordinator Sharon Jang and I look forward to hearing from and to receiving your applications.
Very truly yours,
Tom Ferriole
Education Outreach
U.S. EPA, Region 9
(415) 972-3350
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