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SASC Summer Institute

Submitted by bpham2006 on Fri, 2008-01-25 20:13.

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The Summer Institute hosted by the Southeast Asian Student Coalition is a 5 day 4 night week during the summer where high school students from all around California are brought to U.C. Berkeley Campus. These students are from low-income and under represented Southeast Asian refugee communities whose families have been affected by the Vietnam War. During this Summer Institute, the students are introduced to Southeast Asian Culture in an effort to tackle or help bridge the intergenerational gap resulting from growing up in the United States and living in a refugee home. In addition, the students are introduced to Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian American history and issues to compensate for the lack of Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian American history taught in public schools. Also, the students are exposed to higher education on several levels. First, students have direct interaction with U.C. Berkeley Southeast Asian student mentors and professors. Second, the students are directly placed on a university campus and in university dormitories. Third, we hold workshops on what college life is like, the requirements, and how to apply.

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Started On:6/25/08Ended On:6/29/08
People Involved:100People Impacted:60
Money Raised:4000  

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Related Cause: Education

Category: Education & Environment

Tags: Cultural history educations Student Empowerment Underrepresented

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Slavic Club

Submitted by knjazyan on Sat, 2007-08-04 20:01.

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An activity that has great importance to me is promoting cultural awareness and friendship on my high school campus. For this purpose I established a Slavic Club, which provides my schoolmates with the opportunity to expand their knowledge about different cultures beyond the classrooms experience. Likewise, it teaches young people to be open-minded and more tolerant to the world around us.
The inspiration to create a Slavic Club was born when I learned how little my schoolmates knew about my native country, Russia, and how eager they were to learn more about its language and life. I opened the club to all students who wished to share their cultures with others. The club has made quite a splash on campus. We host international cooking classes; discover and promote foreign movies and writers; and discuss and connect historical and current events.
On the whole, the establishment of this club has united students with different cultural backgrounds. I truly believe that the more we know about different cultures the better we can understand and appreciate diversity in our society. Moreover, the creation of the club has helped me to develop better leadership skills by involving schoolmates in the positive and insightful activities.

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Started On:10/2005Ended On:06/2007
People Involved:25-30People Impacted:n/a
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Related Cause: Immigration Awareness

Category: Arts & Culture

Tags: Cultural Artistic cooking historic

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Remembering A King

Submitted by gailsherfield on Wed, 2007-05-23 03:23.

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As part of the Youth Day Celebration at Zion Hill First Baptist Church in Rockmart, Georgia, a Youth Day Educational Trip and Assignment was organized. The leaders of the church decided to take the youth to The Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Each youth was instructed do compose a paper on the thing that inspired them the most at the museum as part of a contest. The winner of the contest was going to be awarded a certificate and prize from the church. Because of funding or lack of, each youth and adult had to pay $ 20.00 for the trip. It helped to cover the cost of the bus trip and food. There was a total of 30 youth and 15 adults, including our Pastor and his family. Memphis, Tennessee is a approximately a 4 hour drive from where we live. The trip was going fine until the bus broke down 50 miles outside of Memphis, Tennessee. We had to wait 7 hours on the bus without air conditioning, on the side of the expressway, before a replacement bus arrived to take us home. The museum had closed and we were not able to finish the trip. The children and youth were devasted. They had prepared to write their essays on the most memorable and educational event at the museum, but never got the opportunity. We had to return home. In hopes of making the trip again. Youth day is coming up again next month and we would like to take our youth to the museum. This is the purpose of writing the grant, so that many adults and youth will be able to learn about a King, Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement that impacted the lives of so many people. Our church is located in the middle of the city and most of our youth are from Public Housing, not being able to afford the money to take the trip again, we ask for assistance in making it possible for them to see the sites and learn of the movement that changed history. This is a global, cultural and educational event for our young people and we ask your assistance in providing them with a grant to complete this mission. Making it possible for thier dream to become a reality. We plan to build a library within our education center at church, and this will be the first project to help our youth make their own churh history. My name is Gail Sherfield. I am a youth Sunday School Teacher and Educator. My number is [personal content edited out by admin] Zion Hill First Baptist Church 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Street P.O. 904 Rockmart, Georgia 30153 Pastor, Ramon Arnold Sr. [personal content edited out by admin]

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Started On:June 30, 2006Ended On:June 30, 2006
People Involved:45People Impacted:45
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Category: Education & Environment

Tags: Cultural motivational educational Inspirational

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Earn Community Service hours in the Caribbean with the Peace Corps- SAVE ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES!

Submitted by Sail Caribbean on Thu, 2007-02-15 02:34.


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 Sail Caribbean has been operating teen summer adventures in the Caribbean for 27 years.  Join our community service program in Carriacou and you'll earn 40-50 service hours, while living at the Kido Ecological Research Station on a wildlife sanctuary in the Grenadine islands.  Serve as a mentor to local youth, participate in a United Nations development project, tackle environmental preservation projects and head out on nightly patrols to rescue endangered sea turtles! With your new friends, learn island traditions and cook local foods. In addition to your hard work, you'll go to the historical Carriacou Regatta Festival, hike nature trails, swim in crystal clear water and even try scuba diving!    CARRIACOU ECOLOGY & COMMUNITY SERVICE ASHOREJuly 24 - August 10, 2007$3995 per person  Check out our website for all Sail Caribbean summer adventure and community service programs:www.sailcaribbean.com or call -Admin deleted Personal phone # -

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Related Cause: Endangered Species

Category: Community Building

Tags: service community summer environment Caribbean Sea Turtles Ecology Marine Biology Teen Cultural Exchange

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