Cultural
Last updated by bpham2006 on Fri, 01/25/2008 - 16:13.
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.
Last updated by knjazyan on Sat, 08/04/2007 - 16:01.
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.
Last updated by gailsherfield on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 17:05.
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.
Last updated by Sail Caribbean on Tue, 08/14/2007 - 10:20.
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.
