by Juliana Birnbaum Fox
Nancy Pelosi
On Wednesday, December 12, attorney/ activist Christine Pelosi, daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, will discuss public service through grassroots organizations and community politics, and offer a glimpse into American politics and the hectic world of campaigning. Pelosi has over 30 years of experience in voter contact, education and mobilization in local, state and federal efforts.
Check in for the event is at 6pm, the program starts at 6:30, and at 7:30 there will be a reception and book signing. Pelosi will be at the Club offi ce, 595 Market St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco. Tickets are $12 for Members, $20 for Non-Members. To buy tickets call 415/597-6705 or register at www.commonwealthclub.org.
City College offers new courses
City College of San Francisco is offering an array of new courses and programs during the Spring Semester 2008. Instruction for credit and noncredit, day and evening classes begins Monday, January 14.
The Southeast Campus, at 1800 Oakdale Avenue, is offering a Weekend College, the new Mission Campus, at 1125 Valencia Street, has scheduled 150 new credit courses, and the new Community Health and Wellness Center, at 50 Phelan Avenue, is opening its doors this Spring Semester.
Credit students pay $20 per unit and a health fee of $16 for the entire semester. Noncredit courses are free of tuition. Financial aid is available for eligible credit and noncredit students. Students can now pick up a hard copy of the Spring 2008 Schedule of classes at CCSF bookstores and at the branches of San Francisco Public Libraries. It is also available on line at www.ccsf.edu. Admissions can be reached at (415) 239-3285.
Our Community in the Streets!
Photographs by David Bacon.
On Celebrating International Migrants Day and the solidarity of working people in our community, Dec. 7, 2007 – Jan. 31, 2008,
Asian Resource Gallery, at 310 Eighth St. Oakland, CA 94607. (Close to the 12th Street and Lake Merritt BART Stations) Opening Reception & International Migrants Day Celebration, at the Asian Resource Center Gallery, Monday, December 17, 2007, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Sponsored by East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, With support from City of Oakland Arts & Culture, Alameda Co. Arts, & East Bay Community Foundation.
For more info: dbacon@igc.org or call Greg Morozumi @ (510) 532-9692.
Latino Community Foundation announces requests for proposals
The Latino Community Foundation launched the Latino Children and Youth Initiative as a collaborative effort to raise and award $1 million in grants over four years targeted towards organizations serving Latino youth aged 0-5 to prepare them for school success through early education enrichment programs.
The Initiative will incorporate a comprehensive approach and fund programs that-
- Improve the health and education of Latino children through early childhood enrichment programs.
- Increase support for parents of these children through programs that concentrate on pre-natal care as well as developing parenting and life skills, with an emphasis on adolescent parents.
Complete information about the RFP process, including the application form, is available online at www.latinocf.org/about/youth.html. The deadline for proposals is 5:00 p.m. on January 11, 2008. For more information or to RSVP, you can call 415-733-8591 or email: lcf@sff.org.
