HIFY Provider E-Mail July 2010: Nat’l Ice Cream Month
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HIFY Provider E-Mail July 2010: Nat’l Ice Cream Month
In this edition of the HIFY Provider E-mail you will find:
HIFYs ‘YES’ Job Opening
HIFYs YOW of San Francisco and Oakland
San Francisco Chic Fashion
Free MHSA Training
Case Mgr (LCSW)/Psychologist - School Based Health Center
Women’s empowerment Screening
COLAGE Board Job opening
AFATAC
SFSI Training
Get Fresh Campaign launch
Resource of the month: Teen Issues
In July, HIFY worked with the following groups providing both
workshops
and trainings:
Boys & Girls: Body Image and Self Esteem
LYRIC: Go Healthy Series
YGC: Consent and Negotiation
YGC: Sex and Harm Reduction
Girl Source: Safer Sex and STIs
** Please note that HIFY has moved! Our new address is: 235 Montgomery
St. #643, San Francisco, CA 94104**
Happy National Ice Cream and Share a Sunset Month!
July has shaped up to be a full month for HIFY. We finally moved
offices (Whoo!!), and we’re still in the process of adjusting and
wiring phones and faxes. Many thanks and appreciations to those who
help us moved (either by packing boxes, or coming by to pick up
furniture.)
Remember that we love to hear from you! If you have any comments or
upcoming events that you want HIFY to include in future e-mails (youth
or provider) - send them to us! And don’t forget to share a sunset AND
ice cream this month!
Be safe,
Cassie
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Job posting for: Youth Engagement Specialist
Reports to: Program Manager
Salary: 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week) – Temporary; $17.31/hr plus benefits
Start date: Fall 2010
Application deadline: August 2010
About HIFY
HIFY is a multicultural organization whose mission is to improve the
health and well-being of under-served young people through innovative
youth leadership, popular education and advocacy in pursuit of multi-
level social change. We believe in providing complete, accurate health
information to young people and supporting them in making their own
decisions. Our work is grounded in harm reduction, positive
sexuality, youth development and anti-oppression principles.
HIFY does not require specific degrees for its positions. Experience
requirements can be met through educational, professional or life
experience.
Position Summary
Under the general supervision of the Program Manager, the Youth
Engagement Specialist’s primary responsibilities will be supporting
outreach, health education, and training projects for current HIFY
programming. This includes delivering HIV education and community
outreach, as well as training groups of youth and adult allies on a
variety of youth leadership and health related topics. The Youth
Engagement Specialist will also engage with various peer educators and
youth leaders of ally organizations to strengthen their efforts, and
support HIFY with the visioning and development of future
programming.
Job Duties
Training & Health Education
• Master and contribute to HIFY’s curricula on a variety of health
topics (HIV, Positive Sexuality, LGBTQIQ Themes, Substance Use and
others) for adult providers who work with youth in settings such as
schools, community centers, transitional shelters, and treatment
programs.
• Present health workshops on topics such as substance use, HIV, STIs,
safer sex, self-advocacy, body image, and self-esteem, to a variety of
target groups and age ranges.
• Design and regularly review curricula for youth leadership and peer
education programs
Outreach
• Participate in regularly scheduled HIV focused street outreach in
both San Francisco and Oakland
• Develop a personal network of resources and referral points for
youth health needs, and integrate this network into HIFY’s continuum
of care for HIV+ and other vulnerable youth.
• Participate in relevant community collaborations and respond to
requests for information from community members and peers.
Administrative
• Ensure collection, entry and analysis of evaluation data from
participants and provide periodic summary reports for grants and
evaluation.
• Develop and maintain relationships with agencies and schools where
programs are implemented.
• Stay apprised of youth health issues and topics as they are relevant
to HIFY products and programs.
• Contribute information to publications, printed materials, and
HIFY’s website as appropriate.
• Participate on HIFY project teams related to new agency initiatives
and programs.
• Other duties as they relate to HIFY’s mission.
Qualifications:
Candidates Must…
• Have three years verifiable experience in outreach, training/
facilitation, public health, youth leadership and development, and/or
related field.
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written.
• Feel comfortable and excited about working with diverse groups of
youth and adults, and having conversations about sensitive topics.
• Embrace HIFY’s mission and services.
• Be able to work in a small, close-knit team environment, as well as
independently.
How To Apply
Send cover letter and resume to: HIFY, Attention: Hiring Committee for
Youth Engagement Specialist Position, 235 Montgomery St., Suite 643,
SF, CA 94104; Fax: 415-274-1976; Email: jo...@hify.org. No phone calls
please.
Application deadline: August 20, 2010
Health Initiatives for Youth is an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage people of color, youth, young men and LGBTQIQ people to
apply.
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HIFY is hiring for Youth Outreach Workers! We need three youth from
San Francisco and three from Oakland to conduct street outreach. If
you know any youth who may benefit from this position please have them
contact us!
Job posting for: HIFY Youth Outreach Workers (YOWs), 16-21 yrs. old
Reports to: Program Coordinators
Salary: $1500 stipend for 9 months
Start date: Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
End date: June 2011
Application deadline: Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
About HIFY
Health Initiatives for Youth is a multicultural organization whose
mission is to improve the health and well-being of underserved young
people through innovative youth leadership, popular education and
advocacy, in pursuit of multi-level social change.
Position Summary
We are looking for 3 Oakland and 3 San Francisco youth to become Youth
Outreach Workers in HIFY’s Health Outreach Program. These PAID
positions are open for youth who need internships, community service
credits, and volunteer hours. The program’s mission is linking HIV+
youth to care. YOWs will work closely with HIFY staff to outreach as a
team in community neighborhoods. Yow will also plan and participate in
community events, HIFY events, and other related activities.
Time Commitment
HIFY’s YOWs will participate in a 9month program, beginning October
1st, 2010 and continuing through June 2011 with opportunities to
remain through 2012. The YOWs will meet Wednesdays and Fridays from
3-6pm. The team will participate in weekly meetings, street outreach,
and any HIFY trainings that are offered on HIV & Outreach.
Youth Outreach Workers are HIFY employees and will be stipend $15oo
for the beginning 9 months. They will receive extensive training on
health issues affecting the Oakland and San Francisco community,
interpersonal and group communication skills, and knowledge of various
forms of oppression (including ageism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and
classism) as they relate to health and well being.
Qualifications
Candidates Must:
• Successfully complete the HIV outreach and Role Play training
• Complete prompt collection of data form all people engaged
• Be knowledgeable about and comfortable with working in Oakland and
San Francisco neighborhoods heavily impacted by HIV
• Be eligible to receive a work permit from school- if necessary
• Express interest in learning about community health issues
• Show ability to commit to the program for the full year (ie. Have
held a job for a long period of time, have participated in a school,
church or community group for a period of time, have followed through
with other time commitments longer than 3 months, etc.)
• Have access to transportation to the BART accessible location in
downtown San Francisco (Oakland location TBA) 2 times per week during
the year.
• Not have commitments to other clubs, sports teams, or activities
that conflict with weekly scheduled meetings throughout the year
• Enjoy working with diverse community of people (LGBT, and Homeless
youth community) and is respectful of differences
• Be committed to learning about oppression and how it affects
community health and the HIV epidemic
• Be energetic, charismatic, and caring and want to help educate your
peers in making healthy, safe, and positive decisions for their lives!
How To Apply:
To request an application (or for more information), please contact
Carnelius Quinn at qu...@hify.org.
Send your completed applications to:
Carnelius Quinn
HIFY
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 643
San Francisco, CA 94104
Applications must be postmarked by Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
(Late applications will not be accepted!)
HIFY is an equal opportunity employer.
Men, teen parents, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and HIV
positive youth are strongly encouraged to apply.
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2010 San Francisco CHIC Fashion Week
Aug 1-8th at the San Francisco design center- benefiting Until There’s
A Cure Foundation
CHIC FASHIO WEEK will be hed August 1st-8th, 2010 in the Galleria at
the San Francisco Design Center. The week-long event will exhibit
designers form the Bay Area and beyond through various chic fashion
soirees culminating in a chic and sleek runway extravagance at the San
Francisco Design Center that weekend. Dree to the mines fo theis
fabulous good time.
A portion of the proceeds will be happily donated to benefit Until
There’s A Cure and will also help start a school which focuses on high-
risk students, preparing them for success within the fashion industry
(Mario B’s School of Fashion)
The week at a glance:
Aug 1st- chic helium mag “blue”launch
Aug 2nd- chic manic Monday party
Aug 3rd- chic wonderland trunk show
Aug 4th chic art meets fashion show
Aug 5th- chic until there’s a cure gala
Aug 6th- chic preview w. Charleston pierce
Aug 7th- chic established designers
Aug 8th – chic emerging designers
SUNDAY closing party- chic capture
For more info contact Until There’s A Cure: www.until.org,
1.800.88.UNTIL (86845)
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FREE TRAININGS IN CRISIS INTERVENTION
Come to one of these FREE upcoming trainings sponsored by the Mental
Health Services Act through CBHS:
Crisis Intervention for Consumers in the Workforce
This is a one-day workshop to help direct service staff and
supervisors learn crisis prevention strategies, including stress
management, self-care, and de-escalation techniques to help consumers
in the workforce to manage the stresses of a career in mental
health.
There are 5 dates to choose from (maximum of 25 participants each
training):
1. Sept 24, 2010
2. Nov. 12, 2010
3. Jan. 14, 2011
4. March 4, 2011
5. April 29, 2011
Trainers from Harm Reduction Therapy Center, Mission Neighborhood
Resource Center, and SF AIDS Foundation
To register for these trainings, please complete the attached
registration form and fax it to 510-251-1139 . If you have any
questions, please email MHSATraini...@gmail.com or call
510-251-1139 and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
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CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAININGS
These trainings are based on the principles of Cultural Humility. The
goal of these trainings is to present to CBHS staff current issues
affecting these populations and their mental health, AND to help staff
to reflect on how providers are influenced our own backgrounds and
training. These are very interactive trainings.
Bridge to Adulthood:
Working with Transitional Age Youth
Full-day training
October 22, 2010 9-5pm
Trainers from Health Initiatives for Youth and Honoring Emancipated
Youth
There will be additional Cultural Sensitivity trainings focused on
different populations in November (Culturally sensitive approaches to
working with Latino/as) and December (Culturally sensitive mental
health care for African Americans) of 2010 and on into 2011.
Be looking for future emails on these trainings.
To register for these trainings, please call 510-251-1139
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Hi friends and colleagues,
Our school-based health center at Fremont Fed of High Schools is
hiring a Case Mgr III (LCSW) or Psychologist I. If you would forward
on the job posting, I would very much appreciate it! The posting
reads open until filled but we are trying to get someone in place by
the start of the school year, so encourage anyone who might be
interested to apply soon. They should apply online (although if you
have anyone that you recommend, feel free to send me their name as
well, so that I can keep an eye out.)
www.laclinica.org/employ-allJobs.php
Some great things about the position:
-It is a 10 month position, with summers off.
-It is eligible for NHSC loan reimbursement of up to $50,000 for a 2-
year commitment.
-La Clinica is a great agency with good benefits.
-Fremont Tiger Clinic (which is in Oakland, not Fremont!) is an
exciting work environment with a wonderful team of people and lots of
room for creativity
Thanks so much for passing it on.
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TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION ONLINE VISIT: https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=514008
JOB TITLE: CASE MANAGER III (LCSW) or PSYCHOLOGIST I
DEPARTMENT: SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS / INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH
CLASSIFICATION: REGULAR FULL-TIME 100% (BASED ON A 40 HR WORK WEEK) 10
MONTH POSITION
REPORTS TO: INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPERVISOR
STATUS: EXEMPT (UNION POSITION)
SALARY: CASE MANAGER III SALARY: $56,263 FTE + FRINGE BENEFITS
PSYCHOLOGIST I SALARY: $63,138 FTE + FRINGE BENEFITS
APPLICATION DEADLINE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED POSITION AVAILABLE: NOW
ABOUT THE POSITION: Under the direction of the Manager of Integrated
Behavioral Health, provides culturally appropriate mental health
treatment, assertive outreach, and case management services to clients
as part of a multi disciplinary team at Fremont Federation of High
Schools in East Oakland. Provides direct clinical services in a school
based clinic in accordance with established protocols. This is a 10-
month position based on the Oakland Unified School District calendar.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Case Manager III: Requires Masters Degree in Psychology, Social
Work or Counseling, from an accredited college or university meeting
the criteria for BBS registration. Requires a valid California license
as an LCSW or Clinical Psychologist, supplemented by two to three
years post-Masters experience in the practice of assessment and
counseling.
2. Knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of
individual, group and family counseling; case management; crisis
intervention; clinical social work as related to adolescents and their
families.
3. Ability to effectively engage adolescents and their families in
order to conduct a clinical assessment related to presenting problems
including but not limited to school, family, peer group, substance
abuse, psychological or legal problems.
4. At least two years experience working in an urban school setting
preferred.
5. Ability to develop care plans for effective, brief intervention
based on a clinical assessment and knowledge of relevant best
practices.
6. Ability to effectively and quickly identify and manage clinical
risk such as danger to self or others, grave disability or other areas
requiring immediate clinical response.
7. Ability to apply casework skills effectively; establish and
maintain effective working relationships with others including clinic/
school staff, collaterals and outside agencies.
8. Ability to clearly and accurately document all clinically pertinent
psycho-social data.
9. Ability to quickly respond to changing priorities based on clinical
need and flow in clinic, utilizing variable patient session time.
10. Experience working with school-based health centers preferred.
11. Experience facilitating support groups preferred.
12. Knowledge of public schools and public school systems required.
13. Familiarity implementing cognitive behavioral therapies
preferred.
14. Commitment to the principles of adolescent health, harm reduction
and youth development.
15. Demonstrated understanding of adolescent development and mandated
reporting laws.
16. Excellent verbal, written communication and organizational skills
essential.
17. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a multicultural
client population.
18. Bilingual Spanish/English preferred. Bicultural preferred.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Conducts psycho-social assessments with adolescents and/or their
families in order to identify psychosocial, legal, environmental,
school or substance abuse problems that affect them.
2. Provides brief counseling, crisis intervention, linkage and
referral to clients and their families as appropriate.
3. Works closely with students to develop goals and treatment plans
that meet their needs, are youth-centered, and culturally competent.
4. Acts as a core member of the multidisciplinary school-based health
center team, attending staff meetings and attending other team-related
activities. Receives referrals and works closely with clinic Nurse
Practitioner and Health Educator and school faculty.
5. Manages risks to health or safety in accordance with guidance of
clinical supervisor.
6. Builds collaborative relationships with students, families,
community organizations and school staff. Establish good working
relationships with staff members and outside professionals in order to
maintain continuity of care. Provides regular, on-going outreach on
school campus to inform staff of availability of clinic mental health
services.
7. Recommends to the Clinic Manager and Clinical Supervisor changes
that would improve service delivery. Aids in the development and
implementation of new intervention programs as assigned.
8. Expected to conduct a minimum required number of sessions per
month.
9. Insures and monitors that all operations, procedures, interventions
and documentation comply with agency, state, and county guidelines and
quality assurance standards.
10. Regularly reviews clinical interventions and case documentation
with supervisor.
11. Participates in case presentations, seminars, supervision, staff
meetings, peer review process, and other meetings as assigned.
12. Other clinical, administrative, and operational duties as
assigned.
IMMEDIATELY
07/13/10
Note: This site is an approved NHSC site and applicants are eligible
to apply for a NHSC loan reimbursement of up to $50,000 for a two-year
commitment.
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Women's Empowerment Screening Event
PRESENTED BY ITVS and the San Francisco Main Library
There has never been a better time than now to shine a light on
stories of women affecting change around the world. This summer, join
ITVS and dozens of television stations and community organizations
across the country to present a special series of screenings that will
highlight issues affecting women in the U.S. and across the globe.
Wednesday, August 4th
San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco
3:30 - 7:30pm
@ 3:30pm
TROOP 1500
By EllenSpiro
At the Gatesville Prison in Texas, a unique Girl Scout troop unites
daughters with mothers who have been convicted of serious crimes.
Facing steep sentences from the courts and tough questions from their
children, the mothers struggle to rebuild relationships with the
daughters who endure a childhood without them
@ 4:30pm
OFF AND RUNNING
By Nicole Opper
Avery is an African American teenager and the adopted daughter of two
Jewish lesbian moms in Brooklyn. OFF AND RUNNING follows Avery's
journey to uncover her roots and explore the bonds of family.
@ 6pm
BRONX PRINCESS
By Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed
Rocky Otoo is the star of her high school and can't wait to grow up. A
BRONX PRINCESS follows Rocky's journey as she leaves behind her mother
in New York City to reunite with her royal father in Ghana, West
Africa and reconciles her African heritage with her dream of
independence
@ 6:30pm
SHADYA
By Roy Westler
Shadya Zoabi, a charismatic 17-year-old karate world champion, strives
to succeed on her own terms within her traditional Muslim village in
northern Israel. Despite her father's support, she faces the challenge
of balancing her dreams with her religious commitments and other's
expectations. SHADYA takes an intimate look at the evolution of a
young Israeli Arab woman with feminist ideas in a male-dominated
culture.
ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
VENUE INFORMATION: San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco
(1 block from the Civic Center BART station)
FOR MORE INFO, email sara_...@itvs.org
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COLAGE Seeks Skilled and Passionate Leaders to Join National Board of
Directors!
This is your opportunity to join COLAGE's Board of Directors during a
very exciting time!
In the midst of celebrating our 20th anniversary, COLAGE is looking
for skilled and passionate leaders with expertise to join the Board of
Directors.
ABOUT COLAGE
COLAGE is the only national youth-driven network of people with
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer parents. Living in a
world that treats our families differently can be isolating or
challenging. By connecting us with peers who share our experience,
COLAGE helps us become strong advocates for ourselves and our
families. Through our community, leadership, and advocacy work, we
help children of LGBTQ families gain the recognition, respect, and
rights that every family deserves.
About COLAGE's National Board of Directors
COLAGE's National Board of Directors is an intergenerational, multi-
racial/multi-cultural group of dedicated volunteers that includes
people with LGBTQ parents, LGBTQ parents, and allies from across the
United States. The Board convenes for in-person meetings twice
annually in addition to participating in ongoing conference calls and
committee meetings. The Board provides crucial governance and
oversight for COLAGE finances, operations and programs; raises funds
and resources for the organization; and supports the staff in an
advisory capacity.
COLAGE currently seeks dedicated board members with skills and
experience in:
• Fundraising, especially event planning and individual donor program
development
• Public relations, marketing, media communications, and e-
communications;
• Financial management, investment & oversight or non-profit
accounting;
To ensure that all organizational decisions and actions are guided by
and reflect COLAGE's diverse membership and constituencies, we
especially invite people who have one or more of the following
backgrounds or identities to apply:
• Are you a person of color and active in communities of color?
• Do you have one or more transgender parent(s) and/or identify as
trans?
• Are you from/Do you reside in the Midwest, Southwest or in cities of
NYC, DC, or LA?
• Are you male-identified?
• Are you between the ages of 15 and 17? Over 30?
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
• Uphold COLAGE's mission, vision, values, and methodology
• Volunteer average of 10-20 hours per month (some months more, some
less)
• Attend in-person three-day meetings twice per year. Spring meeting
is in SF Bay Area, Fall meeting location rotates. (This fall, the
meeting will be in Washington D.C. over the weekend of October 10-12,
2010.)
• Participate in all-board conference calls every 6 weeks
• Actively participate on at least one board committee, including
monthly calls
• Be an ambassador for COLAGE and LGBTQ families, including being
publicly 'out' about your family in your community and in the media
APPLICATIONS DUE: Sunday, July 25, 2010
TO APPLY:
Please submit completed COLAGE Board Application Form (.pdf) (.doc) to
the COLAGE Board Development Committee, nomin...@colage.org.
When your application is received, you will be notified and may be
asked to participate in an interview with one of our current Board
members or Executive Director.
QUESTIONS?
Email our Board Development Committee at nomin...@colage.org or
contact Beth Teper, Executive Director at 415-861-5437,
dire...@colage.org.
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Dear AFATAC Learning Circle and Youth Worker Collective Family:
I hope this message finds you well and enjoying the bright, sunny,
(unusually) warm summer in the Bay Area.
I am proud to announce that Youth Worker Collective, as a part of the
AFATAC Leadership Tracks, has launched Starting with Self: A
Collaboratively Developed Curriculum by AFATAC Learning Circles. YAY!!
This is a project of love and community from after school and youth
development staff and consultants from San Francisco. It is about
building skills, learning together, and creatively exploring. It is
practical, applicable, and relevant. And it is all thanks to all of
YOU!!
To put this in some context, here are a few numbers:
• It took over 8 months to bring this all together.
• Over 30 youth workers, consultants, and community members
collectively created it.
• It contains 10 4-hour modules of training totaling 160 pages.
• Each module took a minimum of 10 hours to create/refine plus 4 hours
to facilitate totaling over 140 professional development hours
provided to the field.
• 15 cohort members, middle managers in after school programs, rooted
this project ensuring relevancy to the field.
• 10 consultants, aka content experts, lent their expertise to the
project ensuring accurate research was presented. This included
consultants donating their facilitation skills for the trainings.
• It cost approximately $37,000 to produce.
You can find the curriculum here: http://bit.ly/anTvrD.
So...what's next? Youth Worker Collective as a part of AFATAC
Leadership Tracks is meeting the Maria Su, Director of DCYF, on
Monday, July 12 at 3pm to discuss the importance of capacity and field
building. If you want to learn more, please email me.
The AFATAC Evaluation results will be shared on August 17 some time
between 1pm and 5pm. If you want to learn more, please email me.
We currently do not have any funding to continue to provide AFATAC
Learning Circles to the community. The cost listed above - $37,000 -
is the cost to provide this service. We are open to innovative and
creative ways to fund this project again. If you have any ideas,
suggestions, or leads please get in contact with me via email or at
415 509 1882.
Youth Worker Collective at large is undergoing a massively exciting
transition. Yas Ahmed and I are no longer staff with the organization.
As such, we have both stepped back in to volunteer roles within Youth
Worker Collective. Our goal is to become a completely distributive and
collectively run body of youth workers. As we make this transition, we
will be reaching out and connecting with past participants/members/
youth workers to find out what excites, invigorates, and rejuvenates
YOU! It is our goal to continue to provide FREE products and services
to youth workers in the Bay Area. We have been around in various
iterations for over 13 years. We are not going away. We are just
hibernating/incubating for the time being. If you want to become
involved, please email me or call me at 415 509 1882.
As for my next move, I am will continue to develop innovative and
collaborative professional development/field-building offerings rooted
in artistic exploration. I am available to discuss ideas, brainstorm
opportunities, and make things happen in a collaborative and community
environment for youth workers, artists, youth organizations, arts
organizations, and others I have yet to consider. I am providing my
services FOR FREE to the community for the next THREE months. If you
would like to discuss how we can work together to make things happen,
please contact me via email or at 415 509 1882.
Peace,
Jason Wyman
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Hey Everyone,
The big SFSI Training is coming up, which I teach and highly
recommend. Please share with your clients, staff, students, and
volunteers. Attached is a flier with the full description, as well as
a single page flier, if you need something to post. The info is also
available at http://sfsi.org/wiki/Training .
Sex Educator Training Classes
San Francisco Sex Information offers a unique class on human sexuality
twice each year.
The mission of the SFSI training is to train people to provide
accurate, nonjudgmental sex information to the public. At the end of
training, a trainee should make significant progress in basic sex
information, communication and education skills, and personal insight.
San Francisco Sex Information's Sex Educator Training Is Now More
Accessible
San Francisco Sex Information offers unique classes on human sexuality
twice a year. SFSI's Sex Educator's Training is now available to you 3
different ways:
1. Professional Development & Volunteer Intensive Track. The
Traditional SFSI Training Experience. Take advantage of the
time-proven SFSI training of every other weekend for 2 months. You'll
experience more than 57 hours of instruction on human sexuality in
just 2 months, which is more than most medical students receive during
their professional education. You'll hear from individuals and panels
of speakers, as well as watch videos, slides, and films covering all
aspects of human sexuality. This is the most direct way to become a
SFSI volunteer, switchboard or other. 'We highly recommend this route
because of the experience most people have as they immerse themselves
into the SFSI brand of sex education and begin networking with their
classmates, training staff, and the larger SFSI community. Roughly 2/3
of our spaces are reserved for people who wish to complete the
training in one cycle.
2. Professional Development & Volunteer Extended Track, taken over
1 year. Full SFSI training in 2 training cycles. Do you want the
advantage of the continued training of volunteering on the SFSI
switchboard, but do not have the time to take the training all at
once? Now you can stretch the training over 2 training cycles by
completing 2-3 weekends this training cycle and coming back to finish
in the next training cycle. Weekend one must be taken during your
first training cycle.
3. Professional Development by the weekend. Have you always wanted
to take SFSI training but can't commit to 4 weekends? Are you
interested in augmenting your professional training with certain
topics, without duplicating your existing training? Now you can take
just one weekend at a time. We recommend this track to health care
professionals, mental health care providers, educators, and other in
the helping professions.
Course Content & Objectives
Basic Sex Information
One of the objectives of training is to impart information about human
sexuality. While it is not possible to cover every aspect of sexual
behavior in detail, our aim is to give each trainee at least some
information about as many areas of sexuality as possible. Full course
trainees should leave the training with at least a passing familiarity
with core sexuality subject areas. These include:
* sex, gender, and orientation
* sexual anatomy and physiology
* sexual function and dysfunction
* pregnancy/birth control/fertility
* STD symptoms, treatments, and prevention
* harm reduction
* safer sex
* masturbation and fantasy
* BDSM, fetishes, variations
* relationships
* oral, anal, and penis-vagina sex
Communication and Education Skills
A unique feature of the "SFSI experience" offered in the full SFSI
training is the emphasis on communication. Many of our graduates feel
that the communication skills they learn from this class have helped
them become more effective communicators in everyday life.
Trainees should be able to communicate information about human
sexuality and their own sexuality to others, whether in an educational
or private context. This includes the ability to:
* Listen effectively.
* Communicate about sex without becoming emotionally overloaded.
* Ask pertinent clarifying questions.
* Suspend judgments.
* Present information in a way that is clear, comprehensible, and
appropriate personal insight
Throughout the training, trainees are exposed to information, ideas,
lifestyles, practices, and opinions that may be unfamiliar or
challenging. Our goal is that trainees develop increased insight about
their own sexual desires, history, and attitudes. This includes:
* Being aware of judgments and assumptions.
* Being aware of how their own histories, families, contexts, and
cultures have informed their feelings and attitudes about sexuality.
* Being able to recognize emotional triggers that interfere with
their abilities to process information about sexuality.
The full class series is includes more than 57 hours of instruction on
human sexuality - more than most medical students receive during their
professional education. You'll hear from individuals and panels of
speakers, as well as watch videos, slides, and films covering all
aspects of human sexuality.
Training Schedule
Fall 2010 Training Dates
* Weekend One: October 9th & 10th SFSI-Style Sex Ed
* Weekend Two: October 23rd & 24th Sex & Medical Science
* Weekend Three: November 6th & 7th Sex & Social Science
* Weekend Four: November 20th & 21st Sex: All The Rest
The First Weekend is required in the inital training cycle of the
Professional Development & Volunteer Extended Track option.
Please fill out an application if you are interested in attending an
orientation/group interview. Please note that we cannot offer
alternative or individual interviews; so if you cannot attend either
of the scheduled orientation/group interview sessions for a given
training, you will have to wait to apply to a later training.
For more information, please contact the training coordinators at
t...@sfsi.org.
To sign up, please fill out our Training application form at
http://sfsi.org/wiki/Training_application .
Tuition
The tuition for either of the Professional Development and Volunteer
tracks is $250-$500 with a sliding scale. The tuition for the
Professional Development by the weekend track is $125-$250 per
weekend.
* If you have questions about your tuition, please talk to our
training staff during your orientation.
* A limited number of partial scholarships are available for the
volunteer intensive track.
* Payment plans are available for the volunteer tracks.
* Training fees are due in full on your first day of class.
* No scholarships or payment plans are available for the
Professional Development by the weekend track.
* SFSI does not provide refunds for non-attendance.
Training fees cover the actual expenses of teaching the class: rental
of space, printing of materials, etc. Any surplus goes to support the
operating expenses of the switchboard itself.
Our training staff and speakers donate their time and have a strong
belief in the importance of freely available information. We have
operated the switchboard for over 30 years, trained more than 1,500
students, and provided free information to tens of thousands of
callers.
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Community,
It is our honor to announce the 2010 FreshFest artist line-up a solar-
powered eco-music festival which makes its East Bay debut in Oakland’s
Mosswood Park on Saturday, August 14th from 12pm-6pm.
The event will celebrate the newly launched social media platform Get
Fresh, a collaboration between Grind for the Green, Conscious Youth
Media Crew, Youth Movement Records, Livity Outernational Clothing,
Global Exchange, Community Rejuvenation Project, Ella Baker Center for
Human Rights, Oakland Green Youth Media Arts Center and others...let's
go!!!
Exclusive Solar Powered DJ Set by Pete Rock
Live Performances by Erk the Jerk
Hosted by Boots Riley from the Coup
Also Featuring: Holly Saucy, Seasonz, Do D.A.T., Nu Dekades, Ozone and
More!
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• Youth Hip-Hop Competition
• Fresh Food Zone by Mandela Market
• Youth Green Hero Awards by Conscious Youth Media Crew
• Garden Workshops by Planting Justice and Kijiji Grows
• Live Art Installations by: Community Rejuvenation Project, Malik
Seneferu and Keba Konte
• Bike Power and Solar Cooking Demos by ESLI
• Fresh Kids Zone by Mocha Childrens Museum
• Live Presentations by Aimee Breeze Harper, Baylocalize, Ebeji Body
Care,Take Back the Mic and More!
*FULL PROGRAM SCHEDULE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON*
KNOW SOMEONE ENROLLING IN COLLEGE THIS FALL?
CHECK OUT THE GREEN LAUNCH PAD!!!
FRESH FEST VOLUNTEER AND FOOD VENDOR CALL
We need your help! Fresh Fest is currently seeking volunteers to
assist with day of logistics and food vendors. If you are interested
in either please contact Joy Thompson joy...@gmail.com ASAP.
In Solidarity and Community,
Zakiya Harris
Founding Director
Grind for the Green
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Resource of the month: Teen Issues
About Teen Issue:
“TeenIssues was formed to offer a unique reference point on what
teenagers want to know.
It's hard to be a teen. We knew this when we established TeenIssues
and recruited experts on all matters teen-related to contribute to the
site. It is our hope that TeenIssues can address all of the perils and
pitfalls that come with being a teen, and become the premier resource
offering teens interesting features, practical advice, and basic
answers to all of their own questions.”
http://www.teenissues.co.uk/aboutoursite.html
In this edition of the HIFY Provider E-mail you will find:
HIFYs ‘YES’ Job Opening
HIFYs YOW of San Francisco and Oakland
San Francisco Chic Fashion
Free MHSA Training
Case Mgr (LCSW)/Psychologist - School Based Health Center
Women’s empowerment Screening
COLAGE Board Job opening
AFATAC
SFSI Training
Get Fresh Campaign launch
Resource of the month: Teen Issues
In July, HIFY worked with the following groups providing both
workshops
and trainings:
Boys & Girls: Body Image and Self Esteem
LYRIC: Go Healthy Series
YGC: Consent and Negotiation
YGC: Sex and Harm Reduction
Girl Source: Safer Sex and STIs
** Please note that HIFY has moved! Our new address is: 235 Montgomery
St. #643, San Francisco, CA 94104**
Happy National Ice Cream and Share a Sunset Month!
July has shaped up to be a full month for HIFY. We finally moved
offices (Whoo!!), and we’re still in the process of adjusting and
wiring phones and faxes. Many thanks and appreciations to those who
help us moved (either by packing boxes, or coming by to pick up
furniture.)
Remember that we love to hear from you! If you have any comments or
upcoming events that you want HIFY to include in future e-mails (youth
or provider) - send them to us! And don’t forget to share a sunset AND
ice cream this month!
Be safe,
Cassie
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Job posting for: Youth Engagement Specialist
Reports to: Program Manager
Salary: 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week) – Temporary; $17.31/hr plus benefits
Start date: Fall 2010
Application deadline: August 2010
About HIFY
HIFY is a multicultural organization whose mission is to improve the
health and well-being of under-served young people through innovative
youth leadership, popular education and advocacy in pursuit of multi-
level social change. We believe in providing complete, accurate health
information to young people and supporting them in making their own
decisions. Our work is grounded in harm reduction, positive
sexuality, youth development and anti-oppression principles.
HIFY does not require specific degrees for its positions. Experience
requirements can be met through educational, professional or life
experience.
Position Summary
Under the general supervision of the Program Manager, the Youth
Engagement Specialist’s primary responsibilities will be supporting
outreach, health education, and training projects for current HIFY
programming. This includes delivering HIV education and community
outreach, as well as training groups of youth and adult allies on a
variety of youth leadership and health related topics. The Youth
Engagement Specialist will also engage with various peer educators and
youth leaders of ally organizations to strengthen their efforts, and
support HIFY with the visioning and development of future
programming.
Job Duties
Training & Health Education
• Master and contribute to HIFY’s curricula on a variety of health
topics (HIV, Positive Sexuality, LGBTQIQ Themes, Substance Use and
others) for adult providers who work with youth in settings such as
schools, community centers, transitional shelters, and treatment
programs.
• Present health workshops on topics such as substance use, HIV, STIs,
safer sex, self-advocacy, body image, and self-esteem, to a variety of
target groups and age ranges.
• Design and regularly review curricula for youth leadership and peer
education programs
Outreach
• Participate in regularly scheduled HIV focused street outreach in
both San Francisco and Oakland
• Develop a personal network of resources and referral points for
youth health needs, and integrate this network into HIFY’s continuum
of care for HIV+ and other vulnerable youth.
• Participate in relevant community collaborations and respond to
requests for information from community members and peers.
Administrative
• Ensure collection, entry and analysis of evaluation data from
participants and provide periodic summary reports for grants and
evaluation.
• Develop and maintain relationships with agencies and schools where
programs are implemented.
• Stay apprised of youth health issues and topics as they are relevant
to HIFY products and programs.
• Contribute information to publications, printed materials, and
HIFY’s website as appropriate.
• Participate on HIFY project teams related to new agency initiatives
and programs.
• Other duties as they relate to HIFY’s mission.
Qualifications:
Candidates Must…
• Have three years verifiable experience in outreach, training/
facilitation, public health, youth leadership and development, and/or
related field.
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written.
• Feel comfortable and excited about working with diverse groups of
youth and adults, and having conversations about sensitive topics.
• Embrace HIFY’s mission and services.
• Be able to work in a small, close-knit team environment, as well as
independently.
How To Apply
Send cover letter and resume to: HIFY, Attention: Hiring Committee for
Youth Engagement Specialist Position, 235 Montgomery St., Suite 643,
SF, CA 94104; Fax: 415-274-1976; Email: jo...@hify.org. No phone calls
please.
Application deadline: August 20, 2010
Health Initiatives for Youth is an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage people of color, youth, young men and LGBTQIQ people to
apply.
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HIFY is hiring for Youth Outreach Workers! We need three youth from
San Francisco and three from Oakland to conduct street outreach. If
you know any youth who may benefit from this position please have them
contact us!
Job posting for: HIFY Youth Outreach Workers (YOWs), 16-21 yrs. old
Reports to: Program Coordinators
Salary: $1500 stipend for 9 months
Start date: Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
End date: June 2011
Application deadline: Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
About HIFY
Health Initiatives for Youth is a multicultural organization whose
mission is to improve the health and well-being of underserved young
people through innovative youth leadership, popular education and
advocacy, in pursuit of multi-level social change.
Position Summary
We are looking for 3 Oakland and 3 San Francisco youth to become Youth
Outreach Workers in HIFY’s Health Outreach Program. These PAID
positions are open for youth who need internships, community service
credits, and volunteer hours. The program’s mission is linking HIV+
youth to care. YOWs will work closely with HIFY staff to outreach as a
team in community neighborhoods. Yow will also plan and participate in
community events, HIFY events, and other related activities.
Time Commitment
HIFY’s YOWs will participate in a 9month program, beginning October
1st, 2010 and continuing through June 2011 with opportunities to
remain through 2012. The YOWs will meet Wednesdays and Fridays from
3-6pm. The team will participate in weekly meetings, street outreach,
and any HIFY trainings that are offered on HIV & Outreach.
Youth Outreach Workers are HIFY employees and will be stipend $15oo
for the beginning 9 months. They will receive extensive training on
health issues affecting the Oakland and San Francisco community,
interpersonal and group communication skills, and knowledge of various
forms of oppression (including ageism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and
classism) as they relate to health and well being.
Qualifications
Candidates Must:
• Successfully complete the HIV outreach and Role Play training
• Complete prompt collection of data form all people engaged
• Be knowledgeable about and comfortable with working in Oakland and
San Francisco neighborhoods heavily impacted by HIV
• Be eligible to receive a work permit from school- if necessary
• Express interest in learning about community health issues
• Show ability to commit to the program for the full year (ie. Have
held a job for a long period of time, have participated in a school,
church or community group for a period of time, have followed through
with other time commitments longer than 3 months, etc.)
• Have access to transportation to the BART accessible location in
downtown San Francisco (Oakland location TBA) 2 times per week during
the year.
• Not have commitments to other clubs, sports teams, or activities
that conflict with weekly scheduled meetings throughout the year
• Enjoy working with diverse community of people (LGBT, and Homeless
youth community) and is respectful of differences
• Be committed to learning about oppression and how it affects
community health and the HIV epidemic
• Be energetic, charismatic, and caring and want to help educate your
peers in making healthy, safe, and positive decisions for their lives!
How To Apply:
To request an application (or for more information), please contact
Carnelius Quinn at qu...@hify.org.
Send your completed applications to:
Carnelius Quinn
HIFY
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 643
San Francisco, CA 94104
Applications must be postmarked by Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
(Late applications will not be accepted!)
HIFY is an equal opportunity employer.
Men, teen parents, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and HIV
positive youth are strongly encouraged to apply.
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2010 San Francisco CHIC Fashion Week
Aug 1-8th at the San Francisco design center- benefiting Until There’s
A Cure Foundation
CHIC FASHIO WEEK will be hed August 1st-8th, 2010 in the Galleria at
the San Francisco Design Center. The week-long event will exhibit
designers form the Bay Area and beyond through various chic fashion
soirees culminating in a chic and sleek runway extravagance at the San
Francisco Design Center that weekend. Dree to the mines fo theis
fabulous good time.
A portion of the proceeds will be happily donated to benefit Until
There’s A Cure and will also help start a school which focuses on high-
risk students, preparing them for success within the fashion industry
(Mario B’s School of Fashion)
The week at a glance:
Aug 1st- chic helium mag “blue”launch
Aug 2nd- chic manic Monday party
Aug 3rd- chic wonderland trunk show
Aug 4th chic art meets fashion show
Aug 5th- chic until there’s a cure gala
Aug 6th- chic preview w. Charleston pierce
Aug 7th- chic established designers
Aug 8th – chic emerging designers
SUNDAY closing party- chic capture
For more info contact Until There’s A Cure: www.until.org,
1.800.88.UNTIL (86845)
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FREE TRAININGS IN CRISIS INTERVENTION
Come to one of these FREE upcoming trainings sponsored by the Mental
Health Services Act through CBHS:
Crisis Intervention for Consumers in the Workforce
This is a one-day workshop to help direct service staff and
supervisors learn crisis prevention strategies, including stress
management, self-care, and de-escalation techniques to help consumers
in the workforce to manage the stresses of a career in mental
health.
There are 5 dates to choose from (maximum of 25 participants each
training):
1. Sept 24, 2010
2. Nov. 12, 2010
3. Jan. 14, 2011
4. March 4, 2011
5. April 29, 2011
Trainers from Harm Reduction Therapy Center, Mission Neighborhood
Resource Center, and SF AIDS Foundation
To register for these trainings, please complete the attached
registration form and fax it to 510-251-1139 . If you have any
questions, please email MHSATraini...@gmail.com or call
510-251-1139 and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
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CULTURAL SENSITIVITY TRAININGS
These trainings are based on the principles of Cultural Humility. The
goal of these trainings is to present to CBHS staff current issues
affecting these populations and their mental health, AND to help staff
to reflect on how providers are influenced our own backgrounds and
training. These are very interactive trainings.
Bridge to Adulthood:
Working with Transitional Age Youth
Full-day training
October 22, 2010 9-5pm
Trainers from Health Initiatives for Youth and Honoring Emancipated
Youth
There will be additional Cultural Sensitivity trainings focused on
different populations in November (Culturally sensitive approaches to
working with Latino/as) and December (Culturally sensitive mental
health care for African Americans) of 2010 and on into 2011.
Be looking for future emails on these trainings.
To register for these trainings, please call 510-251-1139
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Hi friends and colleagues,
Our school-based health center at Fremont Fed of High Schools is
hiring a Case Mgr III (LCSW) or Psychologist I. If you would forward
on the job posting, I would very much appreciate it! The posting
reads open until filled but we are trying to get someone in place by
the start of the school year, so encourage anyone who might be
interested to apply soon. They should apply online (although if you
have anyone that you recommend, feel free to send me their name as
well, so that I can keep an eye out.)
www.laclinica.org/employ-allJobs.php
Some great things about the position:
-It is a 10 month position, with summers off.
-It is eligible for NHSC loan reimbursement of up to $50,000 for a 2-
year commitment.
-La Clinica is a great agency with good benefits.
-Fremont Tiger Clinic (which is in Oakland, not Fremont!) is an
exciting work environment with a wonderful team of people and lots of
room for creativity
Thanks so much for passing it on.
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TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION ONLINE VISIT: https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=514008
JOB TITLE: CASE MANAGER III (LCSW) or PSYCHOLOGIST I
DEPARTMENT: SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS / INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL
HEALTH
CLASSIFICATION: REGULAR FULL-TIME 100% (BASED ON A 40 HR WORK WEEK) 10
MONTH POSITION
REPORTS TO: INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPERVISOR
STATUS: EXEMPT (UNION POSITION)
SALARY: CASE MANAGER III SALARY: $56,263 FTE + FRINGE BENEFITS
PSYCHOLOGIST I SALARY: $63,138 FTE + FRINGE BENEFITS
APPLICATION DEADLINE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED POSITION AVAILABLE: NOW
ABOUT THE POSITION: Under the direction of the Manager of Integrated
Behavioral Health, provides culturally appropriate mental health
treatment, assertive outreach, and case management services to clients
as part of a multi disciplinary team at Fremont Federation of High
Schools in East Oakland. Provides direct clinical services in a school
based clinic in accordance with established protocols. This is a 10-
month position based on the Oakland Unified School District calendar.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Case Manager III: Requires Masters Degree in Psychology, Social
Work or Counseling, from an accredited college or university meeting
the criteria for BBS registration. Requires a valid California license
as an LCSW or Clinical Psychologist, supplemented by two to three
years post-Masters experience in the practice of assessment and
counseling.
2. Knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of
individual, group and family counseling; case management; crisis
intervention; clinical social work as related to adolescents and their
families.
3. Ability to effectively engage adolescents and their families in
order to conduct a clinical assessment related to presenting problems
including but not limited to school, family, peer group, substance
abuse, psychological or legal problems.
4. At least two years experience working in an urban school setting
preferred.
5. Ability to develop care plans for effective, brief intervention
based on a clinical assessment and knowledge of relevant best
practices.
6. Ability to effectively and quickly identify and manage clinical
risk such as danger to self or others, grave disability or other areas
requiring immediate clinical response.
7. Ability to apply casework skills effectively; establish and
maintain effective working relationships with others including clinic/
school staff, collaterals and outside agencies.
8. Ability to clearly and accurately document all clinically pertinent
psycho-social data.
9. Ability to quickly respond to changing priorities based on clinical
need and flow in clinic, utilizing variable patient session time.
10. Experience working with school-based health centers preferred.
11. Experience facilitating support groups preferred.
12. Knowledge of public schools and public school systems required.
13. Familiarity implementing cognitive behavioral therapies
preferred.
14. Commitment to the principles of adolescent health, harm reduction
and youth development.
15. Demonstrated understanding of adolescent development and mandated
reporting laws.
16. Excellent verbal, written communication and organizational skills
essential.
17. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a multicultural
client population.
18. Bilingual Spanish/English preferred. Bicultural preferred.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Conducts psycho-social assessments with adolescents and/or their
families in order to identify psychosocial, legal, environmental,
school or substance abuse problems that affect them.
2. Provides brief counseling, crisis intervention, linkage and
referral to clients and their families as appropriate.
3. Works closely with students to develop goals and treatment plans
that meet their needs, are youth-centered, and culturally competent.
4. Acts as a core member of the multidisciplinary school-based health
center team, attending staff meetings and attending other team-related
activities. Receives referrals and works closely with clinic Nurse
Practitioner and Health Educator and school faculty.
5. Manages risks to health or safety in accordance with guidance of
clinical supervisor.
6. Builds collaborative relationships with students, families,
community organizations and school staff. Establish good working
relationships with staff members and outside professionals in order to
maintain continuity of care. Provides regular, on-going outreach on
school campus to inform staff of availability of clinic mental health
services.
7. Recommends to the Clinic Manager and Clinical Supervisor changes
that would improve service delivery. Aids in the development and
implementation of new intervention programs as assigned.
8. Expected to conduct a minimum required number of sessions per
month.
9. Insures and monitors that all operations, procedures, interventions
and documentation comply with agency, state, and county guidelines and
quality assurance standards.
10. Regularly reviews clinical interventions and case documentation
with supervisor.
11. Participates in case presentations, seminars, supervision, staff
meetings, peer review process, and other meetings as assigned.
12. Other clinical, administrative, and operational duties as
assigned.
IMMEDIATELY
07/13/10
Note: This site is an approved NHSC site and applicants are eligible
to apply for a NHSC loan reimbursement of up to $50,000 for a two-year
commitment.
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Women's Empowerment Screening Event
PRESENTED BY ITVS and the San Francisco Main Library
There has never been a better time than now to shine a light on
stories of women affecting change around the world. This summer, join
ITVS and dozens of television stations and community organizations
across the country to present a special series of screenings that will
highlight issues affecting women in the U.S. and across the globe.
Wednesday, August 4th
San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco
3:30 - 7:30pm
@ 3:30pm
TROOP 1500
By EllenSpiro
At the Gatesville Prison in Texas, a unique Girl Scout troop unites
daughters with mothers who have been convicted of serious crimes.
Facing steep sentences from the courts and tough questions from their
children, the mothers struggle to rebuild relationships with the
daughters who endure a childhood without them
@ 4:30pm
OFF AND RUNNING
By Nicole Opper
Avery is an African American teenager and the adopted daughter of two
Jewish lesbian moms in Brooklyn. OFF AND RUNNING follows Avery's
journey to uncover her roots and explore the bonds of family.
@ 6pm
BRONX PRINCESS
By Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed
Rocky Otoo is the star of her high school and can't wait to grow up. A
BRONX PRINCESS follows Rocky's journey as she leaves behind her mother
in New York City to reunite with her royal father in Ghana, West
Africa and reconciles her African heritage with her dream of
independence
@ 6:30pm
SHADYA
By Roy Westler
Shadya Zoabi, a charismatic 17-year-old karate world champion, strives
to succeed on her own terms within her traditional Muslim village in
northern Israel. Despite her father's support, she faces the challenge
of balancing her dreams with her religious commitments and other's
expectations. SHADYA takes an intimate look at the evolution of a
young Israeli Arab woman with feminist ideas in a male-dominated
culture.
ALL SCREENINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
VENUE INFORMATION: San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco
(1 block from the Civic Center BART station)
FOR MORE INFO, email sara_...@itvs.org
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COLAGE Seeks Skilled and Passionate Leaders to Join National Board of
Directors!
This is your opportunity to join COLAGE's Board of Directors during a
very exciting time!
In the midst of celebrating our 20th anniversary, COLAGE is looking
for skilled and passionate leaders with expertise to join the Board of
Directors.
ABOUT COLAGE
COLAGE is the only national youth-driven network of people with
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer parents. Living in a
world that treats our families differently can be isolating or
challenging. By connecting us with peers who share our experience,
COLAGE helps us become strong advocates for ourselves and our
families. Through our community, leadership, and advocacy work, we
help children of LGBTQ families gain the recognition, respect, and
rights that every family deserves.
About COLAGE's National Board of Directors
COLAGE's National Board of Directors is an intergenerational, multi-
racial/multi-cultural group of dedicated volunteers that includes
people with LGBTQ parents, LGBTQ parents, and allies from across the
United States. The Board convenes for in-person meetings twice
annually in addition to participating in ongoing conference calls and
committee meetings. The Board provides crucial governance and
oversight for COLAGE finances, operations and programs; raises funds
and resources for the organization; and supports the staff in an
advisory capacity.
COLAGE currently seeks dedicated board members with skills and
experience in:
• Fundraising, especially event planning and individual donor program
development
• Public relations, marketing, media communications, and e-
communications;
• Financial management, investment & oversight or non-profit
accounting;
To ensure that all organizational decisions and actions are guided by
and reflect COLAGE's diverse membership and constituencies, we
especially invite people who have one or more of the following
backgrounds or identities to apply:
• Are you a person of color and active in communities of color?
• Do you have one or more transgender parent(s) and/or identify as
trans?
• Are you from/Do you reside in the Midwest, Southwest or in cities of
NYC, DC, or LA?
• Are you male-identified?
• Are you between the ages of 15 and 17? Over 30?
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
• Uphold COLAGE's mission, vision, values, and methodology
• Volunteer average of 10-20 hours per month (some months more, some
less)
• Attend in-person three-day meetings twice per year. Spring meeting
is in SF Bay Area, Fall meeting location rotates. (This fall, the
meeting will be in Washington D.C. over the weekend of October 10-12,
2010.)
• Participate in all-board conference calls every 6 weeks
• Actively participate on at least one board committee, including
monthly calls
• Be an ambassador for COLAGE and LGBTQ families, including being
publicly 'out' about your family in your community and in the media
APPLICATIONS DUE: Sunday, July 25, 2010
TO APPLY:
Please submit completed COLAGE Board Application Form (.pdf) (.doc) to
the COLAGE Board Development Committee, nomin...@colage.org.
When your application is received, you will be notified and may be
asked to participate in an interview with one of our current Board
members or Executive Director.
QUESTIONS?
Email our Board Development Committee at nomin...@colage.org or
contact Beth Teper, Executive Director at 415-861-5437,
dire...@colage.org.
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Dear AFATAC Learning Circle and Youth Worker Collective Family:
I hope this message finds you well and enjoying the bright, sunny,
(unusually) warm summer in the Bay Area.
I am proud to announce that Youth Worker Collective, as a part of the
AFATAC Leadership Tracks, has launched Starting with Self: A
Collaboratively Developed Curriculum by AFATAC Learning Circles. YAY!!
This is a project of love and community from after school and youth
development staff and consultants from San Francisco. It is about
building skills, learning together, and creatively exploring. It is
practical, applicable, and relevant. And it is all thanks to all of
YOU!!
To put this in some context, here are a few numbers:
• It took over 8 months to bring this all together.
• Over 30 youth workers, consultants, and community members
collectively created it.
• It contains 10 4-hour modules of training totaling 160 pages.
• Each module took a minimum of 10 hours to create/refine plus 4 hours
to facilitate totaling over 140 professional development hours
provided to the field.
• 15 cohort members, middle managers in after school programs, rooted
this project ensuring relevancy to the field.
• 10 consultants, aka content experts, lent their expertise to the
project ensuring accurate research was presented. This included
consultants donating their facilitation skills for the trainings.
• It cost approximately $37,000 to produce.
You can find the curriculum here: http://bit.ly/anTvrD.
So...what's next? Youth Worker Collective as a part of AFATAC
Leadership Tracks is meeting the Maria Su, Director of DCYF, on
Monday, July 12 at 3pm to discuss the importance of capacity and field
building. If you want to learn more, please email me.
The AFATAC Evaluation results will be shared on August 17 some time
between 1pm and 5pm. If you want to learn more, please email me.
We currently do not have any funding to continue to provide AFATAC
Learning Circles to the community. The cost listed above - $37,000 -
is the cost to provide this service. We are open to innovative and
creative ways to fund this project again. If you have any ideas,
suggestions, or leads please get in contact with me via email or at
415 509 1882.
Youth Worker Collective at large is undergoing a massively exciting
transition. Yas Ahmed and I are no longer staff with the organization.
As such, we have both stepped back in to volunteer roles within Youth
Worker Collective. Our goal is to become a completely distributive and
collectively run body of youth workers. As we make this transition, we
will be reaching out and connecting with past participants/members/
youth workers to find out what excites, invigorates, and rejuvenates
YOU! It is our goal to continue to provide FREE products and services
to youth workers in the Bay Area. We have been around in various
iterations for over 13 years. We are not going away. We are just
hibernating/incubating for the time being. If you want to become
involved, please email me or call me at 415 509 1882.
As for my next move, I am will continue to develop innovative and
collaborative professional development/field-building offerings rooted
in artistic exploration. I am available to discuss ideas, brainstorm
opportunities, and make things happen in a collaborative and community
environment for youth workers, artists, youth organizations, arts
organizations, and others I have yet to consider. I am providing my
services FOR FREE to the community for the next THREE months. If you
would like to discuss how we can work together to make things happen,
please contact me via email or at 415 509 1882.
Peace,
Jason Wyman
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Hey Everyone,
The big SFSI Training is coming up, which I teach and highly
recommend. Please share with your clients, staff, students, and
volunteers. Attached is a flier with the full description, as well as
a single page flier, if you need something to post. The info is also
available at http://sfsi.org/wiki/Training .
Sex Educator Training Classes
San Francisco Sex Information offers a unique class on human sexuality
twice each year.
The mission of the SFSI training is to train people to provide
accurate, nonjudgmental sex information to the public. At the end of
training, a trainee should make significant progress in basic sex
information, communication and education skills, and personal insight.
San Francisco Sex Information's Sex Educator Training Is Now More
Accessible
San Francisco Sex Information offers unique classes on human sexuality
twice a year. SFSI's Sex Educator's Training is now available to you 3
different ways:
1. Professional Development & Volunteer Intensive Track. The
Traditional SFSI Training Experience. Take advantage of the
time-proven SFSI training of every other weekend for 2 months. You'll
experience more than 57 hours of instruction on human sexuality in
just 2 months, which is more than most medical students receive during
their professional education. You'll hear from individuals and panels
of speakers, as well as watch videos, slides, and films covering all
aspects of human sexuality. This is the most direct way to become a
SFSI volunteer, switchboard or other. 'We highly recommend this route
because of the experience most people have as they immerse themselves
into the SFSI brand of sex education and begin networking with their
classmates, training staff, and the larger SFSI community. Roughly 2/3
of our spaces are reserved for people who wish to complete the
training in one cycle.
2. Professional Development & Volunteer Extended Track, taken over
1 year. Full SFSI training in 2 training cycles. Do you want the
advantage of the continued training of volunteering on the SFSI
switchboard, but do not have the time to take the training all at
once? Now you can stretch the training over 2 training cycles by
completing 2-3 weekends this training cycle and coming back to finish
in the next training cycle. Weekend one must be taken during your
first training cycle.
3. Professional Development by the weekend. Have you always wanted
to take SFSI training but can't commit to 4 weekends? Are you
interested in augmenting your professional training with certain
topics, without duplicating your existing training? Now you can take
just one weekend at a time. We recommend this track to health care
professionals, mental health care providers, educators, and other in
the helping professions.
Course Content & Objectives
Basic Sex Information
One of the objectives of training is to impart information about human
sexuality. While it is not possible to cover every aspect of sexual
behavior in detail, our aim is to give each trainee at least some
information about as many areas of sexuality as possible. Full course
trainees should leave the training with at least a passing familiarity
with core sexuality subject areas. These include:
* sex, gender, and orientation
* sexual anatomy and physiology
* sexual function and dysfunction
* pregnancy/birth control/fertility
* STD symptoms, treatments, and prevention
* harm reduction
* safer sex
* masturbation and fantasy
* BDSM, fetishes, variations
* relationships
* oral, anal, and penis-vagina sex
Communication and Education Skills
A unique feature of the "SFSI experience" offered in the full SFSI
training is the emphasis on communication. Many of our graduates feel
that the communication skills they learn from this class have helped
them become more effective communicators in everyday life.
Trainees should be able to communicate information about human
sexuality and their own sexuality to others, whether in an educational
or private context. This includes the ability to:
* Listen effectively.
* Communicate about sex without becoming emotionally overloaded.
* Ask pertinent clarifying questions.
* Suspend judgments.
* Present information in a way that is clear, comprehensible, and
appropriate personal insight
Throughout the training, trainees are exposed to information, ideas,
lifestyles, practices, and opinions that may be unfamiliar or
challenging. Our goal is that trainees develop increased insight about
their own sexual desires, history, and attitudes. This includes:
* Being aware of judgments and assumptions.
* Being aware of how their own histories, families, contexts, and
cultures have informed their feelings and attitudes about sexuality.
* Being able to recognize emotional triggers that interfere with
their abilities to process information about sexuality.
The full class series is includes more than 57 hours of instruction on
human sexuality - more than most medical students receive during their
professional education. You'll hear from individuals and panels of
speakers, as well as watch videos, slides, and films covering all
aspects of human sexuality.
Training Schedule
Fall 2010 Training Dates
* Weekend One: October 9th & 10th SFSI-Style Sex Ed
* Weekend Two: October 23rd & 24th Sex & Medical Science
* Weekend Three: November 6th & 7th Sex & Social Science
* Weekend Four: November 20th & 21st Sex: All The Rest
The First Weekend is required in the inital training cycle of the
Professional Development & Volunteer Extended Track option.
Please fill out an application if you are interested in attending an
orientation/group interview. Please note that we cannot offer
alternative or individual interviews; so if you cannot attend either
of the scheduled orientation/group interview sessions for a given
training, you will have to wait to apply to a later training.
For more information, please contact the training coordinators at
t...@sfsi.org.
To sign up, please fill out our Training application form at
http://sfsi.org/wiki/Training_application .
Tuition
The tuition for either of the Professional Development and Volunteer
tracks is $250-$500 with a sliding scale. The tuition for the
Professional Development by the weekend track is $125-$250 per
weekend.
* If you have questions about your tuition, please talk to our
training staff during your orientation.
* A limited number of partial scholarships are available for the
volunteer intensive track.
* Payment plans are available for the volunteer tracks.
* Training fees are due in full on your first day of class.
* No scholarships or payment plans are available for the
Professional Development by the weekend track.
* SFSI does not provide refunds for non-attendance.
Training fees cover the actual expenses of teaching the class: rental
of space, printing of materials, etc. Any surplus goes to support the
operating expenses of the switchboard itself.
Our training staff and speakers donate their time and have a strong
belief in the importance of freely available information. We have
operated the switchboard for over 30 years, trained more than 1,500
students, and provided free information to tens of thousands of
callers.
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Community,
It is our honor to announce the 2010 FreshFest artist line-up a solar-
powered eco-music festival which makes its East Bay debut in Oakland’s
Mosswood Park on Saturday, August 14th from 12pm-6pm.
The event will celebrate the newly launched social media platform Get
Fresh, a collaboration between Grind for the Green, Conscious Youth
Media Crew, Youth Movement Records, Livity Outernational Clothing,
Global Exchange, Community Rejuvenation Project, Ella Baker Center for
Human Rights, Oakland Green Youth Media Arts Center and others...let's
go!!!
Exclusive Solar Powered DJ Set by Pete Rock
Live Performances by Erk the Jerk
Hosted by Boots Riley from the Coup
Also Featuring: Holly Saucy, Seasonz, Do D.A.T., Nu Dekades, Ozone and
More!
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
• Youth Hip-Hop Competition
• Fresh Food Zone by Mandela Market
• Youth Green Hero Awards by Conscious Youth Media Crew
• Garden Workshops by Planting Justice and Kijiji Grows
• Live Art Installations by: Community Rejuvenation Project, Malik
Seneferu and Keba Konte
• Bike Power and Solar Cooking Demos by ESLI
• Fresh Kids Zone by Mocha Childrens Museum
• Live Presentations by Aimee Breeze Harper, Baylocalize, Ebeji Body
Care,Take Back the Mic and More!
*FULL PROGRAM SCHEDULE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON*
KNOW SOMEONE ENROLLING IN COLLEGE THIS FALL?
CHECK OUT THE GREEN LAUNCH PAD!!!
FRESH FEST VOLUNTEER AND FOOD VENDOR CALL
We need your help! Fresh Fest is currently seeking volunteers to
assist with day of logistics and food vendors. If you are interested
in either please contact Joy Thompson joy...@gmail.com ASAP.
In Solidarity and Community,
Zakiya Harris
Founding Director
Grind for the Green
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Resource of the month: Teen Issues
About Teen Issue:
“TeenIssues was formed to offer a unique reference point on what
teenagers want to know.
It's hard to be a teen. We knew this when we established TeenIssues
and recruited experts on all matters teen-related to contribute to the
site. It is our hope that TeenIssues can address all of the perils and
pitfalls that come with being a teen, and become the premier resource
offering teens interesting features, practical advice, and basic
answers to all of their own questions.”
http://www.teenissues.co.uk/aboutoursite.html
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