HIFY- January Updates
Bessie Natareno
HIFY hopes that everyone enjoyed their holidays. As we move into the
New Year HIFY and other community folks have much to report. In this
January E-Mail you can find:
1. Save the Date: 2008 Provider Trainings
2. Peer Pilot Night: Be the first to get a sneak peak of the new peer
lead health workshops.
3. College Connect is recruiting high school juniors for its newest program.
4. Have Youth Interested in Digital Storytelling? Our Media Arts
Department is here to help.
5. GirlSource is Hiring: Part Time Technology Educator
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1. SAVE THE DATE!! Take a look at our Provider training dates. These
are great trainings to attend if you are or plan on working with
youth. Here are the Spring dates. These trainings will be held in
Oakland, for more information check out
<http://www.hify.org/training/htm>www.hify.org/training/htm
Health & Youth Development: March 5, 10am-4pm (Wed.)
<mailto:Latin@s>Latinos/as, Health & Youth Development: March 6,
10am-4pm (Thurs.)
Positive Sexuality & Youth: March 19 & 20, 10am-4pm (Wed.) & 10am-4pm (Thurs.)
Working with LGBTQIQ Youth: April 2 & 3, 10am-4pm (Wed.) & 10am-4pm (Thurs.)
Substance Use & Youth: April 16 & 17, 10am-4pm (Wed.) & 10am-4pm (Thurs.)
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2. The HIFY Peers 2008 workshops have landed!
After completing 90 hours of Summer training, devoting the fall to
creating interactive and challenging curriculum, and building a
strong team the workshops have taken flight, and are now available
for Spring 2008 booking!
The success of our program depends on your support, so book a
workshop for the youth you work with TODAY! There are four
workshops to choose from:
Calling It Out: Anti-Homophobia & Ally Building
Lets Understand Sex Together: Positive Sexuality and Safer Sex
Keep It Positive: HIV & Community Impact
Puff, Puff, Pass the Knowledge: Substance Use & Harm Reduction
Workshops run about 90 minutes, and are ideal for groups of 10
30 Please complete the attached workshop request form, and e-mail
it, fax it, or snail mail it back to HIFY (contact information is on the form).
The peers are proud to present these FREE one-of-a-kind learning
experiences to Oakland and Bay Area youth, and to do our part in
building a stronger youth community. For more information about the
HIFY Peer Education Program, or to hear what the peers are up to now,
check out our website:
<http://www.hify.org/peers.home.htm>http://www.hify.org/peers.home.htm
Help us make our 3rd program year the best one yet! Pass the
word! Tell your colleagues! Book a workshop today!
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3. St. John's is currently recruiting 10-15 current juniors that
either live or attend school in the Mission for its newest program
College Connect: Mission District.
College Connect: Mission District provides comprehensive,
family-based college counseling support to a select junior cohort (and their
families) beginning in February. We will help students select and
gain admission to the best universities that meet their personal
needs, while supporting parents to not only understand the details of
college financing, but to become comfortable "letting go" of their
children as they pursue higher education. College Connect staff will
support participants through college graduation.
This is not an everyday program and selected participants can
continue to participate in their various after-school pursuits.
Applications are due on January 25th. Program launches on February 20th.
For further questions, please contact Maddy Russell-Shapiro at St.
John's, (415) 864-5205 x17.
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4. Know a young person that wants to make a movie? Or perhaps who
wants to get their poetry or hip hop out there in a visual way? Good
news! They can! Digital storytelling is the first step in leaning to
make videos. HIFY's new TELL IT! digital storytelling for YOU(th)
program is scheduling workshops NOW for individuals or groups of 4 to
10! Scheduling is flexible-weekdays or evening or even Saturdays if
you call this week. Contact Philipe Lonestar now at lone...@hify.org
or 415.274.1970 x35
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5. Since 1998, GirlSource has been providing meaningful employment
and leadership opportunities for low-income, high school age girls in
San Francisco. Our paid job program offers technology training,
supplemented by individual guidance to help girls finish high school,
go on to college, and launch their careers. We hire low-income young
women between the ages of 14 and 18 with a focus on young women of color.
The Technology and Leadership Program uses health and well-being
issues as a vehicle for technology education. This intensive, 2
day/week, 16-week program, employs 12-24 young women per cycle to
learn a variety of technology skills. This Spring, 24 young women
will be hired to work in two groups. They will re-launch our web
magazine in a blog format and will produce profile videos for the
honorees of our annual WAVE Awards Luncheon.
The Technology Educator should be a highly self-motivated individual
and dynamic speaker. The ideal candidate should be able to work will
little supervision and should enjoy working with young, urban, women
of color. Under the direct supervision of the Program Director, this
position is primarily responsible for facilitating technology
curriculum. Candidate must be capable of troubleshooting computer
issues and should be proficient in required software applications
listed below in order to effectively teach tech skills and answer
questions during program.