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BAYCAT Spring Open House-May 5th @ 5:30 PM

Zoom In: Episode 20 – Women
Each semester and during the summer, BAYCAT students
collaborate to produce an episode of our award-winning
youth-created TV show, Zoom In.

In this episode, students talk to important women in their lives, interview women entrepreneurs, and also dig into history to debunk stubborn stereotypes. Join us to see what they discovered!

May 5th, 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Presentation begins promptly at 6:30pm.

Join us in person at BAYCAT
2415 Third Street Suite 230
San Francisco, CA 94107

or online
www.baycat.org/baycatlive

For more info: www.baycat.org
415.701.8228 x203

Great Summer Internship Opportunity! Program for Investigation and Training for Careers in Health (PITCH)

Program for Investigation and Training for Careers in Health (PITCH)
Dates/Times: July 19th – August 6th / Monday through Friday 9 am- 4 pm
Other:Orientation July 12th 6pm – 8 pm
About:Now in its 4th year, this UCSF program encourages high school students in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), particularly those who may be the first in their families to pursue a 4-year college degree, to explore health care careers and receive guidance for college.

The Program Investigating Training and Careers in Health is an opportunity for incoming high school juniors to:

Spend three weeks at UCSF exploring careers in health and medicine

learn about educational pathways that lead to different careers, and

Strengthen skills that will help you along your way

Requirements:

Incoming SFUSD high school junior

Minimum GPA of 2.0

Able to attend entire program, July 19th –August 6th, Monday – Friday, 9 am – 4pm every day

Deadline to apply: May 7th, 2011
How to apply: Download application from: HERE

Geneva Car Barn

News from our community partners and youth members:

Do you want to use art to create change in your community? Do you have a story to tell or a voice that needs to be heard? Are you a wordsmith, budding poet, writer, lyricist, screenwriter, photographer, digital artist or journalist? Do you want to get PAID to learn and create?

QUALIFICATIONS

1. You must be 14-17 years old and live OR go to school in SF’s Supervisorial District 11.
(neighborhoods in District 11 include:Excelsior, Ingleside, Oceanview, Merced Heights, Ingleside Heights, Mission Terrace, Outer Mission, Cayuga, and Crocker Amazon)
(schools in District 11 include: Balboa High School, CAT and June Jordan)
2. Available at least 6 hours a week to attend.
3. Ideal candidates are motivated, organized, community engaged and artistically inclined.

DEADLINE:

January 12, 2011 at 9 AM

Literary Arts Apprenticeship
– Creating Change with Words
T & Th 4:00 pm-7:00 pm (12 weeks + 3 Saturday workshops)
Presented with 826 Valencia

We’ll introduce you to the many different ways writing can be used in the real world while exploring community health issues in the Excelsior and other Bay Area neighborhoods. You’ll develop your writing skills, go on field trips, interact with visiting writers, activists, musicians, and artists, and in the end we’ll create a publication full of your words. You’ll also get a chance to see and respond to the photography team’s in-progress work. At the end of twelve weeks, we’ll celebrate you with a public showcase of your work to friends, family and neighbors.

Great for: Poets, wordsmiths, storytellers, journalists, aspiring novelists, lyricists, bloggers, journalers, book lovers

Digital Photography Apprenticeship
– Telling Stories the Eyes Can See
T & Th 4:00 pm-7:00 pm (12 weeks + 3 Saturday workshops)

You’ll learn all the skills you need to wield a digital SLR camera to tell the stories that are important to you and your community. Through field trips, guest speakers and site visits to professional settings, you’ll see how photography can be an essential tool for letting the world know about what’s going on. You’ll also get a chance to hear and respond to the literary team’s in-progress work. At the end of twelve weeks, we’ll celebrate you with a public showcase of your work to friends, family and neighbors.

Great for: Digital artists, documenters, visual thinkers, light painters, observers, storytellers, visual poets, bloggers, journalists

APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE OF THIS LINK: http://www.genevacarbarn.org/Spring10App.html

At the bottom of http://www.genevacarbarn.org/Spring10App.html there’s a button that says “continue” which takes you to instructions for the letter of rec, then click continue again and then it will take you to the online application.