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

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
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This edition has the program calendar for March so be sure to take a look!

Employer Event: Wednesday, February 23rd 2011 @ 3:30 PM

Want to work for a leading Bay Area company?
Interested in an exciting customer service job?

Sign up for this event today! Space is limited!

http://matchbridge.org/job-opportunities/

Informational Session: Wednesday, February 16th 2011 @ 3:30 PM

If you love working with kids and are excited to learn, teach, create and work with other staff to enhance an amazing experience for campers, then Camp Galileo may have an opportunity for you this summer!

RSVP by going to our Job Opportunities Page

Requirements

Must have completed at least 30 semester units or 45 quarter units by June 2011.
Must be enrolled in a degree program for fall 2011.
Alumni of the College Summer Interns Program may re-apply but cannot be considered for the same office the intern has previously interned with. This does not apply to intern alumni of other programs, like the High School Interns Program.

Deadline to apply: February 25, 2011

Examples:
E-mail for Jane Doe
Janedoe@email.com
Jane_doe@email.com
Doejane@email.com

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.