Coca-Cola Scholars Program

 

Totally Positive Productions’ 1st Annual Youth Gala 2009

Location: Doubletree Hotel Chicago/Alsip 5000 W. 127th Street Alsip IL, 60803
(Location is subject to change and will be confirmed)
Date: Thursday November 5, 2009
Time: 6:00 pm- 10:00 pm
Ticket Price: $30 Adult $20 Child (3 – 12 years)

Please join us for a night of fun and entertainment! Package includes:
4 Course Dinner
Soda, Coffee, and Tea
Cash Bar Available
DJ Entertainment
Youth Performers
(Including Past Winners from TPP Competitions)
Guest Speakers
Silent Auction
Raffle

To RSVP call 773-488-9553 and ask for Mr. Taj Jones!

Please RSVP by October 15, 2009. A monetary donation may be made to Totally Positive Productions to assist with making this event truly successful!

Totally Positive Productions (TPP) provides positive outlets to engage youths in positive “off the street” activities by conducting after-school programs, weekend programs, entertainment, workshops, service learning projects, talent competitions, cultural education enrichment field trips, and now…our 1ST Annual 2009 Gala!

 

AVID Program at Julian High School seeks college students as tutors

The AVID Program, a nationally recognized college preparatory program, is looking for current college students to work as tutors for the 2009-10 school year.  View the attached announcement or visit www.pljulianhs.net for more information.  Feel free to share this information with others. 

 

Please post this information on your campus to help recruit college students.  If there are any questions or concerns, contact me at (773) 535-5170.  Thank you.

 

Peace & Blessings,
Mrs. M. Gilbert-Mitchell
AVID Coordinator
Percy Julian High School
10330 S. Elizabeth

Chicago, IL 60643

773-535-5170 telephone
773-535-2772 fax

 

Stop the Violence Back to School Rally & Parade

Brainerd Community Council will be holding a Stop the Violence Back to School Rally & Parade from 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Brainerd Park, 1246 W. 92nd Street in Chicago.

Keynote Speaker: CPS Board President, President Michael W. Scott

 

FYI – Chicago Bulls & White Sox Offer Summer Camps

I know this is rather late, but take note for next year.  Basketball and baseball camps are offered to children of ages.  Private lessons are even offered.  For more information about these camps, visit BullsSoxAcademy.com.

Keep this in mind just in case I forget.

 

New Free Class for Kids at Second City

PlayCity

            The Training Center is piloting a brand new daytime program for preschool age children and their parents.  The pilot classes will be held Tuesdays July 28, August 4, and August 11, from 9-9:45 and will be taught by Kevin Reome.  If you, or some one you know has a child age 1 to 4 years and would like to help us out by participating in one or more of these sessions for free please call 312/664-3959 and reserve a spot.  Space is limited.

 

Paid Internship – Taste of Englewood

Educational Institute for Civil Rights & Services (15) Paid Internship Opportunities
  TIME SENSITIVE  Deadline Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 
               Program end August 28th receive $280
                               10-15 hrs per week
                                  (773) 846-4058
                                   Call for details

Leave message; parent name, contact information, child’s name, best time to contact
                                  
Englewood Residents (some slots available for outside community)
Eligibility:  Family of four, less than $66,000
Youth ages 13-15 yrs

Required documentation:
Parental Consent, School or State ID,
Birth Certificate, Social Security Card

Must attend Orientation (program content and expectations will be discussed)

Youth will engage in positive work environment, introduced to….
Professional Business Ethic (Working in the workplace)
Administrative responsibilities and Clerical
Workshop focuses…Anti-Violence Workshop
                              Positive Conflict Resolution
                              Family Development
                              Life Skills Training
                              Financial Literacy
                              Opportunity to participate in youth-hosted television series

Upcoming Events

Mark your Calendar
Taste of Englewood and Kids Zone
Community Fun Festival
Saturday, July 11th
67-69th Halsted
10:00-4:00 p.m.

Family Fun*Vendors*Face Painting*Live Entertainment*Englewood Youth Idol Competitors*Sax Preacher*Rico (Michael Jackson impersonator)*Basketball Tournament*Hip Hop/Inspirational Rap*World Performance Team*JKBU Productions*other local and known performing artist

More info:  Jenice Sanders (773) 255-0911

 

Green in the City Journalism Program – Deadline June 26, 2009

Schedule

Where: Downtown at Columbia College ( Wabash and Congress), Room C-213

When:10 a.m.-2 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday from June 30, 2009 to Aug. 4, 2009, with a graduation at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 20, 2009. Additional time will be required to work with mentors on story assignments. A stipend of $200 and a certificate will be awarded to each student at the successful completion of this program.

The Columbia Links program plans a Green in the City focus for a special five-week intensive reporting academy, including walking field trips to the nearby Field Museum and site visits to neighborhoods experiencing the effects of pollution and other environmental hazards.

Students will examine such issues as climate change, health dangers of unsafe water, air and food, and invasive species and pollutants in Lake Michigan . We will explore solutions, meeting with city officials and community activists about green roofs, food deserts, healthy urban gardening and low-cost meal planning. We will introduce students to the concept of environmental racism and use Internet mapping tools to see where industrial pollutants are the worst in Chicago . The students? reports on these issues and others will be presented in a multi-media web publication.
Our journalism academy will recruit motivated students and pay them
stipends for learning to report on and write stories on environmental subjects. In addition to reporting, we will teach multimedia skills using Flip video and still digital cameras and audio recorders. We are collaborating in this program with the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) and the Southwest Youth Collaborative. Professional journalists will serve as mentors to the teen participants..

Click here to apply:

http://www.formspring.com/forms/?629733-IoIEIHlPn3

 

Shaping Young Minds Television Show Seeking Graduates

 

For teens and young adults

Presents

Calling all 2009 Graduates 

8^th grade, High School & College

 

“Each One Teach One”

 

Be a participant in our Youth discussion on Graduation.

 

“Real Talk”

 

Your story could be the one to inspire and help other students continue their education and Graduate.

 

Come and share, from your experience, how to

    … Stay in school until graduation    …Overcome the peer pressure 

…Connect with teachers …Defeat the challenges of drugs

& other distractions!!!   …Pass the tests?   … Find scholarships

                                      … & Share some of your study habits.

 

 

Saturday – July 18^th 2009 –  1pm until 4pm

Thurgood Marshall Library

7506 S Racine

Attire:   Cap and Gowns

 

Shaping Young Minds is a community based cable access program– all participants will need to sign a talent release form—Youth under 18 need their parent’s written permission to participate in the discussion.  This discussion will be taped for television and will air in September 2009 on channel 21. For more information, email symtvshow@yahoo.com.

 

*Please bring Graduation and Prom pictures to show during breaks*

 

Free Football and Cheerleader Camp

On June 13, 2009:

Idonije Annual All-Star Football/Cheer Camp.

Students can register for the free camp here:

www.idonijecamp.com