Youth Empowerment Summit
Please pre-register for YES (Youth Empowerment Summit) if you haven't
already.
YES is a FREE conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, and straight ally youth dedicated to fostering safe schools and youth activism. The conference is open to all youth and allies, with a focus on middle school and high school.
Adults and teachers are welcome.
WHEN: Saturday, March 5
WHAT: Kick-ass conference (9 am - 5 pm) and dance (8 pm - midnight)
WHERE: Horace Mann Middle School, 3351 23rd Street, San Francisco
(near 24th St. BART)
COST: FREE!
Formerly OHMY (Overcoming Homophobia Meeting for Youth), YES is newly
restructured to focus more on giving youth organizers the tools to combat homophobia and transphobia in schools.
The goals of YES are:
- to provide a safe space in which students may come together to
explore the multiple oppressions faced by youth
- to help teachers become advocates and form partnerships with LGBTQQI
youth
- to help youth become armed with the tools needed to change the world!
By coming to YES, you will make new friends, be exposed to a wealth of valuable resources, feel empowered and supported, and have fun!
Questions? Send e-mail yes@gsanetwork.org
Indestructible
Loco Bloco, Mission Girls, The Center for Young Women's Development,
WILD for Human Rights & The Women's Building present
INDESTRUCTIBLE
Three evenings of performance, music, & art celebrating International
Women's Day
WHEN: March 4-6, 2005
Art exhibit opens at 7pm, show starts at 8pm
WHERE: The Women's Building
3543 18th Street, San Francisco
HOW MUCH: Sliding Scale $5-10 (under 18) & $10-30 (18 and over)
Event information / Youth Group Discounts / Childcare requests:
415.431.1180 x17
INDESTRUCTIBLE will move audiences with the raw and revealing stories of three young women who come into their own power under the surreal circumstances of everyday life. Accompanied by a multi-media art exhibit and live music, this annual International Women's Day celebration embraces beauty and pain, drama and secrets, boundaries and the unknown to find a healing strength that is universal. Far from your typical sit-down performance, this intergenerational community production is a creative grassroots masterpiece to uplift the soul.
Health Idol: Round 2
The contestants this year wrote a short essay about how they would help a friend/student in need. The topics included a suicidal friend coming out, a student trapped in their bedroom due to family violence, someone gathering friends to start a fight, alcoholism, and dating someone 15 years older thru the internet. These were evaluated by the Peer Resource students and they selected the essays that stood out. The best essay of the lot belonged to junior Rusilah A, who went beyond helping her friend in the moment but made sure some long term planning was also involved. The other stand outs included english teacher Sara Falls, former Health Idol Will Morthole, junior Nick Don-Doncow, and freshman Rebecca
Choi.
The next competition was to do as many jump ropes as possible without messing up. Rebecca Choi started off the competition with 156. Overall, 8 of the contestants ended up breaking 100. Phoebe Leong was absent almost all week, but returned to school with a fever and still scored 192 on the challenge! Sophomore Loni Nguyen and Ms. Falls also broke the 150 barrier to make the top 4. Junior Jonathan Safer scored 6th place with 122, the highest of any male contestant. Teachers Mr. Scott and Mr. Stickney followed behind him, also breaking 100.
Our Emergency Room featured 4 contestants. Returning from last weeks Emergency Room were seniors Will Griffith and Heba Elsakkar. This time they were joined by english teacher Ms. Buchanan and former Health Idol Will Morthole! 3 of these contestants struggled with the jump rope challenge and could not break 40. So our third departee was Heba Elsakkar. The other 3 tied so we began our next challenge. The three contestants had to score as many "baskets" as they can in 12 shots- the contestant with the lowest score would be out. Will Morthole started off and scored a 5. Will Griffith followed and scored a 4, so Morthole was given a health warning and spared for another round. Finally, Ms. Buchanan followed and immediately made the first two shots! At this point, Griffith seemed doomed, but she only made 1 more and was eliminated from the competition. Will Griffith was given his
second health warning.
Will we see Will Griffith in a three Emergency Rooms in a row? Will our reigning Health Idol turn things around or be eliminated this early in the competition? The game is on and there will only be one Health Idol.
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Wellness Center
Christy Parsons (Wellness Coordinator) is available daily.
Ian Enriquez (Youth Outreach Coordinator) is available daily.
Sheening Lin (psychologist) is available daily.
Emi Koga (Japanese speaking counselor) is available from Tuesday to Thursday.
David Thompson (psychologist) is available Mondays.
Kory Okun (relationship counselor) is available Tuesdays.
Wayne Hayes (counselor) is available Tuesdays.
James Guay (therapist) is available Wednesdays.
Rebecca Peng (Mandarin speaking counselor) is available Tuesdays and Fridays.
Jane Steiner (Tobacco Intervention Coordinator) is available on Tuesday. Lincoln no longer has a school nurse.
Derek So, Pauline Ong, and Henry Ha (Cantonese speaking counselors) are available on Thursday.
Peer Tutoring available 7th period and after school in Bungalow A.
Free Harvard Tuition!
Harvard's Tuition Announcement highlights the failure of prestigious universities to enroll low-income students in recent years, Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only 10% of the students in elite higher education come from families in lower half the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution."
If you know of a family earning less than $40,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free...no tuition and no student loans! To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $40,000 a year visit Harvard's financial aid web site or call the school's financial aid office at (617) 495- 1581
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