Youth Workshop
Saturday, March 23, 2013
12:00p - 2:00p
Ages 13-17
Central District Headquarters
(7310 Woodward)
Refreshments will be served
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FREE Safety Workshop
Come join us and learn ways to protect yourself, your
family and your home from crime and health hazards
Monday, March 25th
6:00 - 7:30pm
(Doors Open at 5:45pm)
Central District Headquarters
(7310 Woodward)
*Open to the Public*
Light refreshments to be served at 6pm
For more information, contact any of the following:
¨ Central District Community Relations Department
¨ 10th Precinct Community Relations Department
A free VIN etching event
is taking place at Focus: HOPE Friday, March 22nd. The event will be held at the Focus: HOPE Food
Center. Questions should be directed to Bridget Vance at 313.494.4392.
WE NEED YOU!
YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION TASK FORCE
Upcoming Task Force Meeting:
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 5:30pm
Ford Wellness Center @ Samaritan Center
5555
Conner (between 94 Fwy & East Warren)
Detroit
MI 48213
Discussion
Topic: Conflict Resolution
Please join
Councilwoman Saunteel Jenkins and Councilman James Tate as they continue their
Youth Violence Prevention Task Force in an effort to reduce youth violence in
our city. Violent crimes, especially those involving teen victims, have caused
great pain in the hearts of all Detroiters. It is time for all concerned citizens
to come together to work for change.
“Our goal is to reduce
youth violence by increasing positive alternatives for young people. We realize
that this is a major undertaking. That is why we need YOU to join us. Since it
takes a village to raise a child, we need every villager in Detroit; working
together help us make a difference for our youth.”
For more information,
call Councilwoman Saunteel Jenkins’ office at 313-224-4248 or Councilman James Tate’s office @ 313-224-1027
The Volunteer Reading Corps is a program geared toward helping our youngest learners with
reading. The Call to Action for a new Reading Corps comes on the heels of test
scores that showed Detroit schoolchildren ranked the lowest in the nation on
the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test. Research shows
that it is extremely difficult for a struggling reader to “catch up” if the
child is unable to read by the end of third grade. This confirms that we have a
reading emergency. As a result, reading failure has exacted a long-term
consequence for our children’s developing self-confidence and motivation to
learn as well as for their later school performance.
For this reason,
Detroit Public Schools has identified a goal ensuring that by 2015, all of the
current pre-kindergarten students and those thereafter, will be able to read at
or above grade level by the end of the third grade. The Detroit Public Schools
and The Detroit Free Press issued a joint call to action challenging the
Detroit community to step forward and support DPS students by signing up to
serve as tutors in the District’s Volunteer Reading Corps program.
We are doing
everything in our power to completely remake the academic program in Detroit
Public Schools, and we are asking the community to join in the fight to ensure
our children have every opportunity to be successful.
Reading Corps
volunteers must meet two requirements:
· Volunteers
must complete the mandated training sessions for their grade level.
The VRC provides training and materials for
Pre-Kindergarten – Grade Three.
· Volunteers
must clear a background check and take a photo ID for identification purposes.
Volunteers will be required to show a photo identification card, which will be
provided by DPS, whenever they come to a school site.
Volunteers are
expected to commit one hour weekly or bi-weekly to tutor two students for
one-half hour each. The majority of the VRC volunteers are currently assigned
to Pre-Kindergarten-First Grade. All new volunteers are assigned to
Pre-kindergarten. Returning volunteers will “move up” as their students’
progress from grade to grade. Although it is not a requirement, it is hoped that,
wherever possible, volunteers will stay the course with their students through
the end of third grade.
We ask all
volunteers to complete the Michigan Fingerprint
Applicant Information Form.
Volunteer
Thank-you for
volunteering for the DPS Reading Corps.
· Full
Name
· Address
· City
· State
· Zip
· Phone
Number
· Hours
per week you can commit
Welcome to the Foster
Care Alumni of America - Michigan Chapter (FCAA-MI).
The purpose of FCAA-MI
and all chapters of FCAA are organized to advance the mission, vision, purposes
and organizational values of Foster Care Alumni of America within their
respective states. Each and every chapter of FCAA has, in addition to that listed
above, the specific purpose of coordinating and facilitating the volunteer
efforts and activities of members of FCAA to address local and regional efforts
to connect the community of alumni.
Our mission of Foster
Care Alumni of America is to connect the alumni community and to transform
policy and practice, ensuring opportunity for people in and from foster care.
Our vision is to ensure
a high quality of life for those in and from foster care through the collective
voice of alumni. We intend to erase the differences in opportunities and
outcomes that exist for people in and from foster care compared to those who
have not experienced foster care.
Our meetings are held
the 4th Sunday of each month.
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Location: Wayne State School of Social Work Bldg, 4756
Cass, Detroit
Parking is available in
front of the building (right of Thompson House) and in the parking lot next
door
The FCAA-MI Support
Group will begin meeting at 2:00pm on the same day of the FCAA
meetings (location is also the same)
The purpose of the FCAA
support group is to provide a safe environment where members can gain
therapeutic support, share success stories, and freely discuss issues that are
important to him/her.
Once again welcome to
FCAA-MI,
--
Robert E. Thomas, M.S.
J.D. Candidate Class of
2013
Wayne State University
Law School
North Carolina A&T
State University Alumnus
President, Foster Care
Alumni of America - Michigan Chapter
"The Decisions of a
Man, Define that Man"
-K. Myatt
Green Your
Neighborhood Community Forum & Workshops
Saturday, March 23
10am to 1pm
Wayne County Community
College
East Campus at 5901
Conner; Detroit
Learn how to save water
in your home, disconnect downspouts, make rain barrels, capture rainwater for
your garden, landscape with rain gardens, plant trees, & make non-toxic
cleaners!
RSVP to (313) 965-0055
or sierraclubgreatlakes@gmail.com
Win free prizes
including a rain barrel &
Learn about grant
opportunities for your group!
