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mingalabar
(ming-ah-lah-bar)
Definition: Hello or goodbye in Burmese.
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Upcoming Events
RT Orientation at Stanford
When:
Mon, May 9, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Where:
Haas Center for Public Service, Stanford University
Save the date! We're excited to announce our first volunteer orientation to be held at Stanford University.
Forward this opportunity along to anyone you know in the South Bay interested in learning more about RT!
Epiphany Productions Home Season with Refugee Transitions When: June 17, 18 and 19 Where: ODC Theatre, 351 Shotwell Street, San Francisco RT is partnering with Kim Epifano's Epiphany Productions to give our refugee students the opportunity to perform in ODC's brand new renovated theater! It will be an international evening, honoring the strength and courage of refugees around the world and will correspond with World Refugee Day. We hope you can attend!
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 Reminder: Volunteer Logs
Friendly reminder to all home- based volunteers to send in your monthly volunteer logs! These logs are an incredibly important part of the tutoring process, as RT staff uses the logs to gauge student improvement, and this helps us to know when to test our students. For more information on how to complete a log click here. If you have any questions, contact Sandy. |
Tutors needed in Oakland, SF, and the South Bay!
RT is seeking home-based tutors for youth and adults in Oakland , San Francisco and the South Bay (male tutors are especially needed).
If you know anyone who might be interested, please forward this newsletter along! Also, click here to view our volunteer application process! |
Volunteer
Resources
Oakland Summer Programs
Select "summer" and type in the zip code and age of your student to find great programs! SF Summer ProgramsCheck out this resource provided by SFIHS to find programs for high school youth. Yet another wonderful teaching guide from the Spring Institute. Use this for a lesson on filling out forms and applications.
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Share your stories about RT!
Spread the word about RT and review our organization on Yelp or GreatNonprofits! We'd love to hear from you.
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Volunteer Spotlight
Lauren Nazario
 We're happy to feature our first after-school tutor in our Volunteer Spotlight this month!
Lauren Nazario tutors at our after-school program at San Francisco International High School (SFIHS). It has been a pleasure to have her in the tutoring room, and we've been extremely impressed by her enthusiasm, initiative, and ability to relate to the students.
Lauren has made the extra effort to volunteer in the SFIHS classrooms and form relationships with the SFIHS Principal and teachers, which helps her make the greatest difference possible in the after-school program. She takes ownership of explaining assignments to groups of students, and we often hear her laughing along with the students as they work through homework. Thanks Lauren for being an exemplary RT volunteer!
Read our Volunteer of the Week interview with Lauren on the RT blog! |
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Volunteer Log Milestones
Each month, we salute the RT volunteers who have submitted their logs and exceeded 50, 100, 200 and over 500 volunteer hours! 50+ hours: Caryn Wolf, Laura Wallsten-Cook, Richard Marliave, Deborah Han, Sofie Fredlund-Blomst, Rene Alvarado 100+ hours: Adam Sewall, Alison Staab, Linda Lee, Katya Hawks, Concepcion Del Rio-Ramirez, Sharon Landwehr, Meagen Grundberg, Marissa Lackey 200+ hours: Langan Courtney, Lauren Markham, Jamie Garsha
500+ hours: Renee Enteen
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Student Story
Hema  | | Hema (left) and Praseela |
Hema is a student at Oakland International High School, and a Youth Leader with RT. She also attended last year's summer camp (check out information about this year's camps in this newsletter!). Here is a beautiful story that Hema wrote last summer: My name is Hema. I come from Nepal. Where I come from, people are much different then here. If you visited my country, you would see natural environment and you would smell sweet food... Feeling where I am lonely scares me. People think I am not good at what I am trying to do but really I am nice and careful of what I am doing. I am good at being nice to people, helping them and respectful too. I miss my mom and family when I go out at night but I love to be where I am now that I'm with them... If I were a color, I would be white because in my thoughts white is like snow, symbol of peace, bright. The most important thing to me is to be respectful of everyone and achieve my goals... In my new home I feel better and different. My dream in California is to be nice student and good to all. I am proud of myself because I can do what I have to do. I will reach my dreams if I do hard work, try, try, try. |
RT Summer Camps for Youth - Save the Date!
It's early, but summer will be here in no time. We've already set the dates for our leadership and enrichment camps for youth in the Presidio of SF and in the South Bay!
Boys Leadership Camp: July 22 - 24 (overnight), see flier for more information.
Girls Leadership Camp: August 5 - 7 (overnight), see flier for more information.
South Bay Academic & Enrichment Camp: July 18 - 21 and 25 - 28
Contact Lauren to inquire about reserving a spot for your student! The camps are open to students ages 10-18. To learn more about RT's camps and see photos from previous years, click here.
Also - don't forget that there are many opportunities to sign your student up for other summer camps and programs throughout the Bay Area. Please see this newsletter's Volunteer Resources section for programs in Oakland and SF.
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Activity of the Month
Street Signs and Emergency Unit
This month, we're featuring some helpful online resources that include lesson plans, handouts, and worksheets about reading street signs and what to do in various emergency situations. Teach your student how to recognize basic street signs in the community, how to call 9-1-1, how to navigate hospitals, etc.
Find activities and resources here:
Calling 9-1-1
Reading Traffic Signs
Hospitals and Emergencies
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Request for ESL Teaching Materials
Sepi Hosseini, a student in SFSU's TESOL program, is working on a project to create a collection of materials for teaching literacy level students. She intends to organize the materials by skills taught (listening, speaking, reading, writing) - making them easily accessible to literacy-level instructors. How you can help: Sepi is looking for contributions from RT volunteers! If you have created any lesson plans, activities, handouts, or worksheets on your own, please email sepi.hosseini@gmail.com. Also, don't hesitate to write to Sepi with any questions about this project. |
Story from Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya
KALW reporter interviews an Ethiopian refugee  | | KALW News - Becky Palmstrom |
This April, reporter Becky Palmstrom visited the Kakuma refugee camp in Northern Kenya and spoke with Sadia Happi Sora - a single mother who has become a leader in her community.
In this interview, Sadia speaks about her personal experiences, and the experiences of so many women living in refugee camps today.
Currently, 75% of RT's clients are women refugees and immigrants who have resettled throughout the Bay Area.
Listen to the interview here.
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