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April 16, 2010
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NOCHE MEXICANA & VIVA SOUTH BAY
MANA Networking Mixer
Support the Mother Teresa US Post Stamp
40th Chicano Park Day Celebration
Seeking Writers
Denid Admission to SDSU
Children's Earth Day Parade
COX Conserves Hero
Remarkable Leaders in Education
Nominate An Everyday All Star
Superintendent Search Town Hall Meetings
2nd Annual San Diego Microfinance Summit
Childrens' Book Party
MANA Annual Brindis
FREE Old Globe Theater Tickets for Youth
Fund Raiser for Southern Sudanese Community Center
Doing Your Documentary
The 20-Gallon Challenge
AABWV Monthly Prayer & Networking Meeting
MOther Earth Day at The Centro
San Diego LGBT Center Community Coalition Breakfast
the San Diego Healing Arts Festival
San Diego County Fair CONTESTS & COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS
San Diego Community Connect Fair
NAACP Annual Membership Luncheon
LIFE SAVING EVENT
College Expo
 

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NOCHE MEXICANA & VIVA SOUTH BAY
PRESENTED BY COX/CHANNEL 4 SAN DIEGOAPRIL 17, 2010 AT 5:35PM VS. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS
 
The San Diego Padres invite you to our first Family Fiesta game and celebrate Noche Mexicana & Viva South Bay! Presented by Cox/Channel 4 San Diego and brought to you by Invasora 99.7-FM.
 
Special Guests:
Ballet Folklorico en Aztlan
Ballet Folklorico Citlali de Fallbrook
Southwest High School  Mariachi
Xavier the X-Man
Sweetwater High School Marine Corps JROTC Color Guard
& Other Surprise Guests!
 
The Ceremonial First Pitch will be thrown by Michael and Cynthia Chavez-Ybarra. The San Diego residents are brother and sister and are (adult) grandchildren of civil rights pioneer Cesar E. Chavez.

FIRST 25, 000 FANS RECEIVE A DAVID ECKSTEN BOBBLEHEAD
SPECIAL PRE-GAME CEREMONY HONORING ADRIAN GONZALEZ FOR HIS GOLD GLOVE AWARD

FOR A SPECIAL TICKET DISCOUNT GO TO
WWW.PADRES.COM/PROMO  AND TYPE IN PROMO CODE: VIVASB
 
 Adrian
Member Orientation Breakfast

Friday, April 30, 7:30am, Sherman Heights Community Center, 2258 Island Ave., San Diego 92102
Board members and committee chairs will bring you up to date on what's going on with MANA and how YOU can get involved. New members and past members who aren't currently volunteering are encouraged to attend. Please join us! RSVP to Angela Mellow: [email protected]
Mother Terasa Stamp
Support the Mother Teresa US Post Stamp
Please take 15 seconds and sign the petition at www.StampOutBigotry.com to urge the Post Office to issue their new stamp honoring Mother Teresa. A campaign to censor the stamp has been started and your support is needed now more than ever. 
2010 Chicano Park Day
40th Chicano Park Day Celebration
This Famnily Cleebration is FREE & Open to the Public

The 40th Annual Chicano Park Day will be held on Saturday, April 24, 2010, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, in historic Chicano Park, located in the Barrio Logan community, south of downtown San Diego. This family event is free and open to the public. The theme for this year's celebration is "40 A�os de la Tierra Mia: Aqu� Estamos y No Nos Vamos"

Established by Chicano activists on April 22, 1970, Chicano Park has received international recognition as a major public art site for its commanding mural paintings of the past and present struggle of Mexican and Chicano history.

Visitors to Chicano Park Day will experience traditional music and dance, including one of the most beautiful performances of Aztec Indigenous dance, coordinated by Toltecas en Aztl�n. Other dance groups as well as musical acts and speakers are featured on two stages.

In addition, there will be a display of classic low rider cars presented by Amigos Car Club and children's art workshop led by muralist Victor Ochoa. Food, arts and crafts vendors will be selling their specialties throughout Chicano Park, as well as informational booths.
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Seeking Writers 
Los Bilingual Writers are seeking bilingual writers (imagine that!--although it is not necessary to be both languages) who are interested in interviewing Abuelitos (senior citizens, not necessarily just grandparents) and community individuals for its Anthology Book IV published June 2010.
 
This is an opportunity to use your expert interviewing skills, have a byline and add to your writing r�sum�. You will receive, also, a free copy with your stories.
 
Please contact Los Bilingual Writers for m�s informaci�n at [email protected]or 619.384.7144
 
 
Denied Admission to SDSU?
 
The Education Consortium is collecting information to get a better understanding of what kinds of local high school students were denied admission as freshman to SDSU. If you have been denied admission, we would greatly appreciate knowing the following information about you, which can be shared by emailing [email protected]  or by calling 619-398-4495 or 619-756-4303.
 
We will treat the information as confidential and will contact you upon receipt.
 
QUESTIONS FOR FRESHMAN APPLICANTS DENIED ADMISSION TO SDSU THIS YEAR
 
1.      What is your name?
2.      What is the best email and phone number to reach you at?
3.      What high school are you in?
4.      What is your GPA?
5.      What is your SAT or ACT score?
6.      What is your Eligibility Index Score (if you know it)?
7.      Did you apply to other universities and if so, which ones?
8.      Were you accepted at another university?
9.      Are there reasons why it would be difficult for you to go out of the area to college?
10.  Are there reasons why you do not want to go to a community college and transfer to SDSU?
11.  Are you an AVID student?
12.  Are you involved in your school clubs or activities, if so, which ones and do you have a position of leadership?
13.  What university major did you apply in to or are interested in?
 
Please distribute to others who may have been denied. Thanks!

 
Earth Day Kids
Children's Earth Day Parade
 
Join the Children's Earth Day Parade through the EarthFair in Balboa Park on Sunday April 18th. It's free, fun and great way to express this year's 40th anniversary Earth Day theme: "Do Your Part"
 Info & Register online at: http://www.earthparade.org
 
Nominate Your COX Conserves Hero 
$35,000 to be Awarded!
 
Do you know someone in our San Diego community who is personally dedicated to improving the environment - such as picking up litter, planting a community garden, preserving natural spaces, helping to restore a shoreline, or conserving resources such as water or energy? 
 
Six Cox Conserves Heroes Winners will be selected!
Three in the Under 18 category
Three in the Over 18 category
Winners will be chosen via online voting by YOU!
Be featured on San Diego Insider on Channel 4 San Diego 
Be recognized on the field at the San Diego Padres Game on June 29, 2010 
Winners will be awarded $10,000, $5,000 or $2,500 for the environmental non-profit of their choice, funded by the Cox Kids Foundation

Deadline to submit your nomination is 5PM April 25, 2010
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION
Remarkable Leaders in Education
NOW ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS 
 
Nominations may be made for individuals who have made a significant impact/difference in PK-12 education and/or higher education in the San Diego region (including San Diego and Imperial Counties).  Nominees may be alive or deceased. 
        
Submission deadline: April 30, 2010
Nomination may be submitted online or a hard copy may be mailed
 
The committee will select one to five honorees for the Remarkable Leaders in Education 2010 honors. Finalists will be kept in a list for consideration in subsequent years. Honorees will be announced by May 31, 2010. The honors ceremony is scheduled for November 13, 2010. Formal invitations will be sent.
Confidentiality Disclaimer

The selection committee considers this to be a highly selective and generally confidential process. The committee thanks you in advance for your cooperation.

CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION & CRITERIA
Nominate An Everyday All Star
 
Major League Baseball� and PEOPLE� magazine
invite you to nominate individuals who have gone
above and beyond to serve their community.
Maybe they mentored disadvantaged children, cared for abandoned pets or started a community garden. You tell us! You can even nominate yourself.

A total of 30 everyday All-Stars (one representing each MLB team) will be honored at the 2010 MLB� All-Star Game� in Anaheim on July 13 and one will be featured in PEOPLE magazine.
To participate, enter information about your nominee (16 years or older) and tell us what makes him/her an everyday All-Star.

Nomination deadline: May 14
Vote for the finalists: May 30-June 20
 
San Diego Unified Superintendent Search Town Hall Meetings  
 
San Diego Unified is searching for a new Superintendent to become a partner with the Board of Education and the community in the district's on-going efforts to increase student achievement.
The Board of Education is seeking a leader who can help to implement its vision for the future that is articulated in the Vision 2020 Statement and a statement of midterm goals. The District's next Superintendent will share the board's commitment to this vision for the future of the San Diego Unified School District.

The Board has launched a search and selection process that will include broad community involvement. The goal is to attract highly qualified candidates who will share the board's vision and who can be a successful leader in an educational environment that promotes and encourages community engagement.

The search process begins in March, 2010, with the Superintendent Search Advisory Committee conducting a series of open meetings to develop a set of skills and values sought in the next superintendent. The Search Committee will also host a series of five town-hall meetings, one in each sub-district, to seek public comment on the quality sought in the next Superintendent and comment on the Board's Vision 2020. Following these Town Hall meetings, the next task of the Search Committee will be to conduct a preliminary screen of the applications received and make a recommendation to the Board of a set of candidates to interview.

Town Hall Meeting Dates

  • Thursday, April 22, Pacific Beach Middle School, 4676 Ingraham St. (92109)

  • Wednesday, April 28, at de Portola Middle School, 11010 Clairemont MesaBlvd. (92124)

  • Thursday, April 22, at Pacific Beach Middle School, 4676 Ingraham St.(92109)

  • Wednesday, April 28, at de Portola Middle School, 11010 Clairemont MesaBlvd. (92124)

For more info, see Committee Meetings

 
2nd Annual San Diego Microfinance Summit


DATE: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
TIME: 8:15am - 4:30pm
LOCATION: University of San Diego
REGISTER: CLICK HERE
 
Register NOW for early-bird pricing!

The event will focus on the international work of San Diego's microfinance organizations, as well as opportunities to get involved in local microfinance initiatives and partnerships.

Early Registration (prices will increase after April 15th)
$12 students/faculty
$38 general public
Registration includes lunch and networking reception

Keynote Speaker: Yeardley Smith, award-winning actor, novelist, and avid supporter of microfinance
For more Information, please visit: www.sdmicrofinance.org  
 
 
Childrens' Book Party
 
 Saturday, April 24, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Spreckels Organ Pavilion, San Diego
All ages
Categories Books, Family Briefs , Family, Outdoors
Cost Free
 
CELEBRATING 26 YEARS OF DONATING NEW BOOKS TO CHILDREN, TO HELP THEM BUILD THEIR OWN HOME LIBRARY, OVER ONE MILLION BOOKS GIVEN AWAY!!!
Attention parents and kids from Grades K-12, you are invited to the 26th Annual Children's Book Party; this fun and popular event is free and open to the public.featuring entertainment,refreshments and best of all, children will receive two free brand new books to call their own!

For more information or to volunteer call Roosevelt Brown, program director at (619) 266-4118 or cell at (858) 254-5996
 
Brindis
 
FREE Old Globe Theater Tickets for Youth
 
Get free tickets and earn community service hours!  The Old Globe is recruiting Street Team Members to help promote Old Globe shows (musicals, Shakespeare and World Premiere plays.)  Hang posters, distribute fliers, send emails and post events on social media pages; in return receive FREE tickets to Old Globe shows, get invited to special events and earn volunteer credit hours.  For more information, please email Mia Fiorella, Audience Development Manager at [email protected] or call (619) 231-1941, x2332.  For more information on future Old Globe productions, visit www.theoldglobe.org.
 
Fund Raiser for Southern Sudanese Community Center

The Southern Sudanese Community Center
4077 Fairmount Avenue, San Diego, Ca 92105
http://www.ssccsd.org
Saturday May 8, 2010 - 4:00pm

Tickets $20 In Advance
$25 at the Door
$50 vendor booths
Live music, Sample Sudanese Food
Funding to benefit and keep following programs open:

Computer Lab ~ Youth Programs ~ Health Fair ~ Women's Programs ~ Translation Services Citizenship Workshops ~ Invisible Children Campaign ~ Child Nutrition /After School Tutoring Programs ~ Sudanese Cultural Day ~ Gang Prevention Program ~ Arabic Language Programs ~ Soccer Program ~ Divine Roots Dance Troupe
 
Doing Your Doc:
DIVERSE VISIONS, REGIONAL VOICES

May 7-9 in San Diego, California
A Weekend Seminar in San Diego to Make Your Documentary Happen

Don't miss this unique chance to work with story consultant Fernanda Rossi, the Documentary Doctor, author of the book "Trailer Mechanics," plus receive project mentoring on your proposal, trailer or documentary idea. This intensive 3-day workshop is right for you, whether you are just beginning, have already shot footage on a documentary project, or are seeking finishing funds.

Doing your Doc is designed especially for media makers in the diverse communities of southern California, preparing you to receive production funding and apply to national professional programs while developing your unique stories and views.

Doing Your Doc: 3-day Workshop Fee
Early Registration by May 7 - $100; NALIP/MACSD Member - $50; Student w/ Valid ID - $25. Includes lunches, workshop materials, handouts & private project mentoring session.
Register online here for DOING YOUR DOC - SAN DIEGO

Venue Address: San Diego City College, Bldg. B, 1313 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA

For more information including a full schedule visit the Doing Your Doc webpage, or call NALIP at 310.395.8880

 
Presented by: NALIP, CPB, the NEA and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival In association with the Media Arts Center San Diego, San Diego City College, KPBS, Latino Public Broadcasting, NBPC, NATV, ITVS, CAAM, PIC, and Women Make Movies present
The 20-Gallon Challenge is a call for residents and businesses to reduce our region's water use on average by 20 gallons per person, per day. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE 
 
AABWV Monthly Prayer & Networking Meeting
 
Have ever seen a need and started a business to meet that need? Most of us just say "someone should do something about that!" That's exactly what Dr. Joanne Cornwell did. At Friday's AABWV meeting, you'll learn how Dr. Cornwell initiated this great national movement to provide an alternative solution to the hair care needs of African American women.  She's the creator and founder, and living right here in San Diego. You have the rare opportunity to meet her and learn how you move from having an idea to putting it into action and keeping it going, all while continuing your "real" job. Being an entrepreneur is hard enough. This is a true success story you don't want to miss!
 
Friday, April 16,
6:30 Vendor Set up; 6:45 Register& Networking; 7 am Program;
9-1030 Vendors & Networking
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Joanne Cornwell, Founder & Originator of Sisterlocks
Mission Valley Resort,
875 Hotel Circle South, San Diego's Mission Valley, SD 92108
Info & RSVP's: Dee Sanford, [email protected]; 619 263-6868
Cost: Breakfast @ $28; Breakfast and Vendor Table @ $48
Centro Earth Day
 
 
San Diego LGBT Center Community Coalition Breakfast
 
The San Diego LGBT Community Center will host our Quarterly LGBT Community Coalition Breakfast on Friday, April 30 from 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. The event will feature special guests, Congresswoman Susan Davis and Congressman Bob Filner. They will discuss the new healthcare law and talk briefly about the effort to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
 
We are thrilled to host Congressmembers Davis and Filner and invite you to join us for this special event. A full breakfast is available for $10; coffee and tea are complimentary. RSVPs are not required. We look forward to your attendance!
 
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Since its inception in October 2003, the Community Coalition Breakfast has become a staple for members of San Diego's LGBT leadership, politicians and candidates, and for organizations collaborating with The Center. Information presented at the Community Coalition breakfasts over the past year has made audiences aware of important issues affecting San Diego's LGBT community.
 
Carlos Marquez | Director of Community Programs & Public Affairs
The San Diego LGBT Community Center
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Since 2004, the San Diego Healing Arts Festival has been San Diego's premiere health and wellness festival, bringing the best in live music together with an accessible arena for people to experience integrative healing arts.  This event offers classes in healthy practices (such as yoga, Qi Gong, and meditation,) massage and energy healing treatments, demonstrations in martial arts and dance, and exhibitors of healthy foods and practices from around the globe. By combining these healthy practices with music, (one of the greatest healing arts in the World) we have made what may once have been foreign concepts, into easily accessible additions to daily life.

Our friends at the Adams Avenue Business Associationhave invited us to host a scaled-down version of our popular event to coincide and blend with their annual "Roots Fest on Adams". We are happy to announce that over the weekend of April 24-25th, we will be producing the Healing Arts Fest on Adams! 
San Diego County Fair
CONTESTS & COMPETITIVE EXHIBITS
 
Calling all cookie bakers and craft makers! Enter your creation in the 2010 San Diego County Fair, and win blue ribbons, cash prizes, tickets to the Fair and, of course, bragging rights! Do you perform? We have contests for dancers and singers, too!
 
San Diego Community Connect Fair
The San Diego Community Connect Fair will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Joe and Vi Jacobs Center (404 Euclid Ave.)  Presented by The San Diego Futures Foundation in association with The San Diego Broadband Initiative, come and learn how to shop online, bank, apply for school, find a job and much more. 
 
Connect at the fair and enter to win a laptop; enter the hourly raffle where refurbished computers will be given away. Bring the entire family! For more information, call (619) 269-1684, x211.
 
 
NAACP Annual Membership Luncheon
 
The NAACP of San Diego will host their Annual Membership Luncheon:  Education is Our Civil Right on Saturday, April 24, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the Bethel AME Church (3085 K St.)  Prof. Roy Brooks, Warren Distinguished Professor of Law with the University of San Diego, School of Law will be the keynote speaker and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir of San Diego will perform.  For more information, please contact Rev. Delores Rokorous at (619) 517-7650 or email [email protected].
 
Juan Olmeda Blood Drive