Alright, so I'm posting for week 2 in the middle of week 3 but all good!!
So after my first couple of days at NAKASEC, I was introduced to all the different programs that NAKASEC and KRC (Korean Resource Center) are working on together. They are essentially in the same building but two separate non-prof entities. Anyway, my projects for this summer include:
1. working with the Summer Youth Empowerment Program (SYE~P!!)
i never thought that i would be teaching the new SATs but i will be learning extensively from my new princeton review book and teaching the writing/reading sections
we have 11 students, 7 boys and 4 girls who receive FREE sat instruction here. we also take them on field trips and last week, we went to the Korean American Museum and saw an exhibit of koreatown pictures.
So after my first couple of days at NAKASEC, I was introduced to all the different programs that NAKASEC and KRC (Korean Resource Center) are working on together. They are essentially in the same building but two separate non-prof entities. Anyway, my projects for this summer include:
1. working with the Summer Youth Empowerment Program (SYE~P!!)
i never thought that i would be teaching the new SATs but i will be learning extensively from my new princeton review book and teaching the writing/reading sections
we have 11 students, 7 boys and 4 girls who receive FREE sat instruction here. we also take them on field trips and last week, we went to the Korean American Museum and saw an exhibit of koreatown pictures.
The kids are ROWDY. but they're great. they're smart and funny and just good high school kids and one of our goals this summer is to raise awareness about the Dream Act and help undocumented students reach their educational goals. we are working on a group project (reminds me of something...) to help the community.
i am also working on raising funds (~$2000) for a weekend road trip to San Francisco for the kids. we are stopping by keene and fresno to learn about the history of immigrant Chinese workers. carwash? raffle? dodgeball tournatment? help!?#$?
2. AB540 awareness/activism
Assembly bill 540, to put it shortly, is what helps undocumented students attend college. i am working to organize a press conference and 2 forums on AB540 so people who might need this information can come out and learn about teh process.
still in the works. scary!! but exciting
3. Moments in Koreatown project
This is something I am designing for youth in Koreatown to take some sort of a virtual tour of Koreatown. I'm doing a lot of koreatown work this summer!! WORD
4. Ballot Initiatives/voter education
i'm researching and comppiling info on the november ballot initiatives so we can get together here at nakasec and krc and made educated decisions about what stance to take
ok so those are the overarching categories but each one has a lot of parts and i'm too lazy to flesh it out.
HURRAY COMMUNITY HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYY
2 comments:
yay you! I'm doing work around DREAM too! hooray for NAKASEC and NAPAWF!
for the 2k you're trying to raise, maybe you can put on a small event where the kids bust out their artistic skills (paintings, drawings, spoken word performances, etc) and charge a fee for folks to come check that out?
sounds more fun than a carwash (more eco-friendly too!)
just a thought.
COMMUNITY HAPPY! (hahah that's so you Christable)
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