# Name Organization Phone Email 1 Lashea Colemon Bayview Opera House 2 Toni Hunt Hines Coleman Advocates 415-424-3671 thines@colemanadvocates.org 3 Laura McKinney College Track 415-569-0783 lmckinney@collegetrack.org 4 Wendy Lee CYC 415-550-1151 wendyl@cycsf.org 5 Jen Greene GG National Parks Conservancy 415-561-3054 jgreene@parksconservancy.org 6 Sara Brissenden- Smith Habitat GSF 415-625-1046 sbrissenden-smith@habitatgsf.org 7 Tyra Fennell Imprint.City 415-857-0638 tyra@imprintcity.org 8 Allegra Madsen NOW HP 510-644-2400 allegra@envelopead.com 9 Rachel Nip Parents for Public Schools 415-861-7077 rachel@ppssf.org 10 Shelby Ashbaugh Reading Partners 702-521-7848 shelby.ashbaugh@readingpartner s.org 11 Miranda Herrera SEO Scholars 415-690-0620 mherrera@seo-usa.org 12 Alecia Barillas SF Education Fund 415-695-5400 abarillas@sfedfund.org 13 Jessica Pullano SF Education Fund 415-695-5400 jpullano@sfedfund.org 14 Geovanni Gomez SF United to Reduce Diabetes 773-679-9799 geovannirgomez@gmail.com 15 Leah LaCroix SF Youth Commission 415-554-6254 leah.lacroix@sfgov.org Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 1
16 Heshima Hardy SFDPH - LEGACY 415-920-7716 heshima.hardy@sfdph.org 17 Annie Tang SFPL 415-355-5757 annie.tang@sfpl.org 18 Andre Torrey SFPUC 415-757-7070 atorrey@sfwater.org 19 Marcus Savage Year Up 415-918-2355 msavage01@yearup.org 20 Wahid Ahmed YEF 510-689-7667 wahid@yefsf.org 21 Jesse Osorio YMCA SF 415-822-7728 josorio@ymcasf.net 22 Lynetta Demus YMCA SF 415-822-7728 ext 254 ldemus@ymcasf.org AGENDA ITEMS FOR 8/16/2016: INTRODUCTIONS -Welcome, housekeeping and overview of the agenda -Roundtable individual introductions made by attendees. PRESENTATIONS 1) Reading Partners - Shelby Ashbaugh, Volunteer Coordinator Shelby shared that nationwide only 34% of fourth graders are reading at grade level at the beginning of that school year. Within California, this number drops to 25% and within low income California families, the number falls to just 15% of children being able to read at their fourth grade level as they enter that year. If a student is not proficient in reading by fourth grade, they are 4 times as likely to drop out of high school. The curriculum changes at this point in its assumption that students have a solid foundation of literacy skills so being behind has a quick and potentially devastating impact on challenged students. For English Language Learners, they can have a very difficult time because, on average, adults in a classroom speak to individual students 2 minutes per day and they will not be hearing English at home. Reading Partners allows for students to get one-on-one time that is crucial for all literacy students, especially English Language Learners; the extra attention assists students to develop and solidify new skills. Reading Partners is truly based in partnering, with schools, teachers and communities and they find this provides them the opportunity to create individualized instruction that students need to succeed. Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 2
The organization was founded by three retired Silicon Valley educators in 1999 under the name Yes Reading who saw a need in a local school. They decided to address the need by creating a small one-on-one reading intervention program meeting with kids for an hour a week proved beneficial. In 2007 they expanded to 7 schools and grew from there. In 2016, Reading Partners operates in 14 states and 202 schools. They are poised to serve 11,000 students and rely heavily on many volunteers to make this work happen. While serving 11,000 children is quite a feat, the national need reveals that the number of children that would benefit from this type of assistance is actually 20,000,000. Reading Partners is shifting its values a bit to address the government and pressure officials to change policies. They are moving towards 2018 with this change in mind. In 2012, Reading Partners was assessed by a private research group; they found that this program was effective with all students no matter age, race, gender, or socio-economic status. Additionally, they found that Reading Partners is a resource multiplier for schools i.e. for every dollar invested in this program, the value was doubled. Across the 14 states the organization operates in, the students receive the same high quality education. San Francisco Bay Area Reading Partners is the largest region for the organization. The group s goal is to reach 1700 students next year and they will need 2000 volunteers to make this happen. The organization will be in 32 reading centers with the newest taking place in Jean Parker Elementary School. The Bayview has one center located at Bret Harte Elementary. The schools chosen must be Title 1 (at least 40% of the school population is on free or reduced lunch). Reading Partners meets with students Kindergarten Fourth grade, performing preemptive work. The children are reading one month to two and a half years behind. The program model requires incoming volunteers to complete an orientation before being paired with a student by a Site Coordinator. The Site Coordinator is a Reading Partners staff member who works at a specific school who does the on-ground work in creating the partnerships between the organization and the schools; they get an understanding of the teachers needs and know the students well so they can perform matchmaking between volunteer and student. Site Coordinators can work to adjust matches, if needed. Volunteers are expected to come in for one hour per week at the minimum but the ideal is two full hours as students do receive two hours on two different days during the week. After arriving, volunteers take 10 minutes to prepare for the session. Once the volunteer and student are together, the student will read aloud for 10 minutes. The student will then choose a book that is his/her grade level and the tutor reads to the student for 10 minutes. Next, the student and tutor work on completing assignments from the Reading Partners curriculum. They close out the day by choosing a book to take home for reading from the Reading Partners library. Students can then practice these skills at home. Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 3
The volunteer program offers options for people from all walks of life. This is particularly ideal for high school and college students because they can develop responsibility and reliability that one needs for a job setting. Also, the tutoring takes place during the school day or right after school (12:00pm-5:00pm) and this works well with older students schedules. Reading Partners does hold group orientations in their offices and satellite locations out in community. One can sign up to volunteer online and select a school, orientation time, and tutoring time that will work best for the rest of the school year. September 12 th will be the start of the tutoring for this upcoming school year. Bret Harte Elementary always needs more volunteers. 2) San Francisco Education Fund Volunteer Opportunities - Alecia Barillas, Education Advisor SF Education Fund (SFEF) support public schools. They help students make it to higher education. They do this by placing mentors, tutors, and volunteers into the classrooms to work directly with students and teachers. They also provide grants to teachers and exclusive scholarships to SFUSD for San Francisco High School Seniors that can be applied to higher education whether they attend community college or a 4-year college, both private and public options. Jessica, a literacy volunteer with SFEF, shared about her experience with 2 Kindergartners. She goes once a week to read one-on-one to work with both students for the year. She says the program is similar to Reading Partners. SFEF also offers math tutors for middle school and college and career coaching for high school along with many different areas of support. They are also looking for more volunteers. SFEF does work all people within community including younger people but families and principals must provide approval. They also have people who are interested in teaching. Mostly volunteers work one-on-one with students but SFEF also has group models where you can work with a teacher and a larger groups of students in a classroom. SFEF provides an online training that lets volunteers participate in an informative session which teaches them about possible volunteer options. Once a person knows what he/she is interested in, the volunteer will go to an in-person training that prepares you for his/her new role. At the training, volunteers do get fingerprinted and may get a TB test, if needed. San Francisco Education Fund is at Carver and Drew Elementary Schools with their literacy program and are also at Thurgood Marshall High School. The programs are all school based and most happen during the day with a few taking place in afterschool programs. SFEF has 10 focus schools with more intensive programs in place. The SFEF coordinators visit the school sites and speak with the leadership and teachers to learn what they are interested in having progamwise. Additionally, teachers can submit a volunteer request form to request someone for their classroom. Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 4
3) New Grant Cycle for $10,000.00 - Wahid Ahmed, San Francisco Youth Empowerment Fund, Community Engagement Coordinator Wahid provided an overview of San Francisco Youth Empowerment Fund s (YEF) programs while highlighting their upcoming mini-grant opportunities. YEF is an initiative of DCYF and Urban Services YMCA and works to empower San Francisco young people through a number of programs and allowing access to direct funding, bringing their voices to city government, and fostering the chances for community collaboration. YEF s mini-grants offer funding to youth led projects in San Francisco. YEF s community funders are a group of SF high school students who read, score, and evaluate all of the received applications; they make the final decision on all of the recipients. Youth Advocacy Day takes place in March and is a day of city-wide youth led engagement where approximately 200 high school students come together at City Hall to speak with City officials about important issues in their communities. The entire event is facilitated by YEF Youth Advocacy Day Youth Leaders. YEF is always looking for volunteers to work this event. YEF offers another program called The Youth Giving Program which lasts for four months; it teaches teens about philanthropy and traditional forms of giving while providing them with the skills to critique this. YEF offers three mini-grant cycles: The School Year Cycle for $10,000.00 (October-May) $10,000.00, Spring Cycle for $5000.00 (January-June), and Summer Cycle for $2500.00 (June- August). The projects must last through the months assigned and have programming throughout. The mini-grants do have guidelines: address a youth need and interest, the project must highlight authentic youth voices and leadership, youth must take ownership and lead these projects, participants are 13-17 years of age (12 and 18 year olds can take part but cannot lead), the project is meant for San Franciscans in San Francisco, and the project must be sponsored by a 501 (3). The upcoming application deadlines are as follows: Summer Cycle September 2, 2016; Spring Cycle October 7, 2016; Summer Cycle - April 7, 2017. A convener offered feedback regarding the School Year Cycle application deadline; she suggested moving it to mid or late September so students can create a solidified group so complete the grant applications. COMMUNITY BUILDING 1) BayviewLIVE 2016 - Tyra Fennell, Imprint.City, Executive Director Imprint.City is a 2000 square foot brick and mortar event space on Egbert Avenue between 3 rd and Jennings that is available for rent by the community but Imprint.City also utilizes the space to program arts, humanities, and cultural events. Imprint.City is working hard to bring a myriad of cultural experiences to the Bayview. A few examples follow: At the end of September, they will be hosting an event for the SF Public Library s Main Branch program of One Book, One Read program. They hosted a foods bites conference with 200 attendees. They also support local community-based organizations. Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 5
Imprint.City also recently hosted a free father s day brunch in their space with the American Conservatory Theater; the Bayview Senior Services Black Cuisine catered for the approximately 90 attendees. They also worked with the Arab Film Festival to host an Iftar dinner; Iftar is the meal that breaks the fast during Ramadan. 100 attendees joined in for the celebration. Additionally, Tyra focuses on the idea behind the hashtag Black Excellence as she works to bring high profile African Americans to the Bayview. Van Jones of CNN fame was the first to partner with Imprint.City and come out to the community at an event with SFUSD Board of Education President, Matt Haney, where they gave a talk about diversity and tech and other issues that are relevant to the Bayview community. She is also working to bring W. Kamau Bell to their space because she believes that Black talent needs to be seen in Bayview; this has not happened historically. Imprint.City also hosts festivals. This summer, they held the Spark Festival which is similar to Burning Man. Many of Burning Man s artists are located in the Hunters Point Shipyard but they have not been very connected with the community. This event helps to change this. One of Imprint.City s key goals is to find these gems within our community and bring them out so everyone can enjoy and benefit from what these artists do. Burning Man is a science focused festival because many of the burner projects include pyrotechnics. Many engineers are involved in creating this type of art, so the Spark Festival is a science festival with a side of Burning Man. Approximately 600 people attended the event which was held on Egbert between 3 rd and Jennings. Not all of these events are free because 60% of Bayview residents are middleincome. There is revenue to be gained for the merchants participating but there is always a deep discount given to Bayview residents. They also helped Bayview resident, Eticia Brown, produce Tribe City Festival at Heron s Head Park EcoCenter in partnership with NOW Hunters Point. The festival s demographic can best be described as Afro-Punk and is a celebration of African American culture. While it is African American focused, it is not an African American exclusive in terms of its audience; it is a very grassroots audience. The festival will take place again July 15, 2017. The final festival of this year is BayviewLive will be held October 22, 2016 (the time is not concrete but may be 12:00pm-7:00pm) and it is a free festival (attendees must register ahead of time). This event is also known as STEAM Fest because it supports tech education in Bayview and it incorporates Arts into the traditional STEM model (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). They partner with tech education organization, Mission Bit; the teens that went through Mission Bit s program this summer had to do a civic engagement project where they had to identify a deficit in the neighborhood and come up with tech solutions. Their projects will be displayed at the festival. Imprint.City served 16-18 youth in coding classes over the summer and had 5 employees through Young Community Developers and MYEEP, as well. They also have a partnership with Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 6
two organizations Mission Bit and The Mural, Music, and Art Project whose focus is arts and education. Imprint.City s theory with tech in urban spaces and with urban youth is that it is impactful when kids see what they have produced being part of a major festival with artists they can identify with. The two headliners this year will be Jidenna and Vince Staples. In addition to the youths displays, Tyra is integrating a tech experience for concert goers to enjoy. As Bayview has less access to tech in some ways and tech education is sparse, she wants to bring technology to residents along with tech company reps who can interact with community members who want to see how technology benefits them. The goal is to get 4000-5000 people to attend and to have this event rival the Haight Street Festival s popularity. They will also be creating a few large scale murals along Egbert to make the industrial area more visually appealing. Youth artists will help professional artists paint these; the two lead artists are both residents of District 10. The long-term goal is to grow Bayview into being a destination for arts and culture within the City. The theme for the murals has not yet been determined, but Imprint.City will hold a couple of community meetings in their space to gather residents input. The best way of keeping abreast of all that Imprint.City does is to like their Facebook page. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT 1)Back to School Celebration & Backpack Giveaway Recap Lyslynn gave an overview of how the Back to School Celebration & Backpack Giveaway went. Overall, the event felt like a success. Feedback BMAGIC received included ideas on how to deal with allowing attendees into the area at the beginning of the event, including more accurate maps of the table categories, the popularity of the DJ, changing up the table formation to be a circle, incorporating the education category into the backpack line to give attendees something to learn while waiting, and approval of the flat site so that we can see everyone enjoying the event. 2)Movie Nights Update BMAGIC has been convening the Bayview parks and open space groups with the intention of making the parks livelier by providing structured programming. Our neighborhood underutilizes its open spaces for various reasons. Our goal is to help families see their parks as safe while empowering the Friends of parks groups that want to be responsible for looking after these parks. As the BVHP Park Collaborative, the parks and open spaces conveners applied for a grant through the Parks Alliance. They received the funding to run a Movie Night series that is occurring from July October in a different park each month. The next Movie Night is showcasing Good Burger and will take place at Youngblood Coleman Playground on September 23 rd, 6:00pm-9:00pm. The movie begins at 7:00pm. Popcorn and Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 7
healthy food and drink options will be served. The next Movie Night will happen on October 28 th at Little Hollywood Park; movie to be announced. GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS WHO: Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco WHAT: 2016 Park Beautification/ Clean Up WHERE: Bayview Parks CONTACT: Habitat for Humanity Greater SF, email Laura Ealy with any questions lealy@habitatgsf.org WHEN/NOTES: Little Hollywood (9/24); Selby Palou Park (10/8); Bayview Playground (10/15); FREE lunch will be provided for volunteers! All volunteers must be 16 years of age and older. For all volunteers ages 16-17 years of age, please contact Laura to receive a Minor Waiver Form. *Registration starts at 8:30am and cleanup is from 9:00am 12:00pm. WHO: Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco WHAT: Applications currently being accepted for new homes until August 26 th. WHERE: Novato, CA NOTES:/CONTACT: Homes will be completed in the middle of 2017. 0 down payment. Properties will also be opening up in Novato; these follow the Habitat model. The homes are 3 bedrooms with 2.5 bathrooms. The sales price is based on what an applicant s qualified income is. Applicants do not need to have a first time home buyer s certificate, but once applicants have been approved, they do need to perform volunteer hours. If you would like to find out more information on this, please visit www.habitatgsf.org. WHO: African American Holistic Wellness Program of BVHP YMCA WHAT: Family Day WHEN: Saturday, September 17, 2016, 11:00am-2:00pm WHERE: Youngblood Coleman Playground, 1398 Hudson Avenue, San Francisco, 94124 NOTES: Come join the fun! Zumba in the morning, BBQ, family oriented games, and a DJ. WHO: BVHP YMCA WHAT: Zumba Fitness WHEN: Every Thursday at 6:00pm-7:00pm & Every Saturday 10:30am-11:30am WHERE:1601 Lane Street, San Francisco, CA 94124 CONTACT:/NOTES: For more information, please visit www.ymcasf.org/bayview Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 8
WHO: Parents for Public Schools WHAT: Position available for Community Outreach Officer Chinese Community WHEN: Immediately NOTES:/CONTACT: The ideal candidate is tri-lingual, speaking English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. The job posting can be found at www.idealist.org. WHO: SFUSD WHAT: Enrollment Fair WHEN: October 29, 2016, 9:30AM-2:30PM WHERE:City College of San Francisco, 50 Phelan Avenue, 94112 NOTES:/CONTACT: For more information, please visit http://www.sfusd.edu/en/enroll-in-sfusdschools/enrollment-fair.html **Separate Update from Parents for Public Schools The Education Placement Center will be undergoing renovations for the foreseeable future and its operations will be moving in mid-september to 655 DeHaro Street. Applications will need to be dropped off at this new address. They will continue to have a satellite location at Leola Havard in Bayview, but this is only a drop-off site and does not currently house any type of services. Parents for Public Schools is advocating to bring more services to this location to minimize travel for Bayview residents. WHO: SF United to Reduce Diabetes WHAT: Volunteer opportunities WHEN: Currently NOTES:/CONTACT: Campaign volunteer opportunities to get the word out to San Franciscans that they can vote to implement a Sugary Beverage Tax. Please visit www.sfunitedtoreducediabetes.com to learn more. WHO: San Francisco Youth Commission WHAT: Swearing-in of youth commissioners WHEN: First week of September, date to be finalized. NOTES:/CONTACT: Information will be sent out soon. They are looking for a photographer for the event. Please contact Leah LaCroix if you have a recommendation. WHO: College Track WHAT:Extended Deadline September 1, 2016 WHERE:4301 3 rd Street, San Francisco, CA 94124 NOTES:/CONTACTS: Interested District 10 ninth and tenth graders, please stop by College Track to pick up an application and submit it before September 1 st. You can also download the application at www.collegetrack.org. Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 9
WHO: YMCA s Bayview Youth Radio WHAT: Youth-led radio, website, and youtube program NOTES:/CONTACTS: Youth have worked through the summer to grow their program and now have over 7000 listeners, some of which are international. They have conducted 6 episodes where they discuss topics that are current and relevant to them community, drug abuse, presidential campaigns, teen pregnancy, etc. Two have been chosen to be interns at ABC. They are now at the point where interested organizations can come in and host or co-host a show. Please listen at www.yradiosf.com. Please contact Jesse Osorio if you have questions. WHO: San Francisco Public Library WHAT: Free College Prep Workshops WHERE: Various branches throughout the City WHEN: September October 2016 NOTES:/CONTACTS: Please visit www.edupath.org/sf to register and learn more information. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND APPRECIATION ***Next Convener Meeting will be Tuesday, September 20th*** Updated on: 8/19/2016 Page 10