Encanto Recreation Center is offering spring fitness classes for adults and youth (ages 10 and up). The classes meet from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and include: stretching, cardio, strength and weight training. Participants are invited to have fun while losing weight, gaining strength, toning the body and becoming healthier. For information, call the Encanto Rec Center: (619) 527-3411.
San Diegans are encouraged to participate in upcoming hearings on the proposed FY2013 budgets of all City Departments. These public hearings are being held May 2 to 11 (from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 to 5 p.m.) in City Council Chambers, 202 C Street. For more information about the budget process and a complete schedule of public hearings, visit the City’s website: sandiego.gov
By Rebecca Gross
As children, our first experience with books is typically hearing stories read out loud. Later, as cognition improves, we begin reading out loud ourselves to parents, teachers, siblings—whoever is helping us learn to make sense of the jumble of letters on the page. But once we graduate grammar school, reading largely becomes a solitary, silent act.
But in San Diego, Write Out Loud is dedicated to reintroducing audiences to the pleasures of hearing stories read aloud. From Mark Twain to Nancy Drew, the organization’s readings are meant to entertain and engage—maybe even enlighten.
The Power to End Stroke” event is taking place on Thursday, May 31, 2012 from 11:30 am-2:00 pm at the Jacobs Center, located at 404 Euclid Avenue, San Diego, CA 92114.
RSVP if you play a role in chronic disease prevention or your agency provide services to the African American community. Please RSVP to Yvette Lopez by May 14, 2012 at lapower@heart.org.
Media Contact: Sandra Candler | scandler@jacobscenter.org
What: Writerz Blok is holding a Free E-Waste Recycling Event for the Community
When: Saturday, April 28, 2012
When: 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Where: The Joe & Vi Jacobs Center,
across the street from Writerz Blok
4981 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92102
Collection site will be located in parking lot
As part of the commitment to sustainability, the Writerz Blok along with Diamond Management, Inc. and the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, is sponsoring a free electronic waste recycling event on Saturday, April 28 to help community members and businesses recycle properly dispose of old or unwanted electronics in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner.
Statistics released by the Environment Protection Agency in 2007 state that and estimated 370 million units of e-waste are discarded annually in the United States and less than 20 percent of it is recycled. Although electronic waste only accounts for two percent of America’s trash in landfills, it equals 70 percent of overall toxic waste. Some electronic devices contain contaminants and hazardous materials including lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium, beryllium, and brominated flame retardants.
Organized by the Writerz Blok, the free recycling event will be held in the parking lot at 4981Market Street, San Diego, CA 92102, directly across the street from Writerz Blok main headquarters. The event will be held rain or shine.
Accepted electronics: Computer Monitors, Computers, Speakers, CRT Monitors, Televisions, Plasma Screens/TV’s, Cell phones, Telephones, Stereo Equipment, LCD Monitors, Cell Phones, Keyboards/Mice, Laptops, Copiers/Printers, Scanners, , Camcorders, Fax Machine, Miscellaneous Wiring, MP3 Players, Items with Electronic Boards, DVD Players, VCR’s, and much more.
The following items are not accepted: Household, commercial appliances or hazardous materials/ waste.
About California Writerz Blok
“Call a kid a tagger and he’s a criminal. Help him become
an artist and everything changes.”
Art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. What’s prized by one person, might be despised by another. What’s priceless to some, means little to others.
With street art this is even more the case. What some call vandalism, others see as bold, beautiful, and expressive. What some paint over, others want to frame. But on one thing, most agree. When graffiti is scrawled on a park bench, private business, or freeway overpass, it impacts community pride, spawns fear, and contributes to gang violence. Indeed, graffiti is an ongoing problem in many of San Diego’s older urban centers, creating a dismal backdrop for even the brightest efforts at revitalization. In one such community, however, something entirely different is taking place. Graffiti is being used as a tool for the very transformation the neighborhood seeks.
In southeastern San Diego, four miles east of downtown, a vibrant street art culture is leading the way as a group of artists builds their skills and shares their talent, bringing young people into the heart of a community-led effort to turn brownfields and blight into projects of promise — while at the same time raising awareness and respect for graffiti as the art form it truly is.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Starbucks
LET’S CREATE
Jobs for USA
Please go online and fill out an application for employment at www.starbucks.com
prior to attending this event.
Market Creek Plaza (behind the Coldstone in the World Court area of the Jacob’s Center)
404 Euclid Avenue, San Diego
10am-2pm
Starbucks and St. Vincent De Paul welcomes any gently used business attire and clothing items that you would like to donate to assist individuals in their efforts to return to the work force.
Dyeing Elegance
A free evening of art projects, performances, food, and meeting other teens
Wednesday, May 9 from 6-8pm
The James S. Copley Auditorium
Ride the Bus leaving the Jacobs Center at 5:30pm and returning immediately after the event.
Graff Jam and Exhibition Battle
9am – 6pm, April 28
Writerz Blok, 5010 Market St. San Diego, CA 92102
$3 or free entry with accepted electronic recycling item.
As you may already know, the Southeastern Economic Development Corporation (SEDC), the agency with which Project New Village has a signed lease agreement to develop the Mt. Hope Community Garden no longer exists. It has been replaced by what is being called City of San Diego Redevelopment Successor Agency Oversight Board.
On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, the Oversight Board will make a decision to approve an Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule which includes the lease agreement we currently have with the old SEDC Redevelopment Agency, as well as other low to moderate income housing development projects and the Valencia Park Business Improvement District. In total, there are nine sites which are in jeopardy of being sold! This would be a travesty of the highest order.
We need all “hands on deck” at the Wednesday afternoon meeting to voice our concerns: (1) the Oversight Board should vote to honor the already existing contracts, (2) enforceable agreements and the intent of the bond and grant funds – the provision of affordable housing (low to moderate income); economic development,and (3) the generation of property tax revenue and the removal of blight.
We want the Mt. Hope Community Garden to go forward!! As Mayor Sanders has stated, it was the work around the Mt. Hope Community Garden that jump started the Urban Agriculture Movement.
We are asking that those of you who can attend focus your comments on the following:
Some arguments that can also be made are the savings to the City because garden space is less costly than parkland area and composting, a key feature of urban agriculture,saves on land fill space.
For those who are able attend we will be meeting at our office at 1:00 pm on Wednesday to caravan to City Hall. For those persons who are unable to attend but would like your concerns heard please email your comments to ndm@projectnewvillage.org, by the end of the day on Tuesday. Please share with your students, family and other food justice advocates.
The Center for Employment Training has “Green Jobs Innovation Funds” available for training dislocated workers/low-income adults.
Attached is more information about no-cost training (for those who qualify) for Green Building Construction/Solar Panel Training Certifications.
Center for Employment Training
4153 Market St. Suite C
San Diego CA 92102
Participants must meet WIA federal poverty guidelines
Eligibility and Assessment criteria
For more info contact:
CET Center for Employment Training
4153 Market Street, Suite C
San Diego CA 92102
Phone:619-527-4895
Fax: 619-527-8271
www.cetweb.org
San Diego Museum of Man
Opens Saturday, April 28, 2012
FREE with Museum Admission
MALCOLM X LIBRARY
5148 Market St.
San Diego, CA 92114
(619) 527-3405
Lets Draw Together! • Wednesday, May 2, 6:30 pm
A fun program where we practice anything we can think of! All ages and skill levels welcome. You don’t have to be a “great artist”– You just have to love to draw!
Join Us! Family Bingo Night • Wednesday, May 9, 6:30 pm
After School Book Club & Craft for Grades 1 – 3 • Thursday, May 10, 4:00 pm
Come discuss Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again and make a fun craft based on the book.
Please read the book before the meeting. Check out a copy from the library.
Special Musical Storytime – Tunes & Tales • Wednesday, May 16, 6:30 pm
Children and their families are invited to attend this very special event filled with music and stories. “DON’T MISS IT!”
After School Book Club & Craft for Grades 4 – 6 • Thursday, May 17, 4:00 pm
Come discuss The Invention of Hugo Cabrer and make a fun craft based on the book.
Please read the book before the meeting. Check out a copy from the library.
Author Alan Brennert visits the Malcolm X Library • Friday, May 18, 4:00 pm
Alan Brennert is the author of the best-seling historical novels Moloka’i and Honolulu, as well as the contemporary novels Time and Chance and Kindred Spirits.
Light Refreshments Will Be Served!
Free Hula Performance • Saturday, May 19, 1:00 pm
Come enjoy a free hula performance by Ka Lei Aloha O Hula.
Social Justice BOOK CLUB • Tuesday, May 22, 6:30 pm
Come discuss Tim O’Brien’s - THE THINGS THEY CARRIED
Check out a copy from the library’s front counter. Refreshments Provided!
Bring selection ideas for future book club meetings.
eReaders Clinic • Tuesday, May 22, 6:30 pm
Do you have an eReader? Would you like to learn how to access the library’s eBook collection? You’re in luck! Come to this free eReader Clinic and you’ll be enjoying eBooks in no time!
Pajama Circle Time • Wednesday, May 23, 6:30 pm
Children and their families are invited to join us for stories and songs. Stick around for family “stay & play” time,too!
Face Painting with Ms. Remiliz • Wednesday, May 23, 3-5 pm
Provided on a first-come. first-served basis.
Young Adult “Wat’cha Been Reading?” BOOK CLUB • Thursday, May 24, 4:00 pm
Read anything good lately? Come share with others at this fun, laid-back event!
Learn about cool new books, enjoy refreshments, and make friends!
Extreme Rahim • Thursday, May 24, 10:30 am
Countdown to Summer Reading Event. Fan Favorite Extreme Rahim is kicking off our countdown to Summer Reading with his incredible blend of magic and comedy.
Teachers please let us know if your class is attending! Don’t Miss it!
Amazing Magic Performance – ALAKAZAM! • Tuesday, May 29, 6:30 pm
Join us for an enchanted evening as Jeff Marcus wows the crowd with his magical prowess. All Ages are invited to attend this exciting event!
African Music Performance – ZIMBEAT • Wednesday, May 30, 6:30 pm
Let’s Make Buttons! • Thursday, May 31, 4:00 pm
Mad Science • Thursday, May 31, 4:00 pm
Mad Science will be encouraging audience to DREAM BIG with science!
Come witness amazing experiments sure to blow your socks off!
Teachers: Please let us know if your class is attending!
This information will be made available in other formats upon request.
“Child Care Provider Appreciation Day” Hosted by the YMCA
TOGETHER WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Childcare Resource Service
Child Care Provider Appreciation Day
SATURDAY, MAY 19 8:30 AM -12:00 PM
Family Movie & Resource Fair at UltraStar Theater, Mission Valley
Make & Take Craft Activities & Raffle sponsored by Lakeshore
Discount Tickets: $6
SUNDAY, MAY 20 1:05 PM
Padres vs Angels Game at PETCO Park
$9 Upper Reserved | $14 Toyota Terrace Pavilion | $26 Field Box
Log on to: www.padres.com/promo
Enter the promo code: CHILDCARE
Giveaways, meal deals, raffle prizes, community resources…and more!
For more information call
Joangrace Espiritu
619-521-3055 Ext. 2106
Email: jespiritu@ymcacrs.org
The Fourth District Seniors Resource Center is collecting recyclable cans and bottles in an effort to raise at least $20,000 to bolster its required cash reserve funds. The center is requesting the community’s help by donating recyclable items at its one-day “Trash to Cash for a Cause” event on Saturday, April 21 from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the George Stevens Senior Center, 570 S. 65th Street.
For more information about the upcoming event and to find out how you can help in the fundraising effort, please contact Jacqueline Jackson at: (619) 527-2776 or request more details by sending her an email: trashtocashforacause@gmail.com.
Visit us on Facebook @ facebook.com/TrashtoCashforaCause
Mayor Jerry Sanders and city staff will preview the city’s proposed Fiscal Year 2013 Budget at two upcoming community briefings being held: Wednesday, April 18 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Hoover High School, 4474 El Cajon Blvd; and Tuesday, May 1 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Kearny High School, 7651 Wellington Way. The public also is invited to attend important depart-mental budget hearings being held May 2 – 11 at City Hall, 202 C Street. For more information about the budget process, please visit the City’s website: sandiego.gov
The Center for Community & Cultural Arts (CCCA) is seeking qualified applicants for a one-year, full-time consulting position. The CCCA Legler Benbough Directorial Fellow is responsible for developing joint programming, coordinating and managing programs and exhibits, providing operations management and budgeting for the programs and exhibition space, and coordinating and managing promotions and marketing for the CCCA. Candidates for the position must be committed to community engagement and a process that emphasizes trust-building and shared learning.
For complete job description, responsibilities, and requirements, download PDF.
Interested applicants are to email a cover letter and résumé to Melissa Hernandez at mhernandez@jacobscenter.org with the subject heading “CCCA Consultant Position”. Questions about the position may also be emailed to mhernandez@jacobscenter.org; no phone calls, please. Application materials must be received by Friday, April 27, 2012 for consideration.
Visit the The Center for Community & Cultural Arts website for more information.
Some 24,000 grandparents in San Diego County have primary responsibility for their grandchildren. Being a grandparent who’s also parenting later in life has its unique challenges and rewards. Fortunately, San Diego County has many resources for these special families.
Come learn more. Meet others who share your same needs. Find support.
This is a free conference (with free lunch) for grandparents raising grand children or professionals working with grandparents raising grand children.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Jacobs Center, 404 Euclid Ave., San Diego 92114
For registration, call (toll-free): 855-238-5978
Visit this site for more information about the event, plus updates:
www.211sandiego.org/grandparents
A hospitality and ship building industry Jobs Readiness Orientation Class will be held Monday, April 30 from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at the Tubman Chavez Center, 415 N. Euclid Ave.
Pre-registration for the class will be held the week of April 17 – 20. For more information about the event sponsored by San Diego Future for Tomorrow Collaborative, please call: (619) 264-1213 or (619) 238-0283.
The 12th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Community Tribute will be held on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Educational Cultural Complex, 4343 Ocean View Blvd.
The event will feature a “day of dialogue” focusing on the opportunities and benefits of urban agriculture in Southeastern San Diego. Organized under the auspices the People’s Produce Project (the signature initiative of Project New Village), the day of dialogue will convene experts featuring members of academia, the county’s Health and Human Services agency, the local economic development corporation, and a local food buyer, who will talk about the benefits of the production, selling and consuming of locally grown produce. There also will be cultural expressions, a healthy lunch and a community awards presentation.
Some of the partners and exhibitors in this endeavor include: UCSD, Global ARC, San Diego Legal Aid Society, Slow Foods San Diego, Victory Gardens San Diego, American Cancer Society, Bayview Charities, San Ysidro Health Center, the Southeastern Economic Development Corporation, Overcoming Gangs & Beyond, Jeanne’s Garden Program for Children and Alchemy Restaurant. The event is free and open to the public. For information or to RSVP for the event, please call (619) 262-2022.
Pazzaz Inc. presents the San Diego All American Soap Box Derby Rally in District 4’s Diamond Neighborhood on Saturday, April 21 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Youth ages 7 to 17 will race down Skyline Drive (between 61st and Omeara) in handcrafted vehicles during this exciting annual event. Come out and watch the fun, or become a part of the Derby Rally that is currently seeking racers, volunteers and sponsors. For more information, please call the event organizer at: (619) 264-6870.
