Archives: Civic Engagement
SF Observance of Yom Hashoah
PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE 2014 SAN FRANCISCO OBSERVANCE OF HOLOCAUST DAY OF REMEMBRANCE With Holocaust scholar and author Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1:30 – 6:00 PM The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, 3200 California St. This community-wide event is free and open to the public and you may attend any… Read More
Youth Member, Planning and Oversight Committee
The City of Oakland seeks energetic, community-orientated youth members for the Planning and Oversight Committee (POC) of the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY). This important Committee decides how to allocate 3% of the City’s unrestricted general fund revenues to support Oakland’s children and youth. The Committee is made up of 17 members appointed… Read More
Reel Talk
SF Library 4th Annual Spring Book Sale
Friends of the San Francisco Public Library’s 4th Annual Spring Book Sale is just around the corner – and volunteer registration is now open! It will be held at the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion in San Francisco. The sale will be open to the public April 16-20, 2014, but we need volunteers April 14-21. We… Read More
Day of Learning 2014
Jewish girls studying together in the Lodz ghetto Day of Learning Registration is Now Open! Sunday, March 23, 2014, 12:30 – 5:00 pm Galileo High School, San Francisco – NEW VENUE! REGISTER NOW At the Day of Learning, students (grades 8 – 12) and educators from all public and private schools throughout California are invited to gain… Read More
Students on Ice Scholarship
Talking about population growth is taboo. The world is expected to reach at least 9 billion people by the middle of the century and scientists say we’re pushing the ecosystem into a state where it can no longer support civilization, but politicians don’t talk about it. Neither do environmentalists. Human domination of Earth is so… Read More