POSITION SUMMARY The Bay Area Discovery Museum’s creative summer camp programs emphasize participatory, interactive learning for children 5-14 years of age (preschool-9th grade). Camp program topics range from survival scouts, mystery solvers, under the sea, outdoor explorers, carpentry, digital fabrication and many more! Campers have fun exploring creative themes and solving unique challenges that get… Read More
Archives: Culture
Reclaim MLK Day Events in Oakland, Jan. 21
#THEPEOPLESMARCH – the fifth Annual March to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy….A mass mobilization. We will hold Oscar Grant Plaza from sunrise to sunset. For the march, plan to: Gather at 11:00 am March at noon Here’s more detail (still subject to change) 7:20 am – 7:45 am – Sunrise Ceremony 8:00 am – 9:00 am… Read More
Kairos Theater’s Community Experimental Theater Workshops, Jan. 15 + 22
In the Kairos Theater, Dramatizing Better Neighborhood Project we will be using interactive theater (Theater of the Oppressed & Playback Theater) to highlight neighborhood issues, explore solutions, and generate ideas for city planning and policy. We’ll also be looking at what it’s like to work for positive change from inside as city workers and working… Read More
Hispanic Scholar Fund Young Leaders Summit (YLS)
Applications now open to high school juniors from all backgrounds! The Young Leaders Summit, presented by the Youth Leadership Consortium (YLC), is a free, four-day, overnight, college empowerment conference at the University of Chicago for a diverse cohort of 200 low-income high school juniors from all ethnic backgrounds, selected through a competitive application process. It is… Read More
HSF’s Youth Leadership Institute (YLI)
The Youth Leadership Institute is a free, four-day, overnight, college empowerment conference for Latino high school juniors held at two top universities across the US. This highly selective program is designed to give young Latino leaders the practical tools they need to successfully apply to top universities, have full access to scholarship and financial aid opportunities, and set… Read More
Volunteer Opportunity: Las Posadas-Regalos del Corazon, Dec. 14
Instituto Familiar de la Raza needs help with this event! No Spanish language required to help. If you are interested in learning more, please contact The Center. Read More
Excelsior Family Connections December Calendar
Highlights include: We’re collaborating with Wu Yee to provide two workshop, Technology and Children (Chinese) on Thursday, December 6, 2018, from 11:45am-1pm and Technology and Children (Spanish) on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, from 11:45am-1pm. Winter Festival is here! We are celebrating Harvest Festival on Friday, December 21, 2018, from 10am-12pm. We are encouraging families to bring their friends and families… Read More