January 18-20, 2007 University of California, Berkeley

February 8-10, 2007 University of California, Los Angeles

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Organizations that attended 2007 Academies

21 youth from six teams and 5 youth mentors from the 2006 YWLA attended the Berkeley Academy, January 18-20, 2007

• Deer Valley High School (Antioch) • Girl Scouts of Konocti (Cotati)
• Madera Coalition for Community Justice (Madera)
• Inspired Young Villagers (Los Angeles)
• Rowell Family Empowerment Center (Hayfork)
• Sacramento City USC (Sacramento)

19 youth from five teams and 6 youth mentors from the 2006 YWLA attended the L.A. Academy, February 8-10, 2007

 

• La Puente Valley ROP (City of Industry)
• Concerned Citizens of South Central LA (Los Angeles)
• Manual Arts High School (Los Angeles)
• Ramona Unified School District (Ramona)
• LACOE Jonas Salk Community Day School (Hawthorne)

 

 

 

 

 

Projects

• This year's Academy graduates tackled a broad range of projects:
• Short and long presentations to their peers, teachers, administrators
• Holding an informational workshop as part of a regular Girl Scout training
• Teen Employment Scene: a day-long event offering workshops led by high school students for 250 high school students
• Business cards, flyers, brochures distributed at high schools and community-based organizations
• Billboard promoting young worker safety
• Public Service Announcement on the radio
• Young Worker newsletter
• YWLA alumni MySpace website: http://groups.myspace.com/YWLAalumni

PowerPoint Presentations

Report on YWLA 2007 to the CA Partnership

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