[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 06/05

[Johnny Chio]

Hi Everyone:

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In this edition of Asian Media Access (AMA) e-newsletter:


Local Community Events:

1. Orientation for Applying and Purchasing a House from Twin Cities Habitat
for Humanity
2. A Presentation and Discussion on Assessing Youth Program Quality
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National & International Community Events:

3. June 6 Webcast Features Leading Gang Specialists

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1. Orientation for Applying and Purchasing a House from Twin Cities Habitat
for Humanity

The orientation is the first step in the Habitat application process.  At
the orientation applicants will learn about the next steps in the
application process as well as the criteria that Habitat uses to select
those families who purchase Habitat houses.  Please forward to families you
know that look for a home.

Date & Time: Monday, June 5, 2006, 6:30 pm ­ 8 pm
Location: Park Avenue United Methodist Church, 3400 Park Avenue Minneapolis,
MN 55407

This orientation will be offered in Oromo, Amharic, and English.

Directions: Take I-94 to the 25th/Riverside Avenue exit, in Minneapolis; Go
South on 25th Avenue which will turn into 26th Avenue South; Continue on
26th Avenue to Lake Street where 26th Avenue becomes Minnehaha Avenue; Cross
Lake Street and go one block on Minnehaha Avenue; Turn Left (east) onto 31st
Street; The church will be on your left in about two blocks; Please do not
park in the parking lot next to the church.

Date & time: Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 6:30 pm ­ 8 pm
Location: Incarnation Catholic Church, 3817 Pleasant Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
55409

This orientation will be offered in Oromo, Amharic, and English.

Directions: Take I-94 to the 25th/Riverside Avenue exit, in Minneapolis; Go
South on 25th Avenue which will turn into 26th Avenue South; Continue on
26th Avenue to Lake Street where 26th Avenue becomes Minnehaha Avenue; Cross
Lake Street and go one block on Minnehaha Avenue; Turn Left (east) onto 31st
Street; The church will be on your left in about two blocks; Please do not
park in the parking lot next to the church.

Date & Time: Wednesday, June 7, 2006, 6:30 pm ­ 8 pm
Location: Jordan New Life Community Church, 1922 25th Avenue North,
Minneapolis, MN 55411

Directions: Take I-94 to the Broadway Avenue exit in Minneapolis (Exit 229);
Follow the signs to Broadway and go west on Broadway Avenue; From Broadway,
turn Right (north) onto Emerson Avenue North; From Emerson, turn Left (west)
onto 26th Avenue North; The church is located at the corner of 26th Avenue
and Newton Avenue North.

If you have questions about the selection process, please call Elliot Ramos
at 612-331-4090 x 635.
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2. A Presentation and Discussion on Assessing Youth Program Quality

The MN Youth Work Institute and Youth Community Connections are sponsoring a
meeting with the High/Scope Educational Research Foundation to encourage
youth programs, agencies and communities to learn about the YPQA tool to
measure youth program quality.  Participants will have a chance to meet
Charles Smith, from High/Scope Education and Research Foundation and
dialogue about how the YPQA could be useful for communities in Minnesota.
You will also learn more about how the Center for Youth Development will use
the tool with communities around the state in the coming year.

Key Session Goals:
- Explore how programs could incorporate YPQA into their environments.
- Discuss how to improve program quality in the field of out-of-school time
programs.

When: June 13, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Where: Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center, 179 Robie Street E in St. Paul.
Go towww.neighb.org for directions.

Who: Youth programs, funders, state agencies, evaluators and others
interested in hearing about the YPQA assessment tool from High Scope

How: Please RSVP by June 9 to Ceil Meade at cam@umn.edu
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3. June 6 Webcast Features Leading Gang Specialists

On June 6, 2006, at 2 p.m. ET, the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Community Oriented Policing
Services (COPS) will air the second of two Webcasts and satellite broadcasts
on Preventing Gangs in Our Communities.  The first aired May 23, 2006.
The 90-minute broadcast will feature an opening message from Attorney
General Alberto R. Gonzales, a panel discussion by gang specialists, and a
discussion of what law enforcement and communities are doing to share gang
prevention responsibilities.

Panelists will include:
- Scott Decker, Chair and Professor, Department of Criminal Justice and
Criminology, Arizona State University
- Errika Fearbry Jones, Director, Gang Free Schools Project, Pittsburgh
Board of Education
- Victor Gonzales, Director of Program Services for the Gang Violence
Reduction Team in the Mayor's Anti-Gang Office in Houston, TX
- Joe Mollner, Senior Director of Delinquency Prevention, Boys & Girls Clubs
of America.

Resources: 
To obtain further information about this broadcast and to sign up to
participate, visit http://www.DOJConnect.com.  Registered users who missed
the first broadcast may view it online via the archives or download a
transcript.

For information about the following COPS' Webcast, "A Community Approach to
Combating Meth," which will air on August 22, 2006, stay tuned to
http://www.DOJConnect.com.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of
the Office of Justice Progams in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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