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SAVE THE DATE - September 15-16, 2008
Pathways to Student Success in the Community College

Join researcher and practitioner Bob Franco from Kapi'olani Community College for two days of service learning and civic engagement training, sponsored by De Anza's Institute of Community and Civic Engagement and the Office of Diversity. Dr. Franco is author of The Community's College: Indicators of Engagement at Two-Year Institutions.

Monday and Tuesday, September 15-16, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
De Anza College, CD110

Please R.S.V.P with your summer contact information at 408.864.8349 or communityengagement@deanza.edu.

Franco is the Senior Faculty Fellow for Community Colleges at Campus Compact (compact.org) having provided service-learning and civic engagement training in 35 states and three U.S. territories over the last 12 years. He was a lead researcher and author for the Campus Compact publication, The Community’s College: Indicators of Engagement at Two-Year Institutions. He has other publications posted at compact.org. He also has published in five major works from the Community College National Center for Community Colleges, contributed to “Civic Engagement in a Diverse Democracy,” from AAC&U, and to “Every Student a Citizen” from the Education Commission of the States. He is currently completing a Campus Compact publication on Service-Learning Course Design for Community Colleges.

The Kapi’olani Service-Learning program highlights and celebrates the many traditions of service that have shaped the American experience. The College has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), and American Council on Education for its commitment to intercultural and
international education and to social and civic responsibility locally, nationally and globally. The College also participates in the National Coalition for Electronic Portfolio Research.

On his campus, Franco currently provides collaborative leadership on three NSF consortium grants (SENCER, EPSCoR, LSAMP), two NSF direct grants (TCUP, STEP-UP), two international education grants from the U.S Department of Education, one grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service, and one project funded by HUD-Office of University Partnerships.

Past Events

Activist, Historian Adrian Vargas Named First Scholar in Residence; Will Deliver Program in June

Vargas Program Schedule

Tuesday, June 3, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m., California History Center
Lecture on the essence and human origins of oral history and a workshop activity in which participants explore the personal oral history of their families; demo of CD recording of oral history in "The Circuit"; demonstration of Mexican/Chicano corridos as oral history expressed in music and verse; and excerpts from Vargas' film "El Gigante Awakens" illustrating the capturing of oral history during a mass protest march in support of immigrant rights.

Monday, June 9, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m., California History Center
Lecture and video demonstration on the findings uncovered about San José's Chicano/Latino community history and panorama and its involvement in local civil rights struggles during the 1950s. Includes filmed interviews with original members of East San José's Community Services Organization, through which César Chavez organized for 10 years before organizing farmworkers.

Wednesday, June 11, 12:30p.m.-2 p.m., El Clemente, Campus Center
A workshop on Vargas' experiences in filming "El Gigante Awakens" and "¡Impacto!" Will include video excerpts and discussion on issues of the 1960s and 1970s featuring filmed interviews with leading community organizers of that time, including Blanca Alvarado, Jack Brito and Sophie Mendoza.

Thursday, June 12, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. California History Center
Screening of "El Gigante Awakens," an oral history documenting the immigrants' rights march in San Jose on May 1, 2006.

Read the press release about the program.

Immigration, Education and Action in April/May 2008

Youth Voices United for Change, Annual Youth Leadership Conference

The Institute of Community and Civic Engagement will host Youth Voices United for Change, the third annual youth leadership conference at De Anza College, on Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The conference aims to connect high school and college students with community-based youth and student organizations. The free event will feature a wide variety of hands-on workshops, including creating media, exploring identity, impacting the community, and delivering and listening to spoken word performances, among other topics focused on self-empowerment and cultural and social activism.

Organized to empower students and youth, the day's events expose students to issues around local government, power and privilege, homophobia and media outlets, just to name a few.

Focus The Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America

Events of the day will include workshops, performances and interactive panels, including a 12:30 p.m. policymakers' panel featuring De Anza President Brian Murphy with Cupertino Mayor Dolly Sandoval, among other invitees including student leaders. U.S. Rep. Mike Honda is also scheduled to have a presence on the panel.

Please bring your classes to this event. For a one-page sheet on integrating climate change into your curriculum, contact the Institute of Community and Civic Engagement at comeng@fhda.edu

See the schedule for De Anza's Focus the Nation event. Read the press release. Learn more about Focus the Nation.

Urban Arts and Hip Hop Festival

The Institute of Community and Civic Engagement will host De Anza College's first annual Urban Arts and Hip Hop Festival on Thursday, Nov. 15, from noon to 3:00 p.m. in the Main Quad.

The main purpose of the event is to bring a sense of unity to our campus and let students know how to get involved with upcoming events, including Youth Voices United for Change, De Anza's annual youth leadership conference held in February. 

The ICCE-sponsored screening of "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes" and panel discussion last year generated a lot interaction, which made it clear that students of today have ties to the hip hop community. We would like to utilize this connection with an event geared towards the urban arts. The festival will include performances by local hip hop artists and dance teams, an art exhibition, and tables with local vendors and community organizations.

Event co-sponsors include: De Anza Institute of Community and Civic Engagement, Euphrat Museum of Art, College Outreach, Public Allies, Asian Pacific Expressions, Office of Diversity, De Anza Associated Student Body, Unity Care Hip Hop 360, Vision New America, and Silicon Valley Debug.

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