Project Descriptions for Engagement Project 

You are welcome to choose an engagement work project of your own.  It must involve you with some sort of work that is oriented toward social change.
For a more complete list go to:  http://www.deanza.edu/communityengagement/

Below are some projects that I know will work: 
Project: TransForm- Bus Rapid Transit 
Contact: Chris Lepe clepe@transformca.org;  www.transformca.org

Help on a campaign to engage De Anza College students in advocating for world-class public transportation to De Anza College. Student can help to inform other students about an exciting new transit improvement called Bus Rapid Transit (www.valleyrapid.org), invite merchants on Stevens Creek Blvd to take a survey about their transportation preferences and concerns, and help to form a community-student coalition to push for drastically improved transit service between San Jose and our college. 

Project: Campaign with the Foothill-De Anza Faculty Association Political Action Committee (FA-PAC)
Contact: Nicky Gonzales Yuen nickygy@mac.com

FA PAC is recruiting student volunteers for a variety of pulic advocacy projects. 

Project: TOUCCH (Tutor Outreach Uniting Communities for Change)
Contact: Scott Hallgren (408) 799-1267scott.hallgren@tutor-outreach.org www.tutor-outreach.org

A grassroots organization that was created by De Anza students. The mission of TOUCCh is to provide supplementary educational services to adults and children in the migrant farmworker community in Watsonville, and to help educate our community about the struggles migrant farmworkers face. Scott will work our rides, so no worries if you don’t drive. 	

Project: Silicon Valle DeBug
Contact:Raj Jayadev (408) 453-2517 svdebug@newamericamedia.org 

Silicon Valley De-Bug is a collective of writers, artists, organizers, and workers based in San Jose, California.  They are a project of Pacific News Service, a national news service located in San Francisco. Volunteers can work with the organization in a variety of capacities, including media production and work with the Albert Covarubias Justice Project, which helps families having trouble with the law. 

Project: Veggielution 
Contact: Mark Anthony Medeiros: mark.a.medeiros@gmail.com 
Veggielution empowers youth and adults from diverse backgrounds to create a sustainable food system in San Jose. Our urban farm engages the community by providing access to healthy and local food, creating youth leadership opportunities, and developing creative solutions to social and environmental justice issues. One of its founders is Mark Medeiros, an ex De Anza student. 

Project: Full Circle Farm
Contact: Dan Hafeman 408-735-8154 danh@fullcirclesunnyvale.org
Full Circle Farm is an 11-acre educational farm in Sunnyvale, just 3 miles from De Anza College.  Volunteers participate in a variety of projects including: weeding, transplanting and seeding, harvesting and Farm Stand sales. 

Project: Sacred Heart Community Services 
Contact: Terri West 408-278-2189 http://www.shcstheheart.org volunteer@SacredHeartCommunityService

Our mission is to change lives and impact poverty by providing essential services, offering tools for self-sufficiency, and ministering with dignity, compassion and respect. We engage the community and inspire volunteers to love, serve and share. Religious affiliation not important.