Some of our fun
projects in the California sun include:
- Art, Education,
and Technology Statewide Mobile Facility: A distance learning
proposal currently in the grant writing stage. Help needed
NOW! Contact
--- Kenneth Wyrick
- Black History Month Art
Exhibit and Reception: Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center, 1118 E.
Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, CA Thursday,
2/4/99, from 5 - 9 pm. Free reception with: refreshments;
slide show; video interviews, ABC-CLIO demonstration of biographical
CD's on Social Leaders and Cultural Leaders; vocal selections by Diane
White and Juan Turner, both of Santa Barbara; book signings;
crafts; video presentation; fine art; original photos; vintage
photographs; posters; book jackets; ethnic mural montage; oil
paintings; guest speakers, local poet Sojourner Kincaid Rolle,
91-year-old journalist Thomas Fleming from San Francisco, and
curator Cecil Fergerson from Los Angeles; Jim
Kennedy, a local member of the Tuskegee Airmen; etc., This Exhibit
was co-curated by Cecil Fergerson and Kenneth Wyrick and was
on display 2/1/99 - 2/28/99. Volunteer grant writers needed
in preparation for Black History Month Art Exhibit 2000. Contact --- Kenneth Wyrick
- CEC - Commons
Educational Consortium - The newly formed Commons Educational
Consortium (CEC) is the individual & organizational educational
component of calteknet being
co-created now in Feb, Mar, & Apr 1999.
Contact ---George
Lange
- Computer Recycling:
We accept used computer equipment and, in turn, donate it to
individuals, schools, and other non-profit organizations.
Sponsored by the Lazarus Foundation; Credit can be given for up to 60
hours of community service which is required for high school graduation
for participating students. Contact --- Kenneth
Wyrick
- Computer
Training: Santa Barbara Boys & Girls Club, Santa Barbara, CA, Contact --- Frank
Miller
- CTC/Net Regional Support
Center: One main objective is to spearhead a regional CTC/Net
Support Center for the Southern California CTC/Nets. Contact --- Kenneth Wyrick
- Endowment for Youth
Journalism Mentoring Program: Participating youth meet
Thursday's, 7-9 pm, at Kinkos (Hope Avenue), Santa Barbara, CA. and are mentored
in producing a quarterly tabloid newspaper as well as taught how to
design, author, and publish their documents with Netscape/HTML on the
Internet's World Wide Web. Credit can be given for up to 60 hours
of community service which is required for high school graduation.
Co-sponsored by the Hutton Foundation, Santa Barbara News Press, Kinkos,
and EYC. Community mentors in the areas of multi media,
e-commerce, import-export, home-based business, distance learning,
communication, photography, videography, and/or any other
technology-related discipline are welcome to come and speak to this
group. Youth and speakers welcome. Contact --- Denise
Daniels
- Heart Link
Monitor: Bio-feedback method of determining when the
great oscillator, your heart, is most harmonious putting you at your
optimum which will provide you with more clarity, power, and good
overall mental health and well being. "To be" at your optimum,
take an active role in your mental health and well-being. Don't
take it for granted! Contact Kenneth Wyrick for
demonstration ---
- Net Day 1999:
Infrastructure wiring of schools in California. Four net days are
tentatively scheduled for 1999, namely Northern Ca, Central Coast,
Southern CA, and
statewide in concert with California CTC/Nets. Contact --- Kenneth Wyrick
- Ventura County Discovery
Center Research & Technology Exhibits Committee: VCDC will
be a regional, hands-on science center that engages children, teens, and
adults in educational and entertaining exhibits, activities and
programs. Construction to be completed in the year 2002 adjacent
to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. The exhibits committee is
selecting exhibits that will engage a broad spectrum of visitors,
relevance to this region, and their innate appeal and depth.
Center currently operating as a "Museum without Walls" offering the
Science Theater Series, Family Science Nights, as well as additional
programs. "What's Inside?" will be the Center's general theme,
i.e., What's Inside Ventura County revealing the geology, resources,
people and industries as well as Air, Wind, Flight and Space
highlighting the dynamics of air and wind, flight, and aerospace
technology. Contact
--- http://www.vcdc.org/
- WBE.Net:
Promoting the World Business Exchange "Import/Export" Program for at
risk students and home based businesses. This program is currently
in it's second year at Locke High School in the L.A. Unified School
District. Contact --- http://www.wbe.net/
YouthNet: Training
and recycling of computers for at-risk youth 13-25 years old. We
utilize a multi-purpose curriculum that helps youth to reconnect with
their own core values through experiential learning activities and
personal assessment which promote self-worth and self-esteem.
Credit can be given for up to 60 hours of community service which is
required for high school graduation. Web site contains chatroom
& links to other sites of interest to youth. Contact --- http://www.west.net/~youth |
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