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FACT: According to
RealtyTrac's January 2011 Foreclosure Market Report, California is the
3 highest foreclosure state in the U.S. with a rate of one in every 200
households properties with filings in January up to 67,072. Click
here for more.
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POMONA YFMP
MEETINGS
YFMP
Community Board
2nd Thursday of the month
3:30pm to 5pm
Ganesha Park Community Center
For more information, contact:
Andrea Rico, andrea_rico@ci.pomona.ca.us
Bernardo Rosa,
nardorosa@aol.com
Active Community
Empowerment (ACE)
For date, time, and
location, please contact: Nancy Matarrita,
nancy@pomonafirstbaptist.com
Promoting Academic Achievement (PAA)
1st Tuesday of the month
4:30pm to 6pm
Pomona Unified School District
Strategic Planning Room
Contact:
Sarah Ross, sarahross@aim.com
Pomona Youth Advisory Committee (PYAC)
Mondays, 4pm to 6pm
City Hall, Administration Board Room
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COMMUNITY
RESOURCE CENTERS (CRC)
Pomona
residents may visit the following centers to obtain information and to
access services:
Jaycee Park Community Center
1pm –
5pm
Kennedy Park Community Center
1pm –
5pm
Palomares Park Community Center
10am - 5pm
Ralph Welch Park Community Center
1pm –
5pm
Renacimiento Community Center
10am - 5pm
Washington Park Community Center
10am - 5pm
Westmont Park Community Center
10am - 5pm
For more information, please call (909) 620-2324
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MHSA COMMUNITY
NAGIVATORS
Tri-City
Mental Health Center
- Community
Navigators funded by Mental Health Services Act
- Serving the Tri-City areas of Pomona, Claremont and La Verne
- Resource Specialists that provide information and referrals for
mental health and other needed services
- Provide education and awareness to
community organizations
Available Monday through Friday, 9am - 5pm. Also available
after-hours by phone, if needed.
Please contact:
(888) 436-3246
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VOLUME 3 |
ISSUE 2 | APRIL 2011
The
Youth and Family Master Plan is an outline for a community based
approach to linking best practice programs and policies, providing
resources, and identifying gaps to support youth and family
services in the City of
Pomona.
Members
represent various youth and family serving entities, including
education, government, faith-based, and non-profit agencies along with
Pomona residents. The group meets to discuss and share resources
in the City
of Pomona. Local youth are encouraged to
participate. Membership is open to any individual who attends
community board or task force meetings.
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Denim Day in LA
David
McElwain, Administrative Analyst
East San Gabriel Valley Region III Manager
Denim Day is
dedicated to raising awareness of the issue of sexual violence in our
communities throughout Los Angeles, the US, and the World. This year
Denim Day is Wednesday, April 27. Denim Day is coordinated by
Peace Over Violence (www.peaceoverviolence.org)
and has been observed
since 1999. My own agency is focused on modeling the importance of
“Dress for Success” to low-income job-seekers, and so we really don’t
ever have a “casual day” except for our annual participation in Denim
Day. We also try to set aside time on that day to introduce and
discuss the excellent educational materials, fact sheets, etc, from the
program website (above). While I think it is great that we start
developing a long-term strategy for violence prevention in Pomona, I
believe also that we should take advantage of existing programs and
resources such as this. Basically, Peace Over Violence has a
great program and all we need to do is to get businesses and
organizations in Pomona to join in for one day of action and
dialogue. Also, I think it is important for us to quickly broaden
our view of Violence Prevention, to include both gang violence as well
as Domestic Violence and sexual assaults. For more information: http://www.denimdayinla.org/
(Editor’s note: This was sent via email to Youth and Family Master Plan
Community Board Co-Chair and City of Pomona Youth and Family Manager
after the recent Community Board session on defining violence
prevention. Local resources working on preventing violence
against women issues include Project Sister, House of Ruth and Cal Poly
Pomona Violence Prevention and Woman’s Resource Center.)
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What is Team Building? (Wikipedia)
Team Building refers to a wide range of activities, presented to
businesses, schools, sports teams, religious or nonprofit organizations
designed for improving team performance. Team building is pursued via a
variety of practices, and can range from simple bonding exercises to
complex simulations and multi-day team building retreats designed to
develop a team (including group assessment and group-dynamic games),
usually falling somewhere in between. It generally sits within the
theory and practice of organizational development, but can also be
applied to sports teams, school groups, and other contexts. Team
building is not to be confused with "team recreation" that consists of
activities for teams that are strictly recreational. Teambuilding is an
important factor in any environment, its focus is to specialize in
bringing out the best in a team to ensure self-development, positive
communication, leadership skills and the ability to work closely
together as a team to problem solve.
For more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_building
Experiences
of Violence Prevention Team Building from the California Wellness
Foundation Violence Prevention Initiative
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City
of Pomona Cultural Arts Plan Correction
Dear Andrea,
By way of introduction, I am the Director of Grants and Professional
Development at the LA County Arts Commission. I have been working
with the City of Pomona’s Cultural Arts Commission and the consultant
to the project, Terry Wolverton, to support the development of the
cultural plan for Pomona.
We are grateful for the Pomona Youth and Family Master Plan involvement
in this planning process, and for sharing information about it in your
January newsletter. I need to request that, as soon as possible,
your agency make a correction to the “City of Pomona Cultural Plan”
section’s language and link in your newsletter available at http://www.pomonayfmp.org/newsletter.
To help expedite this request, I’ve included the correct language for
the plan as well as the link to the Web site that aims to make
residents and business owners aware of the plan, so that they can
provide their input prior to it going to city council on Feb. 1.
CORRECTED TEXT: In 2010, the City of Pomona was selected to join four
other municipalities throughout Los Angeles County to receive support
from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the National Endowment
for the Arts to develop a Cultural Plan for the City.
CORRECTED LINK: http://www.pomonaculturalplan.xbuild.com
I would appreciate it if you could please let me know when these
corrections have been made, and if this text is available elsewhere
through the Pomona Youth and Family Master Plan, that you could make
the corrections throughout.
Please do not hesitate to be in contact if you have any questions.
Many thanks Andrea,
Emiko Ono
Director of Grants and Professional Development
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Direct: 213-202-5939
What's Happening in the Community?
Journal
of Health and Human Services Administration Article
Dr. David B. Tataw and Bernardo Rosa-Lugo Jr. http://www.spaef.com/jhhsa.php
Million Mother's
March:
Join the 5th annual march to take back our children!
Ethel Gardner, Executive Director Kennedy Austin Foundation, (714)
471-2300.
See flyer
14th Annual
Veterans' Event:
REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS & THEIR FAMILIES, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Saturday, May 28, 2011
10am to 3pm
Arcadia County Park
405 S. Santa Anita Avenue
Arcadia, CA. 91006
February 2011 Youth
and Family Master Plan Community Board Meeting: Community Board
members worked in small groups on discussing definitions of violence
prevention. Policies and Procedures Sub Committee continues their work
on refining the YFMP Policies and Procedures and the City of Pomona
passes the Community Board Clarification Resolution.
Project Sister: Project
Sister Family Service's Annual Fundraiser will be held during Sexual
Assault Awareness Month. Our fundraiser is going to be held on:
Saturday,
April 30, 6 - 9pm
Cal Poly Pomona's Kellogg West Conference
Center and Lodge
3801 W. Temple Ave
Pomona, CA 91768
We would
love to see our community members and organizations support us during
this event and also join us for dinner, auction, music, friends and
fun! Tickets are $95 per ticket and there are also other sponsorship
opportunities available as well. See
flyer.
Cesar Chavez
Pilgrimage: The 9th annual Cesar Chavez Pilgrimage walk and
festival will take place on Saturday, April 16. Local leaders and
community groups in the Inland Empire region will celebrate the legacy
of non-violence and using one's life to empower others. This
year's overall theme is focused on building "Multi-Racial Unity for
Social Change and Educational Reform." The pilgrimage will begin at the
Pomona Day Laborer Center at 9:30am, and make its way through
downtown Pomona to Garey High School where there will be a program of
live music, speakers and food.
The Pomona Inland
Valley Martin Luther King, Jr. Project: Every 2nd Tuesday of the
month
Claremont Place
120 W. San Jose Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711
info@pivmlk.org
Gayle Claiborne, (951) 218-7820
PUSD Annual Peer
Conference
Thursday, April 28, 2011
From 9:30am - 7:30pm
Pomona College-Draper Center
170 East 6th Street
Claremont, CA 91711
For more info contact:
Ms. Karen Rogel -Peer Resources, (909) 397-4451 ext. 0
www.projectcaring.org
Nancy McCracken
Learning Expo
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Fairplex, 1pm to 4pm
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