Campus jobs:

The Summer Readmission and Retention Program Peer Counselor position:
Contact Jasmine Hill at jhill2011@gmail.com fmi.

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BEST & THE BRIGHTEST SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Millennium Momentum Foundation, Inc. will be awarding $45,000.00 in academic scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic school year to deserving students attending 4-year collegiate institutions in Southern California. In an effort to offset the financial burden associated with funding a quality college education, Millennium Momentum Foundation, Inc. awards academic scholarships to aspiring undergraduate and graduate college students pursuing careers in public policy and other public service related fields. In addition to the academic scholarship, recipients of this highly coveted award benefit from, and are required to participate in, a wrap-around service delivery program that integrates peer & professional mentoring, leadership development training, and an array of other supportive services in an effort to prepare them to transition successfully into the workforce.



Vivica Fox with Scholars
Regarded as one of the most competitive and prominent programs of its kind in the nation, the Best & Brightest Scholarship Program seeks to identify students that exemplify exceptional academic merit, very strong leadership potential, commitment to reinvest in their local communities, and financial need. Recognizing the distinguished service delivery approach in our program and the mutual benefit of a diverse student enrollment and retention pool, many universities partner with our organization to match our scholarships for the benefit of deserving students. This benefit not only maximizes financial aid contribution for the student, but is also a very clear return on investment for these educational institutions as our aspiring leaders return to invest their education acquired toward the advancement of their diverse communities through as leaders in the nonprofit sector, public sector, and other public service areas.
http://www.millennium-momentum.org/programs/

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Immediate JOB opportunities for STUDENTS with strong skills in
website development and design. Can be one or a few students.
Assist in building a website with the ability for users to post
their responses and content.
Also looking for administrative clerical support, with excellent writing and communication skills.

Job for Web work can be from a few to several months (until site is completed)
Administrative position will be from a few weeks to a month depending on hours of availability of student. Workers will Basically help transition a home office. Short term time period.
To begin immediately.

Weekly schedule is 10-40 hours per week. Depending on student's schedule.
Job location is at a Santa Monica residence.
Compensation to be determined based on job experience and skills.

Send resume and references immediately to Gordon@princetonc.com.

For more information contact
Gordon Lee 310-367-0606.

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UCLA LABOR CENTER SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 2010
FULL-TIME Paid Internships, June 21 – August 13, 2010
$500-600/week stipend for 8 weeks. Open to UCLA
Labor Studies minor students at the junior/senior/recent graduate level.
PART-TIME Unpaid Internships, June 21 – July 30, 2010
15 hours per week for 6 weeks. Open to ALL UCLA
Undergraduates. Option to work closely with a
faculty advisor & earn 5 units of academic credit.

To apply, fill out attached application & send
with resume by Monday 4/12/2010
to:Lsminor@irle.ucla.edu

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Asian Pacific Alumni of UCLA scholarships - DEADLINE EXTENDED to April 19th!!!


Scholarships will be awarded for 2010 in the following categories:

Community Service Scholarships (Undergraduate and Graduate students eligible)

APA-UCLA Excellence in Community Service Scholarship (Undergraduate only) 1 award at $3,000 and 1 at $2,000

APA-UCLA Excellence in Community Service Scholarship (Graduate only) 1 award at $3,000 and 1 at $2,000

UCLA Korean Alumni Association Award (Undergraduate and Graduate only) 1 award at $2,500
Business Scholarships (Undergraduate only)
APA-UCLA Sam Law Excellence in Student Leadership Scholarship 1 award at $2,000
Business Scholarships (Undergraduate and MBA students only)

Sho Iino Accounting Scholarship 1 award at $2,500

For questions, please contact:
Dana Heatherton, Scholarship Committee Chair at apa.scholarships@gmail.com or Viet Bui at viet.tuan.bui@gmail.com

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED -- Mon, April 19, 2010

Applications are available:

Online (preferred)*** In person:
http://bit.ly/apaappext

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SEA CLEAR is hiring for the 2010-2011 Academic Year!!! PLEASE APPLY if you
are interested! Please let your students or friends know. Applications are
due on Friday April 9th 5:00PM.

Founded in 1998, SEA CLEAR, along with other student retention projects in
the Student Retention Center, is committed to address the issue of student
retention at UCLA through our holistic development philosophy. We provide
services such as peer counseling, mentorship, internship, study hall,
writing success, and others to all students from diverse backgrounds, and we
are excited that you want to be part of our team. For more information about
SEA CLEAR, please visit our office located in the UCLA Student Activities
Center, suite 105. Please contact Cecilia Ngo ngocecilia@gmail.com oR
Layhearn tep layhearn.tep@gmail.com for more information.

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*Please forward widely! A Great Opportunity!

OCA-San Francisco, a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs), is now accepting applications for its 2010 Summer Leadership Academy Internship.

OCA-San Francisco is now accepting applications for you to be part of the first inaugural class of OCA-SF Leadership Academy. Summer interns will be placed in a San Francisco or California State elected official offices that matches their interest. In addition to their placement, summer interns will gain political awareness, civic engagement, professional and leadership development, office etiquette, public speaking, and presentation skills. Each intern will receive mentorship and career advising.

For the summer session, interns are expected to commit to working 40 hours per week for eight weeks between the dates of June 7 – Aug 27, 2010. Applications will be reviewed by the OCA Internship Committee and a telephone interview may be scheduled.

For more information about the OCA-SF Leadership Academy and apply online: http://tinyurl.com/OLA2010
Applications for internships need to be submitted online by April 15, 2010.

Scholarship will be awarded at the completion of the program.

Please contact Jack Song at jack.song.jso@gmail.com if you have any questions!

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OFFICE OF SENATOR CAROL LIU
21ST SENATE DISTRICT
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE
California State Senator Carol Liu is seeking a bright and energetic person with excellent writing skills and strong community outreach experience to join her district staff. Job duties and required abilities are listed below. Bilingual English/Spanish is a plus. Salary determined based on experience and prior salary history.
Position is available immediately. To apply, please send a resume, cover letter, and a short writing sample to Tahra Goraya, District Director at Tahra.Goraya@sen.ca.gov no later than Monday May 3rd.
DUTIES
Under the supervision of the District Director, work directly with the Senator, District and Capitol Office staff, community organizations, local government officials, and constituents
Keep abreast of, and provide timely information on, relevant issues, events, and news within the 21st Senate District Represent the Senator throughout the District Accompany the Senator to community events or represent her at events she is unable to attend Explain the Senator’s legislation and programs, activities of the State Legislature, and the legislative and budget processes to interested parties and organizations Organize and plan community events and forums to be hosted or sponsored by the Senator Prepare background materials for the Senator and District Director Respond to constituent communications Perform constituent casework as assigned Perform other work as assigned
REQUIRED ABILITIES/ATTRIBUTES
Excellent writing skills
Ability to work as a member of a team, while being self-motivated and able to take initiative
Capable of critical thinking and creative problem-solving
Well-developed analytical skills
Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure and meet deadlines
Ability to explain complex legislative issues in understandable terms
Public speaking experience
Experience in accessing, inputting, and retrieving information from a computer and conducting Internet
research
Ability to work effectively with the Senator, staff, interest groups, government officials, and the public
Willingness to take direction and ask questions
Professional appearance and decorum
Flexibility to work extended hours as needed when district functions dictate
Good sense of humor
California State Senate is an equal opportunity employer.
Senator Carol Liu represents the 21 District, which includes the cities of Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge, San Gabriel, Temple City, and Los Angeles communities including Tarzana, Encino, Reseda, Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, North Hollywood, Silverlake, Los Feliz, Eagle Rock, Echo Park, Atwater Village, and Chinatown.

Subject: Please Distribute Information: financial assistance for eligible renters

The County of Los Angeles is offering financial assistance for eligible renters through the Recovery Act's Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP). The HPRP can provide financial assistance to prevent evictions and rapidly re-house individuals and families who are experiencing financial hardship. The program serves: 1) the unincorporated areas of the County; 2) 47 cities with a population of less than 50,000; and 3) and the Cities of Huntington Park and Alhambra. If you know of family, friends, clients, or community members who areexperiencing financial hardship and need help with rent, HPRP can
assist.
* To find out if someone is eligible for the County's program, a pre-screening tool can be found at http://housing.lacounty.gov/HPRP or one may call 2-1-1. The pre-screening tool may be used to determine potential eligibility for the County's program based on income and geography requirements and directs potentially eligible residents to County locations to receive
assistance.
* To find out about other cities offering this program, a HPRP Program Referral List is available at : http://www.lahsa.org/hprp.asp.

What does HPRP provide?
* The HPRP can provide eligible residents with monetary assistance for such expenses as: security deposit; utility turn-on fee; and back-due rent and/or utilities.
* Monetary assistance is paid directly to one's landlord and/or utility company.

Please let us know if you have questions, would like more information, or have ideas about outreaching in your communities (i.e., do you have a list of Neighborhood Councils that we could contact, etc).

Thank you,

Vani K. Dandillaya
Special Assistant to the Deputy CEO
County of Los Angeles, Chief Executive Office Children and Families'
Well-Being 500 W. Temple Street, 726 Los Angeles, CA 90012 213-974-4190

Sign this petition in support of UCSD's Black Student Union:
http://www.petitiononline.com/cvlihs11/petition.html

To: University of California

We the undersigned, UC community members (alumni, faculty, students and staff) of Asian descent, stand in solidarity with all who are protesting the racist incidents at UCSD and, more importantly, the systemic forces that support such incidents. It is unacceptable for UC campuses to view the recruitment and support of black and especially African-American students as anything other than a top priority. UCSD should never have allowed its black student population to languish at 1.6% of the total student population and ought to have paid much better attention to students' needs. The UC systemwide must take immediate and material action to improve the campus environments. We write as community members of Asian descent because we think it is particularly important for black students to know that they are supported by the group that is demographically the largest of the U.S. ethnic minority groups represented on UC campuses. We have common values and needs, and possess a history of African-American/Asian-American collaboration to draw upon, although this history is little publicized in the mainstream media. For example, African-Americans criticized anti-Chinese immigrant persecution in the late nineteenth century, and the Asian-American "yellow power" movement of the 1960's worked in solidarity with African-American movements toward common goals. We call upon these traditions, together with a sense of urgency that is only commensurate to a society that has effectively abandoned the pursuit of social justice, and pledge to stand with black students in their time of need.

Sincerely,

You

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-Sally

Hi Everybody!

If you're interested in tutoring, mentoring, or volunteering in Los Angeles's very own Chinatown community, please continue reading this email!

Founded in 1969, Asian American Tutorial Project (AATP) is the oldest student-run organization of UCLA's Asian American Studies Center. Annually, AATP has a pool of approximately 200 tutors from UCLA, USC, and Occidental College who dedicate their Saturday mornings to tutoring and mentoring at Castelar Elementary School in Los Angeles Chinatown.

For the past 40 years, AATP has taught skills and offered guidance to the youth with hopes of helping them overcome socioeconomic, cultural and language barriers. The diversity that AATP's collegiate tutors bring to the program greatly enhances opportunities for multicultural awareness and tolerance among these children.

AATP meets SIX Saturdays per quarter from 10AM to 12PM at Castelar Elementary School in Chinatown. The first site for Winter Quarter will be January 23rd. If you are interested in what we do, or just want to learn more, please join us at one of our orientation sessions this week.

Thursday, Jan 14. 6:00PM to 6:50PM Kerckhoff 152
Friday, Jan 15. 6:00PM to 6:50PM Kerckhoff 131

Also, feel free to visit our website at: www.studentgroups.ucla.edu/aatp.

We encourage anyone who is interested in tutoring and mentoring to become part of this great experience. Just let us know if you have any questions or concerns! :)

Best,

Anna Lu
Asian American Tutorial Project (AATP)
Recruitment | Fundraising Director, 2009-2010
lu_anna_87@yahoo.com

Want to hang out with APC staff?

APC staffers are holding office hours at our new office at Kerckhoff 412.

Doors will be open at the listed hours, and just come on in! Talk to staff about your organization, get to know your APC, and look through APCs archives! Wow!

Yuka Ogino (Academic Affairs) - Tuesdays 5-7
Sally Zhu (Director) - Tuesday/Thursdays 2-3pm
Angela Wong (Fiscal Coordinator) - Mondays 3-4 and Fridays 12-1
Tiffany Lin (Community Development Coordinator) - Thursdays 12-2
Tracy Huynh (Asst. Director of Internal Affairs) - Mondays 12-2
Travis Lau (Leadership Development Coordinator) - Monday 2-4

We'll be waiting!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Peace and love,
your friendly 2009-2010 APC.