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ProgramsFrom July 2010 to June 2011, Silicon Valley FACES:
- and impacted the lives of thousands of your neighbors!
2012
2012 Grand Prize, Art Indy Dang, Peidmont Hills High School 2012 Grand Prize, Multimedia Victoria Nunez, W.C. Overfelt High School 2012 Grand Prize, Writing Christine Nguyen, Independence High School To see the first place art work, click on the name of the artist
Congratulations to all the prize winners. For a complete list of winners, click here. The SV FACES Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Contest is designed to keep the memory of Dr. King's lessons of social equality and non-violence alive for new generations of youth. Utilizing an annual theme from Dr. King's own words, the contest focuses the students' creativity on social justice issues which align with the mission of Silicon Valley FACES of building an inclusive and caring community free of bias and bigotry. For 2012, the students interpreted his words, "I have a dream that one day… the heat of injustice and oppression will be turned into an oasis of freedom and justice."
Extremes
of Hate: The Extremes of Hate program equips youth and young adults with the knowledge and tools to prevent future Holocausts and genocide through building empathy; providing vibrant, vital lessons on the Holocaust, genocide and hate; and empowering students to apply the lessons of history to counteract hate in their lives. Extremes of Hate program uses interactive classroom sessions with experiential activities; lessons about the Holocaust, genocide and hate which stimulate critical thinking; and engages students through readings, media and primary source materials. To schedule a program please contact our Education Director, Amanda Freeman, at afreeman@svfaces.org or call 408-286-9663, ext. 332. Click here for a flyer with more information.
SV FACES provides emergency aid, counseling, and compensation to victims of crime and to court witnesses, thus contributing to improvement of police-community relations and more positive relations between residents and our justice system. The Victim Witness Assistance Program serves a clientele that is disproportionately low income, minority, and non-English-speaking. It assists people at a time when they are most vulnerable and lacking the resources to cope with major crises in the aftermath of a crime. The Victim Witness Assistance Program of Silicon Valley FACES is an innovative public-private collaboration supported by state-county-city funds, recognized in its field for delivering remarkably high levels of service to clients, at a cost-ratio far superior to its government-administered counterparts.
Common Ground Enrichment Institute is a weeklong summer program for entering high school freshmen, which directly impacts the most significant factor in determining success or failure in high school, especially for "at-risk" groups: the connection to the challenging social environment that a modern diverse community represents. By connecting freshmen with a group of junior and senior mentors, who are trained in leadership, Common Ground Enrichment Institute develops an early effective shared space - the "common ground" - for the incoming class to feel safe, wanted, excited and motivated to join in the full range of their educational opportunities. Common Ground Enrichment Institute Program teaches the "4th, 5th, and 6th Rs: Respect, Resilience, and Responsibility," without which no one goes very far in American society. It operates on a social justice and unity model of building a vibrant and inclusive campus culture.
Camp Everytown is an intensive four-day residential retreat for high school youth that reduces stereotypes, bias, and prejudice, and increases understanding and respect for differences in race, ethnicity, religion, culture, and other factors that divide us. Camp Everytown is based on respect, acceptance, and responsibility—core values that promote non-violence in our local communities. Participating school and law enforcement personnel attest to the power of this program to help reduce tensions on high school campuses and help prevent violence in our schools. While the program has a profound effect on the lives of the individual students, its real goal is to train, equip, and support them as leaders for a multi-cultural community.
Building Connections Program SV FACES' Building Connections program modules are targeted to elementary school students. SV FACES' age-appropriate curriculum helps children to develop a positive sense of self-worth and to value differences among people so as to diminish damaging, prejudiced behavior. Building Connections, the primary program module, is delivered to an entire school at one time. This ensures that SV FACES achieves a significant and almost immediate impact on the climate of the school.
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