From: "Dena Gross Leavengood" <dleaveng@...>
Date: March 5, 2011 2:35:53 PM EST
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: ACTION: FL Budget Cut Rally 3/8

From: Wendy Grassi wendy.grassi@..., Bernadette Ohran bohran1@... , Casey Dayhoff casey@..., Tim Heberlein tim@...

Subject: AWAKE THE STATE March & Rally to Show Concern About State Budget Cuts -- BE PART OF IT! 3/8

 

AWAKE THE STATE

http://www.awakethestate.com

 

Please join us & thank you for forwarding this message as widely as possible.  

 

AWAKE THE STATE

March 8th

 

No Floridian Can Afford More Budget Cuts.
There Is A Better Way.

Awake The State Rallies are being held across Florida this Tuesday--

Be part of it!

 

ACTION:  JOIN US!

 

Tampa*

SIGN WAIVING & MARCH at 4pm

Corner of Kennedy Blvd and Willow St
(Next to WalMart, a walking distance of 1 mile)

 

RALLY AT 5pm
Lykes Gaslight Park
Downtown Tampa

(corner of Kennedy Blvd., and Tampa St.)

 

Sponsors

Florida Consumer Action Network, West Central Florida Central Labor Council, Hillsborough CTA, IBEW 915 and 824

 

Partners

SEIU, Parent Teachers Association, HSEF, NNOC/National Nurses United, the Refuge, Poor People's Human Rights Campaign, Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, NOW, Equality Florida, Homeless Coalition

 

CONTACT: Tim Heberlein, FCAN tim@...

 

*Awake the State Rallies are being held around the state.  Go to http://www.awakethestate.com to find a rally near you.

 

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Wendy Sears Grassi

Director of Public Affairs

Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida

736 Central Avenue

Sarasota, FL 34236

941/365-3913 x1108

wendy.grassi@...

 

Bernadette Ohran

Casey Dayhoff

Community Organizer, St Petersburg

Organizing For America

 

Timothy Heberlein

Community Organizer, Tampa Bay

Florida Consumer Action Network

Office (813) 877-6712

Cell (813) 532-9846

tim@...

www.fcan.org

 

NAPA is looking for volunteers to work for an hour at their booth at the SfAA
meetings in Seattle.  If anyone has an hour to spare on Thursday or Friday, 3/31
or 4/1, any time between 12 and 5, please email me, epuccia@....

Thank you.

Ellen

Hi everyone,
As part of our efforts to revitalize SCOPA, I have created a LinkedIn group for
SCOPA, http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=3855588&trk=anet_ug_grppro. Our
hope is that this will help provide another tool for communication of upcoming
meetings and developments. We will still keep the yahoo group open and post
meeting notes & announcements here.

Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Bridget Hahm, MA, MPH

Just when you thought things couldn't get any crazier:
http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=10369

The USF anthropology department wants your favorite recipe(s) for the first-ever
department cookbook!

Debbie Roberson is collecting the recipes in order to publish the cookbook in
time for the Fall semester. Please send them to Debbie by the end of
May-mid-June. Her contact information is listed here:

Deborah Roberson
Mgr. Fiscal & Business Administration
Department of Anthropology
University of South FLorida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SOC107
Tampa, FL 33620-8100
(813) 974-0775
(813) 974-2668  fax
droberso@...

Thanks!
Bridget Hahm, MA, MPH (2003)

Hola mis amigos,
Glenn told me that there are plans to have a potluck in June.  I am
still interested in hosting it but I need to get some dates locked in
because I am also planning to go to New Mexico in June.  When did you
want to have this?
A
--
Alayne Unterberger, PhD Florida Institute for Community Studies (FICS)
PO Box 16745 Tampa FL 33687 813.249.8100 Community. Activism. Research.
Education.

That would work best for me as well.
Bridget

May 24, 2011 08:00:21 PM, SCOPA@yahoogroups.com wrote:

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Hi, Alayne.  I think the last weekend in June would be best. 
That gives us a month to get the word out. 
 
How does that sound to everyone?
 
Ellen
 

In a message dated 5/24/2011 2:15:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
alayne@... writes:
 


Hola mis amigos,
Glenn told me that there are plans to have a potluck in
   June. I am
still interested in hosting it but I need to get some dates
   locked in
because I am also planning to go to New Mexico in June. When did
   you
want to have this?
A
--
Alayne Unterberger, PhD Florida
   Institute for Community Studies (FICS)
PO Box 16745 Tampa FL 33687
   813.249.8100 Community. Activism. Research.
Education.

 

That would work best for me as well.
Bridget

May 24, 2011 08:00:21 PM, SCOPA@yahoogroups.com wrote:

===========================================

Hi, Alayne.  I think the last weekend in June would be best. 
That gives us a month to get the word out. 
 
How does that sound to everyone?
 
Ellen
 

In a message dated 5/24/2011 2:15:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
alayne@... writes:
 


Hola mis amigos,
Glenn told me that there are plans to have a potluck in
June. I am
still interested in hosting it but I need to get some dates
locked in
because I am also planning to go to New Mexico in June. When did
you
want to have this?
A
--
Alayne Unterberger, PhD Florida
Institute for Community Studies (FICS)
PO Box 16745 Tampa FL 33687
813.249.8100 Community. Activism. Research.
Education.

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From: Florida Institute for Community Studies, Inc. [mailto:Florida_Institute_for_Community_@...]
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 1:07 PM
To: Glenn Brown
Subject: The new newsletter!

 

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Welcome to the FICS newsletter! Welcome! Bienvenidos! We have great news to share with you!  The Florida Institute for Community Studies (FICS) has been recognized as the winner of the 2011 WEDU Be More Brilliant Award!   We also held our Multicultural Food and Art Show which was featured in the St Petersburg Times, held Health Careers Expeditions and Fox 13 News visited our FICS Multicultural Family Center.  In this issue you can read more about these events as well as hear about our new Board Member and our awesome Summer World Vacation Program.  FICS Board Members: Jack Levine and Justin Dees Long-term board member Jack Levine, JD, was ready to step off the FICS Board after three terms but his dilemma was to find another person he felt would be as good or better than him.  Luckily for FICS and Jack, his colleague Justin Dees, JD, also an attorney at Holland and Knight, stepped up to the plate.  While FICS is sad to see Jack leave, we know we can continue to count on him to continue to give us his ideas and advice.  At the same time, we are excited about the energy that Justin brings to our board!  Thanks, Jack and welcome aboard, Justin! Winner of the WEDU Be More Brilliant Award 2011! The Florida Institute for Community Studies (FICS) was named the winner of the WEDU Be More Brilliant Award for Innovation! Originality is the most important aspect of this award and it was given to FICS recognizing an original idea delivered in a unique, creative way. The WEDU Celebrations have become known as the Academy Awards for Non-Profits and we are so proud to have been given the honor of winning this award!   To read more about WEDU and the awards you can visit:  http://www.wedu.org/bemore/ Multicultural Food and Art Show - June 4 The Fourth Annual Multicultural Food and Art Show held June 4, 2011 was a great day where we celebrated different cultures and enjoyed amazing art work created by our youth. There were cool beats  for our break dance group lead by Aldo Gamez and smooth tunes for our dance performances by the Dominican Association delivered by our fantastic DJ, Mike Grayson from Diamond Notes Entertainment. The performances were amazing, as were the ethnic foods donated by our FICS Parents, Chili's and Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant. Starbucks at Westshore Plaza came through for us by donating passion fruit ice tea which was refreshing. Activities during the day included enjoying a bounce house for the young at heart, as well as classes in dancing and drums. A silent auction displayed great donations from the Cason Photography Studio, AppleBee's, and FadeMasters III. The wonderful art created by our  youth was also on display and several pieces were sold. The St Pete Times visited our event as well and the article was featured in the newspaper on June 5, 2011 entitled "Cultural Fest helps raise funds." We had a great, fun-filled day and were able to raise $600 at the same time. We want to thank our great donors and partners as well as everyone that came out to the event!   FICS Website Of Note....   FICS has been very busy this quarter!  We held a very successful Health Careers Expedition 2011 over Spring Break with 51 students from RCMA, FICS and many schools. Funded by Gulfcoast North Area Health Education Centers, we visited many universities, hospitals and even museums!  Some of the places we visited were USF Colleges of Medicine and Nursing, St. Pete College, MOSI, Shriner's Hospital for Children, St. Anthony's Hospital, BayFlite, BayFront Hospital and the Dali Museum!  Our brave Expeditioners even dissected sheep's hearts and lungs and revived on programmable patients who died on the operating table!  We have over 200 photos on our Health Careers Expeditions Facebook Page....check it out: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Health-Careers-Expeditions/213233865370950 Hanley Road, we got you covered!  Or rather, FICS' Community Advisors formally adopted Hanley Road with the Keep Hillsborough Beautiful program and we have done two Clean-Ups so far, yielding 15 garbage bags or more each time and such items as lumber to chairs to carpets....you name it!  Join us and make our community better! FICS Multicultural Family Center is expanding --- after years of waiting for space to become available, we were finally able to acquire the 1000 sq feet of space separating our main offices and classrooms.  The plans for expansion are awesome and we continue to fundraise for our "moveable walls" and improved bathrooms.  Thanks especially to LazyDays Employee Foundation for their generous support of $5600 for our bathrooms!  Employees donated their personal money to our cause!  At left is our photo with LazyDays' Andrea Neeper and FICS board member Carlton Lewis with FICS staff, parents and youth.  Other contributors of note include board members Mr. Pablo Sierra and Ms. Maria Antonieta Riveros Revello.  We love you guys!!!  There will be a big pachanga or party when we get done!  Stay tuned or call us @ 813.249.8100 for details. Six FICS Youth were selected to represent us at the Social Change Conference which is sponsored by the Turn2Foundation, founded by Yankees star Derek Jeter!  As Jeter's Leaders, our youth will be spending an intense three days at the University of Tampa from July 18 to July 21, 2011.  Our leaders are: Abraham Giraldo, Natalie Gotay, Mynor Perez, Nahisha Nobregas, Mariana Sanchez, and Sandra Sanchez!  Congratulations! Summer World Vacation - FICS Summer Program   The Summer Program entitled World Vacation started June 13, 2011 and the students have been divided into groups researching different continents and a few countries within each continent. Questions like what do people eat in China and what kind of money do they have in Argentina are answered by our eager world scholars. We have several weekly trips to the library to do research on the various countries and cities visited, which is part of Reading with the Rays. A longer field trip is scheduled for the Glazer Museum and the Fit Kids Playground on July 5, 2011. The Fit Kids Playground offers free activities such as dance, gymnastics, karate and much more, for youth every first Tuesday of the month and we are excited for our kids to take part in this. We are also visiting the Dali Museum in St Pete on August 2, 2011 as well as going to the Rays game that day. Go Rays!  This program is self-funded by parents and a generous donation by board member Ms. Maria Antonieta Revello.  That means that YOU could make a major difference by being a Madrina or Padrino to a young camper for only $25 per week!  Please consider making a donation if possible at our link at the end of the newsletter! FICS' Community Advisors were in the Top Ten Finalists of Creative Tampa Bay's 10, 100, 1000 Challenge for "A Nicer Tampa Bay Campaign"   Inspired by the concept of "Pay It Forward," FICS' Town n Country Community Advisors decided to respond to Creative Tampa Bay's call to action and submitted their idea on what would improve our community here in Tampa Bay. The idea is to remind the community about the contributions that teens and youth make every day to bettering our world.  The teens realized that the "only time people think about us is when someone does something wrong or gets involved in a gang and it ends up on the news."  Instead, the teens want some recognition not just for themselves but for everyone in our community.  What about a bracelet that reads "I Made Tampa Bay Nicer"?  The idea would be that when youth see people doing good deeds, they are awarded a bracelet.  This bracelet comes with a card that explains how to pass it on.  We believe it will create a chain reaction of kindness.  Since we all love our phones and Facebook, we will snap photos of the bracelet exchange, load them to our Facebook page and see where they end up after a year.   The campaign is inspiring and motivating on two levels as it both recognizes and rewards those who help the community as well as motivates youth and provides incentive to continue improving the community, paying it forward.  Pictured above are our Community Advisors (l-r) Ariana Ulloa, Brandon Quetal and Nahisha Nobregas with Creative Loafing's Editor Mr. David Warner at the 10-100-1000 Awards Ceremony. Channel 13 visited the Multicultural Family Center and met with our volunteers to hear what they have done to make Tampa Bay nicer.  Do not miss the report on the Channel 13 calling us What's Right About Tampa Bay, scheduled for July 4, 2011 at 6PM!   With more funding there would be more resources available to purchase a greater number of bracelets and promote the idea and spread the word. If you have any dollars to spare we would be most grateful and we may continue to make Tampa Bay nicer.   Donate today!   Full article from Creative Tampa Bay

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Dear FICS staff, board, community advisors and friends:

We are having our Annual FICS/Alayne's Garage Sale this Saturday
8.13.2011 in combination with some other things, including my neighbor's
yard sale.  Please come out and support, or most importantly, please
PASS it on!!!!  Thanks!

http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/gms/2541282022.html

A
--
Alayne Unterberger, PhD Florida Institute for Community Studies (FICS)
PO Box 16745 Tampa FL 33687 813.249.8100 Community. Activism. Research.
Education.

Save the date for the first event of the newly formed USF Anthropology Alumni
Society. We are hosting a reception in honor of the USF Anthropology Department
and the Graduate Student Research Colloquium on Thursday, October 20, 2011. The
colloquium will be held on the following day.

Come & reconnect with the department & see what USF Anthropology is doing now!

Time & details will be posted soon.

Check out this great presentation created by current students in the USF Dept.
of Anthropology and please consider writing your own response & emailing Gov.
Scott & your local newspaper.

http://prezi.com/vmvomt3sj3fd/this-is-anthropology/

Thanks,
Bridget Hahm

 

Check out this great presentation created by current students in the USF Dept. of Anthropology and please consider writing your own response & emailing Gov. Scott & your local newspaper.

http://prezi.com/vmvomt3sj3fd/this-is-anthropology/

Thanks,
Bridget Hahm

Sent from my iPad

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Subject: NAPA and LPO information - AAA meetings in Montreal

Hello, LPO leaders.  I hope all is well with you and your LPO.

As the AAA annual meeting is rapidly approaching, there are several items I
would like to make the LPO's aware of before the meeting.  Please forward this
information to members of your LPO as needed.  Thanks.

1.  NAPA/LPO booth volunteers: NAPA will have a booth at the Employer Expo on
Friday, November 18 from 11-4.  We will also have a booth at the Grad Student
Fair on Saturday, November 19 from 10-2.  We are looking for volunteers to work
an hour each (or more) at the NAPA/LPO booth.  With so much traffic from
students and early career professionals, this would be a good way to meet
potential new members for your organization.  No special knowledge is needed. 
Info about all LPO's will be available at the booths.  The location of the booth
will be listed in the conference program.  Volunteers should sign up with Ellen
Puccia: epuccia@...<mailto:epuccia@...>.  Please see attached sign-up
sheet.

2. Supply your LPO flyer for the booth: Please ask someone to drop off flyers or
brochures that describe your LPO for us to hand out at the NAPA/LPO booth at AAA
so people will know who to contact, etc. You can e-mail a flyer to Ellen Puccia,
epuccia@...<mailto:epuccia@...> at any time before the meeting, or you
can leave the flyers with the NAPA volunteers at the NAPA booth in the Employer
Expo at 11 am on Friday, November 18.

3.  Be an instant mentor: If anyone would be interested in serving as an instant
mentor for students and early career professionals at the AAA meetings, please
contact the instant mentor coordinator Ellen Puccia,
epuccia@...<mailto:epuccia@...>.  This program has been a great success
at past meetings.  Please contact the mentor coordinator soon to reserve your
preferred time slot.  Please see attached sign-up sheet.

4.  Represent your LPO at the LPO luncheon:  On Friday, Nov 18, from 12noon-2pm,
we will have our annual LPO luncheon at a nearby restaurant.  This will be
primarily a social function where we can informally discuss news and issues
relevant to LPO's.  This would be a great time for new LPO organizers and more
seasoned LPO participants to share their experiences from many perspectives. 
There are several options for lunch, but we are trying to find a place with
local Montreal cuisine.  The LPO member from your organization who plans to
attend the luncheon should e-mail Ellen Puccia,
epuccia@...<mailto:epuccia@...> as soon as possible.

Thank you so much for your help with these matters.  I look forward to hearing
from you.

Ellen Puccia
LPO Liaison and Volunteer Coordinator
NAPA

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Begin forwarded message:

From: <Epuccia@...<mailto:Epuccia@...>>
Date: November 2, 2011 11:11:38 AM EDT
Subject: LPO luncheon in Montreal

Hello, LPO Representatives.  The AAA annual meetings are in only two weeks.  At
this point, only one LPO has expressed interest in attending the luncheon. 
Please let me know if someone from your organization would be interested in
attending this luncheon on Friday, November 18, from 12-2pm.

If you are not the contact person for your LPO, could you please let me know who
I should contact?  I will then remove your email from the list.

Thank you for your help.

Ellen Puccia
LPO Liaison and Volunteer Coordinator
NAPA

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Press Release

For Immediate Release:         November 2, 2011

Contact Person:                       Alayne Unterberger, 813.477.2882

Town n Country’s Every Day Heroes of the Future, Keynoted by Community Leader Bob Conigliaro

Tampa:  Florida Institute for Community Studies, Inc. (FICS) has had the honor to serve as a site for the Prodigy Cultural Arts Program, serving between 500 and 600 at-risk youth and their families per year.  December 2011 has been designated as Prodigy Month.  Our theme this year is “Everyday Heroes of the Future: Town n Country in 2050” and we will host a  a Showcase of Talent showing what is RIGHT with in the community on FRIDAY Dec 2, 2011 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM at the Town n Country Recreation Center, 6039 Hanley Road, Tampa FL  33634.

The press and public are invited to join us as about one hundred performers aged 7 to 17 from our various programs will link their “everyday hero” powers to their talents in capoeira,  breakdance, art and latin drums.  Our keynote speaker is Mr. Bob Conigliaro, Vice President of Caspers Company McDonald’s Restaurants, who wowed our youth and families at 2008’s FICS Youth Summit.  We are very excited to hear about his view of “everyday heroes.”

FICS is a nine year old, award winning* non-profit . Our mission is to partner with communities to help them achieve their goals through research, service, education and training. In Town n Country, FICS has made great strides at the community level to prevent gangs, bullying, substance abuse and other problems.  Prodigy  utilizes the arts afterschool to help teach youth 7-17 about making healthy choices. 

Please call ahead to 813.249.8100.  The Florida Institute for Community Studies (FICS) is a statewide non-profit dedicated to partnering with communities to help them achieve their goals through research, services, education and training.      

* FICS is the 2011 winner of Be More Brilliant Award (for Innovation) from WEDU TV

* FICS was named 2011 What’s Right About Tampa Bay by Fox 13 TV

* FICS was named 2011 Best of the Bay Multicultural Mentors by Creative Loafing

This week's schedule starting 11-16-11
http://www.childrensboard.org/cbhc_radio.aspx
Click "Launch Player"!
For mobile media, go to:  http://icy2.abacast.com/childrensboard-radio-32.m3u

Hour I:  12 a.m., 6 a.m., 12 p.m., 6 p.m.
• 51% - Access to Treatment
• Classics for Kids –Rhapsody in Blue
• The Book Show – "The Visible Man"
• Academic Minute – Food Waste

Hour II: 1 a.m., 7 a.m., 1 p.m., 7 p.m.
• Have You Heard – Children's Board Reflections by Clem Miller
• Classics for Kids –Rhapsody in Blue
• Dr. Peter Gorski – Turkey
• Have you Heard – Plant City, Teens in Action

Hour III:  2 a.m., 8 a.m., 2 p.m., 8 p.m.
• Best of Our Knowledge – Physics and Geometry
• Classics for Kids – Rhapsody in Blue
• Media Project – Story Placement
• Academic Minute – Child Development
• 90 Second Naturalist – Destructive Rats

Hour IV:  3 a.m., 9 a.m., 3 p.m., 9 p.m.
• How to Save Your Life – Topics of Pediatrics and Bio-Terror
• Classics for Kids – Rhapsody in Blue
• 90 Second Naturalist – Jellyfish Eyes

Hour V:  4a.m., 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m.
• The Health Show – Healthcare Reform Update
• Classics for Kids – Rhapsody in Blue
• Best of Our Knowledge – New Telescopes
• Word for the Wise – Nov. 24th is Dale Carnegie's Birthday
• Sounds of Progress – Education Research
• Sounds of Progress 2 – Alice Evans


Hour VI:  5 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 p.m.
• RBMA Radio, Fireside Chat – Junip