Foundation News - Spring 2010

Exciting News!

Chicana Latina Foundation has received a Federal Grant to help close the Digital Divide!

With the creation of the Broadband Awareness and Adoption Project, CLF will be one of California ’s community based organizations conducting educational campaigns in low income communities to increase the number of computer users and internet subscribers.

The grant is part of a proposal presented by the California Emerging Technology Fund, funded by the National Telecommunications and Information Agency.

As part of that grant, CLF will be hiring Technology Outreach Specialists to raise broadband service awareness and enrollment in broadband training programs. View the job description.

See details of the Broadband Awareness and Adoption Project on our web site.

Mujeres de Conciencia / Women of Conscience
This beautiful book celebrates our unsung Latina leaders and supports CLF at the same time. For each book sold all of the author's royalties (60% of the book price) will be donated to CLF.

The sale of this amazing book has allowed us to offer three additional scholarships this year!

Please consider purchasing a copy today.

Latina Leadership is...

Respect for the power of knowledge

Save the Date!

Annual Scholarship and Awards Dinner
October 15, 2010
South San Francisco Conference Center
255 South Airport Boulevard
South San Francisco , CA

Due to the ongoing union negotiations with San Francisco hotels, CLF has moved its Annual Dinner from the Palace Hotel to a non-hotel location in order to respect the union negotiating process.  The South San Francisco Conference Center is a wonderful location, with great food, great service, easy access and free parking.  We look forward to seeing all of you at our Annual Celebration to enjoy inspirational messages, great food, music and lovely company!

Queer Women of Color Film Festival

Chicana Latina Foundation is proud to be a community partner once again of the:

Queer Women of Color Film Festival
June 11, 12 & 13, 2010
at the Brava Theater!

Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) creates, exhibits and distributes new films that authentically reflect the lives of queer women of color and address the vital social justice issues that concern multiple communities. Our vision nurtures queer women of color filmmakers as artist-activist leaders to create systemic change through art, activism and community building.

Festival information: festival@qwocmap.org
QWOCMAP web site: www.qwocmap.org

Ongoing Program Updates

And of course we are continuing to provide the long standing CLF programs;

• Scholarships - We received 180 applications. Interviews of semifinalists will take place May 29
• Leadership Institute - Will begin the FIFTH  year of our Leadership Institute
• Youth Adelante - our After School program for rmiddle school students is going strong at two sites 
• Entre Hermanas - mentoring program in partnership with HOPE expanded to the San Jose area

Support the Chicana/Latina Foundation

 Your donations are crucial as our students face the cuts in education and financial resources available to them.

Olga Talamante
Executive Director
www.chicanalatina.org

The Mission of the Chicana Latina Foundation mission is to empower Latinas through personal professional and educational advancement. Our mission resonates ever more loudly, after 31 years, especially as we see the demographic explosion of Latinas in K-12, in small businesses and in every industry and sector in society.

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