Title
Proclamation Declaring November 2, 2016 as Alameda Collaborative for Children, Youth and Their Families Day. (City Manager 2110)
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Proclamation
Whereas, in the mid-1990s, through a series of meetings between the City of Alameda, Alameda County, Alameda Unified School District, and representatives of various youth-serving organizations in the City, it was determined that a mechanism for on-going collaboration and sharing of ideas and information would enhance services in the community; and
Whereas, in 1996, the Alameda City Council, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors and the Alameda Unified School District Board of Trustees committed funding and staff resources to advance the formation and operations of the Alameda Collaborative for Children, Youth and their Families (the Collaborative) and has since then met on a monthly basis to plan and implement many activities to benefit children, youth and their families; and
Whereas, these activities initially included: a report card on the status of children, youth and families; a leadership role in the building of the Skateboard Park at Alameda Point; "Out Loud" teen magazine; Youth Yellow Pages; "In The Mix," a forum for mixed race youth and their families; and, Alameda Walks!, a program formed to emphasize health and exercise, which continues today; and
Whereas, in 2001, the Collaborative began coordinating the Season for Nonviolence programs and activities in our schools, in an effort to ensure that our young people live in a safe, hate and violence free community; and
Whereas, these efforts have continued to grow to include the coordination and co-sponsorship of year-round nonviolence activities such as: bullying education and prevention programs, annual Harvey Milk Day events and the screening of BULLY, MILK, and Facing Fear in the Alameda Theater, Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month activities in our schools, the 2015 Everyone Belongs Here campaign led by AUSD's LGBTQ Roundtable, and this y...
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