Archive for July, 2009

Job Networking: Volunteer to create social media solutions and end global poverty.

Show off your social networking skills, make job contacts, and enhance your resume.

Global Citizen Year is looking for a consultant to build a Facebook application
 
Skill(s): Database Design & Administration, Graphic Design, Social Media and Online Marketing, Web Design
Area of Focus: Community Development, Computers and Technology, Economic Development, Education and Academia, International Relations, Peace, War, and Conflict Resolution, Politics, Poverty and Hunger, Social Enterprise and Economic Development, Women’s Issues 

About the organization:

Global Citizen Year is building a new generation to lead the fight against global poverty. By engaging Fellows in a transformative bridge year of global engagement we ensure that students develop the civic savvy and global fluencies they need to approach college, their careers and their lives with perspective, purpose and passion.

Through an intensive, nine month program that maps to a school year, Fellows develop the critical knowledge, skills and perspectives for a life of engaged global citizenship.

For more details, visit www.globalcitizenyear.org

Job Search: Department of Labor Employment Fair in August

JOB FAIR
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL)

Opportunities are Open!
Good Jobs. Safe Jobs. Secure Jobs.
Green Jobs. Your Job!
DOL invites you to meet with us at the
(2009 OCA National Convention)
Location: Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco
Dates: August 7- 8, 2009
 
DOL is actively recruiting individuals for the following positions:
- Accountant
- Attorney
- Computers Specialist
- Contract Specialist
- Economist
- Engineer
- Investigator
- Human Resources Specialist
- Industrial Hygienist
- Statistician
- Safety and Occupational Health Specialist
- And many more

All interested candidates should send resumes to CivilRightsCenter@dol.gov and visit www.dol.gov to view open vacancies. Candidates must be U.S. citizens.

Job Opening: Director of Minnesota State Services for the Blind, application deadline extended

The application period for the position of Director of Minnesota State
Services for the Blind has been extended to August 14, 2009. Details on
the position can be found at:

Governor Schwarzenegger signs budget plan, additional cuts to IHSS, public health and sneior programs

Read complete press release on  CALIFORNIA DISABILITY COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK www.cdcan.com

SACRAMENTO, CALIF  (CDCAN) [Updated 07/28/09  12:55 PM (Pacific Time)
Calling the budget solution to close a $26 billion deficit “the good, the bad and the ugly,” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed this morning (July 28) the revised budget bill approved by the Legislature last week that includes over $15 billion in new spending cuts on top of what was in the 2009-2010 State Budget passed in February.  The spending plan makes deep cuts to education, health and human services, local government, state employees, the state’s prison system and also includes no new tax increases beyond the temporary tax increases that were included last February.

The Governor, using his line item veto power, made additional major cuts in spending including reductions that eliminate all State general funding for several programs, including those under the Office of AIDs, under the Department of Public Health and major cuts in spending to two senior programs under the Department of Aging (Linkages and Senior Community Based Programs) and also to In-Home Supportive Services and Child Welfare Services.  The additional cut to IHSS essentially eliminated the exemption of persons under protective supervision, persons under paramedical care and persons who receive over 120 hours of IHSS per month from having their domestic and related services eliminated if their functional index ranking (different from “functional index score”) is lower than “4″ in that specific service.

Ray Kurzweil video on Authors@Google series

Check out this talk from the inventor of the K-NFB reader. Beyond his innovations in adaptive products for the visually impaired, Kurzweil is a leading thinker on radical human potential.

According to his Wikipedia page, Kurzweil “has been a pioneer in the fields of optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. He is the author of several books on health, artificial intelligence (AI), transhumanism, the technological singularity, and futurism”. A movie based on his techno-philosophies will be released this year..

Calling all LightHouse poets!

Attention all poets among LightHouse volunteers and clients–help us raise funds and win our own LightHouse Los Lonely Boys theme song!
 
The CTK Foundation, based in Austin Texas, has a funding program called Heart and Soul. The Heart and Soul program encourages the submission of a 4 to 8 line poem, expressing the heart of an organization’s service mission. The winning poem’s organization will receive a $10,000 grant and will have a song produced by the Los Lonely Boys to help the organization publicize its mission.

To send in a poem for consideration, please email your submission to Cherie Colmenares, Development Assistant at ccolmenares@lighthouse-sf.org by August 10, 2009. Again, the poem should be 4 to 8 lines long and speak to heart of the LightHouse mission. We’ll choose the poem to submit on behalf of the LightHouse with the assistance of a small staff and/or volunteer committee.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Cherie or me. Thank you for your participation in this fun opportunity!

ADA event celebrates successes and looks toward challenges

Long-time pedestrian safety activist Jean Lynch in attendance at the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was held last Friday in San Francisco’s City Hall.  In this picture, Jean raises a finger and voices her concern about sidewalk traffic near Golden Gate Park.

Accessible cell phones, live Tek Talk web conference tomorrow

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about accessible cell phones is fair game for the training and discussion on Tek Talk. Tuesday, 28 July at 00:00 GMT. Click on this link to download the free software that will enable you to enter the virtual conference room tomorrow.

NIB Career Opportuntiy: Contract Management Support (CMS)

National Industries for the Blind
Contract Management Support (CMS)

National Industries for the Blind (NIB) is seeking motivated blind or severely visually impaired individuals to join its Contract Management Support (CMS) training program. The federal government is facing a critical shortage of qualified contracting personnel, and NIB has developed a training program to help meet this need while simultaneously providing high-growth career opportunities to people who are blind or severely visually impaired.

What is Contract Management Support?

Contract management support (CMS) services include the tasks required to conduct contract close-out and administration. These tasks range from research and analysis prior to awarding a contract to contract negotiation and post-award vendor follow-up. In 2008, the federal government spent over $500 billion on the purchase of various goods and services, but is facing a critical shortage of qualified contract specialists as hiring has not kept up with retirements and government demand has increased for contracted goods and services.

What is National Industries for the Blind?

NIB’s mission is to enhance the opportunities for economic and personal independence of persons who are blind, primarily through creating, sustaining and improving employment. Jobs ranging from manufacturing to call centers, high-tech distribution and management exist through a nationwide network of associated agencies.

What is included in the CMS training?

NIB is partnering with the Department of Defense’s Defense Acquisition University (DAU) to provide the core training courses required to establish a foundation on contract management. Individuals may also apply to NIB’s CMS internship program, which combines the DAU training with paid on-the-job training at NIB’s Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters. While you complete the CMS training, NIB will work with you and various federal agencies to identify career opportunities in contract management.
Where are these jobs located?

Federal agencies need contract management services in locations across the United States. For those available to relocate, the Washington, D.C., area is notable for its concentration of contracting opportunities.

Who is eligible to apply?

Anyone who is blind or severely visually impaired, has a college degree (or 24 business credit hours), and is proficient using adaptive technology such as screen readers or JAWS may be eligible for the CMS program.

How can I get more information?

Visit www.nib.org, or contact Billy Parkerat bparker@nib.org or (703) 310-0560.

New List of Aging and Disability Resource Centers

AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS

Need information and assistance, translation, help filling out forms, volunteer services?  Contact one of the centers below. Additional Locations will be announced. In the meantime, call the ADRC office at the Canon Kip Senior Center at (415) 487-3370 (ENGLISH), (415) 487-3371 (SPANISH), (415) 487-3372 (RUSSIAN) and (415) 487-3373 (CHINESE).

Main Location: Canon Kip Senior Center
Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco
705 Natoma at 8th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone:  (415)  487-3370
Monday – Friday 8:30AM – 5:00PM
English & Tagalog; Cantonese, Mandarin, Spanish & Russian on certain days and times

INITIAL OUTSTATIONS/LOCATIONS BY JULY 1, 2009

Self-Help for the Elderly
407 Sansome Street
San Francisco, CA 94111
Monday – Friday (8:30AM – 5:00PM)
English, Cantonese & Mandarin

30th Street Senior Center   
225-30th Street 3rd Flr.,
San Francisco, CA 94131
Monday, Wednesday and
 Friday (8:30 AM – 5:00PM)
 English & Spanish

OMI –Catholic Charities
1948 Oceanview Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127
Mondays   9:00AM – 1:00PM 
Thursdays 9:00AM – 1:00PM
English, Mandarin, Cantonese
& Tagalog 2nd Thursday of the
 Month 9:00AM – 1:00PM
English & Russian
Independent Living Resource Center (ILRCSF)
649 Mission Street. 3rd flr. San Francisco, CA 95105
Tuesdays   9:00AM – 4:00 PM
English and other languages as needed

Bayview Hunters Point Multi-Purpose
Senior Service
1706 Yosemite, San Francisco, CA 94124
Day and Time (to be announced)
English and other languages as needed

SF Senior Center-Downtown Branch
481 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Thursdays only 10:00AM – 2:00PM
English, Cantonese and Mandarin
1st Wednesday of the month 10:00AM-3:00PM English & Russian

Kimochi
JCCCNC (Issei Memorial Hall) 1st Floor
1840 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94115
Wednesdays only (to be announced)-English 
Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese & Korean

Visitacion Valley Senior Center
66 Raymond Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94134
ONCE A WEEK) (to be announced) 
English, Cantonese, Mandarin & Spanish

Sunset Senior Center
1290 5th Avenue and Irving
San Francisco, CA
Tuesdays only 10:00AM – 1:00PM
English, Cantonese and Mandarin

Stonestown YMCA
3150 20th Avenue
Francisco, CA 94132
Day and Time (to be announced) 
English, Cantonese & Mandarin