Thursday, February 27, 2014

Women's Month and YAC Executive Board Plans March-May 2014, Community Opportunities

) Today's girls will be the women of tomorrow: and if a girl is educated, her value to her family, her community and their economic well-being is proven to increase. One extra year in school alone will increase a woman's lifetime income by at least 10%. Please take a moment to watch the video and share it with your family and friends on Twitter or Facebook. And on 12 March we will host a Google Hangout to discuss Girls with Books and why they are the New Global Power - tune in at 11AM EST/4PM GMT and join A World at School and girls' education advocates from around the world.
Artwork courtesy of DiversityStore.com  800-200-5964



http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/heritage_month/whm/index.html

Women in Stamps
http://stamps.org/userfiles/file/albums/Women2.pdf

YAC Executive Board Brainstorms plans for the rest of the year

YAC Executive Board met from 7:00-8:00 am, 2/27/2014 at the Wing
Attendance:
Seniors: Katie H. and Emily F.  Minutes by Emily and Mrs. Clay
Juniors: Jessica G. and Sidney J.
Sophomores: Aubrey H.
Freshmen: None

Charities:  Children's Hospital and Boys and Girls Club

Reports
RAK Week:
Valentine Placemats and Positive Tomorrows cards and care packages:  Successful  Sidney and Sindi

Plans
March, April or May??
STUCO-YAC Connected for National Volunteer Week-Crazy Fun Week benefiting Children's Hospital.  Katie and Emily will work on this.  When ????

March
Boys and Girls Club Tennis Clinics - Dylan
March 1:
*YAC /Casady Service Learning present Peace Stone Soup @ UCO, 8:45-10 AM
* Girl Rising Free Screening at Arts Center sponsored by Oklahoma City Friends of the United Nation, The Arts Center is located at 3000 Pershing Blvd, in the State Fair Park,Oklahoma City
March 8: UN Luncheon in honor of Women's month.  Anyone interested in attending needs to talk to Mrs. Clay
March 10: Children Hospital Dinner - Help with singers, musical performances, arts and crafts
Video Game Drive Sidney is the YAC chair facilitating this project
March 29: Muslim Voices Book Club starts.  Casady Service-Learning is one of the collaborating organizations bringing this enhancing diversity opportunity to OKC and Casady
March 29, 7:00 PM Location TBA: Youth LEAD OKC will feature a documentary.  Sidney will provide information soon

April
- Athena Day: April 3
*Collaborate with teachers organizing 1/2 day of service and 1/2 day of workshops at school and the community
* Mrs. Clay is working with Children Hospital/Ronald McDonald House, Food Bank and UN Girl Rising Screening as possibilities
_ April 10 and 11:  YAC features Peace Week at Casady School at NYLC Conference in DC
-RAK National Volunteer Week in collaboration with STUCO: Crazy Fun Week Connections??
 (April 6-13 celebrate it with Acts of Kindness around school and in the community)
-April 7: President Volunteer Service Awards in Chapel.  Goodies for winners, banquet idea for next year
.  Mrs Clay is working on this, but will need YAC members not receiving awards helping deliver the awards at chapel and make the goodie bags


- April 11-13 Do something for Global Youth Service Day.  Mrs. Clay in DC featuring Peace Week
- Do something for Mr. and Mrs. Miano
-Give goodies to firefighters and policemen
-April 15th: YAC organized Easter Egg Hunt if funded by Chapel budget for supplies. Jessica will talk to Father Blizzard.  Ideas: egg decorating competition, peep competition, 4 school advisories egg hunt
- April 19th:  Applebee's Pancake Drive  : End of the Year thing like Holi last year!  Jessica will work on this, but needs helpers
Need teachers(help in the kitchen), students(bus tables) , friends and family (clients) on board

May
-Do Something for the Moore Tornado survivors.  We have people in our school Mrs. Castro's family
-Service banquet with non-profits, YAC members and Presidential Award Winners; Demonstration of learning through service and thank you to non-profit volunteer coordinators helping the Casady Service-Learning Program mission of peace at the heart of service and YAC's objective of being entrepreneurs of peace and social justice finding a personal passion to help the community making a difference they can measure.

Community opportunities



 What and Who? The  Oklahoma City chapter of the United Nations Association is proud to present free screenings of the highly acclaimed film, "Girl Rising." 

Where and When?  To Be Determined by interested organizations.  The UN youth board has purchased the DVD and are interested in promoting the movie in Oklahoma City. 


If interested in facilitating a movie screening for your organization contact: Michelle Rodriguez
merodriguez425@yahoo.com

Kellen Moore
KCMoore20@yahoo.com

Priya Desai
pdesai8606@yahoo.com


The movie is provided free of charge, you have to have a place where to show it, equipment and a possible audience.  Donations are requested at the end of the movie, but not required.  The goal is to raise awareness.

"Sokha was a Cambodian child of the dump; orphaned and forced to pick through garbage to survive. But, through a series of miracles, Sokha finds her way to school and, like a phoenix, rises to become a star student on the brink of a brilliant and once unimaginable future."

<> "Wadley is just 7 when the world comes crashing down around her. Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake destroys her home and school, but it cannot break her irrepressible spirit nor extinguish her thirst to learn, even as she’s turned away from the schoolhouse day after day."

<> "Though her brothers go to school, Suma is forced into bonded labor at age 6. The Nepali girl endures years of grueling work by expressing her sorrow in beautiful music and lyrics. Suma glimpses a different future by learning to read, the first step on the road to freedom."

( Read more synopses at the Girl Rising website ... here )

"Girl Rising" shows that, when you educate a girl, you can break cycles of poverty in just one generation."

Here's what people are saying about Girl Rising:

“Girl Rising gives me hope. It gives me hope for the future of our girls, that they will have a chance to explore and achieve their full potential. That they will make the ignorant part of society value their existence and that they will be proud to be born a Girl!”
– Freida Pinto

“Girls’ rights will be the focus of the 10x10 Initiative when... award winning journalists and film-makers will expose in the new documentary Girl Rising just how unfair the distribution of educational opportunities is for so many millions of girls around the world.”
– Gordon Brown, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; UN Special Envoy for Global Education.

“This film gives visual corroboration to knowledge we already have: Educating women and girls has the most optimistic, positive effects on families, communities, and economies worldwide. If to see it is to know it, this film delivers hope; reasonable, measurable, tangible hope that the world can be healed and helped to a better future!”
– Meryl Streep

“10x10 is building a global campaign, working with partner organizations on the ground to demand and actualize equal education for girls and women. Their slogan? Educate Girls, Change the World. I couldn’t agree more.”
– Cecilia Attias, President and Founder of the Cecilia Attias Foundations for Women; former First Lady of France



 

Come join the Muslim Voices book club!
Are you curious about Muslim culture?
Are you a Muslim teen who would like to read books featuring Muslim characters?
Broaden your world view.
Appreciate a new perspective.
Be part of the conversation!

All meetings will take place at
The Village Library
10307 N. Pennsylvania
at 12:30 pm

March 29th

How Does It Feel to be a Problem by Moustafa Bayoumi

April 12th

Does My Head Look Big in This by Randa Abdel-Fattah

May 3rd

Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos

 May 10th

  Persepolis (graphic novel) by Marjane Satrapi

   
Ages 13-18 are welcome.
Free books and lunch provided to teens participating in the book club!
BRING A FRIEND! Limited to 25 participants


To register for the program and receive your free book, visit the circulation desk at The Village Library, or see Mr. Crofton or Ms. Clay to register if you are a student at Casady School.  Sign-up at
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D45AEAA22A46-muslim

This program is sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities and underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Local support is provided by the Oklahoma Humanities Council, Casady School Service-Learning Program, and the Metropolitan Library System.

UD February Service

Former OKC Thunder player Desmond Mason recently stopped by Casady to speak in chapel on the importance of giving back to the community. Mason’s talk was a part of “I Heart Casady” Week, a special time designated to thank all of Casady’s donors for their loyal contributions to the school.
 










Mason, who is also an artist, uses his art work for philanthropic endeavors around the world and encouraged Casady students to use their gifts and talents to make a positive difference wherever they can.
"I think all of you will turn out to be phenomenal people," Mason said. "But, who will go above and beyond? That is a conscious decision that must be made: to impact the community you live in, and the whole world." 
Students had an opportunity to ask Mason questions regarding his philanthropic endeavors, basketball career and art work





Ask Catherine C'14. about this advocacy project


 

Cyclones Heading to NYLC Conference

Preparing to Showcase Peace Week 2013 and 2014


 
 
 
 







Freeze Frame Peace
   

Environmental Club Recycles


 
 
 

Youth LEAD OKC Plans March Meeting

 

Sunday, February 23, 2014

  



 What and Who? The  Oklahoma City chapter of the United Nations Association is proud to support free screening of the highly acclaimed film, "Girl Rising."

Where and When? At times convenient for interested organizations.  UN Girl Rising Free Screenings Youth Group is sponsoring the free screenings.  If interested contact

Michelle Rodriguez
merodriguez425@yahoo.com

Kellen Moore
KCMoore20@yahoo.com

Priya Desai
pdesai8606@yahoo.com

Girl Rising is a groundbreaking feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to transform societies. The film presents the remarkable stories of nine girls around the world, told by celebrated writers and voiced by renowned actors:

"Sokha was a Cambodian child of the dump; orphaned and forced to pick through garbage to survive. But, through a series of miracles, Sokha finds her way to school and, like a phoenix, rises to become a star student on the brink of a brilliant and once unimaginable future."

<> "Wadley is just 7 when the world comes crashing down around her. Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake destroys her home and school, but it cannot break her irrepressible spirit nor extinguish her thirst to learn, even as she’s turned away from the schoolhouse day after day."

<> "Though her brothers go to school, Suma is forced into bonded labor at age 6. The Nepali girl endures years of grueling work by expressing her sorrow in beautiful music and lyrics. Suma glimpses a different future by learning to read, the first step on the road to freedom."

( Read more synopses at the Girl Rising website ... here )

"Girl Rising" shows that, when you educate a girl, you can break cycles of poverty in just one generation."

Here's what people are saying about Girl Rising:

“Girl Rising gives me hope. It gives me hope for the future of our girls, that they will have a chance to explore and achieve their full potential. That they will make the ignorant part of society value their existence and that they will be proud to be born a Girl!”
– Freida Pinto

“Girls’ rights will be the focus of the 10x10 Initiative when... award winning journalists and film-makers will expose in the new documentary Girl Rising just how unfair the distribution of educational opportunities is for so many millions of girls around the world.”
– Gordon Brown, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; UN Special Envoy for Global Education.

“This film gives visual corroboration to knowledge we already have: Educating women and girls has the most optimistic, positive effects on families, communities, and economies worldwide. If to see it is to know it, this film delivers hope; reasonable, measurable, tangible hope that the world can be healed and helped to a better future!”
– Meryl Streep

“10x10 is building a global campaign, working with partner organizations on the ground to demand and actualize equal education for girls and women. Their slogan? Educate Girls, Change the World. I couldn’t agree more.”
– Cecilia Attias, President and Founder of the Cecilia Attias Foundations for Women; former First Lady of France

Please be sure to attend this special, limited engagement showing of "Girl Rising." Tell your friends ... Bring your brothers and sisters, sons and daughters. Don't miss "Girl Rising."





 

Come join the Muslim Voices book club!
Are you curious about Muslim culture?
Are you a Muslim teen who would like to read books featuring Muslim characters?
Broaden your world view.
Appreciate a new perspective.
Be part of the conversation!

All meetings will take place at
The Village Library
10307 N. Pennsylvania
at 12:30 pm

March 29th

How Does It Feel to be a Problem by Moustafa Bayoumi

April 12th

Does My Head Look Big in This by Randa Abdel-Fattah

May 3rd

Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos

 May 10th

  Persepolis (graphic novel) by Marjane Satrapi

   
Ages 13-18 are welcome.
Free books and lunch provided to teens participating in the book club!
BRING A FRIEND! Limited to 25 participants


To register for the program and receive your free book, visit the circulation desk at The Village Library, or see Mr. Crofton or Ms. Clay to register if you are a student at Casady School.  Sign-up at
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D45AEAA22A46-muslim

This program is sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities and underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Local support is provided by the Oklahoma Humanities Council, Casady School Service-Learning Program, and the Metropolitan Library System.

February service memories

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Friday, February 14, 2014

Happy Valentine's Day and RAK WEEK from the Upper Division

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YAC Cares Packages for Positive Tomorrows

YAC Placemats for Children Hospital

We dropped the placemats off today at about 4:30!
We hope they will work and that the children enjoy them.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

YAC chairs deliver 50 Care Packages to YWCA

 
Jessica G., Taylor B. and Aubrey H. delivered 50 YAC Care packages , 7 bags of clothing, and 6 boxes of toiletries to YWCA on 2/11/2014. Great job lady Cyclones!

Casady MLK Day @ the Food Bank featured in Hunger 101


Tuesday, February 4, 2014

BE A RACKtivist, TAKE THE RAK CHALLENGE!

http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/raktivists


MONDAY
 
GIVE A SINCERE COMPLIMENT
 
"If someone were to pay you 10 cents for every kind word you ever spoke and collect 5 cents for every unkind word, would you be rich or poor?" Nonpareil
(Velvet vs. Sandpaper Words)
 
TUESDAY
 
BE KIND TO A STRANGER
 
 "A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward" William John Bennett
 
A friend is a stranger you have yet to meet" Walt Disney
WEDNESDAY
 
DO A GOOD DEED FOR A FRIEND OR CO-WORKER
 
"The only way to have a friend is to be one." Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
THURSDAY
 
BE KIND TO YOURSELF
 
 
 
Write 5 things for which you are grateful.
Reflect on something positive you’ve done.
Silence any negative internal chatter about yourself in your head.
 
FRIDAY
 
REACH OUT TO SOMEONE HAVING A BAD DAY
 
"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." Aesop
 
SATURDAY
 
HELP A CAUSE
 
 
 
"A person’s true wealth is the good he or she does in the world" Mohammed
SUNDAY
BE KIND TO YOUR FAMILY
RELEASE A GRUDGE- HAVE FUN TOGETHER
"Families are like fudge…mostly sweet with a few nuts." Author Unknown
 

FROM: Random Acts of Kindness Foundation: http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/; Random-Intentional Acts of Kindness www.5thbridge.org/pledge  & Secret Agents of Compassion https://spacemangismoso.wordpress.com/missions/



ATTENTION ALL TEENS



 

 
Come join the Muslim Voices book club!
Are you curious about Muslim culture?
Are you a Muslim teen who would like to read books featuring Muslim characters?
Broaden your world view.
Appreciate a new perspective.
Be part of the conversation!


All meetings will take place at
The Village Library
10307 N. Pennsylvania
at 12:30 pm


March 29th Does My Head Look Big in This by Randa Abdel-Fattah
April 12th Book to be determined
May 3rd How Does It Feel to be a Problem by Moustafa Bayoumi
May 10th Persepolis (graphic novel) by Marjane Satrapi


Ages 13-18 are welcome.
Free books and lunch provided to teens participating in the book club!
BRING A FRIEND! Limited to 25 participants


To register for the program and receive your free book, visit the circulation desk at The Village Library, or see Mr. Crofton or Ms. Clay to register if you are a student at Casady School.  Sign-up at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D45AEAA22A46-muslim

This program is sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities and underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Local support is provided by the Oklahoma Humanities Council, Casady School Service-Learning Program, and the Metropolitan Library System.

FEBRUARY IS

Names from top left to right:

Arthur A. Schomburg
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Benjamin O Davis
George Washington Carver
Michelle Obama
Barack Obama
Sojourner Truth
Thurgood Marshall
Daniel Hale Williams
Mary McLeod Bethune

John Mercer Langston
Phillis Wheatley

Matthew Henson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jean Babtiste
W.E.B Du Bois
Benjammin Banneker
From http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/about.html

The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.

As a Harvard-trained historian, Carter G. Woodson, like W. E. B. Du Bois before him, believed that truth could not be denied and that reason would prevail over prejudice. His hopes to raise awareness of African American's contributions to civilization was realized when he and the organization he founded, the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH), conceived and announced Negro History Week in 1925. The event was first celebrated during a week in February 1926 that encompassed the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The response was overwhelming: Black history clubs sprang up; teachers demanded materials to instruct their pupils; and progressive whites, not simply white scholars and philanthropists, stepped forward to endorse the effort.

By the time of Woodson's death in 1950, Negro History Week had become a central part of African American life and substantial progress had been made in bringing more Americans to appreciate the celebration. At mid–century, mayors of cities nationwide issued proclamations noting Negro History Week. The Black Awakening of the 1960s dramatically expanded the consciousness of African Americans about the importance of black history, and the Civil Rights movement focused Americans of all color on the subject of the contributions of African Americans to our history and culture.

The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, the nation's bicentennial. President Gerald R. Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” That year, fifty years after the first celebration, the association held the first African American History Month. By this time, the entire nation had come to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story. Since then each American president has issued African American History Month proclamations. And the association—now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)—continues to promote the study of Black history all year.
(Excerpt from an essay by Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University, for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)

Executive and Legislative Documents

The Law Library of Congress has compiled guides to commemorative observations, including a comprehensive inventory of the Public Laws, Presidential Proclamations and congressional resolutions related to African American History Month.

Want to learn more? Visit:  http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/index.html