Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Program Graduation - May 9th, 2008


As students around the country are heading onto the summer, the San Francisco Digital Connectors are preparing for their graduation. Over the past 5 years, One Economy has been implementing this program in San Francisco. Please come join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of 16 youth graduating from their Fall 2007/Winter-Spring 2008 Session.

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youth have participated in the San Francisco Program between three affordable housing properties: Heritage Homes, Britton Courts and Carter Terrace since 2003 and 10 of those youth have come out from our Pilot program in the Mission District; where we have been working since October 2008 providing technology services to the Latino families.


On May 9th, 2008 we will recognize the youth by having our Program Graduating in the Mission District inside the Community Room of Valencia Gardens.

Monday, April 14, 2008

JAMBOREE!!

Wednesday April 9, we had a jamboree with the mission digital connectors, Vis valley and San Jose. We went to Carter terrace to meet everyone and to have ice breakers so we all could get to know each other. We waited for everyone to get there and then we went outside, where it was hella cold!! We then went back inside to eat and introduce each other. we all ate and were talking and having a good time. Most of us that were there were going to the Giants game at 7:15. I couldn't go so i just went home. Everyone that went to the game told me it was cool and that the giants won! yay!!

-CECILY MARIE ALFARO =]

Birng it California

Tuesday April 8 we had an event called bring it home California. This event started at 3:30 but we had to earlier to prepare everything. When i got there their were many people already there it was a pretty awesome event.What we had to do was give people information about the bee-hive and register them in the website. We showed them many things about the beehive some people were really interested in it others were just doing to enter the raffle because in the raffle we were going to raffle a laptop for the person that had the most luck. Well it was really cool experience because I also learned more stuff about the beehive that didn't know before but know I do. The person that won the raffle was a young guy he seemed pretty intrested in the website and wanted to learn more so that's probably why he won it. Not only did they have a raffle but they also had food lots of food BBQ and lots of salads but I wasn't really hungry so i didn't eat much but cookies and cake. this was a great opportunity for people to learn what we did and to learn about the beehive. Imelda Guzman

BRING IT HOME CALIFORNIA...

ON TUESDAY WE HAD AN EVENT CALLED BRING IT HOME CALIFORNIA. IT WAS A COOL EVENT WE GAVE AWAY A FREE LAPTOP AND WE SIGNED MANY PEOPLE IN TO THE BEEHIVE. EVEN MY DAD AND MOM SIGNED IN. I WAS LIKE WOW AND MY DAD WAS SAYING THINGS AND I DONT KNOW WHAT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT WAS FUN AND I MET SOME NEW PEOPLE AND FRIENDS

BRING IT HOME CALIFORNIA

The Event that we had on Tuesday was at Valencia Gardens, there was a lot of different organization's there. The event started at 3:30, but the Digital Connectors had to be here at 2. Most of us were late! i was the second person to arrive. I had to put my Beehive shirt on really fast, set up my laptop, sign in people and go to the table to talk to people about what we do as Digital Connectors. I was overwhelmed with all the stuff that i had to do the minute i walked through the door. The event was a lot to handle with all the people coming in and out, but it was a great experience with being able to talk to a lot of people. We were raffling a FREE laptop but you had to sign up with the Beehive in order to try to win it. There was the president if one economy and staff. They had a BBQ outside and had a lot of people talk about Valencia gardens and the digital connectors!! over all i had a lot of fun and i hope w could do that again!

-CECILY ALFARO =]

SF Giants Game

Hello my name is Juan and I'm a digital connector. we went to the giants game on Wednesday. It was fun as hell like 4realz.
I love the giants, man I was wearing a junior giants jersey; everybody was looking at me like what is his problem but i didn't CARE it was fun
JUAN LEVERMAN JUNIOR [WOOT WOOT]
MISSION DIGITAL CONNECTOR *REPRESENTING!!*

SF Giants Game

On April 9th the digital connectors went to AT&T Park to the Giants game. They were playing the Padres and won by the end of the game. It was really fun, I got a really big bag of cotton candy, it was delicious. I was walking around the entire park with Adrianna and Juan. We hung out with Vis Valley digital connectors, they were cool. A lot of people were throwing cookies at each other at the very very top of the place.
Javier Perea
SF digital connector

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Bring it California Event

Yesterday we went to the Bring it on California Event at Valencia Gardens, it was really fun and there was a great turn out, that place was packed. The president of One Economy corporation was there and a lot of other one economy staff. There was food, a lot of food, hot dogs, cake, BBQ chicken, little mini water bottles, man...a lot of stuff!! We registered people on the Beehive and in return we gave them a ticket to be entered in a raffle to win a new laptop. People asked a lot of questions about the Beehive and the digital connectors. Valencia Gardens has really cool animal statues, I sat on the cat shaped one. It was fun..AT&T was there, they gave me a little cool box thingy with a little stapler, pen, and staples. I took it to school today and everybody wished that they went and felt like they missed out. I think that a big amount of people learned about the program and what the digital connectors do in the community and for the community. It was worth going to and for everyone that didn't go, you missed out, GO TO ALL OF OUR EVENTS!!

Javier Perea
SF Digital Connector

Brint IT California Event











On Tuesday April 8th, the San Francisco Digital Connectors participated in the anticipated Bring IT California event @ Valencia Gardens of San Francisco.

The event was the launch of One Economy Corporation’s landmark initiative, Bring IT Home
America, which marshals the resources of government, business, and the nonprofit sector around a
powerful goal: to extend the promise of innovative technology to expand opportunities for those who need them most.

We had a successful turnout and the San Francisco Digital Connectors raffle a laptop that was won by a resident of Valencia Gardens.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Guest Speaker Visit

On Friday March 28th, the Mission Digital Connectors had the pleasure to meet Emy Tseng. Emy Tseng is the Program Manager for the Dep. Of Telecommunications & Information Services for the San Francisco Mayor's Office.

Emy came to talk to the youth about the City's Computer Purchase Program and also offered a conversation about her role in the Digital Inclusion for the undeserved communities of San Francisco.

We would like to thank Emy for sharing her vision and how the Digital Connectors have been helping some of the City's Projects like installing the Computer Lab inside Valencia Gardens.