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As you consider your 2010 schedule, consider one of our Club's important community service projects. We're looking for volunteers, committee leaders and future project coordinators. Your time and talent are welcome!
If you're interested, please contact us at ndcla@yahoo.com with your name, email, phone number and tell us with which projects you'd like to be involved. Can't volunteer but still want to help? Contact us about sponsoring an event!
Go Irish!
Carolyn A. Carney
NDCLA Volunteer Coordinator
The NDCLA Service Quote of the Month ...
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Fr. Ted and the Hesburgh Month of Service
One million. That’s the number of hours volunteered during the Hesburgh Month of Service this May.
Nearly 150 ND clubs, classes and alumni groups participated in this year’s Hesburgh Month of Service. The Alumni Association would like to thank all of the volunteers for their dedicated service to communities across the globe.
Highlights from the 4th Annual Hesburgh Month of Service:
- More than 2,200 participants
- 3,500 meals served at soup kitchens
- Construction work completed on 25 homes
- 80,000 meals sent to Haiti
- 41 trees planted
We invite you to watch the video of this presentation. In the video, Fr. Ted offers a special message and blessing to the Notre Dame family.
2010 Hesburgh Lecture held at USC Lusk Center
On Thursday June 17, 2010, the Black Alumni of Notre Dame ("BAND"), in conjunction with the Notre Dame Club of Los Angeles, hosted the Hesburgh Lecture Series’ first annual Dialogue on Diversity. This lecture has been on a national tour with previous stops in Washington DC, Baltimore, Detroit, Atlanta and Chicago. The topic of the lecture was Post Racial America. The presenters were Dr. Don Pope-Davis and Dr. Darren Davis. Dr. Don Pope-Davis’ studies are in the in the areas of multicultural psychology, counseling and education as well as being a university Vice President and Associate Provost. Dr. Darren Davis is a professor of Political Science whose areas of expertise are political psychology, public opinion, political behavior, voting behavior, research methods and racial politics.
The event was hosted on the campus of USC, specifically by the Ross Minority Program in Real Estate, an affiliated program of the USC LUSK Center. Although the event coincided with game seven of the NBA finals, it was well attended. The professors spoke to 20 alumni, current students and parents and took advantage of the comfortable family setting to address current issues effecting faculty and students on campus. While this was a deviation from their formal presentation, attendees were thankful to be able to participate in a real forum setting.
BAND would like to thank Dr. Pope-Davis and Dr. Davis for their tireless efforts. In addition, BAND is truly thankful for the efforts of the Notre Club of Los Angeles, specifically those of Rob Menz, Carolyn Carney and Hilda McGonigle. The event was a huge success! Well, up until the point where we were forced to drop our esteemed professors off on the other side of a police barricade because of the "excessive celebration" after the Lakers won the title. Only in Los Angeles.
Young Alumni Sunday Night Dinner at the Santa Monica Shelter
Santa Monica, CA
The Samoshel Shelter is an emergency shelter for over 100 men and women in Santa Monica. NDCLA Young Alumni host dinner at the Shelter every third Sunday of the month. Volunteers are needed to help cook between 3 and 5pm. (Dinner is served at 4:30, and the residents are responsible for cleaning up.) We also need dinner hosts from time to time, which involves planning and shopping for the meal. If you’re interested in volunteering or hosting, email Maria Joyce at maria.k.joyce@gmail.com.
The Center is located at 505 W. Olympic Blvd on the North side of the 10 freeway in Santa Monica. Parking is very limited, but there are meters around the corner.
Good Shepherd Shelter Partnership
Good Shepherd Shelter, operated by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd since 1904, is a private emergency shelter for battered women and children located near Arlington & Venice Boulevards. Sister Anne always needs lots of help throughout December to manage donations, distribution of gifts and decorating around the Shelter. She also has "spring cleaning" projects from time to time. Dates for 2010 to be determined. Sister Anne also sells items from third world locations where her Order works. These lovely gifts give women and children training and jobs, and most importantly, the ability to lift themselves out of poverty. See www.handcraftingjustice.org for shopping ideas. Email us at ndcla@yahoo.com if you’re interested in helping out at one of Sister Anne’s Sunday sales.
Cross-Cultural Leadership Intern Program (CCLIP)
The CCLIP-LA program began in the summer of 2008 and is an initiative that provides Notre Dame students with exposure to communities in need in the greater Los Angeles area. Students work with organizations in an eight-week learning experience to develop their leadership skills. The program offers three academic course credits. The internship sites are at La Opinion, Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and at the Los Angeles Urban League.
Summer of 2008
The three interns who participated were Ilse Terrazas, Aimee Brewster, and Jaime Luna. Video clips and their final papers can be found here http://latinostudies.nd.edu/students/cclip.php.
Ilse will start a job with Starbucks in Seattle, Washington this summer. Aimee will begin a graduate program at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and Jaime will work with Teach for America in Houston, Texas. We wish them luck.
Summer of 2009
CCLIP-LA took place between June 7 and August 1. The three interns are Patrick Montalvo, Michelle Saucedo, and Albert Toscano.
Patrick Montalvo
Internship Site: La Opinion
Patrick is originally from San Antonio, Texas. He is working toward a double major in English and Film/Television. He looks forward to being in Los Angeles and working for La Opinión.
Michelle Saucedo
Internship Site: MALDEF
Michelle is a rising senior, originally from Phoenix, Arizona. She is majoring in sociology and interested in pursuing a law career. Michelle would like to be a resource for families who find themselves underrepresented in legal situations.
Albert Toscano
Internship Site: Los Angeles Urban League
Albert is a rising sophomore originally from Pico Rivera, California. He credits his involvement in sports with developing his discipline to pursue a degree so far away from home. Albert is majoring in Finance. He is interested in sports management and his dream job would be with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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