ADVISORY/City Year's Young Leaders Prioritize Community, Volunteerism.News Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday Tuesday: see week. (Oct. 1) --(BUSINESS WIRE) Assemblywoman as·sem·bly·wom·an n. A woman who is a member of a legislative assembly. Noun 1. assemblywoman - a woman assemblyman representative - a person who represents others Elaine Alquist Elaine White Alquist (born 1944) is currently a Democratic State Senator from California's 13th Senate District. She has been in office since December of 2004. She succeeded John Vasconcellos and Vasconcellos had succeeded Alquist's husband, the late Al Alquist who represented this , San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. Police Chief William William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack Lansdowne Lansdowne. 1 Uninc. town (1990 pop. 15,509), Baltimore co., NE Md., a suburb of Baltimore. 2 Borough (1990 pop. 11,712), Delaware co., SE Pa., a residential suburb of Philadelphia; inc. 1893. Paper products are manufactured. , and Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Carl Guardino to Launch City Year's New Corps
WHAT: City Year's First National Opening Day, 2002-2003 Service
Corps
On Tuesday, October 1, 2002, over 1,000 young leaders will
pledge to serve America by taking the City Year pledge,
setting the tone for an intense year where fellow corps
members across the nation will be united in their passion for
and commitment to service.
City Year corps members will answer President Bush's
post-9/11 "call to service" by devoting a minimum of 1,700
hours during his or her "city year."
These idealistic young leaders will mentor and tutor
elementary school students, teach social issues curricula and
run after-school programs.
WHO: 1,000 City Year Corps Members nationally (90 in San Jose)
PLUS a host of City Year Champions, including former Mayor
Susan Hammer, Assemblywoman Elaine Alquist, San Jose Police
Chief William Lansdowne, Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group
CEO Carl Guardino.
WHEN: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2002 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
WHERE: Plaza de Cesar Chavez, Downtown San Jose, CA (Market and Park
Avenue, in front of the Fairmont Hotel)
SERVICE: CAPTURE CORPS MEMBERS AND CORPORATE CHAMPIONS IN ACTION
Immediately following the Ceremony, corps members will
participate in a variety of service projects at the following
sites: Horace Mann Elementary, KR Smith Elementary, Sacred
Heart Community Services Agency and The Emergency Housing
Consortium. Service will include activities such as mural
paintings, landscaping, and mentoring students in
after-school programs.
GREAT PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES
90 young and diverse idealists dressed in uniform, surrounded
by an audience of executives from Hewlett-Packard Company,
Cisco Systems, Adobe Systems, Intel, SGI, Applied Materials,
Comerica Bank, Synopsys, and the San Jose Mercury News.
* All executives, corps members, and keynote speakers
available for interviews
An action tank for national service, City Year seeks to demonstrate, improve, and promote the concept of national service as a means of building a stronger democracy. City Year envisions a day when the most commonly asked question of a young adult will be: "Where are you going to do your service year?" Founded in Boston in 1988, City Year's national youth service program unites a diverse corps of 17- to 24-year-old young people for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development and civic engagement. Lead investors in City Year include Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Hewlett-Packard Company, MFS Investment Management MFS Investment Management, formerly Massachusetts Financial Services, is a Boston, Massachusetts-based financial services firm. In its publicity, MFS claims to have invented the mutual fund. The current chair of the company is Robert Pozen. (R), and The Timberland Company. City Year is a proud member of AmeriCorps. Visit www.cityyear.org for more information. |
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