Presented by City of Albany’s Department of Youth and Workforce Services on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 between 9:00 am – 12:00pm Clinton Avenue, NY 12205
Please click City of Albany Job Fair for more information
Presented by City of Albany’s Department of Youth and Workforce Services on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 between 9:00 am – 12:00pm Clinton Avenue, NY 12205
Please click City of Albany Job Fair for more information
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Call for MENTORS
for
WILLIAM S. HACKETT MIDDLE SCHOOL
Mentorship Program Meet and Greet
Friday, December 11
or
Friday, December 18
Hackett Middle School is in need of volunteers to serve as mentors
for its students, especially its African-American and Latino students.
Please join us on ONE of these dates to find out how you can help
make a difference in the life of a Hackett student as a mentor.
Our program will include an introduction of Hackett’s new
Mentorship Program, an overview of the need for mentors and
an open discussion on building a network of mentors
throughout the Capital Region.
Please attend the session that best fits your schedule.
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. both days
William S. Hackett Middle School
45 Delaware Avenue
Contact Barry D. Walston at (518) 441-9877 or
barryw513@gmail.com if you plan to attend.
“Remember our YOUTH need a hand up and not a handout.”
We look forward to seeing you!!!
Umoja NYS Museum, Madison Ave.
(Unity) 4th Floor, Albany, Saturday, December 26, 2015……… 4pm – 8:30pm
Kujichagulia Mt. Olivet Missionary Baptist Church
(Self Determination) 1068 Park Ave., Schenectady, Sunday, December 27, 2015……….. 3pm – 5pm
Ujima Hamilton Hill Arts Center
(Collective Work & Responsibility) 409 Schenectady St., Schenectady, Monday, December 28, 2015………. 5pm – 7pm
Ujamaa African American Cultural Center
(Cooperative Economics) 135 S. Pearl St., Albany, Tuesday, December 29, 2015………. 6pm – 8pm
Nia Team Esteem On the Hill YEP
(Purpose) The Barn, Second St., Albany, Wednesday, December 30, 2015…. 6pm – 7:30pm
Kuumba Albany Community Charter School
(Creativity) 65 Krank St., Albany, Thursday, December 31, 2015…….. 2pm – 5pm
Imani
(Faith), Friday, January 1, 2016……………….. TBA
Original Article can be found at http://thenyhc.org/projects/capital-south-campus-center/
Capital South Campus Center – NYHC
Organization Name: CSArch, Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region, Omni Development Company and the Albany Housing Authority
Project Title: Capital South Campus Center
Project Location: Albany, New York’s Historic South End Neighborhood
Project Goals:
The vision for the Capital South Campus Center (CSCC) stemmed from the City of Albany’s 2007 revitalization plan. Created by community stakeholders, the plan identified this project as phase 1 of a larger development plan, which culminated from a series of community charrettes. This community engagement lead to the creation of a belief statement: “The Community is the Campus; The Center is the Portal.”
The center’s long-term goal is to stabilize disadvantaged families, position them for future employment, and ultimately increase the median household income in the city. To make this happen, the center will reduce barriers to education and workforce development, become a viable recruiting resource for local businesses, and serve as a symbol of equal access and unlimited potential for the community. The center seeks to encourage residents to become active and invested community members. This project seeks to inspire similar collaborations and solutions throughout the country.
Project Description:
The CSCC is a mixed-use educational campus center in Albany’s South End neighborhood. The development, design, and construction of the 17,500 SF center was made possible by a $4.98 million grant from the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development with additional funds from the Albany Housing Authority (AHA). Designed by CSArch, the center is owned by the AHA and is operated by Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region. Representing a hybrid of education, social and community services, government, and business, the facility serves many functions. It provides office space to community groups, chambers of commerce, and other groups like the Center for Economic Growth. It also hosts area colleges with education and training space. A classroom designated for a nearby community college’s Culinary Arts Program doubles as a home to the Senior Services of Albany’s Meals-on-Wheels’ kitchen. Child care, youth programming, and early intervention counseling are also integrated within the space.
Community Impact:
Since the grand opening in October 2014, the center has emerged as a hub for educational advancement and economic growth. A testament to the wide-spread investment in this project, more than 50 educational and community partners currently offer services or occupy space at the facility. It has improved the coordination of existing social service providers by acting as a network.
The CSCC has begun to reduce generational economic poverty, school avoidance and dropout rates, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) dependence, homelessness, food insecurity, violence, foster care, and criminal justice system entanglements.
1,108 adult learners participated in classes and workshops, including: 240 who enrolled in the Advanced Technology and Information Networking Lab; 400 who enrolled in English for Speakers of Other Languages and High School Equivalency classes; 126 individuals who met with an employment retention specialist; and 20 individuals who have acquired employment.
Organization Description:
CSArch A leading architecture and engineering firm in New York State, CSArch delivers building design solutions for educational, civic, cultural, corporate, and institutional organizations. Founded in 1991, our firm has steadily grown to employ nearly 60 passionate professionals who have earned us a reputation for valuing relationships, hard work, and design excellence. CSArch is based in Albany and Newburgh, New York. www.csarchpc.com The Albany Housing Authority The Albany Housing Authority is an agency dedicated to providing high-quality, affordable and sustainable housing opportunities while continuing to promote economic independence and stability for residents. Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region Founded in 1912, Trinity Alliance is a social services agency whose mission is to improve the neighborhood as a setting for family life by contributing to health and well-being and by promoting education and employment as a means of self-development.
Ned Norton had trained Olympic athletes and football players, but now, with the help of donations from Subaru, he has been able to expand his training further. Since receiving donations from Subaru less than 12 months ago through CNN Heroes, Norton started a project to expand Warriors on Wheels. He sends exercise equipment and provides live training demonstrations via video chat. He’s reached nearly 3,000 clients, some suffering from birth defects and others with land mine injuries. “I don’t worry about what you can’t do,” he says. “We focus on what you can do.”
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Sometimes, to see a tragedy is to learn a bewildering new language, one difficult for others to understand. The Rev. James Lefebvre, in his 56 years as chaplain to the Albany police, FBI and others, has seen murders, suicides, mutilations and hostage situations.
Lefebvre, 81, has consoled countless cops and families on emergency calls, often late at night. He has learned to speak and listen to people who have seen awful things, who have encountered examples of man’s inhumanity.
Lefebvre will be honored at 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Polish Community Center by Blue Friday, a nonprofit that assists the families of law enforcement officers killed or injured in the line of duty. The celebration of “A Life of Service to the Community,” will establish a scholarship in his name.
Lefebvre, a priest at St. Mary’s Church in Albany, considers police officers, Catholic or not, his parish. He said he knows police officers aren’t perfect, that may they make mistakes, but they are people trying to help their communities. “They’ve allowed me to share their fears, their joys, their sorrows,” Lefebvre said.
An awful sight like a murder can lead some to clam up, pull these bad memories inward, and not allow others to see their emotions. Lefebvre remembered police officers who would be shaken at the crime scene, then taciturn with their families. “What they do: ‘Let’s go on to the next one, close it up, bury it,'” Lefebvre said.
It’s as if some, after seeing the cruel things people can do, cannot easily explain their experience to others without similar experiences, so they seek those who understand, who can speak the same language as them, who can listen without too much need for translation.
Lefebvre, who spoke French as a boy before learning English, prides himself on being a priest who speaks cop. “‘I can understand what you’ve gone through,'” he said tells officers.
He recalled as a young man working with police Chief Edward C. McArdle, in the 1970s. One day, a prisoner reached over and used a police officer’s gun to shoot him in his police car.
“‘The chief, (who) never would say too much, said, ‘Get in the car,'” Lefebvre said.
“Where are we going, chief?”
“I said, ‘Get in the car.'”
They went to scene, returned to the station and then went back again. They did it five times.
Lefebvre said he didn’t want to see the scene again, and then again. Looking back now, however, that was probably the chief’s way of coping, Lefebvre said.
As he talked, Lefebvre’s hands stayed busy, either waving through the air or doodling on a note pad.
Each person coped with the job in different ways, Lefebvre said. Some buried their thoughts, some shared them, and others used humor.
He recalled a shooting in August of last year, when a man named Jarquell Wiliams shot another man in the head in a dispute over a bicycle.
Williams ran into an apartment and barricaded himself as a SWAT team surrounded the building. Lefebvre came to the scene, as he often does, for support.
He sat on rain-soaked park bench with detectives waiting for the standoff to end. He lit a cigarette from his pack of Pall Malls as police fired tear gas at the apartment.
After the standoff, Lefebvre said officers asked, “Don’t lie to us, Father, were you afraid?”
He assured them he was not. The cops laughed. “Look at your pants.”
His pants was indeed soaked, presumably from the rain on park bench from the night before, Lefebvre said.
The man Williams shot in the head, Marquis Rowlett, 25, died, and Williams was later found guilty of murder.
“It’s not diminishing the tragedy,” Lefebvre said of the small jokes. “Sometimes there’s humor, there’s something to laugh at, that takes the sting out of what they saw.”
“He has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly,” police Chief Brendon Cox said of Lefebvre. “He knows what it’s like to walk in our shoes. When he is around, I would say the men and women of the department don’t shy away from what they want to say. He sees everyone in their truest form.”
jlawrence@timesunion.com • 518-454-5467 • @jplawrence3
Below are copies of our flyer in English, Español, and Русский.
Are you interested in hearing what’s going on in Albany? Then tune in each week to “Talk of the Town,” a new radio interview show with Albany Mayor Kathy M. Sheehan. The show, with host Bob Cudmore, airs on Magic590AM every Friday at noon and again on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. If you’d like to ask the mayor a question about the City of Albany, send it to askkathy@albanyny.gov.
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To insure the quality of air and the safety of residents in its housing programs, Albany Housing Authority has decided that all residential properties will be smoke-free as of January 1, 2016.
A smoke-FREE policy in all Albany Housing Authority buildings means that everyone who visits, lives or works in Albany Housing Authority buildings is FREE to breath cleaner, safer, healthier air.
Albany County Dept. of Health
Albany Housing Authority
American Heart Association
Asthma Coalition of the Capital Region
Capital District Tobacco Free Coalition
Center for Health Programs & Promotion
Healthy Capital District Initiative
Why is Albany Housing Authority going smoke-free?
It’s Cleaner! Smoking in units leaves a residue that is both highly toxic and difficult to clean. This residue contains chemicals that can produce similar effects to lead poisoning.
It’s Safer! Smoking is the leading cause of residential fire deaths and injuries. Almost 1,000 people die every year in smoking-related fires, half are residents in multiunit housing.
It’s Healthier! Secondhand smoke travels between units and poses a serious health threat to children and adults. Exposure to secondhand smoke can:
What about smokers?
Smokers are free to enjoy their home but must smoke outside and away from buildings. If anyone wants to quit, we can help through:
The Butt Stops Here cessation classes call 459-2550 or visit www.healthprograms.org/quit-now for more information
The New York State Smokers’ Quitline 1-866-NY-QUITS or www.nysmokefree.com
Thank You!
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SECTION 3 WORKSHOPS
New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) invite you to join us for an informational workshop on the Housing and Urban Development Act (HUD) Section 3.
HCR is offering regional workshops across New York State to educate and inform municipalities, elected officials and community leaders about Section 3. Topics will include; awareness, outreach, reporting, monitoring and enforcing.
Section 3 – Section 3 is a provision of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 which was enacted to help foster local economic development, neighborhood economic improvement, and individual self-sufficiency.
Section 3 program requires that recipients of certain HUD financial assistance, to the greatest extent feasible, provide job training, employment, and contracting opportunities for low –or very-low income residents in connection with projects and activities in their neighborhood. For additional information, please visit http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/section3/section3 .
Albany
October 28, 2015
Hampton Plaza Ballroom
38-40 State Street
Albany, NY 12207
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
(Local Government)
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
(Contractors, Developers, Non Profits, Businesses)
Albany Housing Authority
200 South Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12202
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
(Residents)
RSVP at
feho@nyshcr.org
With your name and workshop location
QUESTIONS CONTACT GWEN POPE, HCR
38-40 STATE STREET HAMPTON PLAZA
ALBANY, NY 12207
(518) 474-5219
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