Silicon Valley FACES

Newsflash

NEWS FLASH

City of San Jose Recognizes Winners of 2008 Martin Luther King, Jr. Competition

New Coordinator for Building Connections Program

Mission Statement

Silicon Valley FACES is the proud new name for Silicon Valley Conference for Community & Justice, which was founded in 1965 as the regional office of The National Conference of Christians and Jews (but is not affiliated with NCCJ). SV FACES is a human relations organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism in the South Bay Area and Northern California. SV FACES helps build communities based on understanding and respect for diversity, and justice for all of us

2008 Gala

2008 Exemplary Leadership Awards
Gala Fundraising Dinner Event
"Inspired by a Dream"

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Amy Purchase Reid
joins SV FACES Board of Directors

Amy Purchase Reid is an experienced attorney and litigator. Amy, along with her attorney husband Anthony Reid, has been a volunteer facilitator with SV FACESâ€™s Camp Everytown program.

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2008
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Student Art/Writing/
Multimedia Contest

The "SV FACES Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Student Contest" is a youth development program to honor and encourage leadership for a multi-cultural society through major diversity role models. The students creatively interpret Dr. King's teachings for their generation.

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SV FACES Announces New Coordinator for Building Connections Program

Ashley Raggio has been named as the new Coordinator for the Building Connections Program (formerly "Growing Circle"), SV FACES' program for elementary school students that lays the foundation for a life of appreciation of self and others, for conflict prevention and resolution.

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SV FACES Taking Reservations for
First Inter-Faith Camp Everytown

This year SV FACES Silicon Valley is offering a special Interfaith Camp Everytown for the major faith communities that have adherents in our region.

Phil Kipnis and Larry Olmstead
Join SV FACES' Board

SV FACES' Board of Directors welcomes two exciting new members: Phil Kipnis, President of Pacific Coast Visions, and Larry Olmstead, President of Leading Edge Associates. Both Phil and Larry bring a wealth of experience and passion for SV FACES' cause of replacing prejudice with understanding.

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Third Annual Interfaith Gathering was a great celebration of the religious richness of the Silicon Valley!

Sponsored by SV FACES, the South Bay Interfaith 3rd annual Community Interfaith Gathering in San Jose on October 2nd was a great success. From the opening drumming and chanting by the Buddhist Monks of the Chung Tai Zen Center ofSunnyvale to the buzz of conversation on into the evening, the Circle of Palms echoed with the sounds of religious diversity and mutual appreciation.

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"Suspensions are lower; expulsions are lower; grades are up; kids are becoming leaders not just on campus, but in the community- all of these things happen because of Everytown."
Dr. Peggy Raun-Linde, Fremont High Principal on NBC News

Camp Everytown & Common Ground Get Results!

With almost 1/3 or her students and many of her faculty having "graduated" Camp Everytown and Common Ground at any given time, Principal Peggy Raun-Linde credits our programs with having dramatically changed her school for the better.

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NEWLY UPDATED!

SV FACES 3 Year
Religious Holidays Calendar Available

SV FACES has gathered in one document:

2007-9 dates of holidays for most religious traditions
in the Bay Area;
descriptions of the holidays;
notes on applicable work, schedule or dietary restrictions; and
notes on how to navigate religious observances
between religions.

This calendar will enable employers, schools and governments to better manage requests for consideration for religious observances across our very diverse society.

Companion guidelines for school administrators and a handy guide for teachers are also available.

Click to download:
calendar | administrator guidelines | teacher guide

Ongoing Programs

Victim Witness Assistance
Provides emergency aid, counseling, and compensation to victims of crime and to court witnesses
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Common Ground Enrichment Institute
A weeklong school site program that opens a social-educational world of opportunity for entering high school students and trains older students as their mentors.
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Camp Everytown
4-day/3-night residential retreat for high school youth that reduces stereotypes, bias, and prejudice, and which increases understanding and respect
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Leadership Today
Extends the successful diversity leadership training of Camp Everytown to college students and adults.
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Building Connections
SV FACES' age-appropriate curriculum helps children to develop a positive sense of self-worth and to value differences among people so as to diminish damaging, prejudiced behavior
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Flash Judgments & Experiencing Diversity
A video based program designed to generate discussion, targeted to middle school and high school students.
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Interfaith Dialogues
Fosters education, communication and friendship among influential religious leaders in the community whose work and words profoundly affect thousands of people
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