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Silicon Valley FACES builds an inclusive and caring community, free of bias and bigotry, by bringing people together through educational programs and serving victims of crime.
Welcome Our New Board Members!
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Rabbi Melanie Aron
Melanie is the Rabbi of Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos. Melanie also serves on the boards of American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley and The Interfaith Council. |
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Bob LoPresto
Bob is a managing partner with Duran Human Capital Partners. Bob served as Past President of the Northern California Human Recourses Association Board of Trustees, as a Trustee for the Montalvo Arts Center and a Board member of the of the San Jose Symphony. |
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Lisa McCormack
Lisa is the VP of Client Services for The Melita Group. The Melita Group is the benefits broker and HR consulting firm for FACES. She recently served on the Board of Women’s Recovery Association. Lisa was a member of WRA’s Executive Committee, and chaired the HR Committee. |
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Tesha Poe
Tesha is Director of Admissions for Hillbrook School in Los Gatos. Hillbrook is an independent, coeducational day school founded in 1935. Tesha is a member of the Sunnyvale-Cupertino Bar Association. She serves as Board Secretary. |
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Eric Wang
Eric Wang is an Audit Senior with Deloitte and Touche. He is a member of United Way’s Young Leaders United. Eric is the Treasurer of the Board. |
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2009
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Student Art/Writing/
Multimedia Contest
Grand Prize: Dorothy Nguyen, Oak Grove High School
The SV FACES Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Contest is designed to keep the memory of Dr. King’s lessons in diversity leadership alive for new generations of youth. Utilizing an annual theme from Dr. King’s own words, the contest focuses the students’ creativity on social justice issues which align with the mission of Silicon Valley FACES. They translate his words for their generation, and in so doing they find their own voices. This year’s theme is, “…A new era of progress and hope…to be widened and lengthened into a superhighway of justice…”
An Interfaith Declaration for Peace
SV FACES was one of many local interfaith organizations to endorse "An Interfaith Declaration for Peace":
We, members and leaders of the Silicon Valley interfaith community, are anguished by the events that have unfolded in Israel and Gaza. While some of us—guided by faith and conscience—may in other venues express stronger statements of sympathy either for Israel or Gaza, we share a commitment to engage with one another, even, and especially, during times of great stress. We also affirm our common humanity and our common belief that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must cease, that there is no violent solution to that conflict, that all human life is valued, and that all parties must cooperate to achieve a just and lasting peace on behalf of God’s children who reside in the land we call holy.
Read the full statement
Morgan Family Foundation Challenge Grant
We're delighted to announce that SV FACES has been awarded a challenge grant by the Morgan Family Foundation in the amount of $100,000! This money, and the matching funds we will raise, will be designated for capacity building.
Read more . . .
 "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.
Read
more . . .
 SV FACES
Religious Holidays Calendar Available
SV FACES has gathered in one document:
- 2007-09 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
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Victim
Witness Assistance
Provides emergency aid, counseling,
and compensation to victims of crime and to court witnesses
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more...
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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more...
Flash
Judgments & Experiencing Diversity
A video based program designed to generate discussion, targeted to
middle school and high school students.
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more...
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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more...
Extremes
of Hate:
Holocaust
Studies and Critical Thinking
The Holocaust Studies & Critical Thinking program
is dedicated to teaching each new generation about the devastating consequences
of power and prejudice combined, what happens when citizens remain
indifferent to injustice, and the devastating impact of institutional
hatred and racism.
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