The Cedar-Riverside Family School (CRFS) is a Family Literacy and Work Preparation Program for immigrant and refugee families with children (newborns through 7 years of age). This program began as a result of a neighborhood survey of residents that found immigrant women and young children lacked access to English classes because they have no one to take care of their children during the day and might English classes have long waiting lists. As a family literacy program, CRFS will offer adult education, English Language Learning, Quality Early Childhood Education, Parents and Child Together Time and Parenting Information. In addition, CRFS will also offer computer literacy, career assessment, job skills, and job training. CRFS is an Even Start Family Literacy Program and collaboration among Minneapolis public schools, Children's Home Society, Riverside Plaza Resource Center, and other community agencies. Students might be involved as an Adult English Language Tutor/Homework Helper in English language classes M-Th, 9-12:30 and from 1:30-3:30, as a Computer Teaching Assistant M-Th 1:30-3:30, or as an Early Childhood Volunteer M-Th, 9am-3:30pm.

Dugsi Project: An Academic Tutoring Program for Somali Youth Roosevelt and Washburn High Shcools (South Minneapolis) and Blegen Hall (U of M)
Contact: Nanda Warren, Coordinator, 625-4046, warre040@umn.edu
269 Appleby Hall, General College, Univ of Minnesota

The Dugsi Project began in 1997, after two elders in the Somali community, Ibrahim Ayeh and Mohammed Osman, approached the University with concerns about Somali youth and the need for more academic preparation. Since then, the program has continued to grow and adapt to meet the needs of students.
All qualified English language learners are invited to participate, though the program maintains a Somali focus. ESL tutors work one-on-one with Somali and other English language learners from Roosevelt and Washburn high schools on the academic skills they need to enter and succeed in college. The tutoring curriculum includes academic reading and writing, the college application process, study skills and cultural exchanges. As Dugsi tutors, you will be in a unique position to listen to students' concerns and help them prepare for their future. A great opportunity to connect with someone from a very different culture.

Frankin Learning Center (FLC)
1314 E. Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55454 (lower level of the Franklin Library)
Contact: Nancy Thornbury, Literacy Coordinator, 612-630-6830,
nbthornbury@mpls.lib.mn.us

The Franklin Learning Center is an adult literacy center located in the Franklin Library. Adult learners are from over 25 countries, and some are Native English speakers. The center is staffed by two teachers who are avaliable to answer tutors' questions and help them feel at ease. Student tutors provide one-to-one or small group instruction to adults in English as a Second Language, US Citizenship, and geD classes. Tutors can also assist students in learning about and using computers. FLC is open Mondays and Thursdays from 1--8:30 pm and Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10--5:30 pm.

Ginew/Golden Eagle Program 1530 East Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Contact: Sarah Lawrence-Lupton, 612-879-1757, slawrencel@yahoo.com

The Ginew/Golden Eagle Program is an afterschool program in the Phillips community serving over 300 American Indian youth ages 5-18. The program has recently opend the Ginew/Golden Eagle Media Center, which is dedicated
to enhancing the language and literacy skills of American Indian youth by providing resources and programming in the areas of reading, writing, Native languages, publishing, spoken word, and Native arts. In the Ginew/Golden Eagle Computer Lab, students may work with participants in "mini-workshops" that teach computer skills and educational activities. In the Ginew/Golden Eagle Junior Readers Group, students may work with children ages 5-6 on a one-on-one basis, focusing on sensory/hands-on teaching to help prepare kids for reading and enhancing the abilities of those who can already read. Students may work with youth ages 11-18 in the Ginew/Golden Eagle Language of Hope Media Group, which focuses on the ways the media portray Native American Peoples and Cultures, where youth work with Native artists, writers, filmmakers and photographers to produce original work.

Jane Addams School for Democracy (JAS)
Neighborhood House: 179 Robie St, St Paul, MN, 55107
Contact: D'Ann Urbaniak Lesch (Hmong Circle), 612-626-7690,
durbaniak@hhh.umn.edu
Derek Johnson (Spanish Circle), 651-227-9291, djohnson@neighb.org
JAS is an initiative in democratic education created by residents of St Paul's West Side neighborhood, staff of the Neighborhood House, and students and faculty from the College of St Catherine, University of Minnesota, and the Humphrey Institute. Our mission is to free and cultivate the talents, cultures, and interests of ordinary people of diverse backgrounds and traditions, in order to add their energy and wisdom to the common public wealth. JAS is inspired by the vision of democracy, productive citizenship, and popular education held by settlement pioneers like Jane Addams, where people can come and work together to achieve their goals. JAS values are:
1) Everyone is a teacher and a learner,
1) We honor all cultures.
1) Citizenship means making contributions to the community,
1) Adults and children learn together,
1) Changes can happen when people work together. There are currently three learning circles at JAS which meet at the Neighborhood House on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7--9 pm: The Hmong Circle, the Spanish Circle, and the Children's Circle. Additional "dialogue' sessions are often scheduled before these.

Kaleidoscope Kids' Place
2504 Columbus Ave (Phillips neighborhood near Abbot Northwestern),
Minneapolis
Contact: Jennifer Kuiken, Volunteer Coordinator, 612-871-9268

Kaleidescope Kids' Place provides afterschool programs for children in grades k-6. Its mission is "to enhance the self-esteem, foster understanding of others, and increase the sense of personal responsibility in children and families in the Phillips neighborhood." Kaleidoscope is open 2-5:30 on school days, and students can tutor and mentor children, assist in the activity centers, share a skill or talent, assist with the newsletter, and help plan and assist with special events.

Lyndale Alternative High School (of the Plymouth Youth Center--see below)
2519 Lyndale Ave N, Minneapolis, MN
Contact: Kathleen Butts or Tim Marburger, 612-522-1584

PYC-Lyndale's Alternative School provides great opportunities for individuals considering work as teachers, counselors, or social workers in an urban setting. Work with teachers in a variety of classes, and assist students with classwork, provide input on the design of classes, and participate in ongoing school and/or community projects. Depending on commitment and experience, students may also tutor individual students, co-facilitate classes, and even develop and implement special projects. Sessions run on weekdays from 8 am to 2 pm.

P.E.A.S.E. Academy (Peers Enjoying a Sober Education)
601 13th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Contact: Paul Eastwold, Executive Director, 612-378-1377,
peastwold@yahoo.com

PEASE Academy is a section 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency operating as an alternative school under contract with Minneapolis Public Schools and open to qualifying students from any school district. It is an accredited four-year highschool that provides a supportive, holistic learning environment for about 60 students who are at risk of failure in society but who now want to lead a life that builds a successful future. This includes committing to a chemical-free lifestyle. Tutors and volunteers at PEASE can assist teachers working with students who would benefit from individual or very small-group instruction and assistance in math, reading, and writing, and/or providing a weekly class (2:15 to 3:10) one day a week on most any topic that interests students.

Phyllis Wheatley Community Center.
915 Fremont Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Contact: Lashawnda Ellis or Margaret Moore, 374-4342

Established in 1924, Phyllis Wheatley Community Center was the first social service organization in the twin cities dedicated to serving African Americans. We believe that children and youth who are nurtured and developed within a capable family and community are likely to grow up to pursue their dreams. We are committed to working with other groups to support, strengthen, and empower families in the North Minneapolis Community and to increase their ability to achieve wholeness and effective living. Working with others, we can also reduce violence in our homes and communities, ad promote cooperative living. In particular, the Academic Support Program (M--F, 3-5 pm) seeks to provide homework help, enrichment, and structured play to K-6 students coming from local schools such as Bethune, Harvis, etc.

Plymouth Christian Youth Center (PYC)
2301 Oliver Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55411
Contact: Adriana DiToro, 612-522-6501, aditoro@hotmail.com

PYC provides various programs for children, youth, and families in the North Minnepolis area. Founded in 1954, PYC has a proud history of service to "at-risk/at-promise" young people, seeking to provide the highest quality of educational, social and recreational services possible. PYC's mission is to enrich the skills, prospects, and spirit of North Minneapolis area youth in partnership with families and communities. All of your programming focuses on this ultimate outcome. Though we see our "primary customer" as being children and youth in North Minneapolis, we recognize that others will need and use our services, including church youth and adults from across the nation who attend our camp, Wilderness Canoe Base.
In the After School Enrichment Program, staff and volunteers work with children ages 3-14 to learn various social, emotional, and academic skills--through structured and socially enriching activities or "clubs" such as dance, drama, newspaper writing, film class, cooking, language lessons, reading groups, jewelry making, pottery, computer classes, etc. Staff and volunteers have the chance to create, plan, and facilitate clubs that suit their own perosnsal skill sets and interests, and are encouraged to incorporate development skills of social competence, problem solving, goal planning, diversity awareness, confidence and school performance into their respective clubs and their subsequent "curriculum." Program hours are T, W, Th from 4-6 OR 5-7.

Project for Pride in Living
509 South Washington (PPL Industries)
2516 Chicago Ave S, Minneapolis, MN (Across from Children's Hospital)
Contact: Sarah Koschinska, 612-813-3236, sarah.koschinska@ppl-inc.org

PPL's mission is to assist low income and moderate income people to become self-sufficient by addressing their job, housing, and neighborhood needs. Their motto: Give me a fish and I eat for a day; teach me to fish and I
eat for a lifetime. PPL celebrates 30 years of working in the Twin Cities,
predominately in the Phillips Neighborhood of South Minneapolis. Students
may work in PPL's Job Training Program, tutoring an adult job trainee who is studying for his or her GED (Graduate Equivalency Exam) or needs help with Adult Basic Education, introduction to computer use, or English as a Second Language (ESL), or do neighborhood tutoring in the model College House program (though space is limited). Training is provided. M-F, 8:30am-4pm. www.ppl-inc.org

Sojourner Project, Inc.
904 Main St, Suite 330, Hopkins, MN 55343
Contact: Judy Miller-Thomas, Executive Director, 952-351-4053 or
judimt@hotmail.com

Sojourner Project, Inc., is a community-based, nonprofit corporation serving battered women and their children since 1979. Sojourner Project provides a comprehensive approach in efforts to ending violence against women and children. This approach includes educational efforts designed to challenge community attitudes and practices that permit battering. Our programs consist of education and training, legal advocacy and victim support, outreach services and temporary shelter and support groups for women and children.

West Side Youth Farm
1502 Nicollet Ave Suite #5, Minneapolis, MN 55403 (administrative)
Contact: Gunnar Liden, West Side Program Director, 651-222-7419,
gunnar@youthfarm.net

The West Side Youth Farm is one of five programs of the Youth Farm and Market Project (YFMP), originally established in 1995 in the Lyndale neighborhood of South Minneapolis to provide meaningful work experiences for low-income youth ages 9-16, and to provide low-income people with access to high quality food. Youth grow vegetables and flowers on urban farms in neighborhoods and sell them at their own neighborhood farm markets located at public housing highrises, local cafes, and urban crossroads. The program centers on three major areas: preparing youth for the world of work, building healthy communities in which youth are primary participants, and setting youth on the path of lifelong good health, and community cooking--thus tying together all elements of our program, closing the circle from farm to table. www.youthfarm.net

Such a catch-22! Your classmates do think you are American enough, and your parents think you're too Westernized. At school you're the strange brown kid trying to fit in. At home, you are forgetting your cultural customs, beginning to like fried chicken more than chicken tikka, and choosing to speak English over Urdu.
- Naheed Hasnat, Being Aamreekan

The Borderlands are physically present wherever two or more cultures edge each other, where people of different races occupy the same territory, where under, lower, middle and upper classes touch, where the space between two individuals shrinks with intimacy... It's not a comfortable territory to line in, this place of contradictions. Hatred, anger and exploitation are the prominent features of this landscape.
- Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera