Tutoring and Mentoring
BUILD | http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/calcorps.asp?id=1096
Contact: Carrie Donovan at carriedonovan@berkeley.edu
The Bears United in Literacy Development (BUILD) program is designed to connect Cal students with K-8th youth from Berkeley and Oakland to provide literacy support and tutoring in after-school settings.
Berkeley School Volunteers | http://www.bpef-online.org/volunteers.html
Contact: Michelle Khazai at bsv@berkeley.k12.ca.us
Berkeley School Volunteers (BSV) offers a variety of volunteer opportunities at all 16 public schools in Berkeley, including in-classroom teacher support, after-school tutoring, garden or library assistant, and much more.
Let's Rise | http://www.letsrise.org
Contact: Kristine Nguyen at kristine_nguyen@berkeley.edu
We are a one-on-one Asian mentorship at Helms Middle School in Richmond dedicated to educating and empowering underrepresented youth.
Raza Recruitment and Retention Center | http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~rrrc
Contact: Alvaro Cassonova at razatransfer@gmail.com
We conduct outreach to high school students across the state by providing workshops in an effort to promote higher education.
REACH!-True Asian Leaders (TAL) | http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~reach/tal.html
Contact: Dianna Savangsy at dsavangsy@berkeley.edu
TAL mentors and empowers Asian high school youth in Oakland & Richmond to promote social justice, critical thinking, leadership, & higher education.
Sage Project
Contact: Matt Busch at rmbusch@berkeley.edu
We use outdoor activities to engage youth in a mentorship program at Washington Elementary School in Berkeley.
SEAM (Southeast Asian Mentorship)
Contact: Aline Xayasouk at alinex@berkeley.edu
SEAM utilizes mentoring as a way to inspire, empower, educate, and politicize Southeast Asian high school youth particularly in the Richmond area.
SHINE Mentorship Program
Contact: Michelle Cheng at michellecheng@berkeley.edu
SHINE (Students Helping Inspire and Nurture Excellence) Mentorship Program is dedicated to enriching the lives of inner city Oakland high school students by developing personal relationships through one-on-one mentorship with UC Berkeley college students.
WriterCoach Connection| http://www.writercoachconnection.org
Contact: Lynn Mueller at writercoachconnect@yahoo.com
WriterCoach Connection recruits, trains, and coordinates community volunteers as classroom writing coaches for middle school and high school students in Berkeley and Albany.
WYSE | http://wyse.org
Contact: Divya Shenoy at divya.shenoy@gmail.com
WYSE supports middle and high school girls with the resources necessary to make decisions about relationships, sexuality, their futures, and community.
Youth Impact | http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~yimpact/
Contact: Melissa Hampton at melissah@berkeley.edu
Youth Impact is a service-learning program working to empower 4th and 5th graders at Washington Elementary by teaching them about, and involving them in, community service.
Youth Support Program
Contact: Judge Hensley at judgehensley@gmail.com or Karla DeLeon at karladeleon@berkeley.edu
The Youth Support Program (YSP) empowers the youth of today by providing a positive role model in their life. YSP pairs Willard Middle School students with UC Berkeley students for one-on-one mentoring.
College Prep
Destination: College
Contact: Minh Dang at ccorps@berkeley.edu
Destination: College promotes college awareness to low-income, first generation, and underprivileged youth in the Bay Area through tutoring, mentoring, college-advising, and college application support.
Early Academic Outreach Program | http://eaop.berkeley.edu
Contact: EAOP@berkeley.edu
EAOP helps high school students prepare for college by creating a community of young scholars and offering college-preparatory advising and academic enrichment opportunities.
Experience Berkeley | http://stileshall.org/experienceberkeley.htm
Contact: info@stileshall.org
Experience Berkeley's identifies promising high school and community college students and brings them to the Berkeley campus in small groups during the summer and school year, in order to increase the number of Black, Latino and Native American students applying to and attending U.C. Berkeley.
Gates Millennium Scholars Association
Contact: Kaeo Tong Vang at kaeo_tong_vang@yahoo.com
Gates Millennium Scholars serves the community by providing mentoring and tutoring services to middle school and high school students, creating a social network, and providing professional development to students at University of California, Berkeley.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund | http://www.hsf.net
Contact: Hector Guiterrez at g21hector@berkeley.edu
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) Berkeley Scholar Chapter network promotes academic success and professional preparation among college students while serving as role models and leaders in their communities through outreach to K-12 students in the Hispanic community.
PASS | http://pass.berkeley.edu
Contact: Michelle De la Cruz at mdelacruz@berkeley.edu
Pilipino Academic Student Services (PASS) is a student-run service organization formed in 1985 to address the educational concerns of Pilipino students in pursuit of higher education. PASS provides programs targeted specifically toward the recruitment of high school students.
PTPS (The People's Test Preparation Services) | http://www.ptps.org
Contact: Jimmy Huang at jimmyhuang@berkeley.edu
We provide standardized test-taking skills to low-income college bound students in the Bay Area school districts.
Raza Recruitment and Retention Center | http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~rrrc
Contact: Alvaro Cassonova at razatransfer@gmail.com
We conduct outreach to high school students across the state by providing workshops in an effort to promote higher education.
REACH! | http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~reach
Contact: Nikki Arenal at paradise.cruz@gmail.com
As a recruitment and retention center we meet the needs of people lacking equal access to higher education, particularly Asian/Pacific Islanders traditionally underrepresented in institutions of higher education.
Y-Scholars | http://www.baymca.org/index.php/d_scholars.html
Contact: Jennifer Ma at jma@baymca.org
The Y Scholars Program helps first-generation college-bound students at Berkeley High achieve their dreams of attending college through intense mentoring and other support services.
Environmental/Science Education
Eggster | http://www.eggster.org
Contact: Kim Khuc at kimkhuc@berkeley.edu
Eggster organizes a number of philanthropy and service projects supporting youth-serving organizations throughout the Bay Area, including a major spring Egg Hunt & Learning Festival.
Oakland Based Urban Gardens (OBUGS) | http://obugs.org
Contact: Janet Jin at janetjin@yahoo.com
OBUGS strengthens families and builds community through educational programs offered in a network of neighborhood gardens, green spaces and farmers markets. OBUGS programs provide nutrition and environmental education, connection with caring adults, leadership training and entrepreneurial opportunities for youth, inter-cultural and inter-generational contact and projects, and access to healthy fresh food.
Wonderworks | http://www.wonderworks.berkeley.edu/
Contact: Whitney Wang at weeteehee@gmail.com
We provide services to under-resourced Bay Area elementary schools to expose them to science and science careers.
Health, Hunger, and Homelessness
DULCE | http://ucbdulce.org
Contact: Oscar Davila at oscard608@berkeley.edu
DULCE reduces the effects and prevents the early onset of diabetes in the Latino community through education and preventive action.
Suitcase Clinic | http://suitcaseclinic.org
Contact: Courtney Hernandez at court@berkeley.edu
Suitcase Clinic provides free health care services to neighboring homeless and low-income population.
Youth Emergency Assistance Hostel (YEAH) | http://yeah-berkeley.org/
Contact: Sara Harris at saraharris@berkeley.edu
YEAH! is a community of more than 50 local citizens, students, working and retired people, and social service professionals working to prevent adult homelessness by addressing the issues of youth homelessness. YEAH! provides seasonal shelter for homeless youth in Berkeley during twenty weeks of every winter.
Sports & Coaching
Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program | http://borp.org/
Contact: info@borp.org
Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP) works to improve the health, independence and social integration of people with physical disabilities through sports, fitness and recreation programs.
Coaching Corps - Team Up for Youth | http://teamupforyouth.org/coaching_corps.html
Contact: Amit Pande at pandeamit@berkeley.edu
Coaching Corps recruits and trains college students to serve as volunteer coaches with after-school sports programs that serve youth living in low-income neighborhoods.
Girls on the Run Bay Area | http://www.gotrbayarea.org/
Contact: info@gotrbayarea.org
Girls on the Run of the Bay Area provides an innovative running program for girls ages 8 to 13 that uses experiential learning to encourage emotional, social, psychological and physical development.
Other
R.I.S.E
Contact: Perla Flores at perla1986@gmail.com
We provide support services, leadership training, and promote collective empowerment to immigrant students.
The Music Connection
Contact: Sandra Nakagawa at sandra_nakagawa@berkeley.edu
We provide Berkeley youth an extracurricular school program focused on one-on-one music training and ensemble play.
Paid Opportunities
BUILD | http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/calcorps.asp?id=1096
Contact: Carrie Donovan at carriedonovan@berkeley.edu
The Bears United in Literacy Development (BUILD) program is designed to connect Cal students with K-8th youth from Berkeley and Oakland to provide literacy support and tutoring in after-school settings. Students with work-study can get paid for their commitment of at least.
Destination: College
Contact: Minh Dang at ccorps@berkeley.edu
Destination: College promotes college awareness to low-income, first generation, and underprivileged youth in the Bay Area through tutoring, mentoring, college-advising, and college application support.
Making Waves | http://www.making-waves.org/
Contact: information@making-waves.org
Through rigorous academic preparation, Making Waves Education Program will ensure that youth acquire the skills necessary to gain acceptance to and graduate from four-year colleges and universities.
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