San Francisco Youth Commission
Youth Immigration Committee
Minutes
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
3:30-4:30pm
City Hall, Room 18

There will be public comment on each item.

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

Commissioner Yang called the meeting to order at 3:35p.m. Commissioners present: Yang, Ontiveros. Members present: Lee, Mejia, Neftali Rios, Carlos Rios, Vasquez. Staff present: Truong, Lam, Corteza.

2. Approval of Minutes (Action Item)

A. Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Commissioner Ontiveros, seconded by Yang moved to approve the minutes of October 5, 2011. The motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

3. Approval of Agenda (Action Item)

Commissioner Ontiveros, seconded by Mejia moved to approve the agenda. The motion was approved unanimously by acclamation.

4. Public Comment on Items not on Agenda (Discussion Only)

There were none.

5. Business (All Items to Follow Discussion and Possible Action)

A. Immigrant Youth Summit Logistical Updates
• Agenda
Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs staff, Danielle Lam, updated the committee on the revised and updated Immigrant Youth Summit agenda.

• Tote Bag Stuffing Plans
Staff Truong shared with committee members that there will be a meeting on Wednesday, October 26 at 3pm to work on preparing the 200 tote bags for the summit.

• Raffle Prizes
Raffle prizes have been donated and purchased by Danielle Lam.

• Confirmed Speakers & Moderators
The following moderators have been confirmed for each break out session: YOUTHALIVE! Will be facilitating the Violence Prevention session; E4FC will be facilitating the Understanding the DREAM Act session; Mission SF will be facilitating the Financial Literacy/Budget session; CAA will be facilitating Know your Rights; SFWAR will be facilitating Healthy Relationships session; PODER will be facilitating Higher Education: Empowerment session; First Graduate will be facilitating Higher Education: Financial Aid session; Seemi Choudry will be facilitating Community Organizing; Robert Minivera and CCDC will be facilitating Communities Working Together through Art session; and Jose-Luis Mejia will be facilitating Youth & Government session.

For each break out session, there will be one committee member in the session to record notes.

Committee members have been assigned different emcee roles throughout the day. Committee members have agreed to email Danielle a draft of their introductions when they are done.

• Timeline

Staff will be going to the West Bay Conference Center on Thursday, October 27 at 4pm to prep and do a quick run through of the space before the summit.


B. Moment to Moment Plans: Prep Day (Thursday, 10/27 4pm), Set Up & Clean Up

Danielle will be creating moment to moment sheets for committee members and volunteers to have on the day of the summit. It is important to study these documents.

C. Focus Group Questions

Committee members shared a lengthy discussion on how to facilitate the focus groups at the end of the summit. Members felt that it would be more significant, effective, and efficient if young people are leading the small group discussions instead of adults. The questions must be open ended so as to direct the flow of the discussion, and should somehow be addressed in survey questions as well. After the discussion, members were able to finalize the following open ended questions: What are some challenges that immigrant young people face on a regular basis? What are some services that have helped you out? How does your school and/or counselor provide services to support any AB540 students?

D. Next Steps

Members are to work on introductions of speakers, as well as recruit volunteers, and prepare for the summit. Staff will send out reminders to members on their roles, their moment to moment plans, what time to meet at the summit, as well as the survey questions for their review.

6. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 4:47pm..

Any materials distributed to the members of the Youth Commission within 72 hours of the meeting or after the agenda packet has been delivered to the members are available for inspection—along with minutes of previous Youth Commission meetings and all supplementary information—at the Youth Commission office during regular office hours (9am to 6pm, Monday—Friday). The Youth Commission office is located at:
City Hall, Room 345
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 554-6446, Fax: (415) 554-6140
Email: youthcom@sfgov.org
www.sfgov.org/yc

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