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The Achiever MJC TRIO Pre-College Programs Monthly Newsletter The Achiever MJC TRIO Pre-College Programs Monthly Newsletter September 2020 • Volume 2 • Issue 3 WHAT’S INSIDE Fall 2020 Tutoring Schedule Important Dates and Deadlines for Seniors Community and Educational Resources Message From Our Staff person still means we must prepare for new protocols, new standards, and a new approach. Greetings TRIO Students, We are excited to get back to our regular work for the new Each year the month of September marks our return to regular school year! In this newsletter you will find our new schedule. TRIO services. Although we never stop with our student It has changed from last year, so please take note of the days advising sessions, we will have more regular advising with all and times for your tutoring sessions. Advising will be made grade levels, weekly tutoring, our Upward Bound students will with your TRIO advisor. begin Saturday Academy this month, and we will have many workshops, special presentations, and parent presentations You have all shown incredible resilience, creativity, and all starting back up this month. strength throughout this year. We are lucky to call you TRIO Students! We believe in you and are here to support you. This We are still living in uncertain times and are doing our best new year will ask all of us to give more, but we are ready to to prepare for the new school year without knowing what to answer the call. expect. We will begin ALL services online until we are cleared by our host institution, MJC, and the schools we serve to return Together in Unity, in person. We understand that even being allowed to return in TRIO Staff September 2020 Page | 1 The Achiever • Dates and Deadlines Seniors! Applying to college can be an intimidating process, even without a national pandemic to add to the pressure. We don’t want you to lose sight of your goals and, for that reason, we wanted to provide you all with a snapshot of important dates and deadlines to be aware of so you can continue being successful! As always, our advisors are always open to answering your questions and will help you navigate through the process. FAFSA - Opens Oct. 1 - Deadline Mar. 2 Cal Grant - Opens Oct. 1 - Deadline Mar. 2 (must submit FAFSA or CADAA application) UC Application - Open - Deadline Nov. 30 CSU Application - Opens Oct 1 - Deadline Nov. 30 MJC Application - Opens Oct. 1 - Deadline for Priority Registration TBA (Spring 2021) If you are applying to private universities, check each individual school for application deadlines. Typically deadlines are between Jan 1-Jan 15 but each school is different! Fall 2020 Tutoring Schedule Upward Bound Educational Talent Search Ceres High — Wed - 2:40-4:40 PM Modesto and Downey High Johansen High — Thurs - 2:40-4:40 PM Tues & Thurs - 2:40-4:40 PM Modesto High — Tues - 2:40-4:40 PM Patterson High — Tues - 3:00-4:30 PM Hanshaw and Mark Twain Riverbank High — Mon - 3:00-4:30 PM Mon & Wed - 2:40-4:40 PM Reminder: All Zoom links will be sent through your program advisor’s Remind class! If you are not already in their class, please contact them so you can join us! September 2020 Page | 2 The Achiever • Community Resources Below we have gathered resources for students and families to take advantage of including: school related information and links to FAQs, community agencies and resources, public health information, mental health and self care information and social justice resources. We will continue to update this page as more resources are made known to us. Our Office Mental Health and Self Care Resources Community Resources Interim Director Jorge Camarena - [email protected] Mental Health Conditions Meal Pick Up for Students Learn about the different mental health condi- 2020 Summer Meal Service Sites Upward Bound Staff tions that can and are being triggered as a result Ceres Unified School District Alyssa Nelson - [email protected] of coronavirus, the economy and repeated racist Modesto City Schools District Maria Ramirez - [email protected] incidents and deaths. (click here for Spanish) Read this article on traumatic stress. Patterson Unified School District Educational Talent Search Staff Read this article that describes Racial Battle Fatigue Riverbank Unified School District Benjamin Cimoli - [email protected] [Video] Race, Ethnicity and Toxic Stress Directory for Local Food Pantries Yuliana Jimenez - [email protected] Stanislaus County 211 Self Care Resources Community Agencies Administrative Staff Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective Love Our Neighbors April Sanchez - [email protected] (BEAM) United Way of Stanislaus County Elena Bernal - [email protected] Black Mental Health Alliance Black Mental Wellness Health and Public Safety Educational Resources POC Online Classroom The Steve Fund World Health Organization Internet Access Ourselves Black Center for Disease Control and Prevention MCS WiFi Hotspots Stanford’s Guide to Coping with COVID-19 Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center Available Low Cost Programs Coping with Stress During a Pandemic California Department of Public Health Academic and Tutoring Resources 14 Small Self-Care Tips Stanislaus County Public Health Services Stanislaus County 2020-21 Plan (click here for Spanish) Central Valley Suicide Prevention Hotline MCS 2020-21 School Year Info 888.506.5991 (24-hour line) Setting Up Zoom Stanislaus County Library Suicide Prevention & Crisis Services MCS Distance Learning 800.273.8255 (24-hour line) Khan Academy Test Preparation Crisis Text Line: text “COURAGE” To: 741741 College Board Free 24/7 and Confidential ACT College Admissions Stanislaus County Behavioral Health and University of California Recovery Services Crisis Line UC COVID-19 FAQs 209.558.4600; 888.376.6246 (24-hour line) California State University CSU COVID-19 FAQs Modesto Junior College COVID-19 Resources from Congressman Josh Harder Representative Josh Harder’s office offers free assistance to constituents experiencing a hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you or anyone you know needs help finding food services, financial assistance, or with an unemployment claim – please contact his office at 209-579-5458 and they will do everything they can to help. To access COVID-19 resources click here. To view other casework services click here. La oficina del Representante Josh Harder ofrece asistencia gratuita a las familias que tienen dificultades durante la pan- demia COVID-19. Si usted o alguien que conoce necesita ayuda para encontrar servicios de alimentos, asistencia financiera o con una reclamación por desempleo, comuníquese con su oficina 209-579-5458 y harán todo lo posible para ayudar. Para ver los recursos de COVID-19 haga clic aquí. Para ver otros servicios haga clic aquí. September 2020 Page | 3 The Achiever • Educational Resources on Social Justice Educational Resources on Crystal Fleming Film and Television Racism and Inequality • Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva • Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence by • The Blind Side Understanding the Context of Racism & Derald Wing Sue • The Pursuit of Happyness Current Events • The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh • The Hate U Give Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice • Everyday Antiracism edited by Mica Pollock • Just Mercy Racism and the Reactions to George Floyd and Others • Martin Luther King Jr. • Selma How Anti-Racism Hurts Black People “I Have a Dream” • The Help “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” “Letter From Birmingham Jail” • Bleeding Blue “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” Stride Toward Freedom • I Am Not Your Negro • Blackthink by Jesse Owens • Black-ish Ways to Take Action as an Ally or • I Have Changed by Jesse Owens • Walkout Champion For People of Color • Warriors Don’t Cry: The Searing Memoir of the • Stand and Deliver How to Be an Ally if You are a Person with Privilege Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Central High by • Freedom Writers How Not to be an Ally Melba Beals Building Allies Anti-Racism Resources • The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His Additional List of Anti-Racism Resources White Mother by James McBride • How It Feels to Be Colored Me by Books and Articles to Read Zora Neale Hurston On Anti-Racism and Inequality • Love Your Enemies by Arthur C. Brooks Literature and Stories Written by and About People • White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to of Color Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou • John McWhorter’s Review of White Fragility • Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou •Orlando Patterson’s Review of ‘Please Stop Helping • Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin Us’ and ‘Shame’ • The Mother by Gwendolyn Brooks • How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi • We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks • Talking to Strangers by Malcom Gladwell • A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines • David and Goliath by Malcom Gladwell • The Sky is Grey by Ernest Gaines • Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas • Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her • The Blind Side by Michael Lewis Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper • The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner • A Monument to Our Shared Purpose by Allen C. • Love War Stories by Ivelisse Rodriguez Guelzo and James Hankins • Native Country of My Heart by Cherrie Moraga • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson • Retablos: Stories from a Life Lived Along the Border • The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin by Octavio Solis • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad • My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an •
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