Other SNIs offers a range of outstanding SL opportunities in neighborhoods including University, Spartan Keyes, Thirteenth Street, Gateway East. Faculty/students are invited to meet directly with SNI officials or Neighborhood Project Managers to plan participation in any project phase. Visit the City websites to view strategies in which students can civically engage.
Contact: SNI Team Manager
Phone: 408-277-4477
Address: 200 E. Santa Clara St. 14th Floor San Jose, CA 95113
Website: http://www.strongneighborhoods.org
Note: Check out the many opportunities available throughout the City on the Volunteer San Jose website: www.volunteersanjose.org For more information call 408-535-3500
Fly Mentors work one-on-one with youth who are on probation because of alcohol or other drug related charges and support their youth’s development of new behaviors, attitudes, and ambition. Fly Mentors also help their youth discover how to solve problems and have fun without turning to drugs or alcohol.
Contact: David Cattivera
Phone: 408.263.2630 Ext.15
Email: info@flyprogram.org
Address: 568 Valley Way Milpitas, CA 95035
Website: www.flyprogram.org
The California JusticeCorps Program partners recruits and trains diverse university students to assist overburdened courts with supporting self-represented litigants.
Contact: Dan Siskind
Phone: 510.891.6406
Email: dsiskind@alameda.courts.ca.gov
Address: Different Locations in Bay Area
Website: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/programs/justicecorps
Serve in multiple programs: AIDS Legal Services, Fair Housing Law Project, Legal Advocates for Children & Youth, Mental Health Advocacy Project, Public Interest Law; also, special events planning and staging. Bilingual service-learners needed.
Contact: Carrie Chung
Phone: 408.280.2472
Email: carriec@lawfoundation.org
Address: 152 North Third Street, 3rd Floor San Jose, CA 95112
Website: www.lawfoundation.org
Serve in Domestic Violence Limited Scope Representation program, the Family Law Clinic; bilingual speakers needed to serve as translators for non-English speaking clients, and assist in outreach and education to the community regarding free legal services.
Contact: Pro Bono
Phone: 408-998-5298 ext.329
Email/Volunteer Link: http://www.probonoproject.org/become_volunteer.html
Address: 480 N. First Street, San Jose, CA, 95112
Website: www.probonoproject.org
YEA stands for Youth Education Advocates. One of the major projects we are working as is the Education Rights Project. The project gets special education for minors in the juvenile justice system. The goals of this project are to: Train social workers and probation officers, help them find the children who need special services, make sure that kids get tested for disabilities and teach parents and other caregivers that they can ask to have their kids tested. Be trained as an advocate for juvenile justice. Project Yea! Kids with learning disabilities have problems growing up.
Contact: Project Yeah!
Phone: 408.278.6066
Address: 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
The center educates and engages the South Bay community around critical issues of peace and justice. Volunteer and internship opportunities include video production, research, community outreach, data entry/office work, assisting with events and publicity, writing for our website and blog, and participating in social justice campaigns.
Contact: Charlotte Casey
Phone: 408.297.2299
Email: treasurer@sanjosepeace.org
Address: 48 S 7th St # 101 San Jose, CA 95112
Website: www.sanjosepeace.org
SIREN is offering internships with its Organizing Program to assist with our campaigns/projects: Just and Humane Immigration Reform, Preserving California’s Safety Net Programs, Immigrant Phone Survey and Electoral Campaign.
Contact: Cesar Juarez,
Phone: 408.453.3003, ext. 112.
Email: cesar@siren-bayarea.org
Address: 1425 Koll Circle Suite 109 San Jose, CA 95112
Website: www.siren-bayarea.org
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