May 24, 2011 was our Anti- Bullying session. This session went very well. Considering the fact that our team had some technical difficulties with the session. For example, one of the members from my team got injured, so they went home. We were concerned, however they were okay. After some more…

This past April 19th, the dolars and sense team had a guess speaker come into Ryse and talk a bit about their profession. The guess speaker was a nurse and had been in the medical profession for over 20 years. Although the group of Ryse youth was small, the nurse…

If you all missed the first ever Dollars and Sense workshop on the topic "What's Going Down In Our Schools", then you missed out. Yes this was our very first workshop that we did all by ourselves! The process of getting prepared was not an easy one, however we did it.…

Last week the RLT of Ryse went to the City Council Meeting. The reason why we went was because of the issue of a group of youth that (with their own money) decided to paint a mural on an old bulding in Richmond California. The youth took all of the neccessary…

Last week there was a poetry workshop here at Ryse called "Youth Speaks". It was on a Sunday, so I wasn't too sure on how many people would show up. When I got there however, there were a good turn out of people. The workshop consisted of writing, and brain storming. It was very…

Today I went to the Ethnic Studies Workshop at UC Berkeley. Honestly, at first i did not know what to expect. I thought it would be lectures about different places..basicly boring. However, I was very wrong. As my class and I first came on to the campus, we were in awe at the…

So let me get this straight, Teachers can teach about wars, they can teach about violence, they can even teach about how certain races enslaved other races, but they can't teach about same sex families? Really? It all started with an article that I read in "The Bay Citizen" about parents…

So recently I read an article about teachers using gender to lable students. Although it seems normal when we hear a teacher say, "good morning boys and girls", there is actually research that has proven that these sort of practices can increase children stereotyping. What this means is that it is more likely…

If any of you are looking into scholarships, then you know alittle about the process. The deffinition of scholarship is, "An award of financial aid for a student to further their education". Most of the time to be eligible for a scholarship, you have to meet certain requirements. The good…

Recently, I read a news article in the "Contra Costa Times" about physical fitness in the school systems. What I read was very interesting. In Oakley California, they have the highest number of overweight children in Caifornia. As this raises many concerns with different people, The school district says that it is…