Smart Girls
   Horizons Unlimited
   Seattle Expanding Your Horizons

Horizons Unlimited is a year-round mentoring program for girls to "inspire girls to explore science, math and technology careers by providing hands on learning opportunities... including on-site company visits and one-on-one mentoring."

SEYH is "an annual day of career exploration in math, science, and technology for girls in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade. This year's conference is on April 1st at Seattle University. Review the list of workshops... preregistration is required." [Registration ended Mar 25] (206) 236-9720 or seyh@smart-girls.org.

Dandelion Collective
   DC: Seattle Dance Laws

"It is too difficult to throw [large] legal parties. ... It is too expensive to make it legal. It is too much of a hassle to make it legal. ... One of the biggest issues is... the Teen Dance Ordinance." DC wants to "help people make a positive and informed contribution to changing these laws. We believe that the laws/municiple code needs to be changed to make it easier to hold parties, otherwise parties will remain 'underground', and adhere to no laws."

Bike Works -
Community Bike Shop

"One day in 8th grade, I was walking with my friend Mikaelin and he mentioned something about working at a bicycle shop. Since we were right by the shop at the time, we went in there and talked to a guy named Chris.

"We asked them if they had job opportunities and Chris told us that they had a program called Earn-a-Bike.  For only $20 and permission from your mom or dad, you can participate. He explained that you take a class about bicycle repair (a different part each week). Then during Earn-a-Bike you work on bikes and they pay you a bicycle part by part."

- D. J. Smith, Earn-A-Bike graduate, Fall 1998