July 9
Seattle Sites of the Day:

Giving.org
   Habitat Espresso
   Four Angels Cafe

"Giving.org: Working for Seattle Youth - Empowerment through Employment"

"The initial program we are developing is an at-risk youth barista training program.

"The City of Seattle Parks Department was running a similar program until the fall of 1999. The program, Yo Hot Shots, was dissolved for a lack of funding. [It] helped at-risk youth enter the job market through an intensive training and placement program." ...

"Our second phase will be to run a similar program for Street Youth. We will be working with the Capitol Hill Youth Center and other Social Service organizations to provide a balanced service approach for these clients.

"The program will serve 60 clients in the first year of operation and will double annually for the first 3 years to reach a goal of 180 clients a year." ...

"Upon completion of the course requirements clients will benefit from our network of small business associates to provide job placement opportunities.

"In essence giving.org is a fledgling organization and could use your help.

"Current Volunteer needs:

-	Programming Advice
-	Youth Service Advice
-	Legal Advice
-	More and more networking for job placement."

"Habitat Espresso

Where the net profits go

-	25% to Chicken Soup Brigade
-	25% to Childhaven's Crisis Nursery
-	50% to the giving.org Investment Fund

"Four Angels Cafe

Where the net profits go

-	50% to The Pride Foundation
-	50% to the giving.org Investment Fund"

A community forum to educate residents on the procedures necessary for establishing an effective Independent Police Review Board.

A dialogue between the community and two national experts who have set up successful review boards in other cities.

Help us figure out how we might improve community relations between the Seattle and King County Police Departments and the people they serve, particularly those who reside in ethnic minority communities.

Topics include: Should citizen representatives be appointed or elected?

For more information, call the Urban League at (206) 461-3792.

Sponsored by:

-	Black Clergy for Action
-	NAACP
-	Urban League of Seattle
-	Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP)
-	El Centro de la Raza
-	Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee
-	Mothers for Police Accountability
-	National Black Chamber of Commerce
-	People's Coalition for Justice
-	Commission on African-American Affairs
-	Minority Executive Directors Committee (MEDC)
	and many other organizations