This event is held to honor senior citizens during Older Americans Month. Features heatlh screenings, senior information, live entertainment, music and more.

The DC Office on Aging develops and carries out a comprehensive and coordinated system of health, education, employment, and social services for the District's elderly population, who are 60 years of age and older.

The mission of the District of Columbia Office on Aging is to advocate, plan, implement, and monitor programs in health, education, employment, and social services which promote longevity, independence, dignity, and choice for our senior citizens.

Contact Courtney Williams at courtney.williams@dc.gov or (202) 727-8370 for more information.

You will have an opportunity to:

Interact informally with CITI staff
Tour their workspace
See demonstrations of RemoteAssist and their Web Content Management System
Network with Other CITI Clients

CITI is a team of technology experts with a passion for serving nonprofits and socially responsible businesses. They have committed their hearts, hands and minds to helping socially responsible organizations run more powerfully and effectively. This commitment is based on their support for their missions and a relationship of mutual respect.

For more information contact Keith Berner at 202 234 1600 x369

Gallaudet University, in Washington, D.C. and Multi- Health Systems Inc. (MHS) are co-hosting an EQ-i presentation, reception, and certification training workshop from Monday, June 13th to Wednesday, June 15th 2005. The event is geared towards staff and faculty associated with higher education. For example, the EQ-i can be successfully used as an advising tool, as part of training for resident assistants or other paraprofessionals, as well as students in study skills and first-year seminar courses.

This three-day workshop is designed to give first year program personnel the tools and knowledge to not only understand and assess EI competencies, but to implement intervention strategies that will help give students the best chance at first-year success.

MHS has been publishing the very best in psychological assessments for over 20 years. Since 1983, they have been providing the psychological community with leading products such as the Conners' Rating Scales-Revised, the Children's Depression Inventory, the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, the Hare Psychopathy Checklist- Revised 2nd Edition, and the Test of Memory Malingering. These products have demonstrated their commitment to innovation and quality.

Their assessments and services are used in clinical, educational, forensic, pharmaceutical, corporate, and research settings around the world. They also offer translation services with a worldwide network of more than 400 partners to meet the needs of specific populations.

Visit www.cmea.georgetown.edu to view their website and obtain more information.

Educational Community Involvement Program (E.C.I.P.) at the Center for Minority Educational Affairs of Georgetown University coordinates pre-college programs for students in the DC area. The sincere endeavor of this office has always been to inspire hope, confidence, and a heightened interest in the value and benefits of post secondary educational opportunities for students of the District of Columbia. Various programs are offered through the Educational Community Involvement Program office. Students in this current cohort, are rising 9th graders who have attended academic/social enrichment classes on Georgetown's campus on Saturdays and over the summer. They are currently seeking instructors to teach in their pre-college summer insatiate for middle/high school students.

Almost unnoticed in the media coverage of elementary and secondary education in the District of Columbia is the variety of substantial initiatives being taken by traditional and innovative educational institutions in creating schooling for the children of D.C. Public, parochial, private and charter schools are in the process of some major renewal efforts. New leaders and teachers are emerging and they are tapping into different public and private sources of funding while developing a variety of approaches to education. This Woodstock forum will explore the challenges and possibilities for what we hope might be a new springtime for D.C.'s children in their schools.

The Woodstock Theological Center is an independent nonprofit institute at Georgetown University that engages in theological and ethical reflection on topics of social, economic, business, scientific, cultural, religious, and political importance. The Center does research, conducts conferences and seminars, and publishes books and articles. Drawing on the Roman Catholic tradition, the Woodstock Center is ecumenically open, multi-disciplinary, and collaborative with, among others, the business community, government, religious groups, universities, other research centers, and the media. The Woodstock Center aims to be attentive to Scripture's concern for the poor and the powerless. Its work is a particular instance of the contemporary mission of the Society of Jesus: the service of faith through the promotion of justice. The Center is financed by individual donations, foundation grants, and contributions from the Society of Jesus.

Please call (202) 687-3532 for further information.

Drop Off Hours are 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday -Friday and 6:30am-2:00pm on Saturday and Sunday.

SOME (So Others Might Eat), an interfaith, community-based organization that exists to help the poor and homeless of our nation's capital. They meet the immediate daily needs of the people they serve with food, clothing, and health care. They are trying to help break the cycle of homelessness by offering services, such as affordable housing, job training, addiction treatment, and counseling, to the poor, the elderly and individuals with mental illness. Each day, SOME is restoring hope and dignity one person at a time.

If you would like to share any announcements from your organization or campus with the CoRAL Network community, send a brief blurb to kcarter@coralnetwork.org by close of business each Thursday for inclusion in the following Monday's Newsbits.

Please note that submissions MUST be about local events, news, opportunities and activities that are related to community affairs in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Northern Virginia.