The Center for Multicultural Human Services in collaboration with Fairfax County Domestic Violence Prevention and Policy Planning Council, Shelter House, Tahirih Justice Center, FAITH, Legal Services of Northern Virginia, Boat People SOS, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Fairfax County Police Department, and The Women's Center to present a one-day conference. The conference is for health professionals, mental health professionals, legal professionals, religious leaders, social service professionals and educators?

CMHS began in 1982 under the name of "Connections" as a foster care program for orphaned refugee children. As the demand for therapeutic and social services for language minority residents grew dramatically by the late 1980's, CMHS developed a wide range of services in 30 languages and now serves more than 6,000 individuals and families annually throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
CMHS's holistic, comprehensive model of services responds to the needs of today's culturally diverse immigrants and refugees, most of whom arrive in the US from war-torn, impoverished countries.

For more information call 703-533-3302 x128

The 10th Annual Hoop Dream Tournament is an Exciting daylong outdoor community festival and charity basketball competition. The event brings together DC public high school students and Washington DC metropolitan region business professionals and other youth and adults from across the DC Metro region. The Tournament offers "open" competition, and does not seek to match teams by age, height or any other criteria. All skill levels are welcome. To provide more playing opportunity, the 2005 Tournament will feature a Consolation Bracket.

Hoop Dreams provides inner city DC public high school students with academic college scholarships and connects them to the regional business community and a network of greater opportunities through a core program of college preparation mentoring, internships, service-learning activities, SAT prep courses and ongoing support once students are in college. Since 1996, Hoop Dreams has brought together over 1000 students and mentors; facilitated hundreds of internships; engaged over 1,000 volunteers in community work; and helped nearly 700 students reach college with 900 college scholarships and renewals totaling nearly $2.5 million. The vast majority of these students are the first in their family to attend or graduate from college and come from a single parent household. Out of the first small classes of Hoop Dreams scholars, over 80 have achieved their college degree and the organization is now energized by these alumni returning as volunteers, mentors and young community leaders.

For more information call 202-289-6459

When else can you enjoy great drink specials, bumpin' music and dessert while raising money to send DC's youth to summer camp? Join us for a Happy Hour to benefit Facilitating Leadership in Youth's 6th Annual Summer Camp. FLY Camp provides six weeks of safe, structured, and diverse learning and leadership activities, free of cost, for 40 youth from Southeast DC. The suggested minimum donation is $10

Youth leaders from American University and Anacostia collaborate in the planning, design and implementation of a six week summer learning experience on American University's campus. The goals of the camp are:

- Provide six weeks of safe, structured, and diverse learning and leadership activities, free of cost, for 40 youth from Barry Farm/ Parchester
- Engage youth in building critical thinking, literacy, athletic and artistic skills through interactive learning experiences that combine their academic energies, creativity and personal interests
- Provide employment and leadership opportunities to DC area high school age youth through Counselor-in- Training (CIT) positions
- Involve the Community Advisory Board in the planning and evaluation of FLY's activities. The CAB also encourages parental participation in the summer camp

The summer curriculum consists of: Photography, Urban Ecology, Drama, Technology Works, Small Business Ventures, Comic Book Creations, Daily Paper, Culture Shock, Hip Hop Dance, Basketball, Poetry, Tae Kwon Do, Painting and Drawing, and Swimming.

There will be breakfast, lunch, reading, math, physical education, swimming, dancing, story telling, bowling, skating, arts & crafts, field trips and much more.

There are only 75 slots available - all applications must be completed to be accepted.
Late registration fees will increase - Applications Due By June 6, 2005

The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington is to help boys and girls of all backgrounds, with an emphasis on at-risk youth, build confidence, develop character and acquire the skills needed to become productive, civic-minded, responsible adults.

For information call 202-727-4455 or 202-638-1572

Come Out Enjoy Delicious Appetizers & Happy Hour Drink Specials, while meeting DC's network of young non-profit profesionals.

The Social Action & Leadership School for Activist (SALSA) and the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of DC (YNPNdc) invites everyone to a fun filled evening of networking and information gathering. Whether you're interested in internships, the nonprofit sector, or the activist community, you're sure to learn more and connect at this event!!!

YNPNdc's mission is to promote the interest of and build opportunities for tomorrow's nonprofit leaders. We accomplish this through: Professional Development - Networking - Raising awareness of job opportunities - Social Events - Online community.

SALSA offers skill training in fundraising, communications, organizational development, technoactivism and research as well as policy seminars, which combine political theory with policy critiques. SALSA is a program of the Institute for Policy Studies, IPS.

For more information call 202-234-9382

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.