Chinatown Urban Institute Fellowship

The Chinatown Community Development Center is now accepting applications for this summer's Chinatown Urban Institute Fellowship! The application deadline has been extended to Friday, May 6 at 5pm.

The Chinatown Urban Institute is a youth empowerment and professional development program. Our mission is to educate and empower San Francisco’s emerging youth leaders and young professionals to understand and take action on urban planning issues, using San Francisco’s Chinatown as a living and breathing laboratory for knowledge. Through an inquiry-based approach, Community Fellows will learn the history, skills, and practical applications of the planning profession as a tool for social justice and advocacy. Biweekly sessions feature seminars, walking (or bike) tours and interactive fieldwork components to give the participants hands-on experience in grassroots community planning.

We are looking for youth between the ages of 18-29 who want to learn more about Chinatown land use issues and want to meet other community advocates who are passionate about making Chinatown a great place to live and work. To see a video of last year’s program, please click on this link: http://tinyurl.com/3by5sgz
For more information, see our Chinatown CDC website: http://tinyurl.com/3u7fy4e

Summer 2011 Program Information
The program will last for 8 weeks from June 6 until July 29. Meetings and trainings will last for about two hours and will take place on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday mornings throughout the first 5 weeks. Fellows are expected to commit about 10-15 hours per week for the trainings, readings, and assignments. The structure for the first 5 weeks will focus on building the Urban Fellows’ knowledge of planning issues in Chinatown and San Francisco, broken down into various categories such as housing, transportation, open space, and economic development. The final 3 weeks will allow Urban Fellows to creatively apply their planning knowledge through the final project, the Chinatown Block Study.
Week 1 | Orientation & Planning 101 (Week of June 6th)
Week 2 | Housing (Week of June 13th)
Week 3 | Safe & Healthy / Open Space & Alleyways (Week of June 20th)
Week 4 | Economic Development (Week of June 27th)
Week 5 | Transportation Justice (Week of July 4th)
Week 6 | Work Sessions: Research (Week of July 11th)
Week 7 | Work Sessions: Written Report Due (Week of July 18th)
Week 8 | Presentation & Graduation Ceremony! (Week of July 25th)

I have attached the 2011 Chinatown Urban Institute application and flyer with this email. Please forward widely to your networks and direct all questions and applications to Deland Chan, (415) 984-1497 or dechan@chinatowncdc.org.