April 2012
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2011 with SPACE
Another year of unforgettable moments with SPACE.
Winter Field Trip
Spring Conference
End of the [School] Year Banquet
SPACE Staff 2010-2011 & 2011-2012
Transition of Admin
New Staff!
Summer 2011
Family Day
Summer Training
Summer Retreat
Fall 2011
Mid-Year Hiring
Fall Field Trip
SPACE Internship: Fall 2011
SPACE...
November 2011
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September 2011
1 post
SPACE Internship & Volunteer Apps Out Now!
We are hiring for SPACE Internship FALL 2011 & for hiring for yearlong volunteers! Internship consists of weekly internship meetings where we will discuss various topics regarding access. You can attend each of our 3 sites: Belmont High School, Marshall High School, and El Camino Community College. You can kick it with SPACE staff, we’re pretty cool people. And more than anything, I...
August 2011
2 posts
May 2011
3 posts
Staff Blog: Annalou Lingat
Full Name: Annalou Lingat Year at UCLA: 2nd year Major: Psychobiology SPACE Site: Belmont High School Position in SPACE: 1st year Peer Tutor
The moment I always think of when I look back at how I became involved in SPACE is when I volunteered for PREP’s (Pilipino Recruitment and Enrichment Program’s) DIAL (“Day in a Life” of a College Student) conference. The PREP leaders...
Staff Blog: Anthony Arce
Full Name: Anthony Allen Cubos Arce Year at UCLA: 2nd year Major: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG) SPACE Site: El Camino College Position in SPACE: 1st year Peer Advisor
SPACE didn’t pop for me when I was first introduced to the project. I was impressed by the work SPACE staff did, but I knew that this level of structure required a lot of time, effort, and care. Being a...
April 2011
6 posts
Staff Blog: Kim Sazon
Full Name: Kim Sazon Year at UCLA: 2nd year Major: Economics SPACE Site: Marshall High School Position in SPACE: 1st year Peer Tutor
When I first joined SPACE, I thought I was going into a normal tutoring program that helped high school students. I was totally wrong. I remember volunteering for the Spring 2010 SPACE Conference not knowing what to expect. At the conference I met many of the...
Staff Blog: Emilie Tumale
Full Name: Emilie Tumale Year at UCLA: 2nd year Major: Asian American Studies SPACE Site: Marshall High School Position in SPACE: 1st year Peer Tutor
I first became involved in SPACE through their Staff Support program during Winter Quarter of my first year, which is technically almost a year ago! I first heard of it when I met my mentor and I asked him why I never saw him during Pilipinos in...
March 2011
2 posts
This is the SOUL of LA.
michellelapitan:
Photographs from SPACE Winter Field Trip 2011! Pictures taken around LA and USC!
SPACE Winter Field Trip.
joncasas:
What a great field trip! We did a people of color tour of LA, went to Watts Towers, had some workshops at USC, and took a tour of the campus. Students dialoguing about how they can make change in their community. Beautiful.
February 2011
3 posts
A Thank You Speech from one of our very own [past]...
alyssa06verona:
~ I just had an urge to post this. Why?! Maybe because I just received a message that made me realize why I need to be thankful with my life and to the people who are always there beside me, pushing me to be a better person. This was my Salutatorian Address for our graduation last year, June 17, 2010. I basically did this 1-2 day(s) before the graduation, so I’m sorry if there...
Staff Blog: Joshua Santos
Full Name: Joshua Santos Year at UCLA: 2nd year Major: Biology SPACE Site: Marshall High School Position in SPACE: 1st year Peer Tutor
I first became involved in SPACE through the Samahang Teaching through Experience Program, a.k.a. STEP internship, during Spring quarter of my first year; this was when I volunteered at the end of the year SPACE conference at UCLA. There I saw students facilitating...
January 2011
1 post
1 tag
Staff Blog: Justin Soriano
Name: Justin Soriano.
Year at UCLA: 2nd Year Major: Mechanical Engineering SPACE Site: Belmont High School Position in SPACE: 1st year Peer Advisor.
Looking back from SPACE summer training until now, I realized how much I’ve changed.
I initially joined SPACE because the community work I did in high school was lacking in my college experience. The reasons why I joined SPACE, however, are totally...
October 2010
2 posts
1 tag
Staff Blog: Robyann Jumaoas
Name: Robyann Jumaoas Year: 2nd Year SPACE Site: Marshall High School Position: Peer Advisor Why am I in SPACE? Well, I started off being in Staff Support Winter Quarter ‘10 (now known as the SPACE Internship). I really had no idea what I was getting myself into, other than going to high schools and assisting kids with college access. My first time at site, I met one student who I was...
September 2010
3 posts
1 tag
APPLY TO BE A SPACE INTERN!
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
If you are interested in working with the community and gaining leadership skills, you’ve come to the right SPACE!
The SPACE internship is a 6 week program in which UCLA students will learn peer tutoring and student organizing skills. Interns will also volunteer at one of our three sites and apply the skills they have learned!
For more information,...
CONGRATULATIONS!
During this past summer, SPACE held a fundraiser in order to raise money to cover our transportation costs. SPACE admin sold $1 raffle tickets in which the winner(s) would receive FOUR movie tickets.
Congratulations to…
Antonio Morelos Geoffrey Cruz Alicia Aguilar Samuel Blanco
Continue to check out our tumblr for more updates!
August 2010
3 posts
July 2010
1 post
April 2010
1 post
Samahang Pilipino @ UCLA News: SPACE & SPEAR... →
SPEAR/SPACE APPLICATIONS ARE FINALLY HERE!
Are you interested in:
Working with high school, community college, and/or your peers?
Learning about and serving your community?
Gaining work experience and life-long skills?
Building lifelong friendships and memorable experiences?
If you…
March 2010
2 posts
Jon | Casas: What do we want? Diversity. →
Today at UCLA we had a rally regarding diversity. I copied the following from a flier we were handing out.
Our demands:
Update the general education curriculum to include the diversity requirement.
To create on-campus tolerance and understanding of diversity through courses that focus on…
February 2010
3 posts
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr. (via john-christian)
January 2010
1 post
December 2009
1 post
Whose University? Our University.
A UCLA Regents committee has approved a 32 percent increase in student fees at University of California campuses, sending the proposal to the full board for review.
(All photos by Jon Fredrick Casas)
A 32% increase in fees is a big problem. Especially during the middle of the year, when financial aid for the year has been settled. What...
November 2009
4 posts
URGENT: SPACE Field Trip!!!
If you’re interested in going on the SPACE Field Trip, it is very important that you fill out an application to go!
MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THESE LINKS!
Marshall High School
Belmont High School
El Camino College
DO THIS ASAP!!!
Staff Blog: Alvin Nuval.
Name: Alvin Nuval
Year: 3rd Year
SPACE Site: El Camino College
Position: Peer Advisor
I’m really glad that I got the opportunity to be a part of SPACE. Honestly, I never expected to be a part of it. Even in high school, tutoring and all that jazz really didn’t seem like it would be my kind of thing. Who really wants to spend their personal time focusing on education, especially the...
Staff Blog: James Golfo.
Name: James Golfo
Year: 3rd Year
SPACE Site: Belmont High School
Position: Peer Advisor
To be completely honest with myself, site lies smackdab in the middle of week’s that always seem hectic. The most intricate planner in the world fails to prevent the fact that there is always so much to do and limited time in which to do it. And so I wake up Wednesday mornings with a sigh—it’s the day...
October 2009
4 posts
Staff Blog: Priscilla Farinas.
Name: Priscilla Farinas
Year: 3rd Year
SPACE Site: Marshall High School
Position: Peer Tutor
Throughout my experience as a SPACE Staff member I feel like I’ve progressed to become more connected with my community as well as my culture.
But now I feel that being an advocate for higher education will not only help me empower others, but it will also allow me to help my community in...
What is SPACE?
Samahang Pilipino Advancing Community Empowerment (SPACE) has been at the forefront of advocating for issues of access to higher education and the development of the community. Celebrating its 10th year in existence, SPACE continues to help students identify their own power for change through providing services that help them develop scholastically and holistically.
Every week, SPACE goes to...
Guess What?
Our Tumblr has just launched!