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Queens Memory now hiring!
by Lori A Wallach 26 Jul '18

26 Jul '18

Hello all, Queens Memory is currently looking for a full-time program coordinator to join our team. The position is based at Central Library in Jamaica but involves some evening and weekend work at Queens Memory events around the borough. This position is ideal for someone interested in entering the library field and/or working in events planning, volunteer coordinating, etc. Please see the attached job description and forward to anyone who might be interested. Thanks very much! Lori Lori Wallach Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator queensmemory.org Center for Teaching and Learning, Razran 346 Queens College Lori.Wallach(a)qc.cuny.edu (718) 990-8532

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Learn to Speak with Confidence and Pitch Like a Pro
by Ying Zhou 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

The Tech Incubator is happy to offer the following workshop: Speaking for Business: Elevator Speeches and Investor Pitches This workshop by Expressive Elocution will help the participants to learn how to vocally explore and express themselves with confidence in business situations. To learn more and register, <<< click here >>><https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speaking-for-business-elevator-speeches-and-in…> Seating is limited. First come, first serve.? More classes at the Tech Incubator: https://techcollectives.com/category/classes/ Any questions, contact: ying.zhou(a)qc.cuny.edu?<mailto:ying.zhou@qc.cuny.edu>

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Cybersecurity Classes in the Fall
by Ying Zhou 06 Jul '18

06 Jul '18

?The Tech Incubator is happy to sponsor the following classes in the Fall: Introduction to Information Security (Fall 2018): For more information and RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-information-security-tickets-4… Cybersecurity: The Threat Within (Fall 2018): For more information and RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cybersecurity-the-threat-within-fall-2018-tick… These are introductory classes open to all majors, undergraduate and graduate students. Please use promotion code QCSTUDENT to get the discount. Contact: ying.zhou(a)qc.cuny.edu<http://ying.zhou@qc.cuny.edu> for any questions. Best, Ying Program Director Tech Incubator at Queens College

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Free Oral History Workshop With Queens Memory!
by Lori A Wallach 02 Jul '18

02 Jul '18

Hello all, The more relaxed days of summer are the perfect time to brush up on your oral history skills! Please join Queens Memory for an oral history training workshop next week at Queens Central Library in Jamaica. This session will take place on Thursday, July 12, from 3 to 5 pm. Learn how to conduct a great interview to capture the history of your family or neighborhood as a Queens Memory volunteer interviewer. Our volunteers are working all over the borough to collect residents' stories and photos for safekeeping in the Queens Library digital archives. You will learn how to prepare for an interview, ask good questions, and make a high-quality recording, and how to submit your completed interview to the library. The workshop is free and open to the public. It will take place in the first-floor Teen Program Meeting Room at Central Library (89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY). Please email Lori.Wallach(a)qc.cuny.edu?<mailto:Lori.Wallach@qc.cuny.edu> to RSVP or for further information. We'd love to see you there! Thanks! Lori Lori Wallach Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator queensmemory.org Center for Teaching and Learning, Razran 346 Queens College Lori.Wallach(a)qc.cuny.edu (718) 990-8532

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Volunteer at Pomonok Community Center this Summer!
by Yael Rosenstock 02 Jul '18

02 Jul '18

*Volunteer at Pomonok Community Center this Summer! * During this service-learning program, students will support the Food Access Initiative at the Pomonok Community Center. This program will give students the opportunity to explore a community-centered approach to addressing food insecurity in NYC. Students will be able to volunteer at the weekly farmers market, the food pantry, and the garden throughout the week. Tasks could include setting up for events, selling and distributing food, assisting with healthy cooking and eating demonstrations, and general garden maintenance tasks such as planting, watering, harvesting and composting. Through this project, students will learn multiple strategies to increase access to healthy food while building stronger community ties at Pomonok while striving for food justice. *Tuesdays:* Garden *Wednesdays:* Farmers Market *Thursdays:* Food Pantry Contact: Simone Herbin Director of Community Engagement at Pomonok Center *Queens Community House* 718-591-6060 x422 Yael Rosenstock Associate Director The Center for Ethnic, Racial, and Religious Understanding at Queens College (CERRU) Staff Advisor, grrrlz <https://www.facebook.com/QCGrrrlz/> Co-Founder, Facilitator, and Researcher, QC Sexploration and Information Group <https://www.facebook.com/QCSexplorationAndInformationGroup/> office: Delany Hall, room 215 phone: 718-570-0482 email: yrosenstock(a)cerru.org www.cerru.org *Donate Here <https://qccommunity.qc.cuny.edu/pages/funds/center-for-ethnic-racial-and-re…>* “If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” - Lilla Watson, Indigenous Australian or Murri visual artist, activist and academic

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