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CC Long Beach
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Conservation Corps of Long Beach
340 Nieto Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90814
Tel: (562) 986-1249 Fax: (562) 216-1797
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Sonara Carter-Barber
Education Coordinator
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Ryan Mortensen
Teacher
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Whitley George
Teacher
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Claudia Holland
Teacher
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Ahmad Poursheikhani
Teacher
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Jessica Davis
Registrar
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To raise self-esteem, to foster basic work skills, work ethics and education, and to promote teamwork for Long Beach area at-risk youth through a combination of work, conservation and education programs.
Established in 1987, the Conservation Corps
of Long Beach is a nonprofit charitable organization governed by a
volunteer Board of Directors. The organization currently offers two
programs that focus on developing the untapped resource of youth
leadership.
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A one-year, non-residential job readiness
program for young adults (18-23 years) emphasizes education, work,
skill building and community service to help participants uncover their
position as essential and contributive members of society.
This program has three major components:
- Education, which includes
the operation of a satellite charter high school and post-high school
education courses
- Job readiness skills and training in the areas of
recycling, conservation, landscaping and maintenance
- Corps to
Career program, which prepares young adults for the work world and
continues to provide services to them for two years after they have
successfully completed the program.
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| The After-School Enrichment Program offers an
academic enrichment program three hours a day, five days a week to over
1500 Long Beach students.
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My Life
As days goes by I wonder to myself
Is this what suppose to be
Why do I go through so much pain and drama?
Is this what meant for me?
My life is hard, my life is difficult
Why does it happen to me?
I wish I can change what it is
Cause I don't want this to be
All I want is happiness, than the drama that goes
My life is crazy and life is crazy
And dang it's easily shown
It takes time in life to heal the pain
Although each day I go insane
Time feels like its running out
I ache inside and want to shout
But I cant it take control of me
Because in my eyes, I'm the only one that sees
The future that's ahead of me
By: Holly Eng |
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Holly Eng
How did poetry start for me?
When I was younger I've been through a lot of obstacles in my life. I had to deal with the death of my grandfather which affected me very much because he was the one who took care of me when I was an infant. There was no way for me to express myself but through the nature of poetry. I started writing poems when I was in fifth grade and from there on it carried on with me. Poetry is an easy way for me to express my feelings because it's easier to write down my feelings than to have it spoken. |
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Jennifer Valerio
