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Happenings in the Valley,
February 2012 |
The
listings of events and news throughout February are
posted here as soon as we received the press releases.
Please check back for current postings.
Happenings
in the Valley, Feb. 1st through Feb. 10th
February
11th & 12th
Students Host Red Wave Livestock
Show
Youth from throughout the state will showcase their best
steers, hogs, lambs and goats in competition at Fresno
State’s 19th Annual Red Wave Classic Junior
Livestock Show Feb. 11-12 at the Fresno Fairgrounds
Livestock Pavilion.
The show is organized and run by students in the
university's Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and
Technology.
The California Junior Livestock Association-sanctioned
show starts with steer showmanship at 9 a.m. on Feb. 11,
followed by lamb and goat showmanship at 10 a.m.
After lamb and goat showmanship, the Fresno State lamb
and goat futurities class will take place and then
jackpot classes will start.
The Fresno State Steer Futurity class will start at
noon, followed by the market beef show at 1 p.m. The
California Club Calf Association will select a supreme
champion steer and choose the champion and reserve
champion steer.
The show continues at 9 a.m. on Feb. 12 with heifer
showmanship and heifer breed shows. At 10 a.m., hog
showmanship begins, followed by jackpot hog classes.
The show is sponsored by Farmers’
Best Feed of Keyes.
February 13th
Family Business Seminar Focuses on Succession
Plans
Consultant Caroline Berry returns to Fresno State’s
Institute for Family Business with “Building and
Evaluating Your Succession Plan – Revisited” 4-6
p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at the University Business
Center, Room 194 at Fresno State. Berry will lead a
roundtable discussion with guests to share what has
worked and what hasn’t for their family business
succession plans. Admission and parking are free and the
event is open to the public.
For more information, call Institute for Family
Business at 559-278-5662.
February
16th
Gazarian Center Seminar Explores Real Estate
Opportunities
Christopher Lee, a national real estate analyst, will
discuss “Emerging Real Estate Opportunities in Time of
Change” 8-10 a.m. Feb. 16 at the University Business
Center at Fresno State
Hosted by the university’s Arnold and Dianne Gazarian
Real Estate Center, the free, public seminar is
sponsored by Manco Abbott, a Fresno-based real estate
management company.
With experience in strategic planning and performance
improvement within the real estate industry, Lee is an
expert in real estate development, land-use economics,
investment planning, mergers and acquisitions and
performance benchmarking. His CEL & Associates is based
in Los Angeles.
The Gazarian Real Estate Center, housed within the Craig
School of Business at Fresno State, was established by a
$1.5 million gift from the Gazarians to be a resource
for the real estate industry in the central San Joaquin
Valley, promote research and provide students
opportunities to learn the business side of real estate
and apply their academic knowledge to real-world
projects and experiences.
Free parking will be available on the University
Business Center parking lot east of the Peters Business
Building.
For more information or to register, contact Caty Perez
at
559-278-8243 or
catyp@csufresno.edu.
February
17th
Levine Prize Winner Reads Her Poetry Feb. 17
At 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, in the Henry
Madden Library’s Room 2206, poet Lory Bedikian read from
her manuscript, “The Book of Lamenting,” which won the
2010 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry. Bedikian’s free
reading was open to the public and is part of the spring
2012 series sponsored by the Fresno Poets Association
and Fresno State's Master of Fine Arts Program in
Creative Writing. The Levine Prize, named for a Pulitzer
Prize-winning emeritus professor, is awarded annually to
a poet who hasn’t yet published a book.
February 25th
Area Students Devote TRIO Day to Service and Advocacy
About 140 high school students in Fresno State and
Fresno City College Upward Bound will join a statewide
TRiO Day celebration Saturday, Feb. 25, by providing a
day of community service and advocacy at Nielsen Park in
southwest Fresno.
The students from Fresno, Sanger and Madera participate
in the federally funded program designed to help them
get to and succeed in college. Students – 100 from the
Fresno State program and 40 from City College – will
pick up trash, erase graffiti and sanitize the
playground area for children, among their service
activities.
For the advocacy component, they will telephone their
legislators and to persuade them of the importance of
keeping TRIO programs alive in the central San Joaquin
Valley, said Susana Cruz, a Fresno State Upward Bound
counselor. The students will stress the public benefit
of program participants’ community service, such as the
park cleanup.
Students will start their service work at 10 a.m., then
make phone calls 11:30 a.m.-noon from the park at 1730
S. Fruit Ave. (between Kearney Boulevard and California
Avenue).
The event is an effort to raise awareness of the TRIO
program’s value amidst the challenges from possible
budget cuts, while instilling a sense of civic
engagement in the young students, Cruz said. She said up
to 200 Upward Bound programs could face elimination
because of federal budget cutting.
TRIO is comprised of eight federally funded outreach and
student services programs. It began as three programs,
hence TRIO. It identifies and helps low-income
individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds,
first-generation college students and individuals with
disabilities to progress through from middle school to
post baccalaureate programs.
Fresno State’s Upward Bound, which includes the English
Language Learning Upward Bound Program,
provides monthly college conferences, weekly tutorials,
academic and career advising, a summer residential
program and nonresidential programs. The four other TRIO
programs at Fresno State are Educational Talent Search,
Education Opportunity Center, Student Support Services
and McNair.
“As students receive services and benefit from these
programs, we instill in them the importance of giving
back to their communities,” Cruz said. “This is
something that is expected from them after they graduate
from college.”
February
25th & 26th
Business Students Promote Downtown Weekend Open House
Students
in Fresno State’s “Urban Entrepreneurship” class will
take part in the Fresno Downtown Open House noon-5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25-26.
Developers of the Mayflower Lofts, Van Ness Cottages,
Iron Bird Lofts, Fulton Village and Pacific Southwest
Building have engaged students to present information
about each place and about urban residential life.
The starting location for this free, public event is
1060 Fulton Mall.
The project provides the students in the class taught by
Craig Scharton, the city of Fresno’s head of downtown
and community revitalization with a hands-on field
opportunity to learn about urban living in a major part
of the city.
Students are taught the significance of cities having a
strong central business district to promote growth and
attract more investors to help the city’s economy.
At the open house event, students will provide visitors
with promotional discounts offered by downtown
businesses.
February
26th
Susan L. Taylor, Essen VP, Speaks at Fresno State
University -- A FREE Events Open to the Public
At a free event open to the public, on Sunday February
26, 2012, at the Fresno State Satellite Student Union,
The Fresno State Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Committee is
sponsoring Susan L. Taylor, the former Editor of Essence
Magazine and the Founder of the National Cares Mentoring
Movement to share experiences in at a free event open to
the public.
Her presentation is part of the university’s African
Peoples History Month, whose theme is “Black Women in
American Culture and History.”
Susan L. Taylor has become a legend in the magazine
publishing world and id is synonymous with Essence
Magazine, the brand she built as its fashion and beauty
editor, editor-in-chief and editorial director. For
nearly three decades, she was the driving force behind
Essence Magazine, one of the most celebrated Black-owned
businesses of our time. And, for 27 years, she authored
one of the magazine’s most popular columns, “In the
Spirit.”
Susan L. Taylor was the first and only African American
woman to be recognized by the Magazine Publishers of
America with the Henry Johnson Fisher Award-the
industry’s highest honor-and the first to be inducted
into The American Society of Magazine Editors Hall of
Fame. She is the recipient of the NAACP President’s
Award for visionary leadership and has honorary degrees
from more than a dozen colleges and universities.
A fourth generation entrepreneur, Susan L. Taylor grew
up in Harlem working with her father in his women’s
clothing store. She founded her own cosmetics company, a
first for Black women which led to the beauty editor’s
position at Essence.
She is the author of four books: In the Spirit: The
Inspirational Writings of Susan Taylor; Lessons
in Living; Confirmation: The Spiritual Wisdom
That has Shaped Our Lives; and her most recent,
All about Love, Favorite Selections from In the Spirit
on Living Fearlessly. A much sought-after speaker,
Taylor inspires hope and encourages us to reclaim our
lives and create sustainable communities.
Sing-Along Hymn
Festival
Presented by the San Joaquin Valley Chapter, American
Guild of Organists. Dr. Roy L. Klassen to direct
Festival Choir and congregation. San Joaquin Chorale and
Fresno Pacific Brass also participating. Various local
organists to accompany on the pipe organ. Free
admission, but a free-will offering benefiting
scholarships for young organists will be taken.
Time: February 26, 2012 at 3:00 PM until 4:15 PM
Location: Fowler Presbyterian Church, 408 E. Merced St.,
Fowler CA (corner Merced and 4th)
Phone: 559-897-7076 or 559-222-8114 or Email:
landabelau@att.net
February
28th
Valley
Caregiver Resource Center Alzheimer's/Dementia Support
Group
This group is open to the
loved ones of a person with Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia
who would like to come exchange information,
experiences, difficulties and more in a supportive
environment.
Time: February 28, 2012 at 10:00 AM until 11:30 AM
Location: Valley Caregiver Resource Center 3845 N. Clark
St., Ste. 201 Fresno, CA 93726
For more information, call (559) 224-9154 or (800)
541-8614
February
29th
New Report Links Neighborhood Health Differences to
Poverty
Fresno State’s Central Valley Health Policy Institute
and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
have released a comprehensive analysis of how social,
economic and environmental conditions are linked to
health outcomes in the region.
“Place Matters for Health in the San Joaquin Valley:
Ensuring Opportunities for Good Health for All,” was
presented at a press conference Wednesday, Feb. 29, in
Fresno.
The study found that social, economic and environmental
conditions in low-income and nonwhite neighborhoods make
it more difficult for residents there to live healthy
lives.
Other findings:
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The rate of premature deaths in the lowest-income
zip codes of the San Joaquin Valley is nearly twice
that of those in the highest-income zip codes.
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Life expectancy varies by ZIP code from 69 years or
less in areas with the lowest life expectancy to 90
or older.
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ZIP codes with the lowest life expectancy tend to
have a higher percentage of Hispanic and low-income
residents.
The report identifies several policy strategies that can
reduce the concentration of health risks in vulnerable
communities, while simultaneously increasing
health-enhancing resources. The report recommends:
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Policymakers adopt land-use policies that reflect an
emphasis on smart and equitable growth.
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Access to affordable housing can be facilitated for
poor and immigrant populations.
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Housing mobility can be promoted to help reduce the
clustering of immigrants in neighborhoods of
concentrated poverty and in areas where exposure to
environmental risks is highest.
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Action choices can be adjusted to maximize the goal
of considering potential impacts upon racial and
ethnic equity in life opportunities, health and
well-being.
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Philanthropic and religious groups and other
organizations serving the region adopt the “equity
in all policies” approach.
The report was released at the opening of the Place
Matters: Action Lab. More than 80 health experts and
community leaders from across the nation attended to
learn about initiatives to address policy and
environmental determinants of racial/ethnic and other
group differences in health and well-being.
Speaking at the press conference were:
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Dr. Brian Smedley, vice president and director of
the Joint Center’s Health Policy Institute, who will
introduce the report and talk about project goals.
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Dr. John Capitman, Nickerson Professor of Public
Health and executive director, of the Central
Valley Health Policy Institute, who will provide an
overview of findings.
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Genoveva Islas-Hooker, regional program director of
the Central California Regional Obesity Prevention
Program, and Herera, outreach coordinator of the
Community Water Center, providing community
perspectives on the roots of health inequities.
The Central Valley Health Policy Institute is housed
under the Central California Center for Health and Human
Services and College of Health and Human Services at
California State University, Fresno.
The study was supported by a grant
from the National Institute on Minority Health and
Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health.
(Source:
Fresno State University and
NEA)
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