1 TRAINING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Training Programs Community Economic Development Resource Center Sponsor: California Community Economic Development Association Contact: Sherrie Pugh (510 548-2600 1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 402, Oakland CA 94612 Provide a residential setting for community economic development practitioners in California to reflect on national community economic development issues. The work would range from the documentation of existing programs to new programs, policy development, and professional growth. It would become a training facility for community economic development organizations. Culinary Institute of America at the Presidio Sponsor: The Culinary Institute of America Contact: Gerald O'Brien (914) 452-9600 433 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park NY 12538 Offer a 21-month culinary education program in Culinary Arts and Baking and Pastry Arts. The program would parallel the Institute's current program in Hyde Park, New York. The program would serve 400 students; a restaurant would be run as a training venue for the program. Food Service Training Facility Sponsor: McCall & Associates Contact: Ruedi Scherer (415) 552-8550 888 Brannan St, Ste. 600, San Francisco CA 94103 Establish a residential food service training facility that would also serve park visitors and residents. Program components would include bartending, floral design, food preparation, and occupational safety and sanitation. Institute for Social Renewal Sponsor: Delancey Street Foundation Contact: Mimi Silbert (415) 563-5326 600 Embarcadero, San Francisco CA 94107 Develop a residential institute to provide training opportunities for at-risk populations in the community. The program, modeled after the successful Delancey Street Foundation program would provide skills, leadership, and career training for its participants. Leadership in Educational Activities Development Sponsor: Pacific Crest Outward Bound School Contact: Kathie S. Velazquez (415) 398-9626 690 Market St., Ste. 405, San Francisco 94104 Operate a training center for youth leaders, teachers, and students on adventure-oriented and experiential education. The center would use Presidio sites as venues for Outward Bound training activities, and would target public educational and youth-serving organizations. Natural Sustenance/Bakery Project Sponsor: East Bay Asian Local Economic Development Corporation Contact: Lynette Jung Lee (510) 287-5353 310 8th St., Ste. 309, Oakland CA 94607 Provide training opportunities for low income persons in the bakery and food service businesses. The program would run a bakery/cafe concession as a joint venture with a private entrepreneur. Presidio Job Connection Sponsor: Opportunities Industrialization Center West Contact: Sharon Williams (415) 322-8431 1100 O'Brien Dr., Menlo Park CA 94025 Operate a comprehensive job training/placement program and child development center similar in scope to their facility currently operating in Menlo Park. Training disciplines would be determined on the basis of employment demand and labor market trends in San Francisco. The program would include outreach/recruitment, assessment, counseling, academic preparation, skills training and job placement. Presidio Job Training, Apprenticeship, and Leadership Training Program Sponsor: Mission Housing Development Corporation Contact: Nick Levinson (415) 864-6432 1656 15th St., San Francisco CA 94103 May propose programs in three areas: 1) a job training program for recent immigrants from Central and Latin America; 2) an apprenticeship program to match people interested in learning arts and crafts with professional artists and craftspeople throughout the Bay Area; and 3) a residential fellowship program for leadership development. San Francisco Presidio On-the-Job Training Center Sponsor: Nicholas Andrakin Jr. (510) 687-8599 3020 Barymore Drive, Concord CA 94518 Create a job training center supported by tuition which will cover a wide variety of occupations and professions. Certificates granted to graduating students would increase their likelihood of finding jobs. Traditional Maritime National Historical Park Sponsor: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Contact: Stephen A. Haller (415) 556-1659 Building E, Fort Mason, San Francisco CA 94123 Establish a workshop where traditional marine carpentry skills are practiced and applied to the preservation of historic ships and small craft through classes and a residential apprenticeship program. Vocational Construction Training of At-Risk Youth/Ecotecture Program Sponsor: The Owner Builder Center Contact: Charles Huddleston (510) 848-6860 2530 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley CA 94702 Create three programs: 1) vocational training expanding on the Owner Builder Center's current training of San Francisco Conservation Corps members in short, practical construction education courses (graduates would then be able to work on renovation of Presidio buildings); 2) incorporate ecological issues into the housing and construction fields via "ecotecture", a combination of architecture, building and ecology; and 3) consumer construction education programs providing workshops and lecture seminars on building and remodeling for consumers. YouthBuild Sponsor: YouthBuild Contact: Golden T. Venters, (415) 252-8475 149 9th St., Ste. 340, San Francisco CA 94103 Relocation of school and training facilities of an educational program serving Bay Area youth, predominantly people of color between the ages of 16 and 24 who have dropped out of school and are trying to turn their lives around. YouthBuild combines G.E.D.- based learning with vocational training in construction and leadership development. Community Service Programs Academy for Excellence in Government Sponsor: Council for Excellence in Government Contact: Mark A. Abramson (202) 728-0418 1620 L St. NW Suite 850, Washington DC 20036 Develop a self-contained residential learning facility dedicated to issues, challenges, and success models for public service in the next century. Participants will explore the interdependencies of the public and private sectors. American Red Cross Sponsor: American Red Cross Contact: Roger W. Dickson (415) 202-0600 1550 Sutter St., San Francisco CA 94109 Proposes to continue its Bay Area operations in a Presidio building. Offers international humanitarian service and the relief of suffering to individuals around the world. Center for the Common Good Sponsors: California Council for the Humanities, Vesper Society Contact: James Quay (415) 391-1474 312 Sutter St. Suite 601, San Francisco CA 94108 Establish a center dedicated to helping individuals and organizations identify and pursue the good they hold in common by sponsoring educational projects, serving as a clearinghouse for information, and convening meeting and conferences to discuss common issues and problems. Democratic Initiatives for the 21st Century Sponsors: Partners for Democratic Change, Foundation for Global Community, Northern California Council for Mediation, The Community Board Program Contact: Diana Gould (415) 665-0652 823 Ulloa St., San Francisco CA 94127 Establish a conference center where people representing government, ethnic and religious groups, corporations, non-governmental organizations, and indigenous tribes will engage one another as equal partners in dialogue, treaty-making, and policy-making. Activities could focus on international security and cooperation, ecology, corporate practices, and government. Gray Panthers of San Francisco Sponsor: Gray Panthers of San Francisco Contact: Inger Conrad (415) 921-5925 c/o 2857 Broderick, San Francisco CA 94123 Relocate regional offices of an advocacy organization dedicated to social justice and promoting the concept of aging as continuous growth and personal development. International Institute for Community Service and Learning Sponsor: The East Bay Conservation Corps Contact: Joanna Lennon (510) 891-3900 1021 Third St., Oakland CA 94607 House a national education and research center serving young people who participate in community service/learning programs, such as conservation and service corps or school-based service programs. Junior League of San Francisco Sponsor: Junior League of San Francisco Contact: Kathleen Kennedy (415) 567-8600 2226 Fillmore St., San Francisco CA 94115 Relocation of their administrative headquarters. The Junior League of San Francisco is a 2,500 member group of Bay Area women promoting voluntarism and community improvement. Northern California SHARE Sponsor: SHARE Contact: Berne Weiss (415) 362-2506 Building 180 Treasure Island, San Francisco CA 94130 Relocate central office and warehouse. SHARE serves an international network of community organizations engaged in self-help food distribution, economic development, community service, and educational programs. Northern California SHARE is a project of American Friends Service Committee. Older Women's League Regional Center Sponsor: Older Women's League Contact: Lillian Laymen (415) 550-1660 601 Dolores St., San Francisco CA 94110-1595 Create a regional center to continue education and advocacy outreach for a national health care system, a more equitable social security system, an end to discrimination in the workplace, and promote strategies for women to maintain control of their lives. San Francisco Food Bank Warehouse Relocation Sponsor: San Francisco Food Bank (SFFB) Contact: Paul Ash (415) 957-1076 333 Illinois St., San Francisco CA 94107 Relocate warehouse and distribution center of a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing food manufacturers and social service agencies together to help the hungry of San Francisco. The relocation would enable the SFFB to expand their distribution programs to more agencies that feed the poorest populations in the city. Societal Exploratorium Sponsor: Operation Civic Serve Contact: Robert B. Choate 2944 Baker St., San Francisco CA 94123 Create a new organization that would develop workshops, seminars and field trips to clarify, strengthen, and enhance the future of democracies by educating citizens about their personal involvement in making them work. World Business Academy Sponsor: World Business Academy Contact: Tina Hawkinson (415) 342-2387 433 Airport Blvd., Burlingame CA 94010 Locate offices of an organization of business executives and entrepreneurs committed to creating a positive future by developing a tradition of responsibility for the whole. The organization organizes meetings to facilitate self-learning. World Institute on Disability Sponsor: World Institute on Disability (WID) Contact: Joan Leon (510) 763-4100 510 16th Street, Oakland CA 94612 Expand the Institute, a non-profit public policy, research and training organization specializing in the needs and issues of disabled persons. The program at the Presidio would host international groups committed to working with people with disabilities. WID is managed by people with disabilities. .