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WSA190617

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Featuring Guests

1. Lorez Bailey, Executive Director, Chops Teen Club, Santa Rosa

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Announcements (Click for links below)

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 Our Featured Guests

1. Lorez Bailey shares her journey to her dream job working with teenagers at the Chops Teen Club, including the obstacles she had to ovecome.  Lorez has older mentors at the Chops teen Club to tell their stories of the journey to get to where they are now with the teens to give the teens encouragement to go for their goal in spite of criticism or scorn.  These mentors are also trained to sense if there are underlying pressures or depression bothering the teens to help alleviate the stresses early on.  Lorez describes how the Teen Club became a reality with the generous bequeathment from Charles "Chops" Demeo to the County of Sonoma to "create a safe and productive place for teens in our community." The Annual Membership fee is only $60 (which comes out to $5/month) and no teen is turned away with the help of a scholarship fund set up by another generous donor. Chops Teen Club caters to 7th through 12th graders (Middle and High School students).

About our Guest:  Lorez Bailey is in her second year serving as the Executive Director of Chop’s Teen Club. Lorez has over 20 years’ experience implementing and managing youth development programs. She has a passion for creating an environment and opportunities that empower youth to expand their capacity to be confident and well-prepared for whatever future endeavors they pursue. Lorez earned her B.A. in Communication Studies and Telecommunications from Sacramento State University and Master’s Degree in Education from Sonoma State University. Lorez has also worked a large part of her career in media.  In recognition of Women’s History Month, in March and of her remarkable work Lorez was awarded by U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson as Sonoma County “Woman of the Year.”

Guest links: www.chopsteenclub.org

Chops 2019 Activity Guide https://www.chopsteenclub.org/activityguide

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Announcements

CONGRATULATIONS: Senator Mike McGuire is proud to announce that 10,000 Degrees – an organization that has changed the lives of thousands of students from low income backgrounds by helping them get to and through college – has been chosen as the North Coast Nonprofit of the Year.
MISSION: To help students from low-income backgrounds get to and through college in order to positively impact their communities and the world. VISION: We envision a world in which all children have equitable opportunities to realize their potential, regardless of race, ethnicity or socioeconomic background. VALUES: Education is the foundation of a just and equitable society. Students and their families as well as schools and local leaders each play a critical role in educating the next generation and strengthening the economic vitality and social health of our communities. For additional information go to: http://www.10000degrees.org/

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June 16 - September 15, 2019, Grass Roots - Cannabis from Prohibition to Prescription, Museum of Sonoma County, 425 Seventh Street, Santa Rosa

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Music Selections:

The Opening and Closing Theme song is with permission of the Composer and Singer Alix Dobkin:

Forever Young sung by Andrea Mae and the Forest Rangers from the album Sons of Anarchy North Country EP (2009 20th Century Fox for TV Records)

What a Wonderful World sung by LeeAnn Rimes from the album What a Wonderful World (2004 Curb Records, Inc.)