One Year on a Grand Jury		St. Elizabeth Seton School
EPA resident takes a journey through local government By Rosemary Burgess On June 30, 2004, I completed my one-year term as a juror for the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury. In retrospect it has been a year of many hours spent in meetings, interviews and research, with additional hours preparing reports. Although being a juror required a high level of time and energy, it was highly informative and very rewarding. The Civil Grand Jury is comprised of 19 members selected by ballot from a pool of applicants. The purpose of the Grand Jury is to monitor and examine the performance of local government. Click to read more...		"Una Isla Por la Costa de East Palo Alto" "An Island Off the Coast of East Palo Alto" By Sr. Janet Barrett, D.C., Development Director St. Elizabeth Seton School is located in a beautiful residential area on Channing Avenue in Palo Alto. The approach to the school is down a street with mature trees on both sides, their leaves touching overhead. Every school day some 275 children, at least 90% of whom are from East Palo Alto or Belle Haven/East Menlo Park, come down Channing to this school that provides a high quality academic Catholic education for the children of the East of Bayshore communities. Click to read more...

Children's Day at Bell Street Park is the Launch for "Get Fit EPA" Campaign		Rising to the Challenge
Partnership to promote healthy lifestyle change in East Palo Alto By Kathleen Alexander, Development Director, Ravenswood Family Health Center Kids are the masters of having fun and Children's Day on Saturday, July 31st, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Bell Street Park is the place to go for it. All kinds of kid activities are planned, including a sack race and balloon relay. There will also be a puppet show, a magician, and a dance troupe performing. Community organizations will have booths with special activities and rewards. "It's a day to honor kids," says Jennifer Jackson, the event organizer. Children's Day is one of the most positive things that came out of the dark days of drug dealing and violence over a decade ago. Click to read more....		Community Government Institute, educating youth for municipal leadership Training culminates in youth-run model City Council this Sunday at 5 p.m. in City Hall By Muisi-kongo Malonga & Ayodele Ankoanda Kinchen It was once said by Warren Bennis that "new leaders have to be able to change that [which] is dreamless, soulless and visionless." Over the span of four days more than 50 young leaders did just that in the summer of 2003 -- breathing life into a city of their own making, and becoming the architects of their very own reality. Click to read more...
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