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What is BAYAC?

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BAYAC (Bay Area Youth Agency Consortium) is a National Service program of Bay Area Community Resources. BAYAC AmeriCorps Members commit to a year of service at partnering schools and community based organizations, providing youth in the San Francisco Bay Area with opportunities for meaningful engagement, skill building, and emotional and social development.

Many of the children and youth we work with are deeply impacted by the stressors and obstacles presented by poverty, disadvantaged neighborhoods and under-resourced schools. BAYAC AmeriCorps Members are an essential component in expanding our partners' capacity to meet the critical needs of our youth and community. Collectively, our Members will reach over 3,000 youth by the end of their term.

 

 

 

Where Members Serve

AmeriCorps Member Snapshots

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Ramon Guerra @ Global Family School

My AmeriCorps Term has been meaningful towards preparing me for teaching.  BAYAC has helped get me interested in teaching Latino populations at the elementary level.  Team Days have benefited my development by improving my articulation and facilitation skills.

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Francina Osejo @ Esperanza Elementary School

I serve because… I want to help youth understand and be understood.  I want to give them purpose and insight as to why it is important to get an education and become great leaders in the future.

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Shea McWhorter @ Markham Elementary School

BAYAC and my service site have not only allowed me to focus my career goals, but have also given me the skills to pursue those goals.

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Kareem Marshall @ Life Academy Middle School

This term of service has taught me that my career is centered around connecting with and motivating youth through speaking and sharing my story of overcoming challenges.

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Charles Gaylord @ Claremont Middle School

Team Days have been very beneficial towards providing that extra boost I need to get through another week.

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Imani Hinton Lott @ AIA at McClymonds High School

My Regional Supervisor’s commitment has made my AmeriCorps Term meaningful!

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Elizabeth Beltran-Larios @ Life Academy High School

My service site has been very supportive.  Staff and teachers have encouraged me to go to grad school in order to obtain my teacher’s credentials.  Furthermore, they have offered a paying position as a tutor and teacher for summer school through the Fall semester of 2014.  Life Academy has been great - I feel blessed and lucky!

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Sharaya Wiley @ Greenleaf Academy

Having a great Regional Supervisor and Site Coordinator and working with a great staff at mt site has made my AmeriCorps Term meaningful.  We’ve become so close it feels like family.

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Julia Stahl @ Horace Mann Elementary

Honestly, one of the most meaningful aspects of my OCASA Term of Service has been making small connections with students and supporting them as they learn how to treat each other with basic respect and express themselves in an assertive way rather than an aggressive way.

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Stephanie Hoang @ Greenleaf Academy

Building positive and loving relationships with students has made my Term of Service meaningful.  I’m now sure I want to teach more than ever and Team Days have provided the space for reflection and support.

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Daniela Vilchis @ Roosevelt Middle School, Oakland

It was important for me to give back to my community because I was born and raised in Oakland.