Acan youth programs nov 2020
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The document provides information about volunteering opportunities for youth through the Austin Chinese American Network (ACAN). It describes several current and past ACAN youth projects, and encourages youth to get involved by taking on roles like designer, videographer, or blogger to promote ACAN activities. Youth can also propose new projects with an adult mentor and youth leader. The document announces the 2021 ACAN STAR Service Award for youth community service projects, with details on eligible projects, application timeline, and awards ceremony. It concludes by introducing speakers for upcoming ACAN youth talks on topics related to artificial intelligence.
Acan youth programs nov 2020
- 2. How to volunteer in the age of COVID-19 NOV 20, 2020
- 4. Develop Next Generation Leaders CONNECT LEARN SERVE
- 5. What we have done Meals Miles for Life Face Shield Online Concert Jasper English Bluesquad Project QuarARTine Project Inspira Caraday Innovation Make High School Work for You ACAN Youth Gala Public Speaking Club Youth Talk
- 6. PVSA 2020 Extended deadline to Nov 31, 2020
- 7. Contact youth@acantx.org if you are interested in the following opportunities Designer: design posters to promote ACAN activities Videographer: create or edit videos to promote ACAN activities or ACAN members Blogger: write about ACAN members, youth or programs Social media influencer: use your social media to promote ACAN cause and programs
- 8. Start an ACAN Youth Project Anybody can propose a project that helps promote our mission To start a project, you MUST have ? A youth leader ? An adult mentor ? Approved by the Youth Committee ACAN Youth Committee will provide support and oversight
- 10. ACAN Star 2021 Angela Qian, Education Committee Chair
- 11. ACAN Education Committee ACAN Youth Committee
- 12. Mission ¡®Serve our community, foster our heritage¡¯ ACAN STAR encourages and supports youth in making positive changes to our community, further expanding Chinese Americans¡¯ impact on society. The STAR program is constructed with the view that the most effective way to foster students¡¯ abilities to positively influence their communities is through community service projects, both large and small.
- 13. ACAN STAR Service Award ? ACAN STAR Service Award ACAN STAR Advisor team will select and present STAR Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards to team or individual who accomplished their missions. Awards will be given once per school year. Individual who applies for ACAN STAR service award needs to be ACAN member or ACAN family member. ? ACAN STAR Advisor team selection process In addition to the ACAN Youth and Education committee members, additional advisors will be recruited ? ACAN STAR Service Award Timeline for 2021 Award ? ACAN Star Service Award 2021 Application will be open Dec. 14 2020 ? Deadline to submit the application and required materials: Feb. 15 2021 ? ACAN STAR Service Award winner announcement: April, 2021 ? ACAN STAR Award ceremony: May 2021
- 14. ACAN STAR Service Award 2021 Qualified ACAN service projects: ? 5/9/2020 Online Concert (raised $5000 donation for Food Bank) ? Miles for Lives ? Face Shield Factory (3D and Handmade) ? Project Inspira ? Bluesquad ? Jasper English ? Project QuarARTine ? Caraday Innovation ? Make High School Work for You ? Public Speaking Club ? Christmas Gala (fundraising event for AFSSA) ? Other community service projects
- 17. What is ACAN STAR ? ACAN STAR is a project-based program for students from 6th to 12th grade. Participants are required to submit a proposal with a self-initiated project, recruit other student participants within the ACAN network as necessary to execute the plan. ? The objective is to support youth to develop leadership, mentorship, team working, and creative thinking skills. Once approved, the projects will be published on the ACAN STAR website, and adult mentors/advisors, if available, could be assigned to support as needed. ? In principle, each STAR project will be led by the student for whom the application is approved.
- 18. Michelle Bao ACAN Arts Committee Chair
- 19. Jeffrey Pan Senior, Phillips Academy President & Founder, Youth AI Lab
- 20. Jeffrey Pan, Founder November 20, 2020 Youth AI Lab
- 21. About Us Our mission ¡ª make AI more accessible to youth, especially high schoolers.
- 22. Our Programs Registering on our website (youthai.org) gives the following benefits: ¡ñ Speaker series ¡ñ Peer-to-peer mentoring ¡ñ Online AI-centric hackathons ¡ñ Internship opportunities
- 23. Speaker Series ¡ñ AI-centric talks specifically designed for youth ¡ñ Experts from industry, academia, and government ¡ñ Different areas of AI applications and active research ¡ñ Watch on our YouTube channel ¡ª https://www.youtube.com/YouthAILab ¡ñ 10,000+ YouTube views
- 24. Previous Youth AI Talks ¡ñ Dr. John Cohn ¡ª Back to the Future ¡ñ Prof. Song Han ¡ª TinyML and Efficient AI ¡ñ Prof. Peter Stone ¡ª Autonomous Agents and Robotics ¡ñ Prof. Qixing Huang ¡ª The Interplay between Graphics and AI ¡ñ Dr. Ron Ho ¡ª AI, AR, and Tomorrow¡¯s Realities ¡ñ Fiona McEvoy ¡ª Ethics & AI ¡ñ Dr. Mark Esposito ¡ª The implications of AI ¡ñ Prof. Moshe Vardi ¡ª The inter-relationship between humans, machines, and work ¡ñ Dr. Xuedong Huang ¡ª From Perceptive Intelligence to Cognitive Intelligence
- 25. Upcoming Talks ¡ª 11/21 Sign up at https://youthaitalk9.eventbrite.com ¡ñ The Trillion Dollar Data Frontier¡ª Dr. Olaf Groth ¡ð Business Professor at Hult and Berkeley ¡ð Global trends and strategy adviser ¡ð Founder and CEO of advisory thinktank Cambrian Futures and concept development firm Cambrian Designs ¡ð Co-author of ¡°Solomon¡¯s Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines,¡±
- 26. More Upcoming Talks ¡ñ Free registration for these talks is open ¡ð December 13, 2020: Speech AI and Finance AI ¡ª Dr. Li Deng, Chief AI officer of Citadel, one of the most successful investment firms in the world Register at https://youthaitalk10.eventbrite.com ¡ð January 10, 2021: The Past, Present, and Future of VR ¡ª Grandfather of Virtual Reality & Legendary Inventor Prof. Thomas Furness Register at https://youthaitalk11.eventbrite.com
- 27. Mentorship Program Peer-to-Peer Mentoring ¡ñ Learn fundamental AI concepts from other high schoolers ¡ñ Explore specific AI subfields ¡ñ Work on projects with real-world impact! Join us by signing up at https://youthai.org/
- 28. Special Thanks to ACAN! With ACAN sponsorship, ACAN members who volunteer for Youth AI initiatives can log services hours and apply for the President¡¯s Volunteer Service Awards
- 29. Lauren Shen ACAN Member Mother of Alissa & Alton
- 30. Yuanrui (Ray) Zhang VP of Operation and Partnership, Be The Change Foundation B.S. in Computer Science, PKU Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Penn State University
- 31. Next Steps Youth: -Join Discord https://discord.gg/9VTSe7q -Join a project or propose new ones -Keep documenting all volunteer hours Parents: -Join ACAN Youth Group on WeChat (anybody can join! No membership required) -Help your children document volunteer hours
- 32. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- #22: Will talk about my AI research journey and why I founded the Youth AI Lab.
- #23: Will share the challenges and obstacles I faced when building our programs
- #25: Since the kickoff of the Youth AI Speaker Series in mid August, we have hosted nine great talks so far, covering topics such as overview of AI, efficient AI, Autonomous Robotics, Graphics and AI, AI & AR, Ethics & AI, and the implications of AI. Replays of these talks are available on Youth AI Youtube channel, with the exceptions of Dr. Ron Ho¡¯s talk, which is not available on YouTube due to company policy.
- #26: On November 21, We will host Dr. Olaf Groth. His talk will focus on data, the new oil in the age of AI. Come join us & help define the next frontier of digital growth ethically & equitably. Dr. Groth is a professor, adviser, and executive for the evolving global innovation economy with 20 years of experience in corporations, consulting firms, and academia. He has helped build new ventures and change management initiatives for employers and clients in many industries in over 30 countries. Dr. Groth is co-author of ¡°Solomon¡¯s Code: Humanity in a World of Thinking Machines,¡± and of the forthcoming book ¡°The Great Remobilization ¡ª Reinventing the Post-Pandemic World.¡±
- #27: Free registration for these talks is open. You are welcome to register and join these exciting talks.
- #28: I would also like to mention that we will start to offer free Machine Learning (ML) training. Please sign up at our Youth AI website as a member and you will receive details about these trainings. To the parents in our audience, please help share the Youth AI initiatives with your children so more students can learn about AI.
- #29: We hope more ACAN student members who are interested in AI can join Youth AI Lab, helping to promote AI to youth from all communities and prepare them for a better future. Together, we can make a difference!
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