tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1006400048060328602012-01-27T05:45:09.438-08:00AjA’s Youth Advisory Council (YAC) consists of current and past Journey students who demonstrate exemplary leadership qualities and a desire to strengthen their connection to The AjA Project as well as to create further opportunities for their futures. The YAC works with AjA staff as interns, peer instructors and guest lecturers as well as serving as“youth Ambassadors” for their communities.The AjA Projectnoreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100640004806032860.post-60366937541356085352008-02-01T15:41:00.000-08:002008-02-01T16:17:23.798-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/R6OueZnFbAI/AAAAAAAAALs/vjUto0_3bKQ/s1600-h/YAC_YAC_SP08_WA012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/R6OueZnFbAI/AAAAAAAAALs/vjUto0_3bKQ/s320/YAC_YAC_SP08_WA012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162161435190848514" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100640004806032860-6036693754135608535?l=ajayac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The AjA Projectnoreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100640004806032860.post-5259193020286687242007-07-12T11:06:00.000-07:002007-07-12T11:14:21.096-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100640004806032860-525919302028668724?l=ajayac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The AjA Projectnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100640004806032860.post-21066466665367307692007-07-10T14:04:00.001-07:002008-12-10T16:35:46.636-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUwuP-BzHI/AAAAAAAAAFM/MpstZh-Qzhc/s1600-h/YAC_LAFT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUwuP-BzHI/AAAAAAAAAFM/MpstZh-Qzhc/s400/YAC_LAFT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086024925303655538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUwvv-BzII/AAAAAAAAAFU/fI4Q3yXxIGU/s1600-h/YAC_LAFT_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUwvv-BzII/AAAAAAAAAFU/fI4Q3yXxIGU/s400/YAC_LAFT_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086024951073459330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUqR_-By6I/AAAAAAAAADk/5XbSowFaz0g/s1600-h/YAC_Cuc_Sp07_FT_LA_013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUqR_-By6I/AAAAAAAAADk/5XbSowFaz0g/s400/YAC_Cuc_Sp07_FT_LA_013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086017842902584226" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUqS_-By8I/AAAAAAAAAD0/WP9lPoJqVbc/s1600-h/YAC_Fadumo_Sp07_FT_LA_030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUqS_-By8I/AAAAAAAAAD0/WP9lPoJqVbc/s400/YAC_Fadumo_Sp07_FT_LA_030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086017860082453442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp2v-By0I/AAAAAAAAAC0/fFwij7Vozxw/s1600-h/YAC_Ahmed_Sp07_FT_LA_030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp2v-By0I/AAAAAAAAAC0/fFwij7Vozxw/s400/YAC_Ahmed_Sp07_FT_LA_030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086017374751148866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp3P-By1I/AAAAAAAAAC8/4TwYdCKhIkM/s1600-h/YAC_Ahmed_Sp07_FT_LA_039.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp3P-By1I/AAAAAAAAAC8/4TwYdCKhIkM/s400/YAC_Ahmed_Sp07_FT_LA_039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086017383341083474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp4P-By2I/AAAAAAAAADE/t0Jv_T4b7oI/s1600-h/YAC_Ahmed_Sp07_FT_LA012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp4P-By2I/AAAAAAAAADE/t0Jv_T4b7oI/s400/YAC_Ahmed_Sp07_FT_LA012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086017400520952674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp4f-By3I/AAAAAAAAADM/shJPc84JNKI/s1600-h/YAC_Andrea_Sp07_DOC014.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp4f-By3I/AAAAAAAAADM/shJPc84JNKI/s400/YAC_Andrea_Sp07_DOC014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086017404815919986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp4v-By4I/AAAAAAAAADU/tQ29fujeUJo/s1600-h/YAC_Andrea_Sp07_DOC015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpUp4v-By4I/AAAAAAAAADU/tQ29fujeUJo/s400/YAC_Andrea_Sp07_DOC015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086017409110887298" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100640004806032860-2106646666536730769?l=ajayac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The AjA Projectnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100640004806032860.post-69285618884700092792007-07-10T13:44:00.000-07:002007-07-10T13:50:22.065-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpPw5v-ByzI/AAAAAAAAACs/fOcttUgfP7A/s1600-h/khaled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpPw5v-ByzI/AAAAAAAAACs/fOcttUgfP7A/s400/khaled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085673279151262514" border="0" /></a><br />Participants in the Journey program had the opportunity to meet with Khaled Hosseini, the widely respected author of <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Kite Runner</span> and the newly published novel, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">A Thousands Splendid Suns.<br /><br /><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100640004806032860-6928561888470009279?l=ajayac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The AjA Projectnoreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100640004806032860.post-30540115637587332932007-07-10T13:21:00.000-07:002007-07-10T13:22:33.471-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpPqgv-ByyI/AAAAAAAAACk/Q6hvK7npaq8/s1600-h/yac+with+mayor+of+San+Diego.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpPqgv-ByyI/AAAAAAAAACk/Q6hvK7npaq8/s400/yac+with+mayor+of+San+Diego.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085666252584766242" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100640004806032860-3054011563758733293?l=ajayac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The AjA Projectnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100640004806032860.post-18942635054767136582007-07-10T12:53:00.000-07:002008-12-10T16:35:46.886-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpPkYP-BywI/AAAAAAAAACM/z3OiEd81eJU/s1600-h/YAC_SLR_Sp07_032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpPkYP-BywI/AAAAAAAAACM/z3OiEd81eJU/s400/YAC_SLR_Sp07_032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085659509486111490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">During our SLR workshop, YACers learned the basics of exposure- Aperture and Shutter Speed.<br /><br /><br />Here is Fadumo's blurred motion shot. And a shot of Famo and Fadumo experimenting with slow shutter speeds.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpPkYv-ByxI/AAAAAAAAACU/4X_wwslz8Vc/s1600-h/YAC_SLR_Sp07_053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/RpPkYv-ByxI/AAAAAAAAACU/4X_wwslz8Vc/s400/YAC_SLR_Sp07_053.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085659518076046098" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100640004806032860-1894263505476713658?l=ajayac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The AjA Projectnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-100640004806032860.post-83695881191444936612007-02-19T10:51:00.000-08:002008-12-10T16:35:47.593-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv_X7x7_vI/AAAAAAAAABY/-VNXY1OupCE/s1600-h/YAC_Milano_Sp07_FT013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv_X7x7_vI/AAAAAAAAABY/-VNXY1OupCE/s320/YAC_Milano_Sp07_FT013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047408594047991538" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv_X7x7_wI/AAAAAAAAABg/RN1KUGmbSm0/s1600-h/YAC_Arturo_Sp07_WA002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv_X7x7_wI/AAAAAAAAABg/RN1KUGmbSm0/s320/YAC_Arturo_Sp07_WA002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047408594047991554" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv_YLx7_xI/AAAAAAAAABo/UC4VY79-Qlc/s1600-h/YAC_Famo_Sp07_FT011.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv_YLx7_xI/AAAAAAAAABo/UC4VY79-Qlc/s320/YAC_Famo_Sp07_FT011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047408598342958866" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv9uLx7_uI/AAAAAAAAABQ/9LySIqlJgGc/s1600-h/YAC_Famo_Sp07_FT002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv9uLx7_uI/AAAAAAAAABQ/9LySIqlJgGc/s320/YAC_Famo_Sp07_FT002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047406777276825314" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv8u7x7_tI/AAAAAAAAAA0/BBIjByIrgKE/s1600-h/YAC_Famo_Sp07_FT007.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JlMM0HyuPz0/Rgv8u7x7_tI/AAAAAAAAAA0/BBIjByIrgKE/s320/YAC_Famo_Sp07_FT007.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047405690650099410" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />On the way to the retreat on Palomar Mountain, we ran into some snow in Julian. After a nice and cold snow ball fight, we headed into town for some apple pie.<br /><br />On the way, Famo and Faduma saw landscapes that reminded them of Kenya [see photo], and some YACers enjoyed their first experience in the snow.<br /><br />Once at the cabin, YACers renewed their committment to the YAC and discussed the Spring workshops. A YAC election was held and Milano was voted in as Chairperson and Amed as Secretary.<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/100640004806032860-8369588119144493661?l=ajayac.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>The AjA Projectnoreply@blogger.com