University of California, Los
Angeles--established in 1992
Branch Website: http://www.usaccsc.org/csc_php/projectaction.php?project=wyse
Branch
works with Mark Twain Middle School
UCLA WYSE was the first ever WYSE
branch and currently works with girls from the Venice/MarVista area
in Los Angeles. Their program originally started in San Fernando, a
community with the highest teenage pregnancy rate in California that
is now being served by our CSUN branch. The branch recently visited
the
Getty Museum to introduce arts and culture and attended a UCLA
women's basketball game to support women in sports. For more
information about UCLA's beginnings, please read our WYSE
HerStory .
University of Southern
California--established in 1999
Branch Website: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~wyse/
Branch works with Los Angeles
Academy Middle School and John Adams Middle School
USC WYSE works with girls from the
south Los Angeles area and is the only program simultaneously
working with two different middle schools. The USC program has
garnered much support from their University and the surrounding
community. The branch collaborates with community organizations such
as
Break-the-Cycle, a nonprofit
organization that works to educate and empower young women to stop
domestic violence, and with Thomas Riley High School.
California State University, Northridge--established in 2000
Branch
is inactive.
CSUN WYSE works with girls
from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. It was the first
National Resource Office (NRO) initiated branch. The mentors at this
branch recently challenged their mentees by having them create their
own WYSE sessions where the girls obtained hands on experience in
session planning and facilitation. They are currently developing a
targeted mentor recruitment campaign in order to meet their
community's demand.
California State University, Long Beach--established in 2001
Branch is inactive
CSULB WYSE works with girls
from the Long Beach community in Los Angeles. CSULB is one of our
newest WYSE branches. The University and Women's Resource Center has
been very supportive of our program and is considering allowing
mentors to use it as a service learning component of their
coursework. To celebrate their inaugural semester's success, the
mentors and mentees held an awards banquet made possible by the
generosity of Ruby's Restaurant on the Huntington Beach Pier.
Yale
University--established 1995
Branch Website: http://www.yale.edu/wyse/
Branch
works with Sheridan Academy for
Excellence
Yale WYSE works with girls from
the New Haven, Connecticut community. It is the only branch that
incorporates WYSE as part of the regular school day. The mentors
provide sessions three days out of the week to over 50 mentees. Each
year the Yale mentors and mentees take a field trip to New York
City.
Yale School of Law--established in
1999
Branch Website:
Branch works with Eli Whitney High School and
James Hillhouse High School
Yale Law WYSE works with girls
from the New Haven, Connecticut community. The branch runs one of
two WYSE high school programs. Their end of the year projects have
included a play on difficult issues that girls face, that was
written and performed on the Yale campus by the WYSE mentees.
Harvard
University Middle School Branch--established 1998
Branch works
with Dearborn Middle School
Harvard WYSE works with
girls from the Roxbury, Massachusetts community. The mentors have
worked hard to develop sessions based the needs of the mentees. They
have worked to include a large community action component to the
program and are currently starting a pilot high school program at a
high school that several middle school WYSE mentees will attend.
Harvard University High School
Branch--established 2003
Branch Website: http://www.college.harvard.edu/student/organizations/orgdetail?id=261
Branch
works with the High School Extension Program (HSEP) of the Cambridge
Public School District.
Harvard WYSE works with
girls from the Cambridge, Massachusetts community. This is a pilot
high school program at a high school that several middle school
WYSE mentees will attend. The High School in a non-traditional
program. The mentors believe in a continuum of
programming.
University of Chicago--established in
1996
Branch Website: http://wyse.uchicago.edu/
Branch works with Francisco
Madero Middle School
U of Chicago WYSE works with girls
from "Little Village" in Chicago, Illinois. They are the only branch
with three different programs for the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades that run concurrently. As a result, this branch has created
many new activities that have been incorporated into the WYSE
curriculum. The directors also regularly prepare and provide
additional trainings throughout the year for their mentors on topics
like conflict resolution and management. This branch has strong ties
to the community and collaborates with other nonprofit organizations
to cover such topics as gangs and violence. A recent grant from the
University of Chicago Women's Fund enabled this WYSE branch to
support the initiation of a male mentoring program.
New York
University--established in 1999
Branch Website: http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/wyse/
Branch works with Secondary School of Law, Journalism and
Research
NYU WYSE works with girls from the Park Slope
community in New York. This branch had a difficult beginning in 2001
due to September 11th. However it gave them an opportunity to
showcase the resilience of their mentors and mentees and have
developed special mentoring events to improve the cohesion and
communication in the group.
Occidental College--established in 2003
Branch works with Luther Burbank Middle
School
16 Mentors
29 Mentees
OXY WYSE works with girls from the Highland Park
Community in Los Angeles. This year they started mentoring middle
school girls at Luther Burbank Middle School. The program has grown
and gained popularity on this Liberal Arts campus.
In 2006 they will partner with
the Step Up Women's Network to put on a "Goddess Day."
University of California,
Berkeley--established in 1995
Branch works with
Longfellow Middle School
UC Berkeley WYSE serves the
Richmond community in Northern California. Because of WYSE's
emphasis on creating positive community change, the mentors at this
branch have worked with their mentees to create an entire session
focused on community activism and service. The mentees, as part of
their activist projects, made beautiful baskets which they gave to a
local battered woman's shelter.
Stanford University--established
1998
Branch works with Edison-McNair Academy
Due to their work ethic and
dedication to their mentees, Stanford WYSE has been able to secure
great support for their program. The faculty and administration of
Edison McNair are very supportive of the WYSE program, and Stanford
University is allowing mentors to receive course credit for WYSE.
The mentors at this branch have had guest presenters like Planned
Parenthood come to speak with their mentees, and have been the
recipients of the Stanford University Deans Award for Outstanding
Service.
University of California, Irvine--established 2003
Branch works with Portola Middle
School
UCI WYSE works with girls
from the community of Orange County. This year they
started mentoring middle school girls at Portola Middle School. This
is the only branch that does not receive funding from their
university hence the mentors must fundraise the cost to put on the
program. Fortunately, they have found a school that is supportive of
them and is willing to share resources to insure success of the
program.
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI--established 2006
Branch works with Bruce Guadalupe Middle School;
Marquette WYSE works with girls
on the southside of Milwaukee. This branch is the newest WYSE Branch,
commenceing their first WYSE session on Novemeber 2006 The middle school
they are working with is called Bruce Guadalupe Middle School.
*these numbers reflect
participation during the 2004-2005 academic year
