Video Production is starting! Fridays from 3-4:30 Amelia will be here training kids who are interested in developing videos and commercials with final cut pro.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Trans gender support group will be happening once a month on the Third Thursday at 4pm.
A healthy relationships group will take place on the last Thursday of each month 4pm
Anyone is welcome to join programs at the OSC who is ages 13-19!

Get Community Hours, Enhance your College Application, or Just Come to Learn New Skills!

     Breakthrough: Presented by El Concillio Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Goal Setting---Full participation includes a final group trip  to Magic Mountain!!

Personal Growth/College Bound: Learn how to go to college, Self-Reflection, and Life Skills. Includes Snacks! Presented by El Concillio

Healthy Cooking Course: Taught by local chef and catering business owner Dustin Anderson

Walking Self Esteem Group: Local Psycho therapeutic Healer, Valerie Brinton comes in to teach bi-weekly   group focusing on  healthy choices in all aspects of life, at home, mentally, and psychically. Includes weekly snack after an hour walk.

Food Science: Local Academic and former Science teacher Debbie Bereki Comes in for a special 4 week    course on how fast food and soda affect our bodies, the cost of take out vs. homemade pizza financially and nutritionally and much more!

Hiking Club: Ongoing hikes in Ventura County lead by Yvette Espinosa. Come and participate on weekends get some exercise and explore what is in your own backyard!!

Artivists: The Art/Activists group is starting up again and is recruiting new members to focus on a social justice issues and creative outlets for teens. Run by College Professor Gerald Fitzgerald

First Board Meeting
The Board is currently working on a number of subcommittees that will be finalized next week which include; a focus on improving transportation to Piru, Publicizing Illegal Immigrants rights through the law AB540, Having a Farmers Market in Fillmore, Starting a Support Group for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual teens, and Presenting issues of harassment and oppression that happen on school campus.

Our Board Members for 2009/2010 School Year: Dulce, Yesenia (AB540 Chair), Sam Cruz (Vice President/Transportation Chair), Maritza Cruz, Steven Magana (Tresurer/Farmers Market Chair), Claudia Rosales (Just Communities Chair), Alondra Gaytan (President), Jose Olvera, DeAnna Villagomez, Stephanie Gonzalez (Staff Liaison), Alejandra Lopez (Mentor Liaison), Jessica Nino(Secretary), Lynn Edmonds(Admin), Celene Cruz (Peace Keeper), Manny Suarez, Mike Espanoza, Felipe Cortez, Hilary Carson.

If you're in middle school or high school...any grade...it's never too early or too late to start thinking about college.  To help you with that we're having a series of college workshops (see One Step Calendar) and we'll be posting items and website on this site to keep you informed!  Ceck out GOING to COLLEGE! on the Navigation menu or go to Information and check out Going to College! on the subpage!  All of this is funding by Orfelea Foundation!  GO ORFELEA! AND THANK YOU!

Thanks to the support of Fire Captain and State Farm Insurance Salesperson, Bill Herrera, the One Step received a grant in December for new video games, improved window treatments and improved security devises.  Because the of the donation, the One Step Center will look better and have great activities available for the youth at the drop in center!  Come in and check them out!!!  Check out the photo in the attachment of Eleazar and Nelson playing video games at the OSC!!

Social Justice Fund and the McCune Foundation have just announced awards to the One Step A La Vez Teen Drop in Center and Board in Fillmore/Piru.  Four Fillmore One Step Members received a gift from the Social Justice Fund at their November reception.  The Social Justice Fund gives to groups that are making a difference in their community from the ground up.  This is the second year that the One Step A La Vez Committee has been recognized as being a group that is working for social justice in Fillmore by the Social Justice Foundation. 

The McCune Reception was postponed due to the fires in Montecito.  The McCune Foundation also is looking for groups that want to make a difference in their communities.  Now that the One Step A La Vez Teen Drop in Center has begun, both foundations will give support so that the youth can look for additional ways to improve Fillmore.

The One Step Center is working with Arts for Action through a grant from the California Consumer Protection Foundation to learn all about the process of video production.  The goal of the group is to produce a video which will be used to improve the community of Fillmore/Piru or the situation for youth!  A group of 12 high school youth are getting their first video ready to enter it in the Fillmore High School competition.   Check the calendar for future workshops.  The new Macintosh computer has arrived for video editing and the rest of the equipment will be coming next week!  All youth are welcome to participate.

On Thursday Nov 13 several Fillmore area heath professionals met to give suggestions on how to best introduce high school youth to the huge variety of health professions.  It was suggested that there first be an invitation to all youth to attend a lunch meeting to meet the health professional, followed by an indepth meeting at the One Step Center and finally with a tour or shadow of that particular profession.  These ideas will be taken to the next One Step Board and Mentor Officers meetings for their input.  Special thanks go to Drs. Christine Johnston, Guillermo Sanchez and Ellen Dewey for their ideas!

The One Step Center is now open for youth ages 13-19 on Mondays-Thursdays from 3:00-6:30 with a staff of three:  Hilary Carson (One Step Coordinator), Jackie Magana (Paradox Technologies staff) and Eron Chavez (One Step Peer Support).  Come drop in!  Enjoy a snack!  Sign up for a class that interests you!  Research schools.  Get support on college applications and financial aide.  Surf the internet.  Or just come in and chill!

Health Related Careers: Congratulations to the One Step Center and the BBBSVC for getting an Hispanic Legacy;  Destino Foundation grant.  As a part of this grant, we will be exposing youth to a variety of health related professions with the hope that some of these professions seem interesting to them.  In an era when many health professionals are retiring and the health profession is opening up into wider opportunities, we want to be sure that the youth of Fillmore know about their many choices of careers.  If you are a health professional and want to help us expose youth to your career, please call me at 907-6576.  If you are a youth and are interested in finding out about the various careers available, talk to Hilary at the One Step Center or drop into Rm 10 at FHS and let them know your area of interest so that we can get someone to talk with you about that career!.