We are having some Membership Database problems ...

We recently discovered that we are having some problems with the contact databases we use to send email to our membership.  We should have this fixed the first week of March 2010.  We will soon be sending out some test emails to our membership.  If you do not receive these emails please contact us at: admin@sffbicaa.org ...

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Winter 2010 Quarterly Meeting

When:  Wednesday / February 24th / Starts at 6PM, adjourns at 8PM

Where: Hosted by Yahho! in Sunnyvale, CA

What:  Recent events and the FBI Counter Terrorism Program.

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FBI Code Breaking Contest...

The FBI has posted its annual code-breaking challenge on its Web site; this is the longest code-breaking challenge to date; the FBI says that the code-breaking task is similar to work being done in its labs

The agency explains that unraveling the code and reveal its secret message is similar to the work of "cryptanalysts" being done in the FBI Laboratory. In the latest quiz, the agency switched gears a bit, using pictogram symbols based on Native American motifs. With more than fifty words to decipher, it is the FBI's longest code-breaking challenge so far.  MORE INFO

Spring 2010 SF FBI Citizens' Academy Class

The Spring 2010 SF FBI Citizens' Academy class will begin on April 1, 2010 and end on May 15, 2010.  Applications are currently being accepted and the deadline for all submission is Friday, February 5, 2010.

 For more info and to apply, contact:

Shirley Deacon
Community Outreach Specialist, SF FBI
shirley.deacon@ic.fbi.gov

Old Skool Café Receives 2009 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award

Stephanie Douglas, the Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation presented the 2009 Director’s Community Leadership Award to Old Skool Café, a non profit organization dedicated to helping neighborhood youth avoid gangs, drugs, and crime through mentoring and apprenticeship. The annual award recognizes individuals and organizations that take extraordinary steps in the area of drug and violence education and prevention. READ MORE

Charter school starts Junior Agent Program

The San Francisco FBI is working with the Fremont based FAME charter school on a "junior agent" program.  This effort is a perfect example of the value of the FBI's Citizens' Academy program.  Maram Alaiwat the school's founder and director is also a graduate of the SF FBI Citizens' Academy and a member of the SF FBI Citizens' Academy Alumni Association.  Maram approached the SF FBI to organize the "junior agent" program.  The FAME program with the SF FBI is the first "Junior Agent Program" in the bay area in over a decade.

As part of the program fifth graders from FAME’s Fremont campus will participate in a four month long educational program consisting of classroom instruction by FBI staff and a field trip to the FBI office in San Francisco. The Junior Special Agent program, a part of the FBI’s larger Adopt-a-School initiative, will follow a specialized curriculum developed by the FBI to help students cultivate the tools to successfully deal with the increasingly complex challenges they face every day.

FAME Press Release ...
San Jose Mercury News article...

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Quarterly Meeting ...

Our Fall 2009 Quarterly Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening / Nov 18th at the SF FBI office in San Francisco ... the SF FBI will be updating the SF FBI Citizens' Academy Alumni Association on the FBI's Crimes Against Children program.

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Thanks to CHEVRON for hosting the Summer 2009 Quarterly Meeting of the San Francisco FBI Citizens' Academy Alumni Association ...

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