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Dear Andrea --
I can assure you that
it's never too soon to get involved. Actually
I think it's better to get involved when
you are younger -- this helps you to weed
out what you like and don't like and to
figure out what your skills are, how you
can be the most affective. I know from
personal experience that it also helped
me learn new skills and then apply those
toward being more affective later. In terms
of what to get involved with -- are there
issues that make you angry or get you inspired?
For instance, do you like working with
kids or do you not like the fact that
some kids don't have happy home lives?
You should figure out what issues you
care about and move from there. I don't
know of anything specific in Long Beach,
but I know that it is a fairly progressive
community and that there is correspondingly
many things going on there.
I would start
by contacting the YWCA or some other
known entity and moving from there. There
is also a California
Women's Foundation,
based in San Francisco, but with contacts
throughout the state and the groups they
fund would be great. Good luck
-- Amy
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