P4 Newsletter - March 2011

March 2011

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P4 Volunteers at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco for Tax-Aid

Vol. I, Issue 6

Calendar March & april 3/12 w Pre-Professional Basketball in the RSF 11am 4/23 w 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament Chuck Corica Golf Course in Alameda 8am 4/30 w Tenth Anniversary Location and time TBD

Mariel de Leon/PR and Marketing

Associate Raymond Bayani, Partners Dana Cruz (above), Pamela Mardo, and Anh Vu (below) at P4’s first tax-aid trip of the spring semester.

Associate Meetings w Mondays 7-9pm 205 Dwinelle FBANC Legal Clinics w 1st and 3rd Fridays 2-5pm P4 Family Lunches w Cafe Durant 2nd and 4th Fridays 4-6pm

On February 19, 2011, with tax season quickly approaching, Partners and Associates from P4 volunteered to help provide free income tax preparation to low-income families at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco.

After attending a training day at KPMG, the P4 team was ready to lend a helping hand. Volunteers helped connect those in need of service to individuals who helped them electronically enter their tax information.

Some P4 volunteers helped provide information packets and consultation to those who came for aid as well.

It served as a fulfilling way to help out our community and further promote community service.

P4 members plan on attending more tax-aid services throughout the semester.

-Mariel de Leon Co-Director of PR/Marketing

Alumni Spotlight

Arvin Chua

Served as: Executive Director (2008-2009), Co-Director of Public Relations (2007-2008) Graduated from Cal in 2009, Major in Political Economy with an emphasis in Global Labor Diversity Where is he now?

Arvin works with Wells Fargo as a Phone Banker. He pursued this position as a result of his history in sales and the encouragement from his professional networks. Given that he is a 2009 graduate, he’s only been working for a total of one year since graduation --Wells Fargo for 3 months and a little over 8 months with a previous sales position at Imperial Industrial Supply (a web-based retail company).

Within this past year, he has easily strengthened his network and actually jumped on the opportunity to join Wells Fargo after being recommended to the position by his former colleague at Imperial Industrial Supply. He looks forward to investing his career within Wells Fargo by working towards the Legal Order Processing department where he feels he can best utilize his skills.

Arvin’s advice for current P4 members: “Be proud of your hard work because no one can take that from you. Have fun and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. Take advantage of ALL career fairs at Cal -- opportunities with big companies DO NOT come easy once you’ve graduated.”

Favorite quote: “The one who doesn’t fall doesn’t stand up” – Fedor Emelianenko.

What better way to spend Valentine’s Day weekend than to watch the Golden States Warriors take on number two draft pick, Kevin Durant, and the Oklahoma City Thunder? On February 13, 2011 P4 and P4 friends went to Oracle Arena to watch one of the closest games of the season. Those who attended were able to go down to the lower level to watch players from both teams during courtside shoot-around, prior to the game. It served as a great way to bond with each other while enjoying an exciting game and, for some, celebrating a big win for the Warriors.

-Mariel de Leon Co-Director of PR/Marketing

Partner Spotlight

Pamela Mardo/External Affairs - Business

Jesi Marquez Position: Co-Director of Philanthropy and Community Service Birthday: March 16 Expected Grad Year: May 2012 Major/Minor/Concentration: Double Major in Legal Studies and Asian American Studies Post college plans: After completing my undergraduate career at UC Berkeley, I plan to take some time off and then attend law school. I plan on pursuing a career in advocating for underserved and underprivileged communities while promoting advocacy and social justice in API communities.

Pre-Professional Tip: Always have a firm handshake - it is your lasting first-impression on the people you meet. You might even get a comment or pleasant reaction from the person!

Favorite place to kick it with friends (in Berkeley): I enjoy hanging out with my friends when we’re just chilling at someone’s apartment.

Otherwise, we would be eating out at different places all over Berkeley.

Song you have been listening to a lot lately: “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap A movie is being made about your life, who do you want to play you? If a movie is being made about my life, I want to play the role of myself because there is not enough Filipin@ representation in the media. However, I wouldn’t mind if Anne Hathaway wanted to step in my shoes as well.

As Co-Director of Philanthropy and Community Service, what is your goal/s for P4 in this 20102011 school year? As Co-Director of PACS, my goals for P4 for this 2010-2011 school year is to strengthen and expand our external networks with non-profit organizations and to have a successful golf tournament!

Partner Spotlight

Dana Cruz Position: Co-Director of Philanthropy and Community Service Birthday: September 17 Expected Grad Year: May 2013 Major/Minor/Concentration: Political Science Post college plans: I plan on entering into the Air Force possibly as a Judge Advocate (or military lawyer) for a while and then retire into a civilian private practice and/or later work as a legislative assistant for a political office.

Pre-Professional Tip: Honestly there a bunch of tips, but the number one rule of thumb in any professional setting is to BE CONFIDENT. Confidence can lead to the firm hand shakes, the strong tone, that credibility you will exude, and that lasting impression that sets you apart from the rest.

Favorite place to kick it with friends (in Berkeley): Smart Aleks (I love their avocado hamburgers and being surrounded by other selfproclaimed nerds).

Song you have been listening to a lot lately: “Sing”- My Chemical Romance A movie is being made about your life, who do you want to play you? If anyone is going to get paid and make millions off of playing me, it’s going to be me. :) As Co-Director of Philanthropy and Community Service, what is your goal/s for P4 in this 20102011 school year? 1) An OUTSTANDING Golf Tournament and 2) Increased community service programming (who doesn’t like doing those warm and fuzzy community service projects).

How you can be involved with P4: - Let us know about internship and scholarship opportunites at p4internal@gmail.com - Become a part of our associate program by emailing p4internal@gmail.com - Become a business or law mentor to our associates by emailing p4external.business@gmail.com or p4external.law@gmail.com - Collaborate with our organization! Contact our Executive Director at p4executive@gmail.com - Sponsor or donate at p4financedirector@gmail.com