Thank you for your interest in our program! We are a volunteer effort sponsored by YWCA Berkeley/Oakland.
We pair up English speakers with English learners who seek to improve competency in the English language through casual conversation.
For over 50 years, EIA has proudly served UC Berkeley international scholars/students and their family members. However, starting this semester, we are restructuring our services and will be primarily focused on supporting asylum seekers, recent immigrants, and university service workers whose first language is not English.
If you do not fall into these 3 categories, you're still welcomed to fill out the registration form so we could redirect you to programs/resources that might be helpful to you.
Please note that this registration form contains demographics info that we will utilize for data collection to help us understand and track the populations we are serving. All questions are optional and answers are kept anonymous.
Thank you,
Karen Lei
YWCA Berkeley/Oakland EIA coordinator