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MSC Senior Fellowship
The fellowships run from one to three years. Fellows spend the bulk of their time in small teams, equipped with MSC’s movement building tool box supporting MSC’s current partners and clients in their alliance building and movement building work.
Their remaining time is spent initiating new projects and partnerships and researching areas for thought leadership, documenting past leadership experiences and lessons learned.
In 2010, MSC will be looking for Senior Fellows who as a cohort bring the following capacities and interests to strengthen what is currently on the team:
* Alliance building facilitation or leadership background with social justice organizing groups.
* Curriculum development and training expertise.
* Capacity building and coaching with organizations and alliances, particularly in the areas of strategy, collaboration and sustainability.
* Deep experience in one or more of the following racial justice movements: education justice, environmental justice, gender and reproductive justice, LGBT movement building, immigrant rights, media justice, land justice (housing, gentrification, development), worker justice, criminal justice.If you or someone you know is a candidate for the MSC Senior Fellowship, please email rachel@movementstrategy.org
Tags:Volunteers Needed for Chavez Professional Day
No formal training in these skills is necessary. Your experience as a professional is valuable.
When:
(Note: There are two different campuses holding this event on different dates – feel free to volunteer at one or the other or both)Friday March 19th (Parkside Campus) 8:30am-12pm at UDC
or
Friday March 26th (Capitol Hill Campus) 8:30am-12pm at Capitol Hill CampusWhere:
Parkside Campus –UDC Campus (Van Ness Metro, Red Line)
Capitol Hill Campus – 709 12th Street SE WDC (Eastern Market Metro, Orange Line)For more information please contact Julie Harris at julie.harris@chavezschools.org
New Census Project Grants
While participation is mandatory, a number of populations – such as persons with limited English proficiency, new immigrant communities, the elderly; those with disabilities, the homeless, disconnected youth, and neighborhoods/buildings with high concentrations of low-income residents — traditionally have been undercounted, often due to isolation and concerns about privacy. As a result, the jurisdictions they live in often don’t receive the full benefit of federal representation and funding available to them.
Recently, The Community Foundation awarded a $35,000 grant to the Census Project, which supports outreach and public awareness activities that will help ensure a complete and thorough census count across the Washington, DC metropolitan region. The Project awards “mini grants” ranging in size from $1,500 to $3,000 to nonprofit organizations that will work in timely and culturally sensitive ways to make sure that “hard to count” residents complete and return their Census forms.
For more information, contact Angela Jones Hackley, Vice President, Community Investment, at (202) 263-4766 or ajoneshackley@cfncr.org.
UMD Presidential Search
The search committee is very interested in receiving nominations and applications. The committee is also seeking input from all members of the university community about the challenges facing the next president, and the essential qualities and qualifications that would be desirable in the university’s next president. This input will be particularly critical to the search committee because considerations of candidate confidentiality will preclude extensive community participation in the latter stages of the search process. Our goal is to create multiple opportunities for all members of the community to share their ideas.
For those of you who live in the area, UMD has scheduled a listening session so that they may hear directly from all of you who wish to contribute to the process. The session for the entire community will be held on Wednesday, April 7, 2010, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m., in the Atrium, first floor, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland.
Tags: President, University of MarylandCapoeiraDC Offering Free Capoeira After School Program
The classes will be held on Wednesdays from 4-6 at their academy (636 Florida Ave NW). The program begins March 3 and ends May 12.
If your interested, please e-mail Jen Lee
Tags:A Neighbor In Need is a Neighbor Indeed
grant range is up to $25,000
Grants will be awarded to nonprofit direct service organizations whose primary purpose is to help low-income and disadvantaged adults and children meet basic needs for food, shelter, clothing, emergency financial assistance, prescriptions and foreclosure prevention. Priority will be given to organizations experiencing an increase in demand for service (within the past 12-24 months) as a result of the economic crisis.
Eligible Requests
– The organization’s primary purpose and the purpose of the request is to provide direct services to meet one or more of the following basic needs of low-income people: food, shelter, clothing, emergency financial assistance, prescriptions and foreclosure prevention.— Emergency financial assistance programs that provide support for rent/mortgage/basic utilities, prescriptions, and emergency medical or dental care
— Nonprofit pharmacy programs
— Pharmacy/prescription programs of non-Federally Qualified Health Clinics (non-FQHC’s) in Washington, DC, Montgomery County, MD, and Northern Virginia (Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William; and the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park)
— Pharmacy/prescription programs of FQHC’s in Prince George’s County, Maryland
— Case management/counseling services are eligible as long as they are an integral part of providing one or more of the “eligible” direct services listed above
— Emergency services (food, shelter, clothing, emergency financial assistance) for victims of domestic violence (adults and children) and victims of child abuse and neglect
— Foreclosure prevention programs are eligible as long as the goal of the service is to prevent homelessness. Funding for foreclosure prevention programs may include, for example, support for foreclosure intervention and prevention counseling, legal advice, representation or referral to help homeowners retain their homes, avoid foreclosure rescue scams or transition out of ownership without becoming homeless; and/or prevent homelessness for tenants at risk of eviction due to foreclosure
— The program has measurable outcomes; and can demonstrate quantitative and/or qualitative impact
— The organization serves residents of the greater Washington region which includes Washington, DC; Montgomery County and Prince George’s County in Maryland; and the following counties in Northern Virginia: Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William; and the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Manassas and Manassas Park
Previous applicants to and grantees of The Neighbors in Need Fund are eligible to apply.
Grantseeker Information Session
A conference call will be held on March 17, 2010 from 2:00-3:30pm for organizations specifically interested in this Safety-Net Services RFP and applying to The Neighbors in Need Fund for the March 31, 2010 deadline.Download all the materials here
Tags:The Diaspora Youth Initiative Looking for Young Media Makers
This will be a paid position. Job requires travel in Europe and Africa…must be adaptable, team-player and knowledgeable about Afro Arts and Culture, Trade and industry, education and/or development issues. If your interested you can e-mail here
Tags:Don’t Be Mad, U.S. Census Is Hiring
The government is seeking conscientious citizens looking for work in Washington, DC to help spread this important message about the 2010 Census
They are currently hiring for Spring census taker positions. Most jobs pay $20 per hour and include reimbursable travel.
Apply and take the basic skills test. Be sure to call to reserve a space today at a test center close to you. And be sure to mention that WBL sent you.
202-507-4560
Tags:Blame It On Hip Hop (Scholarship)
Scholarship Details
Submissions will be accepted through Monday, March 15, 2010.
Essays can be no more than 1,000 words, double-spaced. Students are encouraged to share personal experiences and narratives, as well as any relevant supplements: rhymes, poems, photos, sketches video (links only, please) etc. Be creative!Two winning essayists will be awarded $500 to be applied towards tuition, books or living expenses.
Contest is open to high school seniors and college students nationwide, who will be accepted or enrolled in an accredited College or University for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Essays must be the original work of the student.Judging Process and criteria
Blame It On Hip Hop has carefully selected an advisory panel of distinguished Hip Hop legends, artists, activists and academics. They will score all eligible contest entries based on the following criteria: Level of knowledge, understanding and involvement in Hip Hop culture (40%), Originality and creativity (40%), and Flow, style, grammar and writing skills (20%).
Students have the choice of either submitting their essay online (preferred) or mailing their essay. All students must submit the following information on a cover letter with their essay (in one document):
Name, address, phone number, email address, the name of your school, and current level of education.
To submit your essay by e-mail, please include ONE attachment, as a word/PDF and e-mail to:Scholarship@biohh.comTo submit your essay by mail, please staple a cover letter to the front of your essay. Then mail the essay to: P.O. Box 50504 Minneapolis, MN 55405
All essays must be postmarked by March 15, 2010, or emailed by 11:59 P.M. CST on the deadline date.
Winners will be announced in April 2010.More here
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