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News ****************** Events ADPA Conference Scholarships Just Announced!
Announcement ******************
Annual National
Catholic Development Conference The Annual Conference and Exposition is the primary event hosted by the National Catholic Development Conference. Drawing over 600 attendees and 100 exhibiting companies, the conference brings religious fundraisers together to network with one another and learn from leading professionals in the fundraising field. In addition to informative sessions that range from fundamental to advanced topics, the conference will provide a well-rounded experience with daily Eucharistic celebrations, computer centers, and keynote addresses as well as social functions. The conference will be held in Los Angeles from September 28 through October 1, 2003. For more information and to register, visit the website listed above. ****************** Funding Opportunities
Support for Regional
Nonprofit Organizations The Norfolk Southern Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that focus on educational, cultural, environmental, and economic development opportunities within the region served by Norfolk Southern. Communities served are generally in the eastern part of the United States. The Foundation offers grants in three principal areas: educational programs, primarily at the post-secondary level; community enrichment focusing on cultural and artistic organizations; and environmental programs. Applications are accepted between July 15 and September 30, annually. For specific information, visit the company’s website. (Select "NS Foundation" under "About Us.") ******************
“Milagro” Means
Miracles - Children are Miracles The Milagro Foundation's mission is to work with nonprofit organizations to give underprivileged kids and youth exposure to arts, education and health care that they would otherwise not receive. The Foundation is supported by the Santana Family and its musical organization through funds generated by concert ticket donations, revenues from Santana licensees, and generous individual and corporate donors. The majority of grants are made to local Bay Area and Northern California organizations; however, the Foundation also supports organizations in the remainder of California, the United States, and nations around the world in which Santana performs. Requests are reviewed three times a year and grants range from $1,000 to $10,000. For more information, visit the above website. ****************** Tips
Outcome Management for Nonprofits Key Steps in Outcomes Management, by Linda M. Lampkin and Harry P. Hatry, is the first in a series on outcome management for nonprofit organizations published by the Urban Institute. This guide is designed to help nonprofits that want to introduce outcome management or improve their use of the process. It documents the key steps in establishing and maintaining an outcome-oriented measurement process and in using the data collected. The entire report may be downloaded from the website above. ****************** Jobs
AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND
EDUCATION FUND ** South Asian Workers’ Project for Human Rights: community based direct legal services, merging litigation with community organizing/advocacy/education serving-low wage South Asian workers, including construction workers, domestic workers, restaurant workers, and street vendors. ** Voting Rights: research potential litigation and advocacy over election reform, election monitoring of bilingual ballots, and a survey of Asian American voters to document anti-Asian voter discrimination and compliance with the Voting Rights Act. ** Anti-Asian Violence: hate crimes, police misconduct, and racial profiling issues involving South Asians, Arabs, Muslims, and Filipinos after 9-11. ** 9-11 Relief: assist Lower Manhattan residents secure benefits and advocate for the inclusion of Chinatown residents in the World Trade Center rebuilding efforts. ** Participatory Planning and Community Based Research: develop strategic research and data analyses to support organizing and advocacy efforts.
** Youth
Rights: casework, community education, and potential litigation on educational
equity, post 9/11 hate violence and racial targeting, and juvenile justice.
TO APPLY: ****************** OSI's Criminal Justice Fellowships The Open Society Institute (OSI) will fund a series of fellowships aimed at furthering its mission of reducing the nation's reliance on punishment and incarceration to address social ills. Three types of fellowships will be awarded to professionals from a variety of fields, including media, public health, law, and advocacy. Fellows may address such issues as drug-policy reform, civil liberties, security, detention of immigrants, and other related to the mission of OSI's Criminal Justice Initiative (CJI). Soros Justice Advocacy Fellowships will support individuals in law, organizing, public health, public policy, and other disciplines who will have a measurable impact on issues underlying CJI's work. Up to 10 Advocacy Fellowships will be awarded, and will include an annual stipend of $37,500, $2,500 for an annual professional-development budget, $2,500 for an annual health-insurance budget, $1,200 for relocation costs, and $6,000 a year to help with payments for graduate school educational loan debt, if needed. The Soros Justice Senior Fellowships enable experienced individuals, including activists, academics, lawyers, and community leaders, to raise the level of national discussion and scholarship, organize communities, and prompt policy debate on issues that are key to CJI's work. Up to six Senior Fellowships will be awarded. Support ranges from $50,000 to $70,000 for up to one year of work. The Soros Justice Media Fellowship supports journalists who improve the quality of media coverage of incarceration and criminal justice issues. CJI expects to award up to six Media Fellowships in 2003. Fellows receive up to $45,000 to carry out projects in the fields of print, photography, radio, television, and documentary film or video production. Application deadline for all three fellowships is Sept. 26, 2003. For more information, see the OSI website: http://www.soros.org/crime/fships-guide.html ****************** 2004 Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Minority Medical Student Scholarships http://www.aamc.org/about/awards/nickensscholarships.htm The deadline for receipt of nominations is April 4, 2004. The Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Minority Medical Student Scholarships were established by the AAMC to continue advancing Dr. Nickens' lifelong concerns about the educational, societal, and health-care needs of minorities. These awards consist of five scholarships given to outstanding entering third-year minority medical students who have demonstrated leadership in eliminating inequities in medical education and health care. Each recipient receives a $5,000 scholarship and an award certificate. A medical school may nominate one (1) student for these awards. A candidate must: be a United States citizen or permanent resident; be from a minority group designated by the AAMC as underrepresented in medicine (Black, Native American [American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian], Mexican American, and mainland Puerto Rican); and be entering the third year of study at an accredited United States medical school. A nomination packet must contain ten (10) collated sets, (one with originals; nine with photocopies), each of which consists of: a nomination letter from the dean or the dean's designate explaining the candidate's academic progress through the first and second years of medical school (letter should detail special awards and honors, clerkships or special research projects, extracurricular activities in which the student exemplified leadership abilities, and highlight the candidate's demonstrated efforts in addressing the educational, societal, and health needs of minorities); one (1) letter of recommendation for the nominee from a faculty member; a written essay by nominee that does not exceed 250 words discussing his or her motivation in pursuing a medical career and future plans; a curriculum vitae (CV) for the nominee; and the nominee's official medical school academic transcript. Institutions that have a pass/fail grading system and do not assign honor grades should fully discuss the applicant's academic accomplishments in the nomination letter. A nomination with ten collated sets must be received by April 4, 2004. Late nominations will not be considered. Please address all submissions: Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Minority Medical Student Scholarships Division of Community and Minority Programs Association of American Medical Colleges 2450 N Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037-1127 For more information contact the Division of Community and Minority Programs at nickensawards@aamc.org. ****************** POSITION OPEN - ELECTRONICS ENGINEER DUTIES: The selected candidate is responsible for the development, validation, coordination, maintenance, and integration of software and hardware required in completing full scale testing at the National Airport Pavement Test Facility. GRADE: 12 (relocation costs included) FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: http://jobs.faa.gov/announcement_detail.asp?vac_id=70540 IMPORTANT: 1) Applications should be submitted in accordance with the announcement. 2) KSAOs may be submitted (Contact me if your referred candidate needs an example of KSAOs) 3) For more information, please contact the HR Specialist - Mary Ann Quinn at 609-485-6625 4) I am available as liaison for questions directed to the hiring organization.
Jay M. Fox ARA Outreach & Recruitment FAA - Tech Center Tel - 609-485-8232 DC - 202-267-5403 Fax - 609-485-4920 ****************** Lead Equal Opportunity Specialist
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
· Applying a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods to
identify, assess and analyze and improve team effectiveness, efficiency and work
products. Providing a leadership role in exploring alternatives and
determining what improvements can be made; ****************** News August 22, 2003 Great Sandwiches, Cheap. But Please Buy Something Else. By Susan Saulny The Sau Voi Corporation is a tiny convenience store on the outskirts of Chinatown with about 200 square feet of jampacked retailing space overwhelmingly devoted to three things: ladies' underwear, Vietnamese pop music and lottery tickets. The music and the bras don't sell much. In fact, Richard Lee, Sau Voi's owner, said he could not remember the last time anyone bought underwear, and much of his music is dusty. Still, on any given weekday, especially around lunchtime, Sau Voi is likely to find itself with a near-capacity crowd (which, given the store's dimensions, is only about six or seven people). They come because Sau Voi, despite its bad luck with bras and CD's, also finds a little space to sell a full menu of very good, very cheap sandwiches. The most extravagant? A ham, turkey, pâté combination on a six-inch loaf for $2.75. Sau Voi, at Lafayette and Walker Streets, looks more like an old hardware store from the outside. But the place has come to be famed in the neighborhood for its crunchy toasted baguettes and pepper sauces served over the sounds of rocking Asian dance tunes, lending Sau Voi the tone of a misplaced discothèque in a community of courthouses. And that just might make it one of the quirkiest little shops in a city with no shortage of quirky little shops. "It's funky and fun, one of these non-obvious things that you just have to know about," said Guido Maus, who sells antique furniture and art at his TriBeCa store, Lili Marleen. "You wouldn't believe that the sandwiches are just gorgeous. To die for." As Mr. Maus walked out with three sandwiches on Wednesday, he looked back at the store's gritty, congested display window with the neon sign that stopped working long ago, a hodgepodge of cosmetic items and publicity posters for Asian pop stars. "It's exquisite," he exclaimed with a big smile. "The construction workers in my shop told me about it. When you get five or six people in there, it's packed. But it's really worth the wait for the food. I haven't bought anything else in there, though." That's the main problem for Mr. Lee, that hardly anything else in his store sells. So when his rent nearly doubled last fall, he said he was forced to raise some sandwich prices a quarter, to $2.75 from $2.50, and he was loath to do it. "You can tell, we try to sell everything," Mr. Lee said. And sure enough, a closer inspection of the racks revealed a few rhinestone earrings, and batteries, film, Vietnamese novels, pens, utility tape, phone cards, MetroCards, makeup brushes and ginseng among a limited selection of snacks. If Wal-Mart tried to be Wal-Mart in less than 200 square feet, this is what it might look like. "If you want to make a store bigger, you have to invest," Mr. Lee said. "But we don't have that much money." Michael Lee, the owner's brother, chimed in: "It's not so bad that you can't survive, but it's not so good either." When asked why the Lees do not consider raising their sandwich prices, Michael Lee said: "The prices are because this is Chinatown. If you sell for $2, the other people are going to open next door and sell for $1.50. It's very competitive, and people demand lunch for under three or four dollars, drink and everything." The Lees grew up in Saigon. Michael, 50, was one of the boat people who fled Communist rule in 1978. Once settled in the Bronx, he sponsored Richard, 52, who in 1984 moved his family to Sunset Park, Brooklyn, after getting them out of a refugee camp in the Philippines. Michael Lee, a gregarious gourmand, works part time at Doyers, a Vietnamese restaurant nearby, but everyone in the family helps out at Sau Voi, which is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. Sau Voi was named after a popular sandwich shop in Saigon, the Lees said. They picked the name hoping it would bring good luck, they said. "Americans seem to want a certain ham and cheese sandwich, and they don't seem crazy about anything else," Richard Lee lamented. "We think that if they try our sandwich, they will like it. But if they don't try it, we don't know what to do." The Sau Voi classic is pâté, ham, turkey, cucumber, carrots and hot sauces on warm, crunchy French bread. On the menu, a customer also finds dozens of other selections: shrimp fried noodles ($2), coconut jam sandwiches ($2.50) and shredded green papaya with shrimp and fish sauce ($2). When asked about giving up on trying to sell anything but food, Richard Lee said he did not have that luxury. Laughing, he said, "A better dream is the lottery." His brother added: "We work hard for the second generation. We look at our children and see that they have a better life than we had, and we already have our dream." Just then a customer walked in, and, unlike most, did not turn to order at the sandwich bar. "Do you have pens?" the man asked. "Yes," Richard Lee replied, turning to survey an array of miscellaneous items before sliding a Paper Mate across the counter. He had just made 50 cents. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/22/nyregion/22JOUR.html ******************
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