Monday, October 17, 2005:
Volume #2, Issue #92
The VERB Weekly Email Digest
Edited by Sophy Pich, VERB Project Associate
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In This Week's Issue
- Announcements
- Washington DC Citizen Summit
- Blackbaud
- Pew Partnership for Civic Change
- Promising Practices
- Are You an Effective Competitor?
- News
- San Jose Neglects Ethnic Tourism
- Culture Clash Can Stymie Help
- Special Report: Confronting the Crisis
- Culture Affects Hmong Attitude Toward Girls
- Cosmetic Surgery -- Exploding in Popularity in Asia
- New Radio & Print Psas Launched to Combat Housing Discrimination
- Vietnamese Victims of Katrina Still Struggling
- Hungry at the Granary -- a Fate for Katrina Victims
- Hmong Family Claims Fresno Cemetery Insulted Customs with Recycled
- Hungry at the Granary: Viet Victims of Katrina Still Struggling
- Looks Like Some Do Face Bias Up North
- For Council Hopefuls, Pointed Questions on Issues Key to Ethnics
- Author Says Hmong Aren't Immune to Emotional Agony of Sacrifice
- Funding Opportunities
- The Council for Exceptional Children
- Box Tops for Education
- The U.S. Cellular Connecting With Our Communities Program
- The FamilyFun Volunteers Program
- Folk & Traditional Arts Mini-Grant Program
- VA Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
- Resources
- Building Movement Project
I. Announcements
Washington DC Citizen Summit IV
Dear Community Members and Leaders,
We invite you to join us at the Citizen Summit IV on Saturday, November
19, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., at the Washington Convention Center. Mayor
Williams will convene citizens, elected officials and community leaders to
begin making the tough choices involved in determining the citywide
policies and priorities of the District government in the areas of youth
development, health care, employment and economic opportunity, and
affordable housing.
Over the past six years, Mayor Williams has engaged more than 10,000
citizens in this unique planning process. As in past years, the daylong
Citizen Summit -- the largest ongoing town hall meeting in the United
States -- will significantly influence decisions with respect to the
District's annual spending priorities and legislative initiatives.
Please see the attached registration form ASAP that you can complete and
fax to 202-724-8977. If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact the Mayor's Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs at
202-727-3120 or the Citizen Summit Information Line 202-727-2823.
Translated registration forms are also available upon request. Please
contact 202-727-3120.
Thank you.
Dory Peters
Outreach Coordinator
Mayor's Office on Asian Pacific Islander Affairs
441 4th Street NW 805South
Washington, DC 20001
phone: 202-727-3120
fax: 202-727-9655
http://www.apia.dc.gov
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Blackbaud, a leading provider of software and related services designed
specifically for nonprofit organizations, today released the third and
final wave of results from its 2nd Annual State of the Nonprofit Industry
survey, which reveals that an increasing number of donors is giving
restricted gifts to ensure that their donations are funneled to specific
causes.
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Do you know someone who works tirelessly to help America's communities
improve and their residents thrive? Has that person committed their time
and energy to make communities more livable? If so then the Pew Partnership
for Civic Change would like to hear from you.
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II. Promising Practices
Are You an Effective Competitor?
by David La Piana and Michaela Hayes
Are you an effective competitor? That may seem a strange question to ask a
nonprofit leader - after all, this is a sector where collaboration, not
competition, is usually considered the appropriate way to relate to other
organizations. These days, however, it is essential to your organization's
success that you be an effective competitor as well as a trustworthy
collaborator. Why? Because as much as we might wish we lived in a different
world, in this one there are simply not enough resources to go around.
If you want to be a nonprofit organization that achieves important goals,
manages its resources (human and financial) well, and provides a real
benefit to society - then you need to attract an optimal share of the four
types of resources all nonprofits need in order to be effective. We said an
optimal, not necessarily equal, share. Sometimes an optimal share means you
need more than other organizations vying for those resources.
Read on...
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III. News
San Jose Neglects Ethnic Tourism
San Jose Mercury News
October 10, 2005
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Culture Clash Can Stymie Help
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 10, 2005
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Special Report: Confronting the Crisis
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 11, 2005
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Culture Affects Hmong Attitude Toward Girls
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 12, 2005
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Cosmetic Surgery -- Exploding in Popularity in Asia
Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 13, 2005
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New Radio & Print PSAs Launched to Combat Housing Discrimination ...
Civilrights.org
October 13, 2005
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Vietnamese Victims of Katrina Still Struggling
Thanh Nien Daily
October 13, 2005
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Hungry at the Granary -- a Fate for Katrina Victims
Asian Week
October 14, 2005
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Hmong Family Claims Fresno Cemetery Insulted Customs with Recycled ...
San Jose Mercury News
October 15, 2005
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Hungry at the Granary: Viet Victims of Katrina Still Struggling
VietNamNet Bridge
October 15, 2005
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Looks Like Some Do Face Bias Up North
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
October 16, 2005
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For Council Hopefuls, Pointed Questions on Issues Key to Ethnics
Boston Globe
October 16, 2005
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Author Says Hmong Aren't Immune to Emotional Agony of Sacrifice
Grand Junction Sentinel
October 16, 2005
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IV. Grants
- (National)
The Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children and its Yes
I Can! Foundation for Exceptional Children
established the Yes I Can! International Awards Program to acknowledge the
achievements of children and youth with disabilities; to overcome barriers
caused by public misconceptions; to encourage children and youth with
disabilities to seek their highest potential; and to increase public
awareness of the abilities, aspirations, and personal qualities of people
with disabilities.
Three Yes I Can! International Awards Nominees will be recognized in each
of the following nine categories: academics; arts; athletics; community
service; employment; extracurricular activities; independent living skills;
self-advocacy; and technology. The twenty-seven international award winners
will each receive a bronze statue and other recognition at the CEC Annual
Convention in April 2006 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Each individual nominated
for the awards program will be mailed a certificate of achievement
personally inscribed with his/her name suitable for framing. (Braille
certificates are also available.)
Nominees for the Yes I Can! International Awards Program must be between 2
and 21 years of age. Each nominee is eligible in only one category and must
be nominated by two people. (Note: Both nominators must select the same
category or the nomination will be considered incomplete and will not be
reviewed.)
Deadline: December 23, 2005
- (National)
Box Tops for Education
Box Tops for Education has announced the
Box Tops for Education Kids' Caucus, an assembly of children, parents,
education officials, and members of Congress who will meet to discuss
solutions to improving parental involvement in education in the United
States. The Kids' Caucus, to be held on Capitol Hill in April 2006, will
provide an opportunity for those who deal with parental involvement in
education every day -- parents, teachers and children -- to offer practical
insight to education officials into how parental involvement in education
can be improved.
As part of the program, fifth- through eighth-grade students are invited to
enter the Kids' Caucus Essay Contest. Box Tops for Education is asking
students to tell them in 250-500 words, "If you and your parent or guardian
were made principals for the day, how would you improve parental
involvement at your school?"
Box Tops for Education will select 52 finalists -- one from each state, one
from the District of Columbia, and one from either a U.S. territory or U.S.
military-based school located outside the U.S. -- to receive a $1,000
Parental Involvement in Education Grant to be used by their school to
enhance and/or improve parental involvement in education efforts. An expert
judging panel will then select ten Grand Prize winners to go to Washington,
D.C., where each student and his/her parent or guardian will have the
opportunity to share their creative ideas for new parental involvement in
education programs with members of Congress on Capitol Hill.
Deadline: December 1, 2005
- (North Carolina and Wisconsin)
The U.S. Cellular Connecting With Our Communities Program
The U.S. Cellular Connecting With Our Communities Program supports
nonprofit organizations that improve the quality of life in communities
where the company has a business presence in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. (A list of eligible communities
is available on the company\'s website.) The company focuses on programs
that relate to the following strategic areas of concern: civic and
community; education; health and human service; environment; and arts and
culture.
Deadline: Applications are reviewed quarterly.
- (National)
The FamilyFun Volunteers Program
The FamilyFun Volunteers Program recognizes U.S. families that volunteer
together to benefit others or improve the community or world. Families that
enter this contest should consist of not less two persons, at least one of
whom is less than 18 and one 18 or older. For five Grand Prize families,
DisneyHand will donate $5,000 to the nonprofit charity or public school of
each family's choice, and for 25 First Prize families, $1,000 will be
donated to the organization of each family's choice. All winning families
will receive a package of FamilyFun books and kits.
Deadline: January 15, 2006
- (National)
Folk & Traditional Arts Mini-Grant Program
[Other funding available]
The Folk & Traditional Arts Mini Grant (FTA) offers quick response
small-scaled grants up to $1,000 to artists and arts organizations
practicing or supporting folk traditions. The Folk Arts Program supports
projects that are developed in close consultation and collaboration with
the communities whose traditions are to be presented.
Individuals and organizations are encouraged to use folklorists,
ethnomusicologists or other specialists for documentation, program
development, interpretation of presentations and program production.
Funding for this program is offered three times during the fiscal year.
Upcoming deadlines for Folk & Traditional
Arts Mini-Grant Program applications are:
- Wednesday, August 31, 2005
- Wednesday, January 18, 2006
- Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Workshops to help teachers fill out applications will be held on the
following dates:
- Wednesday, August 17, 2005, 6 - 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, January 4, 2006, 6 - 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, March 24, 2006, 6 - 7:30 pm
- (National)
VA Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Faith-based and other community groups provide important services to those
who need it most, including veterans. The VA Center for Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives works with VA program managers to explore and develop
new projects and partnerships between VA and faith-based and community
organizations to expand services to veterans.
Learn about the center and its mission by visiting the VA Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives Web site.
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V. Resources
Up Next: Generation Change and the Leadership of Nonprofit Organizations
This report is based on two qualitative studies conducted by the Building
Movement Project on how Baby Boom and Gen X leaders view leadership,
transitions, and their work. The report offers recommendations on how a
variety of stakeholders can improve the hand-off from this generation of
leaders to the next.
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