Monday, November 21, 2005: Volume #2, Issue #97
The VERB Weekly Email Digest
Edited by Sophy Pich, VERB Project Associate

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In This Week's Issue

1. Announcements
• Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program
• Cover the Uninsured Week
2. Promising Practices
• Advisory Boards Help Nonprofits Understand Real Needs
3. News
• Hmong Ring in the New Year
• New Riders Consider Getting on the Bus: the Gta Envisions an ...
• Vietnam, US Agree to Resume Immigration Programme
• Blast, Injuries Reported in Laos
• Interest in Politics Among US Immigrant Youth Growing
• Vietnamese Alumni Establish Scholarship
• Class Helps Students Understand Hmong Culture
• Pyramid Scheme Hits Area Immigrants
• Case Solved: 'Csi' Tracks Crime Best
• Tragedy Looms Over Opening of Another Wisconsin Deer Hunt
• Vietnamese Churches Boldly Standing Up to Abuses
• Editorial: Latest Hmong Refugees in Thailand Need Our Help
• Dennis Anderson: Memories Linger in Wisconsin
• the Perpetual Stranger -- a Chinese American's Letter from Paris
• Northwest Asian Weekly
• Priest Works to Rebuild Flooded Vietnamese Community
• Thousands Honor Hmong Leader in St. Paul
• Community Divided: Cambodians Agree That Election Is Call to Unity
• Clinic Targets Southeast Asians
• Casinos Target Asian Americans
4. Funding Opportunities
• Food Lion Charitable Foundation
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
5. Resources
• FormRouter.NET
• SERVEnet

I. Announcements

Now Accepting Applications for the Georgetown University Center for Public & Nonprofit Leadership

Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program

Featured in The Washington Post, this program strengthens leadership and management skills of nonprofit practitioners and transitioning professionals. Sessions are offered in the Spring & Summer of 2006. Partial scholarships available.

For more information, call 202-687-0500, write npmcert@georgetown.edu or visit http://cpnl.georgetown.edu

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Cover the Uninsured Week

With 2,240 events held coast-to-coast during May 1-8, Cover the Uninsured Week gave Americans the opportunity to speak up and get involved in health and enrollment fairs, seminars for small business owners, campus events, interfaith and other activities

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II. Promising Practices

Advisory Boards Help Nonprofits Understand Real Needs

Human Rights First

A Liberian student activist, a Bolivian journalist, and a Chechen attorney are gathered around a conference table, eating sandwiches and talking. What do they have in common? All of them have fled their countries because their lives were in danger. They have been granted asylum in the United States and now, by serving on Human Rights First's client advisory board, they can help those who come after them succeed.

Human Rights First created the client advisory board in 2000 as a way to better understand its clients' experiences during the asylum process and improve the referral services the organization provides to clients who have received asylum.

“We looked for clients who are leaders in their communities,” says Candice Hunt, program associate for Human Rights First, who is the first point of contact with asylum seekers at the organization and who facilitates advisory board meetings. “They know what information is out there and what is needed, so they can be a conduit.”

Read on...

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III. News

Hmong Ring in the New Year
DetNews.com
November 14, 2005

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New Riders Consider Getting on the Bus: the Gta Envisions an ...
Yes! Weekly
November 15, 2005

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Vietnam, US Agree to Resume Immigration Programme
Reuters AlertNet
November 15, 2005

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Blast, Injuries Reported in Laos
Radio Free Asia
November 15, 2005

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Interest in Politics Among US Immigrant Youth Growing
Voice of America
November 15, 2005

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Vietnamese Alumni Establish Scholarship
Paris News
November 16, 2005

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Class Helps Students Understand Hmong Culture
Wausau Daily Herald
November 16, 2005

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Pyramid Scheme Hits Area Immigrants
Lowell Sun
November 17, 2005

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Case Solved: 'CSI' Tracks Crime Best
USA Today
November 17, 2005

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Tragedy Looms Over Opening of Another Wisconsin Deer Hunt
Minneapolis Star Tribune
November 17, 2005

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Vietnamese Churches Boldly Standing Up to Abuses
UVSASC
November 18, 2005

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Editorial: Latest Hmong Refugees in Thailand Need Our Help
Appleton Post Crescent
November 18, 2005

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Dennis Anderson: Memories Linger in Wisconsin
Minneapolis Star
November 18, 2005

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The Perpetual Stranger -- a Chinese American's Letter from Paris
New California Media
November 18, 2005

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Northwest Asian Weekly
Northwest Asian Weekly
November 19, 2005

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Priest Works to Rebuild Flooded Vietnamese Community
Dateline Alabama
November 19, 2005

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Thousands Honor Hmong Leader in St. Paul
WCCO
November 20, 2005

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Community Divided: Cambodians Agree That Election Is Call to Unity
Lowell Sun
November 20, 2005

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Clinic Targets Southeast Asians
Fresno Bee
November 20, 2005

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Casinos Target Asian Americans
North County Times
November 20, 2005

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IV. Grants

1. (Limited States, see description)
   Food Lion Charitable Foundation

   The Food Lion Charitable Foundation provides financial support for programs and organizations dedicated to improving the communities in which Food Lion operates.

   Focus: Preference for funding is given to organizations or programs that involve Food Lion associates and are located in Food Lion's marketing territory. The Foundation considers requests from organizations that fall into three general categories:

   • Primary and secondary education
   • Feeding the hungry
   • Local, charitable organizations

   Guidlines for Giving: Contributions are considered for public charities with 501(c)(3) designations who: 1) have an active and responsible board of trustees; 2) exhibit ethical publicity methods and solicitation of funds; 3) provide for an appropriate audit to reveal income and disbursements in reasonable detail, and 4) can demonstrate long-term financial viability.

   In determining which programs to support, the Foundation considers the benefit to the community, other area programs supported recently, and whether those programs are similar to those currently being considered.

   In the past, Food Lion has given funds to individual schools and school programs, Meals on Wheels in Richmond, VA., the Food Bank of North Carolina, the Durham Public Education Network, Upper East Tennessee Head Start, Harvest Hope Food Bank in Columbia, S.C., and the Morehead Planetarium in Chapel Hill, N.C., among others.

   Food Lion considers requests from worthy charities in Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

   Deadline: Quarterly

2. (National)
   Corporation for National and Community Service

   The Corporation for National and Community Service has announced its 2006 Learn and Aerve America grant competition, which is designed to support high quality service-learning projects that engage students in community service projects linked to academic studies.

   Approximately $40 million in grant funds will be available, subject to Congressional appropriation, to support service-learning projects in a variety of settings. The funds will be divided between school- and community-based higher education and tribal and U.S. Territory programs. The funding is for the 2006-07 school year, with the possibility of an additional two years of funding.

   The competition is particularly focused on ensuring that more youth in disadvantaged circumstances are able to engage in service-learning and on expanding the use of service-learning to more schools, colleges, and community organizations. Funds are available to intermediary organizations and may be used to create curriculum materials, support training and technical-assistance activities, and make subgrants to local partnerships to carry out service- learning.

   The competition deadlines are: February 2, 2006 for school-based formula; March 7, 2006 for school-based competitive, community-based, and tribal and territory; and February 28, 2006 for higher education, both for individual and consortia programs.

   Deadline: February 2, 2006; February 28, 2006; and March 7, 2006

3. (National)
   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

   The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will award a total of $8 million to build the capacity of groups that wield influence over youth behaviors, including tobacco use.

   The National Programs to Build the Capacity for Societal Institutions that Influence Youth Behavior grants will help establish a national program to prevent behaviors and unhealthy environments that place young people at risk for a myriad of health problems, including HIV, other STDs, unintended pregnancies, tobacco use, asthma, chronic diseases, and mental illness.

   About 30 grants will be awarded to nonprofits and colleges.

   Deadline: January 9, 2006

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V. Resources

FormRouter.NET

Non-Profit organizations are at the center of a communication puzzle. They must coordinate volunteers, donations, projects and events.

Online forms are a fantastic tool for capturing information. They can greatly streamline Non-profit activities. Unfortunately, the traditional tools to create, host and retrieve online form responses require experienced technical staff - something many Non-profits have no access to.

Now, thanks to FormRouter.NET, many Non-profit organizations are enjoying the benefits of secure online forms without the pain.

Join the growing community of Non-profit organizations who have found that creating and using secure online forms are within their grasp.

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SERVEnet is a program of Youth Service America (YSA), a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people in America, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally. Founded in 1986, YSA's mission is to strengthen the effectiveness, sustainability, and scale of the youth service and service-learning fields. A strong youth service movement will create healthy communities and foster citizenship, knowledge, and the personal development of young people. YSA envisions a powerful network of organizations committed to making service and service-learning the common expectation and common experience of all young people in America.

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