Paid, Overseas Fellowship in U.S. and Colombia
Atlas Corps (www.atlascorps.org), started in 2006, is an international network of nonprofit leaders and organizations that promotes innovation, cooperation, and solutions to address the world’s 21st century challenges. Our mission is to address critical social issues by developing leaders, strengthening organizations, and promoting innovation through an overseas fellowship of skilled nonprofit professionals. Profiled as a “best practice” in international exchange by the Brookings Institution and featured in the Washington Post as a model social entrepreneurship program, Atlas Corps engages leaders committed to the nonprofit sector in 12 to 18 month, professional fellowships at organizations to learn best practices, build organizational capacity, and return home to create a network of global changemakers. In March 2011, our network of Fellows will include 75 nonprofit leaders from 23 countries. You can join this inspiring network as an individual or organization. Applications for September 2011 are now being accepted (starting Feb. 15, 2011)!
FOR INDIVIDUALS (interested in serving in the USA or Colombia)
The Atlas Corps Fellowship is a 12-month professional fellowship offered twice a year (March & September). Fellows serve at Host Organizations working on issues that complement their expertise. Fellows learn leadership skills while sharing best practices and supplement daily knowledge with theoretical topics presented in the Atlas Corps Nonprofit Management Series. Atlas Service Corps seeks nonprofit leaders from around the world to apply for a September 2011 Fellowship in the United States and Colombia. Expenses are paid in this prestigious 12-month fellowship program, including a living stipend, health insurance, and training.
Eligibility: 2 or more years of relevant experience in the nonprofit/NGO/social sector; Bachelor's degree or equivalent; English proficiency (oral, writing, reading); 35 years or younger; Applying to volunteer in a country other than where you are from; Commitment to return to your home country after the 12-18 month fellowship.
For more information: To serve in USA: bit.ly/USA11F; To serve in Colombia: bit.ly/Colombia11F
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Stirring Up Justice: Adolescents reading, writing, and changing the world
Stirring
Up Justice: Adolescents reading, writing, and changing the world
By Jessica Singer and Ruth Shagoury
Teaching a diverse population of adolescents to be writers, readers, and active citizens requires fundamental changes in how we approach curriculum development, teaching strategies, and student roles in the classroom. Our goal as educators is to create classrooms where students learn to ask critical questions, support one another, and work toward positive social change. These kinds of learning communities form when students are taught direct skills and strategies and when they are provided with creative invitations to become educated and actively participating citizens. Literacy and individual action are at the heart of this curriculum; as Christensen (2000) wrote, “reading and writing are ultimately political acts” (p. vi).When the relevance of reading and writing is demystified for students, they begin to understand its power in their lives.
Jessie Singer (first author)
taught adolescent writers at a public urban high school located in the heart of
southeast Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The high school’s student population is just under 1,400, and 20% of the student body qualifies for free or
reduced-cost lunch. Jessie’s students drew from a mostly working class
population, with about 25% speaking a language other than English as their first
language. The school’s student makeup, much like the state of Oregon, is
predominately Caucasian (77%). In her English classes, Jessie works to teach
her students literacy skills so that they may begin to see themselves as
serious writers and readers (e.g., Christensen, 2000; Fletcher, 1993; Harvey,
2002; Zemelman & Daniels, 1998). Students do not just write to complete
tests or to fill pages; instead, they engage in the pursuit of writing for
authentic purposes and public audiences.For two years (2000–2002), Ruth
Shagoury (second author) from Lewis & Clark College was a resident
researcher in Jessie’s class for one to two mornings each week. Ruth
participated in the activities of the classroom and assisted in creating the
curriculum. She took field notes, interviewed students, and collected samples
of their work. As coresearchers and coauthors, we (Jessie and Ruth) collaborated
on this project with two ninth-grade classes to study how the creation and
completion of a unit on social activism could become a study of literacy in
action. Students were key informants in this process.
In order to take a close look at students working toward positive change, we framed research questions to help document our findings and notice patterns in student outcomes. The following were our research questions:
• How can adolescents use
literacy practices to have agency in their world?
• How do students define social
activism?
• What teaching practices support
a diverse student population to expand their reading and writing abilities?
• How do we differentiate
instruction while keeping high expectations for all students?
This article describes a high school curriculum that encourages students to explore issues of activism and progressive social change. We share our work with a reading and writing community that used skills, creativity, rigor, and community building to create meaningful and relevant outcomes. The names of all students in this article are pseudonyms.
(From the Journal of Adolescent
and Adult Literacy 49:4 December 2005/January 2006)
To download the entire article,
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Fighting Prejudice and Discrimination Against People With Learning Disabilities
In these lessons, students will work toward understanding what it means to have a learning disability. The goal is make them aware of prejudice and discrimination aimed at those with learning disabilities.
Framework
In any educational context, there is a wide range of interests as well as learning strengths and areas of difficulty. A specific learning disability can stand in the way of a student’s positive experience of school and learning. And, if the student does not receive necessary support, it can hamper academic achievement. Moreover, even when learning disabilities are diagnosed and children receive help, these students may face discrimination by teachers and their peers due to underlying assumptions regarding the meaning of intelligence. In these lessons, students will work toward understanding what it means to have a learning disability. The goal is make them aware of prejudice and discrimination aimed at those with learning disabilities.
Objectives
Activities for the lower grades (3-5) will help students:
* understand the meaning of the term “learning disability”
* consider their own, their school’s and society’s biases related to learning disabilities
* discuss ways in which labels about intelligence are used to inculcate
prejudice and lead to discrimination against people, and develop more
constructive, specific vocabulary for discussing learning needs
* consider ways to fight prejudice and discrimination against those with learning disabilities
* make a graphic ‘zine about fighting prejudice and discrimination against those with learning disabilities
Activities for the middle grades (6-8) and high school (9-12) will help students:
* understand the meaning of the term “learning disability”
* learn about important characters in history who struggled with learning disabilities and succeeded despite their difficulties
* consider their own, their school’s, and society’s biases related to learning disabilities
* discuss ways in which labels about intelligence are used to inculcate
prejudice and perpetuate discrimination against people for reasons
relating to race and culture as well as learning, and develop more
constructive, specific vocabulary for discussing learning needs
* consider ways to fight prejudice and discrimination against those with learning disabilities
* make a graphic ‘zine about fighting prejudice and discrimination against those with learning disabilities
Essential Questions
* What is a learning disability?
* How can learning disabilities affect students’ experiences at school? How can they affect life outside school?
* What prejudices have caused schools and society to discriminate
against people with learning disabilities, and how can we fight this
discrimination?
* How does prejudice and discrimination against
people with learning disabilities connect to other forms of prejudice
and discrimination, and what can we do to fight against these biases?
* What are some advantages of living in a world in which people learn in different ways?
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Fw: Global Autism Convention [3 Attachments]
----- Forwarded Message ----
From: information resource centre
Sent: Thu, 24 March, 2011 7:25:24 PM
[Attachment(s) from information resource centre included below]
Dear Sir / Madam,
Please find attached brochure and registration form for the Global Autism Convention, May 2011, Bangalore.
Please register now and avail early bird discount.
regards,
Jayashree Ramesh
Secretary, Organizing Committee
--
Rotarian Jayashree Ramesh
ashaforautism.com
Academy for Severe Handicaps & Autism
Mobile +91 0 9343764415
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Grants from the Gates Foundation for Global Health Solutions ((tag: Funds Offered))
From Lea Hegg
The Gates Foundation's newest global health Grand Challenges grant topics are now posted. I know several of you out there that may be doing innovative things in these new topic areas (infant/child nutrition, mobile phone based health technologies, sanitation, etc.) so this could be a great funding opportunity. Best of all, the initial application is limited to just two pages so it shouldn't be a huge undertaking. The deadline is May 19th.
Here is the RFP announcement:
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for
Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage
innovative and unconventional global health solutions. Applicants can be at
any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization,
including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research
institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies.
Grant proposals are being accepted online until May 19, 2011 on the
following topics:
* Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children
* Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges
* The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Innovative Ways to Accelerate, Sustain, and
Monitor Eradication
* Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
* Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
* Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Solutions for Improved Uptake and
Coverage of Childhood Vaccinations
Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available at:grandchallenges.org/gce/.We are looking forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the world and from all disciplines. If you have a great idea, apply. If you know someone else who may have a great idea, please forward this message.
Thank you for your commitment to solving the world's greatest health challenges.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people - especially those with the fewest resources - have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.
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Seeking NGO partners for Pantaloons Femina Beauty for a Cause - Miss India Competition
Samhita is the official charity partner for Pantaloons Femina Beauty for a Cause campaign of the Pantaloons Femina Miss India competition. We seek participation from NGOs who wish to be a part of this campaign. Having a free profile on Samhita.org is a pre-requisite for participation.
Beauty for a Cause 2011 is not just about photo opportunities for the contestants. The organisers are keen to have a meaningful engagement between the NGO and the contestants. The entire campaign is based on learning - interaction - promotion - commitment. The contestants will learn about the cause, will interact with the beneficiaries, inspire others to believe in the cause and will take a pledge which they will fulfil in the next one year.
Eligibility:
- NGOs must have a live profile on Samhita.org [If you do not already have one, click here to register - its completely free]
- NGOs must be based in Mumbai
- Working on one of these causes - Girl Child Education, Gender Inequality, Clothing for poor, Mid day meal program, Rehabilitation of street children, Old age home/ support to elderly person, Orphanages, Children with Disability, Child rights, Nature / environment conservation
Visit www.samhita.org for details.
Remember only one NGO will be selected for one cause and a total of 10 NGOs will be selected. NGOs will be selected on first-come-first-serve basis. The last date to express your interest is March 25, 2011.
Send your confirmation email to ngosupport@samhita.org. For any assistance - call us on 022 42641892
Samhita is a facilitator for the campaign and will help NGOs through the entire process. Selection of causes and NGOs is solely at the discretion of the event organizers. Samhita or the organisers do not guarantee any funding or publicity support whatsoever.
Read the complete story at: samhita.org/articles/seeking-ngo-partners-for-pantaloons-femina-beauty-fo...
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Conserve Energy Conserve Life
One aspect of knowledge is that is tends to make its possessors cynical. When the hidden complexity of seemingly simple systems makes itself apparent our incapacity to master the system in its entirety is the first realization we afford ourselves. This, I am speaking in reference to the environment. With awareness and scientific attitude on a rise it is becoming increasingly stark that the numbers of things we have contributed negatively to the planet majorly outweigh the positives, which happen to be zero. We like to think that the special status we have that has been provided to us by chance as the dominant specie also sanctions the license to use the planet as a workshop and see how much of our products it can take before it starts giving things back.
Most activities that can be associated with human habitation are in some way or the other harmful to the environment. For example, electricity, the most revolutionary human discovery comes with tremendous harmful emissions to the environment irrespective of the generation method. Hydro electricity releases superheated water in the water bodies which charge aquatic extinction as fees for keeping our houses lit. Thermal electricity releases fumes, which after going through various layers of the atmosphere and causing havoc there, returns back to us in some or the other form that is not appreciated by humans. There’s some justice here, if you are looking for it, as in this case we are the ones causing damage to ourselves to keep our houses lit. But then we pay the electricity bill anyway. We, however, fulfill our responsibility as caring species of the planet by mulling over which method will cause lesser damage and try to implement that with a greater gusto.
Modern structure of the world is such that there are provisions made for most concerns that a considerable section of the population can have. Sounds ideal? Now you should know that the concept of ideal is a total abstract. There is nothing ideal in this world. The downside of this facility is that unless your concern becomes a concern to a major section it does not merit a hearing. This is where the need to be able to take measures on your own comes to the foreground. A single person, a single locality, a single district, a single town, a single state and even a single country cannot undo changes happening in a foreign country that cause havoc in your backyard. There’s no point in waiting for international legislation to come to your rescue. You can start with changes in your own life. Energy conservation doesn’t have to be a public undertaking.
Parimal Tripathi is a volunteer content writer for Jaagore. To learn and speak about issues on street children, environmental pollution, garbage disposal, corruption, volunteering, volunteer work, community services, NGOs, Urban Issues, social and civic issues visit jaagore.com
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ECOSOC HLS Segment 2011 4-7 July
Read the complete story at:
un.org/en/ecosoc/newfunct/amr2011.shtml
Helping NGO's make a difference around the world in Education.
-----------------------------
Scholarships by an Australian University ((tag: Funds Offered))
James Cook University is an Australian University also having its campus in Singapore, the university was incepted in 1970 in Australia and in 2003 in Singapore, the university degree is recognized around the globe and JCU is ranked in one of the best universities of the world.
JCU Singapore is giving an opportunity to all the Indian Students as they are conducting Scholarship Test(the successful scholars would be relaxed with the tuition fee up to 50%) at Delhi in the month of April 2011 for its July intake for Post Graduate programmes, I would request all of you to spread the awareness as this an advantage to all and everyone of us, anyone who is interested to apply for the above mentioned test,please do not hesitate to call or contact us.
Thanks & Regards
Abhishek Kumar Mishra - Sr. Business Development Manager (North)
Sent: Thu, 24 March, 2011 7:25:24 PM
[Attachment(s) from information resource centre included below]
Dear Sir / Madam,
Please find attached brochure and registration form for the Global Autism Convention, May 2011, Bangalore.
Please register now and avail early bird discount.
regards,
Jayashree Ramesh
Secretary, Organizing Committee
--
Rotarian Jayashree Ramesh
ashaforautism.com
Academy for Severe Handicaps & Autism
Mobile +91 0 9343764415
-----------------------
Grants from the Gates Foundation for Global Health Solutions ((tag: Funds Offered))
From Lea Hegg
The Gates Foundation's newest global health Grand Challenges grant topics are now posted. I know several of you out there that may be doing innovative things in these new topic areas (infant/child nutrition, mobile phone based health technologies, sanitation, etc.) so this could be a great funding opportunity. Best of all, the initial application is limited to just two pages so it shouldn't be a huge undertaking. The deadline is May 19th.
Here is the RFP announcement:
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is now accepting grant proposals for
Round 7 of Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative to encourage
innovative and unconventional global health solutions. Applicants can be at
any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization,
including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research
institutions, non-profit organizations and for profit companies.
Grant proposals are being accepted online until May 19, 2011 on the
following topics:
* Explore Nutrition for Healthy Growth of Infants and Children
* Apply Synthetic Biology to Global Health Challenges
* The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Innovative Ways to Accelerate, Sustain, and
Monitor Eradication
* Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies
* Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection
* Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Solutions for Improved Uptake and
Coverage of Childhood Vaccinations
Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.Full descriptions of the new topics and application instructions are available at:grandchallenges.org/gce/.We are looking forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the world and from all disciplines. If you have a great idea, apply. If you know someone else who may have a great idea, please forward this message.
Thank you for your commitment to solving the world's greatest health challenges.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people - especially those with the fewest resources - have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and Co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.
-------------------------------
Seeking NGO partners for Pantaloons Femina Beauty for a Cause - Miss India Competition
Samhita is the official charity partner for Pantaloons Femina Beauty for a Cause campaign of the Pantaloons Femina Miss India competition. We seek participation from NGOs who wish to be a part of this campaign. Having a free profile on Samhita.org is a pre-requisite for participation.
Beauty for a Cause 2011 is not just about photo opportunities for the contestants. The organisers are keen to have a meaningful engagement between the NGO and the contestants. The entire campaign is based on learning - interaction - promotion - commitment. The contestants will learn about the cause, will interact with the beneficiaries, inspire others to believe in the cause and will take a pledge which they will fulfil in the next one year.
Eligibility:
- NGOs must have a live profile on Samhita.org [If you do not already have one, click here to register - its completely free]
- NGOs must be based in Mumbai
- Working on one of these causes - Girl Child Education, Gender Inequality, Clothing for poor, Mid day meal program, Rehabilitation of street children, Old age home/ support to elderly person, Orphanages, Children with Disability, Child rights, Nature / environment conservation
Visit www.samhita.org for details.
Remember only one NGO will be selected for one cause and a total of 10 NGOs will be selected. NGOs will be selected on first-come-first-serve basis. The last date to express your interest is March 25, 2011.
Send your confirmation email to ngosupport@samhita.org. For any assistance - call us on 022 42641892
Samhita is a facilitator for the campaign and will help NGOs through the entire process. Selection of causes and NGOs is solely at the discretion of the event organizers. Samhita or the organisers do not guarantee any funding or publicity support whatsoever.
Read the complete story at: samhita.org/articles/seeking-ngo-partners-for-pantaloons-femina-beauty-fo...
------------------------------
Conserve Energy Conserve Life
One aspect of knowledge is that is tends to make its possessors cynical. When the hidden complexity of seemingly simple systems makes itself apparent our incapacity to master the system in its entirety is the first realization we afford ourselves. This, I am speaking in reference to the environment. With awareness and scientific attitude on a rise it is becoming increasingly stark that the numbers of things we have contributed negatively to the planet majorly outweigh the positives, which happen to be zero. We like to think that the special status we have that has been provided to us by chance as the dominant specie also sanctions the license to use the planet as a workshop and see how much of our products it can take before it starts giving things back.
Most activities that can be associated with human habitation are in some way or the other harmful to the environment. For example, electricity, the most revolutionary human discovery comes with tremendous harmful emissions to the environment irrespective of the generation method. Hydro electricity releases superheated water in the water bodies which charge aquatic extinction as fees for keeping our houses lit. Thermal electricity releases fumes, which after going through various layers of the atmosphere and causing havoc there, returns back to us in some or the other form that is not appreciated by humans. There’s some justice here, if you are looking for it, as in this case we are the ones causing damage to ourselves to keep our houses lit. But then we pay the electricity bill anyway. We, however, fulfill our responsibility as caring species of the planet by mulling over which method will cause lesser damage and try to implement that with a greater gusto.
Modern structure of the world is such that there are provisions made for most concerns that a considerable section of the population can have. Sounds ideal? Now you should know that the concept of ideal is a total abstract. There is nothing ideal in this world. The downside of this facility is that unless your concern becomes a concern to a major section it does not merit a hearing. This is where the need to be able to take measures on your own comes to the foreground. A single person, a single locality, a single district, a single town, a single state and even a single country cannot undo changes happening in a foreign country that cause havoc in your backyard. There’s no point in waiting for international legislation to come to your rescue. You can start with changes in your own life. Energy conservation doesn’t have to be a public undertaking.
Parimal Tripathi is a volunteer content writer for Jaagore. To learn and speak about issues on street children, environmental pollution, garbage disposal, corruption, volunteering, volunteer work, community services, NGOs, Urban Issues, social and civic issues visit jaagore.com
-----------------------------
ECOSOC HLS Segment 2011 4-7 July
Read the complete story at:
un.org/en/ecosoc/newfunct/amr2011.shtml
Helping NGO's make a difference around the world in Education.
-----------------------------
Scholarships by an Australian University ((tag: Funds Offered))
James Cook University is an Australian University also having its campus in Singapore, the university was incepted in 1970 in Australia and in 2003 in Singapore, the university degree is recognized around the globe and JCU is ranked in one of the best universities of the world.
JCU Singapore is giving an opportunity to all the Indian Students as they are conducting Scholarship Test(the successful scholars would be relaxed with the tuition fee up to 50%) at Delhi in the month of April 2011 for its July intake for Post Graduate programmes, I would request all of you to spread the awareness as this an advantage to all and everyone of us, anyone who is interested to apply for the above mentioned test,please do not hesitate to call or contact us.
Thanks & Regards
Abhishek Kumar Mishra - Sr. Business Development Manager (North)
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