Theme of Conference: Reaching the Summit for Civic Commitment

Please note that all proposals are to be submitted on-line and that the deadline for submitting a proposal is February 21, 2003.

http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/compact/2003Conf/SubmitProposal.html

We would appreciate it if you would distribute this information on your list-servs and colleagues. If you have questions, please have them contact Coni Batlle at (480) 461-6124 or conibat@mail.mc.maricopa.edu

Thank you and we look forward to having all of you as attendees and many of you as presenters.

Sincerely,

Lyvier

Lyvier Conss
Executive Director
Campus Compact National
Center for Community Colleges
480-461-6258

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The Corporation for National and Community Service is seeking people to review 2003 Americorps and Learn and Serve America grant applications this spring, as well as to facilitate grant panel discussions. We are asking you to assist us by identifying people you think have the skill, time, and interest to serve as peer reviewers or facilitators, and to forward this email to them.

The Corporation connects Americans of all ages and backgrounds with opportunities to give back to their communities and country through three programs: AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve America. Part of the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation plans to make grants in 2003 to support people and organizations that use citizen service as a strategy to meet critical national and community needs, foster an ethic of civic responsibility, and strengthen the ties that bind us together as a nation.

Reviewers read, score, and evaluate proposals individually, discuss their findings with other members of their panel, and come to consensus on the quality of applications. The panel of reviewers ranks proposals accordingly. Facilitators guide the work of the panel, facilitate panel conference calls, and make sure that all work is complete.

We seek a diverse group of reviewers and facilitators who have expertise in the areas of volunteer management, education, literacy and tutoring, human services, nonprofit management, homeland security, public safety, and the environment. With the exception of federal employees, reviewers and facilitators receive an honorarium for their work.

If you or others you know are interested in serving as a peer reviewer or facilitator, please visit our website at <a href="http://www.nationalservice.org/egrants/peerreview">http://www.nationalservice.org/egrants/peerreview</a> for more specific information and to complete an application online. We have found that some people are not able to successfully gain access through this link. If that is the case, you can type in http://www.nationalservice.org, click on the orange eGrants button, and click on the button that says Peer Reviewer. Thank you for your assistance in identifying expert reviewers and facilitators who will help us determine high quality AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America applications.

Nancy Talbot
Director of Program Planning and Development
Corporation for National and Community Service

UNIVERSITIES COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE
Grist Magazine article by Shelly Smithson on green building and sustainable energy practices at American colleges and universities.
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COMM-ORG 2003 Call for Syllabi

Are you teaching a course on:
-community organizing?
-community development?
-community planning?
-community-based research?
-a related area?

COMM-ORG is looking for syllabi to post on the COMM-ORG Syllabi and Teaching Materials page. All materials are announced on the COMM-ORG listserv, which reaches over 850 people across more than a dozen nations. We welcome discussion of all papers on the listserv and encourage our members to also send comments
directly to authors.

You can view past syllabi at <a href="http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/syllabi.htm">http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/syllabi.htm</a>

To submit a syllabi or teaching materials, contact the editor, Randy Stoecker at randy@comm-org.utoledo.edu.

Authors retain complete control over their work.

COMM-ORG 2003 Call for Papers

Are you writing a paper on:

-community organizing?
-community development?
-community planning?
-community-based research?
-a related area?

COMM-ORG is looking for papers to post on the COMM-ORG Papers page. All papers are announced on the COMM-ORG listserv, which reaches over 850 people across more than a dozen nations. We welcome discussion of all papers on the listserv and
encourage our members to also send comments directly to authors.

You can view past COMM-ORG papers at <a href="http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/papers.htm">http://comm-org.utoledo.edu/papers.htm</a>

To submit a paper contact the editor, Randy Stoecker, at randy@comm-org.utoledo.edu.

Authors retain complete control over their work, and COMM-ORG supports authors revising their Papers for submission to journals, trade publications, or anywhere. Because COMM-ORG is an on-line "conference," papers presented on COMM-ORG are easily published in journals and other official publications.
COMM-ORG welcomes papers from scholars, organizers, and scholar-organizers.

We are especially interested in papers on the following topics:

-What works and what doesn’t in community organizing, planning, and development.

-Real-life stories of community organizing and/or development campaigns.

-The relationships between theories and practices in community organizing.

-The history of community organizing in a changing structural-historical context.

-Linkages between community organizing and community development.

-Linkages between community organizing and planning.

-The roles of religious institutions in community organizing.

-Linkages between community organizing and social movements.

-The roles of gender, race, identity, and ideology in community organizing.

-Activist-academic collaborations in community organizing.

Full-Time Civil Service Exempt Position with Benefits Package

The Philadelphia Tax Reform Commission seeks:
Executive Director
Two (2) Research Analysts
Administrative Assistant

Our Executive Director will possess in-depth understanding of Philadelphia tax structure, administration and public sector budgeting; familiarity with managing the activities and process of public boards/commissions or related bodies; experience with staff management. Strong written and verbal communications skills are required. Degree in public policy or related field is desired.

Research analyst will possess some knowledge or background in public sector budgeting and tax matters. Strong research and written communications skills are required.

Administrative Assistant will assist Executive Director, research staff and commissioners. Ideal candidate will possess strong organizational, written and verbal communications skills, as well as experience facilitating written/oral presentations. Background in public sector, boards/commissions is desirable.

Please send resume with references no later than Monday, February 17, 2003 to Cynthia White Winters, City of Philadelphia Law Dept. 1515 Arch St., 15th Floor, Phila., PA 19102. No calls please.

Be a part of an exciting statewide Project focusing on analyzing and implementing strategies to help low-income adults achieve economic self-sufficiency.

Intern/ Project Aide sought to work 6 hours per week.
Responsibilities include conducting researching and editing Project resource materials.
Requirements:
<li> Excellent computer, research, and writing skills.
<li> Interest in issues associated with the poverty of women and children.

For more information, please contact:
Angela Mioskie, Program Associate
Phone: 610-543-5022
Email: amioskie@womensassoc.org
Pennsylvania Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Project
225 South Chester Road
Suite 6
Swarthmore, PA 19081

On behalf of all of us here at First Book, we’d like to invite you to join a teleconference discussion to learn about our new campus-based initiative. Hear how colleges and universities nationwide can serve their communities by providing brand-new, high-quality books to children from low-income families through First Book. First Book is a national non-profit organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. First Book primarily works with community-based volunteer chapters to provide existing local literacy programs with grants of brand-new books. Through our work, First Book not only helps improve the educational opportunities available through local programs but, because the books become the property of the children, First Book also improves the home literacy environment of underprivileged children. We are eager to combine the success of our proven model with the energy and inspiration of young leaders at the college level. In the last two years alone, First Book has provided almost 15 million new books to children in need in hundreds of communities nationwide – and approximately 25,000 of those were through our five successful pilot campus chapters.

Our conference call on Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 2:00 PM EST will provide an overview of First Book and our campus-based volunteer model, and how you can get your campus involved. The call will feature current First Book college volunteers and First Book staff, and will offer a detailed look at how the model works in practice. To register for this free call, please e-mail me at kjessup@firstbook.org and I will send you more detailed information, including an agenda and relevant access information. In the meantime, if you would like to learn more about First Book and our work around the country, please visit our website at http://www.firstbook.org, call us toll-free at 866-393-1222, or just send me an e-mail at kjessup@firstbook.org. Please feel free to share this information with other colleagues as well.

I hope you’ll be able to join us on Feb. 20!

All best,

Kim
____________
Kimberly Jessup
Manager, Community Development
First Book
1319 F St. NW, Suite #1000
Washington, DC 20004
(866) 393-1222 x14 (toll-free)/ (202) 628-1258 (fax)
http://www.firstbook.org

“Thank you for the books and now that we know you care it filled our hearts with joy and it also made us one step closer to being very smart.”
-Ralik, a child enrolled in Step One Tutoring, recipient of a book grant from First Book-University of Pennsylvania

2003 National 4-H Youth in Action/Community Tree Planting Grant
Funding Provided by Deft, Inc.
Promoting Youth/Adult Partnership Action
$200-$1,000
Application Deadline: Tuesday, March 18, 2003.

Grant Description: The 2003 National 4-H Youth in Action/Community Tree Planting Grant will provide community action grants in the amounts of $200 to $1,000 to stimulate community tree planting and/or reforestation projects nationwide. Grants will be awarded to communities in support of ongoing community tree planting and/or reforestation projects or to stimulate new and creative youth-led projects. The role of adults is to provide guidance to young leaders in the tree planting and/or reforestation projects.

A complete announcement and application can be found at http://www.grants.n4h.org by clicking in the left-hand margin under “Tree Planting.” The application deadline is Tuesday, March 18, 2003.

ARE YOU AN ENERGETIC ARTIST OF COLOR WHO WANTS TO SHARE YOUR ARTISTIC PASSION? WOULD YOU LIKE TO PREPARE YOURSELF TO LEAD MEANINGFUL PROJECTS IN COMMUNITY SETTINGS?

Apply for the Asian Arts Initiative’s

ARTISTS IN COMMUNITIES TRAINING (ACT) INTENSIVE: March 22 – April 6, 2003

What is ACT?

Our Artists in Communities Training (ACT) Program aims to expand the pool of artists of color in all disciplines to actively convey the power of artmaking into the hands of everyday people. ACT provides artists with a two-week series of intensive workshops on educational models and strategies, a hands-on teaching placement, and opportunities for future residencies in schools and community settings. ACT is grounded in an innovative Arts Based Pedagogy that includes the Arts as an intergral part of the intellectual, artistic, cultural, and political development of youth and community members.

Here’s what you get from ACT:
* Pick up tools from other artists through observations and workshops.
* Develop your own one-day lesson plan.
* Implement it with an actual school or community group.
* Become part of the Asian Arts Initiative’s roster of teaching artists.
* Receive a stipend for successfully completing the program.

You must be able to attend all sessions:
Overnight retreat, March 22-23, begins 12:00 pm on Sat., ends 5:00 pm on Sunday
ACT workshops Monday, March 24, 9:00-2:00
Tuesday, March 25, 9:00-2:00
Wednesday, March 26, 9:00-2:00
Thursday, March 27, individual meetings
Thursday, March 27, 6:00-8:00
Friday, March 28, 9:00-2:00
Saturday, March 29, 2:00-6:00, 1st placements
Sunday, March 30, 2:00-6:00, 1st placements
Monday, March 31, individual meetings
Tuesday-Friday, April 1-4, 2nd placements, TBA
Friday, April 4, 4:00-6:00, ACT Coffeehouse
Saturday, April 5, 2:00-6:00
Sunday, April 6, 10:00-12:00, Farewell brunch

For more information, contact Lori at 215-557-0455 or Lori@asianartsinitiative.org.

Who Should Apply to ACT?

ACT participants should:
-have at least approximately one year teaching experience (in school, afterschool, or community settings)
-demonstrate several years of commitment and experience in their art form
-be interested in exploring how art can address larger social messages in community-based settings
We strongly encourage Asian American and Philadelphia-based artists to apply. Artists of all disciplines are encouraged to apply.

TO APPLY:
Contact Lori Sasaki, Asian Arts Initiative, 1315 Cherry Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107
lori@asianartsinitiative.org

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2003

Deadline: February 28, 2003

Youth Service America (http://www.ysa.org/), an alliance of organizations committed to increasing voluntarism among America’s young people, and telecommunications company AT&T have established the Youth Service Action Fund to help young people engage in community service on National Youth Service Day and beyond. National Youth Service Day is an annual event designed to mobilize youth to address the needs of their communities through service, recruit the next generation of volunteers, and educate the public about the year-round contributions of young people as community leaders.

The AT&T Cares Youth Service Action Fund offers support to youth (ages 5 to 25) and organizations to plan and implement service projects on National Youth Service Day 2003 (April 11-13). While projects may have a service-learning component, youth are encouraged to use their creativity and resourcefulness to address unmet needs and problems in their communities, whether or not the projects are tied to a curriculum. Twenty-five grants of $500 are available to youth and youth organizations.

Grant recipients must use the funds to complete a service project on one or more of the designated dates for National Youth Service Day, and must post their projects on the National Youth Service Day Web site.

See the Youth Service America Web site for further information and an application form.

RFP Link: http://www.ysa.org/awards/award_grant.cfm

Administered by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (http://www.woodrow.org/) with funding from the New York City-based Rockefeller Foundation (http://www.rockfound.org/), the Woodrow Wilson Public Scholarship Grants Program is designed to encourage interaction and collaborative efforts among university-based humanists, artists, and the wider community. In 2003, the fourth year of the program, grants will go to projects that serve communities where poverty and lack of access to resources exclude children and adults from creative endeavors in the arts and humanities.

Project teams are invited to apply in either of the following categories:
* Partnership Grants are awarded to partnerships of arts and humanities faculty and community-based artists, humanists, educators, etc., who have defined and designed a collaborative project in community creativity at the local, regional, or national level. Up to seven grants of as much as $10,000 will be awarded.

* Curricular Design Grants are awarded to faculty teams to investigate ways to integrate public scholarship into doctoral curricula. Funds may be used to support planning and/or a small-scale pilot. Proposals should include evidence of institutional support, a record of engagement in public scholarship, and demonstrated experience in effective curricular design. All past Public Scholarship Grant winners whose projects fall within the emphasis of the 2003 program are encouraged to apply. Two or three grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded.

Complete guidelines and application materials are available at the Web site of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

RFP Link: http://www.woodrow.org/imagining-america/rfp.html

The Oxfam America CHANGE Initiative is now accepting applications for the 2003-2004 academic year.

Oxfam America is an international development agency dedicated to creating lasting solutions to global poverty, hunger, and social injustice through long-term partnerships with poor communities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the U. S. We work to eliminate the root causes of social and economic inequities by challenging the structural barriers that foster conflict and human suffering and limit people from gaining the skills, resources, and power to become self-sufficient. Oxfam America also advocates for policy change, produces educational materials for the U.S. public, and actively engages them on the issues of poverty and social justice.

The CHANGE Initiative aims to develop capable and confident young leaders, who are informed and active voices for positive social change, and who inspire greater global awareness in others. Oxfam America is looking for a diverse group of undergraduate students, rising sophomores and juniors, committed to global social justice issues. The students will work on the issues of Fair Trade coffee, global hunger and trade, and be willing to organize campaigns and educational opportunities on their campuses and in their communities.

Selected students are required to participate in a training in Boston, July 26-Aug 1 organized and paid for by Oxfam America, and to communicate regularly with Oxfam staff about the work they are undertaking on their campus.

Applications are due on April 1st. We strongly encourage online applications at: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/youth/art3819.html

If you have any questions please call 1-800-77-OXFAM ext. 464 or email CHANGE@oxfamamerica.org.

PS- This year you can nominate students on your campus or others by going to the Tell a Friend section of our website at http://www.oxfamamerica.org/youth/art3797.html
Students will then be sent an email informing them of this opportunity.

The Editorial Board of The Journal of Volunteer Administration (JOVA) invites you to submit a proposal sharing current research related to volunteerism and volunteer administration. Accepted proposal authors will be invited to present their research during two concurrent sessions at the 2003 International Conference on Volunteer Administration (ICVA) to be held October 15 18 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Two very successful Research Sessions were conducted at the 2002 ICVA in Denver, each attended by more than 50 Conference participants. Additionally, authors of research proposals presented at the Conference will be invited to submit manuscripts for 2003-2004 publication in the Research in Brief section of The Journal. While all proposals will be considered, topics are encouraged related to the 2003-2004 JOVA issue themes of:

Youth and Volunteerism
Motivations and Barriers to Volunteerism
The Role of Technology in Volunteerism and Volunteer Programs
Organizational Support for Volunteerism and Volunteer Programs

All proposals must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on Monday, March 3, 2003.

For more information, please contact: Dr. R. Dale Safrit, Associate Editor, JOVA, Department of 4-H Youth Development, N.C. State University, NCSU campus Box 7606, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7606, USA. Dr. Safrits e-mail address is dale_safrit@ncsu.edu.

PRESENTS

ZONING 101: A ZONING COURSE DESIGNED FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS

Thursday, February 20, 2003
Holiday Inn Express Midtown
1305 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Light refreshments will be provided

Cost – $50 per person*

To register, mail the attached form with a check payable to:
East of Broad Improvement Association
1324 Locust Street, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19107

For more information call East of Broad Improvement Association at
(215) 893-1260
Fax: (215) 893-1265
email: rmadway@ebaphila.org

* The fee covers EBA?s costs for reproducing materials and other costs associated with developing and producing the course. This is not a charitable contribution.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Deadline 3/1/03
Anti-Bias Education: Practice, Research, and Theory

A conference on anti-bias education and intergroup relations research will be held on June 6-8, 2003 at the Hilton Hotel in Evanston, Illinois (easily accessible from Chicago’s O’Hare airport). The goal of the conference is mold the future of anti-bias, multicultural, and social justice education by bringing together practitioners and researchers to share state-of-the-art knowledge, strategies, theories, models, research results, and applications in our fragmented field. The conference will provide intergroup relations researchers with information on best practices in anti-bias education and expand the theoretical and research knowledge of educational practitioners. These goals will be achieved through plenary sessions, symposia presentations, pre-conference workshops (June 6th), posters, invited speakers, and informal discussions. This relatively small conference (200 participants) will also provide opportunities for coalition building and collaboration between practitioners and researchers.

There will be two keynote speakers: Dr. James A. Banks, who is the Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington and Margot Stern Strom, who is the Executive Director and President of the Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation. The conference sponsors are The American Jewish Committee (Chicago) and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

Symposia are solicited in two domains: practice and research. Practice topics might include, early childhood interventions, primary school programs, secondary school programs, programs in higher educational settings, training pre-service and in-service teachers, essentials of successful programs, and critical challenges facing anti-bias programs. Research topics might include, techniques of combating stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination, psychological processes underlying anti-bias programs, hate crime/bullying, new directions in intergroup relations theory, recent research on categorization, stereotyping, prejudice and
discrimination, empathy and other affective processes in anti-bias programs, identity development, and developmental issues relevant to anti-bias education programs. Similarly, workshops are solicited for topics such as: training trainers, seeking funding, and program evaluation.

For symposia or workshops please submit a 500 word summary of the topics to be covered along with the name and institutional affiliation of the chair, a list of the presenters (with email addresses and affiliations), and the title of each paper. For posters please submit a title and a 250 word abstract, along with your affiliation.

Deadline for the submission of symposia, workshops, and posters is March 1, 2003. Submissions should be sent electronically (word or wordperfect format) as an attachment to the program chairs (Walter and Cookie Stephan). Email addresses: wstephan@crl.nmsu.edu, cstephan@nmsu.edu. Office Phones: (505) 646-4102, (505) 646-4312, FAX: (505) 646-6212, (505) 646-3725.

SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN HEALTH
The conference aims to bring together scholars and professionals from various disciplines to address emerging issues in the study of the health of urban populations. Examples of speakers who are confirmed on the agenda include Trudy Harpham (talking about the health of Cities worldwide), Howard Frumkin (physical environment and health), Ezra Susser (mental health in cities), and Francesca Gany (migration and health of migrants). We encourage abstract submissions about all topics related to Urban Health, with particular interest in abstracts related to the urban physical environment, occupational health, ecommunity and economic development, public health strategies for healthy communities, urban violence, and transportation systems. In addition, we encourage abstract submissions by students. We are offering three prizes for the best student submissions. First prize–$200 Second prize–$100 Third prize-$50. The top 10 ranked students will be given free conference admission. (Student submissions should be clearly identified as such.) Contact Sarah Sisco at the Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies (CUES) NY Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10029. (212) 419-3590, Fax (212) 876-6220.

February 15th and 16th
February 22nd and 23rd
April 26th and 27th
May 3rd and 4th
Saturday 8 am – Sunday 2 pm
(select any of the above weekends)
Milwaukee, WI

GROW YOUR COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEM FROM THE GROUND UP: A TWO-DAY, HANDS-ON, TRAINING WORKSHOP
Grow Your Community Food System is an intensive, hands on, training workshop offering diverse groups the opportunity to learn, plan, develop, operate, and sustain community food system projects. Project participants leave the workshop with improved skills they can take back to their communities to pass on to others. These workshops are for both rural and urban projects. These workshops put organizations, projects, and food producers in touch with each other to help build collaborations and long-term, sustainable partnerships. For more information please contact: The Growing Power Community Food Center, 5500 W. Silver Spring Dr., Milwaukee WI, 53218, tel. (414) 527-1546 fax. (414) 527-1908, email, tammy@growingpower.org or visit http://www.growingpower.org.

We invite you to submit a session proposal for the 2003 CTCNet Annual National Conference, June 26-29 in Washington, DC!

Apply online at http://www2.ctcnet.org/conf/2003/present/session.asp!

Deadline for Proposals: February 19, 2003
Notification of accepted sessions: March 1, 2003

About the Conference:

The CTCNet Annual National Conference has been the premier event in the community technology field throughout the past decade – no other conference draws representatives from so many of the most outstanding community technology programs together with community leaders, non-profit practitioners, funders and policymakers.

With attendance expected to reach over 700, this year’s conference will be the best yet! We?re looking for dynamic presentations and workshops on topics such as:

* Programs and Curricula;
* Policy, Advocacy and Organizing;
* Technology; and
* Organizational Development.

About Presenting & Sessions:
Sessions should be interactive – the most effective (and popular) sessions are those that involve attendees in meaningful and creative ways. Based on a great deal of input from conference evaluations over the past several years, preference will be given to applicants proposing workshops oriented toward building skills and resources, rather than panel presentations.

Sessions should also fit the learning tracks of the conference. Information on this year’s conference tracks can be found on our Presenter Opportunities page http://www2.ctcnet.org/conf/2003/present/session.asp. Most sessions will be 90 minutes long, but there may be opportunities for two hour sessions. Applicants should be flexible to hold their proposed sessions on any day of the conference.

CTCNet reviews each session proposal and takes care to ensure varied content and perspectives. All presenters should be open to co-presenting if CTCNet believes it is appropriate and should consider issues of diversity and disability access in their sessions.

Session Presenters and Organizers will receive a waived registration fee for the full day of the conference on which their session falls, or a discount of $100 off the $220 conference registration fee if they are attending the entire conference.

Learn more and apply online at http://www2.ctcnet.org/conf/2003/present/session.asp

If you have any questions, contact Stephen Quinn at squinn@ctcnet.org.