#community organizing
It is with great pleasure that SoCalGas announces the SoCalGas Environmental Champions Fund! SoCalGas is looking to fund innovative projects or programs that address clean air, clean energy and/or water conservation with a particular emphasis on supporting underserved communities.
Application Availability: August 31–September 30, 2015. Deadline for Submission: September 30, 2015.
Grant Amounts: $10,000 or $25,000
For information, guidelines and application, visit: http://www.socalgas.com/about-us/community/
Due 9/15/15: The Westly Foundation is awarding cash prizes of $20,000 each to young innovators in California with creative solutions to community problems at home or around the world.
We are awarding cash prizes of $20,000 each to innovators under age 29 with creative solutions to community problems who live or attend school in California. Students from California who are attending school out of state are also eligible to apply.
We are looking for individuals who have worked on a scalable project that has been prototyped and, ideally, tested with the community-in-need. We’d like to begin communicating with potential applicants to guide them through the process, so your assistance is invaluable. Applications are due September 15, but we give priority review to those who apply by June 1.
Past winners have included both non-profit and for-profit entrepreneurs, who have crafted solutions across a range of disciplines, from distribution of surplus medicine, to providing alternatives to incarceration, to creating educational software for youth.
Please let me know if there’s any information or questions I can answer that would be helpful. Thank you very much.
All the best,
Joey Zabel ([email protected]; [email protected])
Title: “SEA Legacies: Commemorating 40 Years of Southeast Asian Diasporas”
The goals of the symposium are to commemorate the formation of Southeast Asian diasporic communities in the US over the past 40 years and to educate students and the community about Southeast Asian American heritages, experiences, and histories.
Events in no particular order:
A. Keynote: Dr. Viet Nguyen, Departments of English and American Studies and Ethnicity, USC
B. Panel: Vietnamese American Authors: Telling Diasporic Stories from Vietnam to the US
C. Panel: Southeast Asian Experiences
D. Panel: The Fall of Saigon: Political Background and Military Context
E. Roundtable: Alumni Experiences: Intergenerational Dialogue
F. Panel: CBOs & JOBs: Get to Know Local Community Organizations and Resources
G. Roundtable: Let’s Get Engaged! Students Share Opportunities for Campus and Community Involvement and Service.)
H. Panel: Preserving and Sharing Our Stories: The Role of Southeast Asian Oral History Projects and Archives
I. Digital Photo Exhibit: Vietnamese Americans: A Self-Portrait of a People
J. Exhibit: Letters from Vietnam
K. Film Series: Visual Stories of Diaspora: An Exploration of Southeast Asian History and Life through Films
L. Panel: Beyond the Fall of Saigon: Communism as Discourse in National, Community, and Identity Formations in the US and Vietnam
M. Panel: Global Perspectives on the Vietnam War
N. Panel: National Resource Center for Asian Languages and Vietnamese Literacy Development for Dual Language Immersion
O. Closing Performances: Southeast Asian American Expression and Performance
The SEA Legacies Symposium is generously sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and by Dr. Craig K. Ihara.
The SEA Legacies Symposium is organized by faculty, students, and staff of Asian American Studies, Modern Languages and Literatures, History, American Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Communications, Education, the HSS Office of Development, the CSUF Office of State and Community Relations, the Vietnamese Students Association, the Cambodian Students Association, and the Asian Pacific American Resource Center, and in collaboration with community partners.
Please contact Dr. Eliza Noh at [email protected] for more information.
Please don’t forget to share the eventbrite RSVP link with the campus and external community. All attendees, including speakers and yourselves, should register by Feb. 20th so that we can take a headcount for food:
Thank you for your commitment to Young People For (YP4). The application deadline for the 2015-2016 YP4 Fellowship Class is swiftly approaching. Please direct young social justice activists in your communities and at your institutions to apply for the Fellowship by the February 7th, 2015 deadline and nominatethem.
By the way, YP4 just celebrated its 10th Annual National Summit and the graduation of our Inaugural Los Angeles Front Line Leaders Academy. Over 200 young progressives converged in Washington, DC to network, connect, and build community. To read more about the awardees and the events of the National Summit, please visit YP4’s new website or view photos of the event on Facebook.
Thanks again for your interest in YP4. If you have any questions about the YP4 application and program, please feel free to reach out to me.
Apply today to be a part of Seeding Change’s National Fellowship Program for Asian American Organizing and Civic Engagement. Due February 15!
http://www.seeding-change.org/fellowship-2015announcement/
We are now accepting applications for the 2015 National Fellowship Program for Asian American Organizing and Civic Engagement. Applications are due online on February 15, 2015. Apply here.
The National Fellowship Program for Asian American Organizing and Civic Engagement is an intensive 10-week, full-time volunteer program that develops the leadership of a new generation of activists and organizers who are deeply invested in building the power of and improving the lives of working-class Asian immigrant communities. In its pilot year, the fellowship program brought together 17 fellows who spent their summers working with 7 organizations in 7 cities across the country.
The fellowship program will run from June to August 2015. Fellows will be placed with a community-based organization, where they will spend at least 10 weeks, working with the organization, immigrant leaders, and the local community. Check out the 2015 host sites.
Fellows will have the opportunity to develop their skills from grassroots fundraising, outreach and education, organizing, and language skills. Fellows will also deepen understanding of community organizing and civic engagement. At the beginning of the program, fellows will also participate in a week-long training and orientation in the San Francisco Bay Area.
For more information about the fellowship, visit: http://www.seeding-change.org/programs/fellowship/
http://www.midwestacademy.com/involved/internship-program/
Community Organizing Internship
Want to make a difference this summer? Then, apply for the Midwest Academy Organizing Summer Internship!About the program: The Midwest Academy Organizing Internship is an intense and exciting 10-week organizing internship that places interns with community organizations in Chicago to work on a number of progressive issues and causes. The program is open to community college students, students enrolled in 4- yr colleges, and recent graduates. The internship starts on June 1st and ends August 7th.
- Paid Internships: Students will receive a stipend of $4,000 for the ten-week period, to be paid biweekly. Paid internships are limited and usually reserved for juniors and seniors.
- Unpaid For-Credit Internships: Students can apply to the program and get credit from their college or university. We will work with you if your institution will give you course credit.
- College-funded Internships: If your college or university has funding for summer internships, you may apply to be a Midwest Academy intern, bringing your own funding. In addition to the internship application form, please let us know what kind of funding you are applying for at your school, how much you might receive, what the decision date is, and when you need a decision about acceptance from us (we will try to accommodate the need for earlier decisions in this program).
More about the Academy and the Internship Program: The summer internship program starts with participants going through the Academy’s 5- Day Organizing for Social Change training. During the training participants learn about and practice building power, developing winning strategies for campaigns, choosing issues, doing one on ones and recruiting leaders, working with media and organizing public meetings to hold public officials accountable.
Following training, interns will be placed with community organizations in Chicago neighborhoods from 95th and State to Brighton Park, Kenwood-Oakland, and Uptown, as well as in several suburban locations and with statewide organizations. Preference will be given to applicants from the Chicago area, or in school in the Chicago area (this may be waived for the for-credit and college-funded internships).
Interns will receive day-to-day supervision from their placement organizations, and ongoing training and mentoring from Midwest Academy staff. Interns will also journal and meet weekly for reflection. For interns who are interested in pursuing a job in community organizing, we will provide job search assistance at the end of the internship or at college graduation. (For-credit interns will receive additional supervision from one of our staff members who have an MA if needed for credit.)
Ideal candidates should meet the following criteria:
- Have progressive values and be interested in spending the summer working on progressive issues like reproductive rights, LGBT rights, Worker Rights, Environmental Justice, Economic Justice
- We want interns who are ready to work hard and take on new challenges and responsibilities
- Must have a have a passion for social justice and be able to demonstrate how you’ve participated in social justice activities & want to learn solid skills in the field of organizing.
- We are also really interested in people who want to explore a career in progressive organizing.
- Fluency in Spanish or other languages relevant to recent immigrants will be a plus for some locations.
- Use of a car will be required in some, but not all, placements.
- Be a student at a community college, four year institution or recent grad
- Interns must live in Chicago. If you are not a current resident of Chicago, you must plan to be here for the summer and have a way to pay for housing. The Academy does not provide housing.
To Apply: Download the Internship Application and follow instructions. Applicants are strongly urged to apply by February 1st. The deadline is March 1st; applications will be accepted past this date if positions are not filled.
Contact Jeanne Cameron at [email protected] for more information.
