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News
BGCGW Tweens Participate in Leadership Activity
"Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington (BGCGW) tweens (youth ages
11 to 13) participated in a Staples/Boys & Girls Clubs of America "survey
on leadership" which revealed that more than half of youth ages 11 to 13
would not want to be President of the United States."
URL: http://www.vppartners.org/learning/enews/issues/nov04.html#ip_1
Referred by: Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP)
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Funding
Start-Up Funds for Sustainable National Youth Service Day Projects
"Youth Service America and Youth Venture are teaming up again to
further strengthen the youth service movement. In conjunction with
National Youth Service Day, funding will be offered to enable young
people to engage in community service and make a difference in their
world every day. Ten awards of up to $1,000 in start-up funds will be
available to young people (ages 12-20) who want to create sustainable
new, civic-minded organizations, clubs, or businesses. Applications must
be received by 12:00 Noon on November 22, 2004."
URL: http://www.youthventure.org/
Referred by: CTCNet GrantStation Insider
SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE ACTIVITIES
"The Abelard Foundation, a member of the Common Counsel consortium
of foundations and donors, is committed to social change activities that
reflect the communities in which they are based; expand community
control over economic, social and environmental decisions affecting the
communities' well-being; and build a strong informed voice on public
policy issues. The Common Counsel reviews proposals submitted to the
Abelard Foundation West from nonprofit organizations located in the
Northern Rockies, the Great Basin, the Northwest, the Southwest and
California. The next application deadline for these areas is January 15,
2005. The Foundation's eastern office reviews applications for
organizations east of the Mississippi. The eastern office accepts
proposals throughout the year."
URL: http://www.commoncounsel.org/pages/foundation.html
Referred by: CTCNet GrantStation Insider
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Research
Forum Focus: What Gets Measured, Gets Done
"States and communities across the country recognize that creating a
shared set of desired outcomes for young people provides the opportunity
to take stock in how well children and teens are doing on national and
local levels. While some of this data is available across time and states,
much of it focuses on the negative indicators (e.g., teen births,
substance abuse), revealing little about the development of positive
competencies and attributes necessary for successful adulthood.
In Forum Focus: What Gets Measured, Gets Done, we scan a number of
important efforts gaining momentum in recent years to develop and use
positive indicators of child and youth well being."
URL: http://www.forumforyouthinvestment.org/focus/ForumFOCUS_
Nov04.pdf
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Activities
ADL LAUNCHES "LEWIS & CLARK: THE UNHEARD VOICES"
CURRICULUM
"The lesson plans in this issue of Curriculum Connections take an in-depth
look at the history of U.S. expansion and Indian policy, and present the
voices and perspectives of Native Americans on the Lewis and Clark expedition
and bicentennial. These materials offer an alternative viewpoint on an
often-glorified era, and call attention to the dangers of ethnocentric and
one-sided versions of history."
URL: http://www.adl.org/education/curriculum_connections/In_this_issue
_fall_2004.asp
Referred By: ADL
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