OAA FrontPage:
Mayor Vincent C. Gray and the Office on African Affairs, would
like to thank all who helped honor and celebrate an important milestone for the
District’s African community: the Mayor’s first-ever proclamation of September
as African Heritage Month in the District of Columbia.
In celebration of this first-ever proclamation, OAA hosted Mayor
Gray’s 3rd Annual DC Africa Festival, a Next Generation African
Youth Panel and co-partnered with the DC Commission on African Affairs to host
an information session on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Collectively, the programs successfully highlighted and informed the larger
community on the customs, heritage and contributions as well as issues, needs
and complexities of the District’s African community. Of course, we recognize
that success is a team effort, our success was due in large part to
partnerships that we formed with community based organizations, businesses, the
Mayor’s Commission on African Affairs and numerous District government
agencies, all of whom work every day to ensure improved quality of life for
District’s diverse African community.
With the support of Mayor Gray,
we are delighted with what we’ve been able to achieve in the month of
September, and look forward to continuing to work with community partners and
District government agencies to positively impact the District’s African
community!
The Mayor’s Office on African Affairs Celebrates September as “African Heritage Month” at the 3rd Annual DC Africa Festival!
On September 29, 2012, Mayor Vincent C. Gray and his Office on African Affairs (OAA) held the 3rd Annual DC Africa Festival at the Banneker Recreation Center. Over 800 people including Mayor Gray, members of his Cabinet and administration, special guests from the African Diplomatic Corps, and District residents attended this lively and colorful festival held for the first time on Georgia Ave. Originally scheduled for July 21st but postponed due to inclement weather, this year’s DC Africa Festival marked an important milestone for the District’s African community: the Mayor’s first-ever proclamation of September as “African Heritage Month.”
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 View more 3rd Annual DC Africa Festival pictures and videos, on OAA's Facebook page!
OAA Co-hosts Panel Discussion on: "Next Generation African Diaspora Youth"
 As part of "African Heritage Month," the Office on African Affairs partnered with Phelps Stokes, The Africa Society and The Constituency for Africa to host a panel discussion entitled "Next Generation African Diaspora Youth" which aimed to highlight and strengthen the link between African youth in the District with those who live in Africa as a strategy for greater African youth voice and the engagement
& empowerment of African Diaspora Youth. The 2 hour panel discussion was held on Thursday,
September 20 at the John A. Wilson Building, and featured youth leaders from the African diaspora and continent who brought experience and
expertise in business, institution building, education, community organizing,
network building, advocacy, and entrepreneurship.
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DC Mayor’s Office on African Affairs and the Mayor’s
Commission on African Affairs host forum on “Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals”
On Tuesday, September 25th OAA and COAA hosted an
information session on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals at the Reeves
Municipal Building. In an effort to educate the African immigrant community
about this program, OAA and COAA will be releasing a
video documenting a presentation by Commissioner Loide Jorge, an immigration
attorney, in which she answers the following questions:
- What is Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals?
- What are the
eligibility requirements?
- What does the application process entail?
Interested in learning more about DACA? Stay tuned
for the official release of the informational video which will soon be posted on
OAA’s Facebook page!
Meet OAA's Fall Interns!
Join us in welcoming a group of dynamic interns who come to OAA from local universities! They bring great talent, skills, and most of all a passion for serving the District's African community!
Esther
Orudiakumo is a senior at the
University of Maryland College Park, and will be receiving her Bachelors in
Economics this Spring. She is Nigerian American, born and raised in Prince
Georges County. A Black Women's Studies minor working to complete a certificate
African American Studies, her personal and academic interests include civil
rights, education, critical race theory, women's studies,
and international relations, with plans to study abroad in Trinidad and
Tobago in January. Her passion for issues that affect the black diaspora not
just in the District of Columbia, but also throughout the nation and world is
drew her to pursue an internship at the DC Mayor's Office on African Affairs.
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Mariama Jalloh is a graduate from Trinity
(Washington) University, where she studied Human Relations and International
Affairs with a concentration in International Relations. She is a native of
Sierra Leone in West Africa. Her interest in African affairs, public service, human rights, international development, social justice and U.S.
Africa Foreign policy led her to intern with the Mayor’s Office on African
Affairs. She recently returned from a 6 month internship with Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,
United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone, and AdvoCaid. She plans to pursue a postgraduate degree in International
Relations and development during the next academic year.
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Waameeka AheVonderae is a senior at Howard University. She is a Political Sciences major, with a concentration in International Relations
and a minor in African Studies. Born in Brooklyn, New York to a Antiguan father and an African American mother, she was
exposed to a variety of cultures and experiences at a very young age. Her interest in the
diversity within African cultures led her to intern with the Mayor’s
Office on African Affairs. She plans on going to graduate school in the hopes of impacting the global community through her passion for diplomacy, women’s development, and human rights issues.
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What's New With Your Mayor?
Mayor Gray Welcomes New Estimates Showing $140
Million Revenue Boost Due to Booming District Economy
Mayor
Gray welcomed new estimates from the Office of the Chief Financial Officer
(OCFO) that show the District government taking in $139.5 million more in
Fiscal Year 2012 than expected. Significant
growth in employment among District residents and robust economic growth were
the biggest drivers of the revenue boost. The estimates show that individual
income tax withholding increased by $51.2 million, and the sales fueled by
higher earnings yielded an additional $22.8 million in sales taxes.
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Mayor
Gray Announces Reforms to District’s Certified Business Enterprise (CBE)
Program
Mayor
Vincent C. Gray and Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD)
Director Harold B. Pettigrew today announced comprehensive program, regulatory
and legislative reforms to strengthen the District’s Certified Business Enterprise (CBE)
program and support
D.C.’s small businesses. The announcement follows Mayor Gray’s request for a
comprehensive review of the CBE program and recommendations for its reform.
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Mayor Gray and OSSE Announce First-Ever D.C. College
Fund
Mayor’s Scholars Fund Will Provide Need-Based Grants
to District Students Attending Area Institutions; Now Includes UDC, Community
Colleges. Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced today that, starting
this fall, D.C. students will have the opportunity to receive need-based
financial support from the city government while attending colleges and
universities in the District. The grants come through the inaugural Mayor’s
Scholars Fund, announced at Trinity Washington University today by Mayor Gray
and representatives from the Office of the State Superintendent of Education
(OSSE).
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Newsworthy
Nigerian Nurse Helps African Immigrants Battle Breast Cancer
 After Ify Nwabukwu’s mother and best friend died of breast cancer, she was stunned to learn that African immigrant women were getting—and dying from—breast cancer at much higher rates and younger ages than their African American and Caucasian counterparts. Investigating the disparity, Nwabukwu discovered a perfect storm of barriers that included cultural silence, skepticism of medical treatment, and fears of the health care and insurance bureaucracy.
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DC Taxicab Commission Unveils New Customer-Friendly Universal Phone Number
855-484-4966 is the New Universal Services 24-Hour
Toll Free Phone Number
The DC
Taxicab Commission (DCTC) announces a new 24-hour universal services phone
number. The new toll-free number is 855-484-4966. It will be active as of
Tuesday, October 9, 2012. This number will provide callers with the means to
reclaim their lost property quicker and lodge complaints on a real time basis.
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New MPI Report Examines Predictors of Early Childhood Success among Young Children in Black Immigrant Families
Achievement disparities among racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups emerge before children begin school and often persist in school, a finding well explored in policy and academic literature. While research on school readiness has increasingly focused on children in Latino and Asian immigrant households, a significant gap in knowledge remains about the early childhood experiences of young children in Black immigrant families-- who account for 11 percent of all Black children in America and represent a rapidly growing segment of the US population.
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Proportion of migrants with degrees on the rise – OECD
As international migration has risen in recent decades, the proportion of migrants with university degrees has also increased – with the most recent migrants to developed countries likely to be the best educated – according to just-released statistics from the OECD. One third of immigrants who arrived less than five years ago in OECD countries, or some 5.2 million people, are tertiary educated. This has enormous human capital implications for both sending and destination countries. “On average, the proportion of higher education graduates is greater among recent immigrants than for the native-born populations of the OECD countries (24%) or for longer standing immigrant communities (27%),” according to an OECD report presented at a conference held on 5 October in Paris, on identifying and better using migrants’ skills.
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From Civil Engineer To Cab Driver: Many of D.C's Ethiopian cabbies were professionals in former lives
The ranks of D.C.'s taxi drivers are filled with Ethiopian immigrants. Many of them were professionals in their former lives, and when it comes to learning the rules of the game in the U.S., it can be a challenge. Negede Abebe and Mechal Chame sit in Abebe's cab in Georgetown, talking about how they came to the U.S., what they did before and how they became cabbies. Abebe received asylum, and Chame won a Visa lottery to get to America. Abebe was an economist in Ethiopia, working on trade and business issues for the government and for an international organization. So when he got to the U.S., the first thing he did was look for jobs in his field.
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Ellison Introduces “Strengthening Refugee
Resettlement Act”
Rep.
Keith Ellison (MN-05) introduced the “Strengthening Refugee Resettlement
Act,” which increases coordination and provides much-needed resources for new
Americans fleeing war, persecution, or natural disaster. The
bill streamlines refugee processing abroad, while taking advantage of that
processing time to provide refugees with English classes and work orientation
training. It also allows refugees to be admitted to the United States as lawful
permanent residents, saving scarce government and non-governmental organization
(NGO)
resources.
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DC- Based, Ethiopian-born writer picked for 'genius' prize
Dinaw Mengestu, born in Ethiopia and raised in the U.S., was among the list of awardees of the prestigious “genius grant” for his novel writing. Mengestu, 34, was raised in Peoria, Ill., and the suburbs of Chicago. He received his BA in English from Georgetown University and his MFA in fiction from Columbia University.
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Business Square
AMDS- Annual Meeting and Development Showcase
Join the Washington, DC Economic Partnership
at the Washington Convention Center to celebrate the District’s vibrant economy
with DC’s top business and community leaders.
Since 2001, the WDCEP's Annual Meeting &
Development Showcase (AMDS) has been the premier gathering of DC's top business
and community leaders to celebrate the District's vibrant economy. The half-day
program begins with the Development Showcase, the largest event of its kind,
featuring exhibitors representing almost every major commercial, retail, and
housing development in the District. The Development Showcase is followed by a
formal luncheon event that has attracted up to 1,000 attendees in past years,
featuring DC's top business leaders, entrepreneurs, real estate professionals
and local government officials.
For more information, click here
Date: Wednesday, October 31 2012
Time: 10:00-12:00pm (development showcase), 12:00-2:00pm (annual meeting)
Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place NW
Washington D.C. 20001
2012 Chamber's Choice Awards Gala
The Chamber's Choice Awards Gala is the Chamber's most prestigious affair attracting over 1,300 of DC's most prominent leaders, decision-makers, dignitaries and elite sponsors. We expect this to be another sold-out evening.
Date: Saturday, October 27, 2012
Time: 6:00-11:00pm
Where: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, DC 20008
For more information, click here
Social Media Marketing Made Simple for Small Business
You have heard the buzz about social media and how it can add value to your business. But how do you get started? As a small business owner, this seminar will specifically help you grow your domestic and international business by using social media tools. This introductory session will cover strategies and best practices for using social media, and will focus on what social media marketing is and how small businesses can use social media to create brand awareness, customer loyalty and word-of-mouth marketing that drives sales. Our featured speaker, Ms. Joycelyn Tate, media, telecommunications and technology industry expert, will address how to leverage the power of social media as a marketing tool to engage customers and drive more business for you.
Date: 11/8/2012
Time: 9:00 AM TO 10:30 AM
Where: DC Chamber of Commerce
506 9th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
For more information, click here
Policy Forum: Access to Capital: Plotting your Roadmap to Success
On November 8, the Chamber will host its final Policy Forum and Legislative Reception of 2012, entitled “Access to Capital: Plotting Your Roadmap to Success”. Especially following the recent recession, one of the most pressing issues for businesses of all sizes is the ability to find funding. Join this important discussion, moderated by DC Mayor Vincent C. Gray, as the panel of lenders, venture capitalists, and successful business owners discuss different sources of business capital, both federal and private, along with how to address the challenges that businesses may encounter in the process.
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2012
Time: 4:00 PM TO 7:00 PM
Where: Reed Smith, LLP
1301 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
For more information, click here
Nonprofit Niche
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
Funding opportunity: Corporation for National and Community Service announces the release of the 2013 RSVP Competition Draft to provide all potential applicants with additional time to become familiar with the requirements and characteristics of this funding opportunity. CNCS plans to release the final competition on or about September 1st.
Website: www.grants.gov
NEA Foundation-Nickelodeon Big Help Grants
Funding Opporunity: NEA Foundation-Nickelodeon Big Help Grants, up to $5,000, are available to educators at K-8 public schools for the development and implementation of approaches to four key concerns - environmentalism, health and wellness, students' rights to a quality education, and active community involvement.
Website: http://bit.ly/RbPAJl
Road Runners Club of America
Funding Opportunity: Road Runners Club of America announces funds to promote the sport of running through the development and growth of running clubs and running events.
Website: http://www.rrca.org/programs/kids-run-the-nation-fund/
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Funding opportunity: Department of Commerce announces funds to support climate research, observations, modeling, information management, assessments, interdisciplinary decision support research, outreach, education, and stakeholder partnership development related to NOAA's Next Generation Strategic Plan.
Website: www.grants.gov
Department of Health and Human Services
Funding opportunity: Department of Health and Human Services announces funds for short-term projects involving secondary analysis to assess the public health and health cost impact on older populations, identify potential differences in effectiveness and safety of different treatments for patients with multiple conditions, examine alterations in safety or effectiveness of treatment for multiple coexisting conditions, and address methodological issues relevant to multiple chronic conditions such as validity of data and confounding by indication.
Website: www.grants.gov
Construction Career Technical Education (OSSE)
Funding Opportunity: Construction Career Technical Education (OSSE). Office of the State Superintendent of Education announces funding for programs that provide training in the construction industry for District of Columbia residents over the age of 18.
Website: http://opgs.dc.gov/page/opgs-district-grants-clearinghouse
Hospitality Career Technical Education (OSSE)
Funding Opportunity: Hospitality Career Technical Education (OSSE). Office of the State Superintendent of Education announces funds for programs that provide hospitality training to adult residents of the District of Columbia.
Website: http://opgs.dc.gov/page/opgs-district-grants-clearinghouse
Programs for Sick and Injured Vets
Funding Opportunity: Programs for Sick and Injured Vets. Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Charitable Service Trust announces funds for programs that provide long-term programs offering direct assistance to sick and injured veterans and their families.
Website: http://www.cst.dav.org/Grants/Default.aspx
Grants to Support the Housing Needs of Military Veterans
Funding Opportunity; The Home Depot Foundation’s Celebration of Service initiative ensures that every United States military veteran has a safe place to call home is inviting community groups to apply for a Celebration of Service grant through the Community Impact Grants Program. Grant proposals must specifically identify service projects that benefit veterans.
Website: http://homedepotfoundation.org/page/applying-for-a-grant
Healthy Sprouts Awards
Founding Opportunity: The National Gardening Association/Subaru Healthy Sprouts Awards recognizes outstanding youth garden programs that teach about nutrition and the issue of hunger in the United States.
Website: http://grants.kidsgardening.org/2012-subaru-healthy-sprouts-award
Wild Ones: Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program
Funding Opportunity: The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant Program gives small grants to schools, nature centers, or other non-profit educational organizations to establish outdoor learning centers.
Website: http://www.for-wild.org/seedmony.html.
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers' (WRAG) Revised Common Grant Application
The Office of Partnerships and Grant Services (OPGS) is providing another opportunity to learn about the changes to the WRAG’s Revised Common Grant Application. OPGS is sponsoring the workshop on WRAG’s Common Grant Application (CGA), Common Letter of Inquiry, and Common Grant Report. The workshop will be held on Thursday, November 29 from 10 am to 12 noon at Judiciary Square (441 4th Street, NW) Room 1107 South.
To register call 202 -727-8900 or email Keyen.Blakey@dc.gov no later than November 23.
Doing Business with the District Government - Grant Funding Workshop
The Office of Partnerships and Grant Services is sponsoring a Grant Funding Workshop with representatives from District government agencies who will discuss upcoming funding opportunities and how to prepare competitive proposals. Representatives will provide tips on what they look for in fundable proposals. Representatives from the Department of Health, Office of Planning, Office of the Chief Technology Officer, DC Department of the Environment, Department of Mental Health, Office of the State Superintendent’s Office and others are invited. The workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, November 13, 9:30 to 12 noon at the Charles Sumner School and Archives, 1201 17th Street, NW in the Richarch L. Hurlbut Memorial Hall.
To register call (202) 727-8900 or email Keyen.Blakey@dc.gov.
Completing the IRS 1023 for Nonprofit Tax Exempt Status
The Office of Partnerships and Grant Services is hosting a comprehensive workshop on how to complete the IRS 1023 for Nonprofit Tax Exempt Status. Are applying for nonprofit status with the IRS, thinking about applying or feeling lost in the process? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, this is the workshop for you! The workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at One Judiciary Square (441 4th Street, NW) Room 1107 South.
To register call 202 -727-8900 or email Keyen.Blakey@dc.gov.
Special Notice To Federal Grant Seekers
All Federal Grant Seekers make sure that you have registered your organization in the new System for Acquisition Management (SAM), which replaced the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). A few weeks ago, the Federal government migrated from CCR to SAM. If you are looking to apply for a Federal grant, double-check your organization’s record in SAM to confirm that all of its information was correctly migrated into the new system. The website for SAM is https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM. If your organization is not registered in SAM yet, you will need to have its Dun & Bradstreet (DUNS) number to do so. If you already have a DUNS number, the full registration process in SAM can take 3-5 days. If you don’t have a DUNS number, you can obtain one at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform.
Assistance with the SAM system is available via the Federal Service Desk at www.fsd.gov or via phone at 866-606-8220 (toll free) or 334-206-7828 (internationally).
Youth Garden Grants
Founding Opportunity: National Gardening Association (NGA) and Home Depot Youth Garden Grants provide support to schools and community organizations with child-centered garden programs.
Website: http://grants.kidsgardening.org/2013-youth-garden-grant-award
America Recycles Day 2012
One of the biggest barriers to recycling for individuals is to know what is recycled in their community. On America Recycles Day, local community organizers like you overcome this barrier by hosting events that inform and educate millions of people on this topic. Consider organizing an America Recycles Day event -- on or around November 15. Keep America Beautiful has created materials for event organizers to promote recycling awareness, commitment and action in your community. In addition to a downloadable "Go-to-Guide" to make it easy for you to organize a local event to get the word out, also available are free America Recycles Day banners, bookmarks, buttons, pencils, pledge cards and posters on a first-registered, first serve basis. To set up an account and register your America Recycles Day 2012 event visit http://events.kab.org .
Free Nonprofit Legal Services
The D.C. Bar’s Community Economic Development Project (CED) assists nonprofit organizations in obtaining pro bono legal counsel. The CED Project provides help in such areas as corporate governance, contract review, government grant compliance and real estate, employment and tax law. Organizations are eligible for assistance if they are a charitable, religious, community or educational organization; provides direct services to persons of limited means living in the District of Columbia; and the payment of legal fees would significantly deplete your organization's ability to provide services.
For more information, contact Lauren Paley at 202-737-4700, x3357 or lpaley@dcbar.org. Visit the CED website at http://www.dcbar.org/ced .
Lockheed Martin: Grants for Education
Funding Opportunity: Lockheed Martin: Grants for Education: Lockheed Martin provides grants for K-16 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education. This includes Lockheed Martin's K-12 STEM Education Initiative, Engineers in the Classroom, as well as STEM-focused curricular and extracurricular programs that provide employee engagement opportunities in a community in which Lockheed Martin has employees or business interests. Maximum award: varies.
Website: http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/who-we-are/community/philanthropy/funding-guidelines.html
Junior League of Washington (JLW)
Funding Opportunity:The Junior League of Washington (JLW) has two grant program opportunities – Opportunity Grants up to $1,000 for short term funding needs and Targeted Grants of $20,000 each to sustain a one-year programmatic commitment.
Website: http://www.jlw.org/?nd=grants_scholars
Department of Health and Human Services
Funding opportunity: Department of Health and Human Services announces funds to collaborate in developing and testing implementation strategies and associated measures to improve the continuum of substance abuse prevention and treatment services delivered to youth under juvenile justice supervision.
Website: www.grants.gov
Ford Foundation Grants
Funding Opportunity: Ford Foundation announces funds to support and expand the community of filmmakers and media makers around the world who are focused on creating documentaries with "passion and purpose" but who often lack funding to realize their visions or reach audiences. This is a five-year, $50 million initiative to help and support a new generation of filmmakers whose works address urgent social issues.
Learn more here.
Leadership Exchange
The Center for Nonprofit Advancement’s Leadership Exchange gives leaders a rare opportunity to turn their focus inward. The series provides a safe space for our most accomplished leaders to share experiences that spark continued growth and help to address every day challenges.
Learn more here.
Next Level Communications
In this dynamic and interactive four-part series, the Center for Nonprofit Advancement has assembled a team of seasoned experts to assist nonprofit executives to galvanize their skill sets as communicators, forge powerful new strategies as spokespeople and capture the attention of key constituents.
Learn more here.
Rolling in Resources
5th Annual African Women's Empowerment Workshop
Through the African Women’s Empowerment Workshop, Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services and the Abused Persons Program of Montgomery County aim to cover the following:
- Important immigration law and family law topics for survivors of domestic violence.
- A discussion on faith, culture, and domestic violence
- A presentation by the Montgomery County Police Department on how the police can help protect victims of domestic violence and their children
- Resume writing workshop for survivors of domestic violence
- Career panel with members of the African Women’s Empowerment Group who will share steps on how survivors can take to improve their lives after leaving an abusive relationship.
- An African dance class.
The workshop will be held on Saturday, October 27, from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM at Catholic Charities Montgomery County Family Center, 12247 Georgia Ave in Silver Spring, MD. The workshop will be conducted in English and is free of charge. Clients interested in participating in the workshop may contact (202) 772-4342 or Sheri Laigle (Abused Persons Program) at (240) 777-4586, or simply show up on the day of the workshop.
Notice of Public Hearings - Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Proposed Metrobus Service Changes
Purpose: Notice is hereby given that five public hearings will be held by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority on the docket mentioned above as follows:
Hearing No. 576
When: Mon, October 22, 2012
Where: Dept of Housing & Community Development
1800 Martin Luther King Ave, SE
Washington, DC
Hearing No. 579
When: Tues, October 30, 2012
Where: Lamond-Riggs Neighborhood
Library
5401 South Dakota Ave, NE
Washington, DC
Tutors Needed for the African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation!
The African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation tutoring
program is looking for volunteer academic tutors. The students in our after
school program at Park Montgomery need additional academic support. If you or
someone you know is interested in serving as a tutor, please contact Kelly
Scavella. (email above)
The students are ages 10-16. The areas of support include
reading comprehension(vocabulary, spelling, etc) and Math( graphing, problem
solving, square root, prime numbers, etc).
It will be held Monday-Thursday, between the hours of 3-6
pm. To arrange a time to meet and for questions about the tutoring program,
please contact Kelly at kellyscavella@hotmail.com.
African Women Public Service Fellowship, a fellowship program made possible by a donation from the Oprah Winfrey Foundation (NYU Wagner)
Wagner announces a call for applications for the African Women Public Service Fellowship, a fellowship program made possible by a donation from the Oprah Winfrey Foundation, which expands the opportunity for African women to prepare for public service in their home countries. As fellows at NYU Wagner, African women study in one of two graduate programs: the two-year Master of Public Administration <http://wagner.nyu.edu/global/> or the one-year Executive MPA: Concentration on International Public Service Organizations <http://wagner.nyu.edu/executivempa/> . The awards for either program will support tuition, housing, travel to and from the United States and a small stipend to cover books and miscellaneous expenses. Applicants commit to return to their respective home countries at the conclusion of the program with the goal of assuming a leadership position on the continent where they can meaningfully contribute to the challenges currently confronting Africa.
Register Here
WAAW Foundation 2012-13 Scholarship Announcement
Eligibility: Female students of African origin living in Africa, less than 40 years, who have gained undergraduate admission to an institution of higher learning in Africa and studying a STEM related course. The candidate must demonstrate financial need and excellent academic record. Special consideration is given to orphans, underprivileged students, girls impacted by HIV and students in the first or second year of study.
Funding Opportunity: WAAW foundation is pleased to announce its 2012 scholarships, offering $500/year for need-based female African students admitted to a University, College or institute of higher learning in Africa.
WAAW Foundation is a U.S. based nonprofit organization focused on Working to Advance African Women. The mission of WAAW to increase the pipeline of African women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) related fields, and work to ensure that this talent is engaged in African innovation.
Funds: $500 for the 2012/13 academic year, or the equivalent in their country’s local currency
Deadline: 10/30/2012
Contact: WAAW Foundation
Learn more here
Young Voices and New Visions from Africa - Inaugural Luncheon Fundraising Event
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