MOAA Hosted Its Third Annual Young African ConneXions (YAX) and Mandela Day of Service
On Friday, July 14, 2017, the Mayor’s Office on
African Affairs (MOAA) in partnership with Howard University, the UNESCO Center
for Peace and the Commission on African Affairs hosted its third annual Young
African ConneXions Summit (YAX) themed Strengthening Diaspora Partnerships. The
Summit was held at the Howard University School of Business Auditorium as part
of MOAA's Community and Youth Engagement Outreach program.
Following the annual Young African ConneXions Summit, MOAA hosted its third annual Mandela Day of Service on Saturday, July 15, 2017. The agency was joined by volunteers at the Anacostia Park Skating Rink on 1800 Anacostia Drive, Washington, DC 20003, for 67 minutes of community service to commemorate the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela.
Please visit our Facebook page to view pictures of the events #YAX2017 and
Mandela Day of Service
Mayor Bowser Swears in New Members of the Commission on African
Affairs
From left to right: Director Mamadou Samba, Mayor Muriel Bowser, Commissioners Abdoul Niang and Noel Karl Lebondzo Gandou
The Mayor's Office on African Affairs congratulates the newly sworn-in members of
the Commission on African Affairs (COAA). The newly sworn Commissioners include
Noel Karl Lebondzo Gandou and Abdoul Niang. COAA serves as an advisory
group to MOAA and the Bowser administration on issues
impacting the African community. Commission meetings are held on the first
Wednesday of each month at the Reeves Center located at 2000 14th Street NW Washington, D.C.
Join MOAA Monthly Commissioner’s Meeting
The Commission on
African Affairs (COAA) invites you to the monthly Commission meeting on
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Franklin D.
Reeves Center for, Municipal Affairs, 2000 14th Street, NW, 6th Floor,
Washington, DC 20009.
Please also join
the Commission on
African Affairs for a meet and greet
to welcome the 2017 Mandela Fellows to the nation's
capital. COAA invites you to come out and sip, support,
and socialize with members of the Commission and meet fellow members
of our vibrant community.
MOAA's African Community Grant: Request for Applications (RFA)
Background:
The Mayor’s Office on African Affairs
(MOAA) is soliciting grant applications from qualified Community-Based Organizations
(CBOs) serving the District’s African constituents - for its FY18 African
Community Grant.The African Community
Grant is intended to fund programs that provide culturally and linguistically
targeted services and resources to advance the District’s African residents
community. These programs should reflect the Mayor’s top priority areas, and
the documented needs and priorities of the District’s African constituency.
Funding priority areas identified for
FY18 are aligned with Mayor Bowser’s administration budget priorities:
- Education
- Jobs & Economic Development
- Public Safety
- Civic Engagement
- Health & Wellness
- Youth Engagement
- Arts & Creative Economy
NB: The deadline for MOAA's African Community Grant is 5:00pm on Friday, September 1, 2017.
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more
FY18 African Community Grant Call for
Reviewers
The Mayor’s Office on
African Affairs (MOAA) is seeking qualified individuals to serve as reviewers
for its FY178 African Community Grant. Reviewers help MOAA select the best
proposals from a competitive pool of applicants and are chosen based on their knowledge,
education, and experience.
The review process is
designed to ensure that each grant is awarded on the basis of evaluation
selection criteria. Reviewers are therefore essential to the grant process as
they evaluate and score applications and provide objective recommendations for
potential recipients. The grant review panel will reflect a broad diversity of
ethnicity, gender, age, and experience.
NB: The deadline for application submission is Friday, August 7, 2017 at 5:00pm.
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more
Mayor Bowser Announces DC Public
Schools Partnership with FC Barcelona
On Wednesday, July 26, 2017, Mayor Bowser announced a new partnership between the District
of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Fútbol Club (FC) Barcelona, and the FC
Barcelona Foundation. The partnership includes access to the FútbolNet soccer
training program for DCPS middle school students and the opportunity for DCPS
high school soccer players to train abroad in Barcelona. The Mayor was joined
at the announcement by DCPS Chancellor Antwan Wilson, DC Interscholastic
Athletic Association (DCIAA) Director Diana Parente, FC Barcelona Vice
President Jordi Cardoner, and former FC Barcelona player Juliano Belletti.
“As we work to accelerate school reforms and
transform the learning experience of our middle and high school students, this
partnership with FC Barcelona will provide our students with a
once-in-a-lifetime experience and a unique opportunity to train with a
world-renowned soccer club,” noted Mayor Bowser.
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more
Mayor Bowser Hosts Every Day
Counts! Attendance Design Challenge
On Tuesday,
July 25, 2017, Mayor Bowser hosted the Every Day Counts! Attendance Design
Challenge where teams from six DC public and public charter schools worked to
create plans to address and solve attendance problems. Teams were made up of
students and staff, school resource officers, truancy officers, and other
community stakeholders. The Mayor was joined at the day-long event by Deputy
Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles and DC Public Schools Chancellor Antwan
Wilson.
“Consistent student attendance is a
citywide challenge that touches every grade level, ward, and school, but it is
a challenge we can overcome. By working together as a community and involving
students in the process, we can ensure that the Every Day Counts! campaign is a
success and that more students are benefiting from the investments we are
making in our public schools,”said Mayor Bowser.
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more
Mayor Bowser Hosts Form-a-Palooza
On Saturday,
July 22, 2017, Mayor Bowser hosted Form-a-Palooza, a public engagement forum
where community members worked with design and behavioral science experts to
rework several high-profile DC Government forms. During the event, residents
were organized into small groups for review and redevelopment of five featured
forms.
“Over
the past several weeks, my Administration has been highlighting how the
government and the community can work hand-in-hand to make our city even
better, and this event was a great example of how we are doing that,” said
Mayor Bowser.
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This Week's District Minute
This week's District Minute features stories about Form-a-Palooza, the kickoff of Solar Works DC, and the new partnership between DC Public Schools and FC Barcelona.
Click on the image to view the full video.
Google Hopes to
Train 10 million People in Africa in Online Skills
Google's CEO Sundar Pichai (L) speaks during an interview with journalist Adesuwa Onyenokwe during a conference tagged 'Google for Nigeria' in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, July 27, 2017.
Alphabet
Inc's Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over
the next five years in an effort to make them more employable, its chief
executive said on Thursday. The U.S. technology giant also hopes to train
100,000 software developers in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, a company
spokeswoman said.
Google's
pledge marked an expansion of an initiative it launched in April 2016 to train
young Africans in digital skills. It announced in March it had reached its
initial target of training one million people. The
company is "committing to prepare another 10 million people for jobs of
the future in the next five years," Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai
told a company conference in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos.
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Third Trump Try to Fill Senior Africa Policy Post
Cyril Sartor, deputy assistant director for Africa at the Central Intelligence Agency
After two abandoned attempts to fill the
highest Africa position in the White House, the Trump team is considering a
career intelligence officer. No announcement has been made, but sources with
access to the selection process say Cyril Sartor, deputy assistant director for
Africa at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is the front runner to be
senior director for Africa at the National Security Council (NSC).
On April 1, AllAfrica was the first to
report the choice of Air Force veteran and former Pentagon Africa
counter-terrorism director Rudolf Atallah for the NSC Africa job. Buzz Feed,
which wrote about the Atallah selection 12 days later, reported
on June 23 that the offer to Atallah had been "yanked" – after
he had been introduced at an 'all-hands' NSC meeting and had been actively
working on African issues for the administration. No reason has been advanced for the reversal on Atallah,
who was the second person named to direct Africa at NSC.
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The 2017 Job Fair
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will host her 20th Annual Job and Opportunities
Fair at the Walter Washington Convention Center. DC residents will get the
chance to meet the hiring decision makers from the District's best employers.
There will be hundreds of jobs available at this Fair. Last year’s Job Fair
attracted many D.C. residents with an impressive range of accomplishments,
skills, backgrounds, qualifications and over 100 employers. All you need to do
is dress professionally and bring a few copies of your
resume. The organizations, companies, non-profits,
and corporations that the Congresswoman invites will offer numerous
opportunities and are extremely enthusiastic to meet and hire DC residents.
When: Wednesday, August 2, 2017
| 10:00am - 2:00pm
Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center
| 801
Mount Vernon Place Northwest | Washington, D.C. | 20001
Register for the job fair here.
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more
DPR Funky Fitness First Fridays
Join
the DC
Department of Parks and Recreation for the Funky Fitness
Fridays. DPR will showcase various instructor led fitness activities with
funky music, healthy food and fun. Activities will include: zumba,
bootcamp, yoga, healthy food options; cooking demonstrations and giveaways.
When: Friday, August 4, 2017 |
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Where: Turkey
Thicket Recreation Center | 1100 Michigan Avenue | NE | Washington, D.C. |
20017
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ABC License Orientation Training
The
Alcoholic
Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA)
invites new and existing ABC licensees to
attend its orientation training to review: District ABC laws
and regulations (including any recent changes to the law), Tips for
working effectively with the community, Settlement Agreements, Expectations of
ABC licensees, Best practices and Noise abatement and sound management.
Attendance for this class is strongly
recommended for new ABC license holders. Training is free of charge. Requests
for interpreters may be made; however, they must be submitted by the RSVP
deadline.
When: Thursday, August 10, 2017 | 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Where: 2000
14th Street, NW | Suite 400 South | 4th Floor | Washington, D.C. | 20009
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My Brother's
Keeper - DC: Volunteer Recruitment Fair
Serve DC and My Brother's Keeper are organizing one-day
volunteer recruitment fair hosted by EZ Street (Radio Personality). This one-day
volunteer recruitment fair will host 50 nonprofit and government
agencies that provide volunteer opportunities with young boys and men of color.
The organizations will inform volunteers of their organization's needs and
register them based on their interests and skills.
When: Thursday, August 17, 2017 | 6:00pm -
9:00pm
Where: National Press Club | 529 14th Street Northwest | Washington, D.C. | 20045
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Business
Training: New Laws Affecting Housing and Employment
Beginning October 1, 2017, the DC Office of
Human Rights
will be enforcing two important new laws that will impact businesses and
housing providers across the District: The Fair Criminal Record Screening
for Housing Act of 2016 and the Fair Credit in Employment Amendment Act of
2016.
Both laws aim to
create more opportunities within the District for individuals who are often
faced with significant barriers to housing and employment due to their credit
history or criminal background. Please join us for an in-depth
training on requirements for landlords and employers under these laws and how
they will impact your business. This training is intended for DC employers,
employment agencies, labor organizations, housing providers, leasing managers,
realtors, rental managers, and landlords.
When: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 |
10:00am - 11:00am
Where: 1100 4th Street, SW | DCRA Small Business Resource
Center (next to Navy Yard metro) | 4th Floor | Room E-4302 | Washington, D.C.
Learn more
DDOT
Announces FY 2018 Vision Zero Grant Funding Availability
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will begin accepting applications for $500,000 in annual
funding for Vision Zero grants Friday, July 14, 2017. The grants are
designed to promote innovative approaches to transportation safety as a part of
Mayor Muriel Bowser’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate fatalities and
serious injuries to people walking, biking, and driving within our
transportation system by the year 2024.
Vision Zero grants have been awarded to local nonprofit
organizations and District Government agencies to support nontraditional
partners in building a safe transportation system. The District’s Vision Zero
grants aim to achieve action plan strategies by funding innovative new programs
and pilot projects.
Grant
Award Schedule:
- Grant
Application Open: Friday, July 14, 2017
- Proposals
Due: Friday, September 1, 2017, no later than 5:30pm
- Notification
of Grant Awards: October 2017
Learn more
Want Your Event Featured in the African Beat?
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