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Community
Cau Bich
Tran Memorial Fund
The family has established a memorial fund for
Bich Cau Thi Tran's children and funeral costs. Send donations payable to Bank
of the West, Pruneyard Towers Branch, 1999 S. Bascom Avenue, Campbell,
California 95008. Please indicate under memo, ``In memorial Cau Bich Tran.''
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San José, CA Youth Commission
Opening
YOUTHS SOUGHT: San Jose is trying to fill five openings on the Youth Commission,
which advises the city council on issues and polices involving young people.
Applicants must be from ages 14 to 20 at the time of the appointment and must
live in city council districts 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m.
Sept. 30.
Applications are available at the city clerk's
office, Room 116 at City Hall. Call (408) 277-4424 for more information about
applying or (408) 501-0983 for information about the commission.
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Funding Opportunities
Verizon Grant Helps Train
Recovering Addicts
Workforce-development grants awarded by Verizon Communications will provide
computer-literacy training to people in recovery from addiction who are looking
to reenter the job market.
The telecommunications firm recently announced that the
Verizon Foundation gave a total
of $525,000 in grants to 14 nonprofits in New York state. One of the awardees
was the Lower East Side Service Center, which received $40,000 for its computer
training program.
Another $40,000 grant, to Odyssey Foundation of New York, will provide basic
workforce-development aid to clients in Harlem.
Other grants supported job-retention, vocational, and disability programs.
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RWJF Has Smoke-Free Families
Funding
Researchers exploring smoking by pregnant women with an eye on getting them to
quit can apply for funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Smoke Free
Families: Innovations to Stop Smoking During and Beyond Pregnancy program.
Up to $3 million will be awarded over two years for up to five observational
studies, seven pilot studies, and up to five new-investigator dissertation
awards. Funding will support studies that increase knowledge about maternal
cigarette smoking and support development of stop-smoking interventions.
Application deadline is Aug. 26.
For more information, see the
RWJF website.
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Delta & Texas Low-Income Areas
Agency: The Entergy Charitable Foundation is a philanthropic Deadline: August 1,
2003 Activities: Supports nonprofit organizations that serve low-income
populations in specific service area (AK, LA, MS, and TX)
Visit:
http://www.entergy.com/corp/community/ecf.asp
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Award for Innovation
Agency: The Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate
University Deadline: August 22, 2003 Amount: $25,000 Activities: Recognizes
innovative, existing programs that have made a difference in the lives of the
people they serve.
Visit:
http://drucker.cgu.edu/InnovationAward/
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Political
Reform, Economic and Social Justice Targeted
State Strategies Fund
The State Strategies Fund is
a collaborative grantmaking program supporting innovative state-level strategies
to increase civic participation in political life, empower underrepresented
constituencies, and promote political reform. The Fund supports permanent
state-based coalitions that have a long-term strategy for uniting diverse
constituencies with a grassroots base and that have a common vision for economic
and social justice. Priority is given to coalitions promoting citizen
participation in key policy arenas such as campaign finance reform, fair tax
policy, affordable health care, and the environment. Applications are due August
27, 2003. (The Fund prefers applications to be submitted via email.) Visit the
website for more information.
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Grants for Public Interest
Litigation
The Impact Fund
The Impact Fund is a public
charity designed to provide funding for public interest litigation that will
potentially benefit a large number of people, lead to significant law reform, or
raise the public consciousness. The Fund makes grants of up to $25,000 to pay
for out-of-pocket costs and expenses of substantial class action and impact
cases. Grants are made in the general areas of poverty law, environmental
justice, elimination of discrimination, and civil and human rights. In addition,
the board has designated specific priorities in the criminal or immigration,
education access, and equity areas. The Fund does not support traditional
environmental (i.e. wilderness, general pollution claims) or civil liberties
cases, such as First Amendment claims. Also, international claims are not funded
unless they involve United States government or corporate conduct. Nonprofit
organizations, private attorneys, and firms are eligible to apply. The next
deadline for pre-applications is August 27, 2003, and full applications are due
on September 4, 2003. Visit the website
above for details.
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Applicants for
Federal Grants Need a DUNS Number
Data Universal
Numbering System
In order to improve the
statistical reporting of federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Office
of Management and Budget has directed all federal agencies to require all
applicants for federal grants to provide a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number when applying for Federal grants or
cooperative agreements on or after October 1, 2003. The DUNS number will be
required whether an applicant is submitting a paper application or an electronic
application. Visit the
website above for more information.
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Internships
Paid FAA
Internships Available
The
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is targeted recruiting Asian Pacific
Americans, Native Americans, and students with disabilities for a paid
internship in our William J. Hughes Technological Center in Atlantic City,
New Jersey. Please distribute the following information to your students to
encourage eligible candidates to apply for the Fall of 2003.
* * *
Several
paid internships will be open in the Fall for seniors, or graduates majoring in
mechanical engineering. The internships will be in the research and
development division at our William J. Hughes Technological Center in New
Jersey. The three-month internship is a flexible training that gives students
and graduates a firsthand experience in working with the FAA. The internships
also allows an opportunity to explore careers in the field of aviation, and may
lead to a full-time position. Interns will receive stipend, travel expenses,
and housing assistance.
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen and have completed at least 90 credit
hours from a U.S. accredited college or university with a cumulative grade
point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher on a scale of 4.0. Strong writing
skills are desirable for these positions as they will do report on R & D.
Please
email an updated copy of resume and unofficial transcript to:
Mai.Nguyen@faa.gov.
The deadline is August 10th, 2003.
Mrs.
Mai Nguyen
Program Manager
Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI)
Native
American/Alaska Native (NAAN)
Phone: 202-267-7666
Fax: 202-267-9508
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About NCVA
Founded in 1986, the National Congress of Vietnamese Americans is a
501(c)(3) nonprofit,
community advocacy organization working to advance the cause of
Vietnamese Americans in a plural but united America – e pluribus unum
– by participating actively and fully as civic minded citizens engaged in the
areas of education, culture and civil liberties.
Visit us at
www.ncvaonline.org.
