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Events
ADPA Conference
Scholarships Just Announced!
Announcement
Alcohol & Drug Problem Association of North America
307 North Main
St. Charles MO, 63301
www.adpana.com
The Alcohol and Drug Problems Association of North America announces the
support, in part, by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for its 15th
Annual Women's Treatment Conference, Women, Trauma, and Addictions, to be held
September 14-16, 2003, in Buffalo, New York.
IMPORTANT: Hotel reservations must be made by midnight EDT, August 26, in order
to receive the guaranteed rate of $78 per night single or $103 double. Call the
Buffalo Hyatt directly at 716.856.1234 or 800.233.1234 to reserve. Remember to
identify yourself as a participant with ADPA. There is no guarantee after this
date; call the hotel directly to check availability.
Scholarships to assist with conference attendance will be offered on a
first-come, first-serve basis, provided the following are included in the
request:
1. Completed conference registration form (downloadable from www.adpana.com.)
2. A request for funds and a commitment to attend the conference:
"I commit to attend the ADPA conference with $_____registration
assistance (up to $250) or $_____ travel assistance (by air, up to $350)." For
travel, receipts are required up to the amount of the travel scholarship.
Submit items 1 and 2 to Jacqui Hamilton by fax at (301) 587-4352; send an email
to
jhamilton@jbs1.com or call Jacqui at (301)
495-1080, ext. 3156, if you have any questions. Awardees will be notified by
August 29, 2003.
Checks for registration and the Niagara Falls tour are due by September 5, 2003.
ADPA is grateful to SAMHSA for this opportunity to include more of you at this
important national meeting!
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Annual National
Catholic Development Conference
National Catholic Development Conference
(http://conference2003.ncdcusa.org/)
The Annual
Conference and Exposition is the primary event hosted by the National Catholic
Development Conference. Drawing over 600 attendees and 100 exhibiting companies,
the conference brings religious fundraisers together to network with one another
and learn from leading professionals in the fundraising field. In addition to
informative sessions that range from fundamental to advanced topics, the
conference will provide a well-rounded experience with daily Eucharistic
celebrations, computer centers, and keynote addresses as well as social
functions. The conference will be held in Los Angeles from September 28 through
October 1, 2003. For more information and to register, visit the website listed
above.
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Funding Opportunities
Support for Regional
Nonprofit Organizations
Norfolk Southern Foundation (http://www.nscorp.com/nscorp/index.jsp)
The Norfolk
Southern Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that focus on educational,
cultural, environmental, and economic development opportunities within the
region served by Norfolk Southern. Communities served are generally in the
eastern part of the United States. The Foundation offers grants in three
principal areas: educational programs, primarily at the post-secondary level;
community enrichment focusing on cultural and artistic organizations; and
environmental programs. Applications are accepted between July 15 and September
30, annually. For specific information, visit the company’s website. (Select "NS
Foundation" under "About Us.")
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“Milagro” Means
Miracles - Children are Miracles
Milagro Foundation (http://www.milagrofoundation.org)
The Milagro
Foundation's mission is to work with nonprofit organizations to give
underprivileged kids and youth exposure to arts, education and health care that
they would otherwise not receive. The Foundation is supported by the Santana
Family and its musical organization through funds generated by concert ticket
donations, revenues from Santana licensees, and generous individual and
corporate donors. The majority of grants are made to local Bay Area and Northern
California organizations; however, the Foundation also supports organizations in
the remainder of California, the United States, and nations around the world in
which Santana performs. Requests are reviewed three times a year and grants
range from $1,000 to $10,000. For more information, visit the above website.
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Tips
Outcome Management for Nonprofits
The Urban Institute (http://www.urban.org)
Key
Steps in Outcomes Management, by Linda M. Lampkin and Harry P. Hatry, is the
first in a series on outcome management for nonprofit organizations published by
the Urban Institute. This guide is designed to help nonprofits that want to
introduce outcome management or improve their use of the process. It documents
the key steps in establishing and maintaining an outcome-oriented measurement
process and in using the data collected. The entire report may be downloaded
from the website above.
http://www.urban.org/Template.cfm?Section=Research&NavMenuID=141&template=/TaggedContent/ViewPublication.cfm&PublicationID=8381
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Jobs
AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND
EDUCATION FUND
FALL INTERNSHIPS 2003
Undergraduate, Graduate, and Law School
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), founded in 1974,
protects and promotes the civil rights of Asian Americans through litigation,
advocacy, and community education. Fall internships are available for the
following:
** Immigrants’ Rights: community outreach, education, and legal services post
9-11, advocacy on immigration reform proposals, special registration, INS/police
collaboration, and detention of South Asian, Arab, Muslim, Indonesian, and
Filipino men swept up in the government’s investigations.
** South
Asian Workers’ Project for Human Rights: community based direct legal services,
merging litigation with community organizing/advocacy/education serving-low wage
South Asian workers, including construction workers, domestic workers,
restaurant workers, and street vendors.
** Voting
Rights: research potential litigation and advocacy over election reform,
election monitoring of bilingual ballots, and a survey of Asian American voters
to document anti-Asian voter discrimination and compliance with the Voting
Rights Act.
**
Anti-Asian Violence: hate crimes, police misconduct, and racial profiling issues
involving South Asians, Arabs, Muslims, and Filipinos after 9-11.
** 9-11
Relief: assist Lower Manhattan residents secure benefits and advocate for the
inclusion of Chinatown residents in the World Trade Center rebuilding efforts.
**
Participatory Planning and Community Based Research: develop strategic research
and data analyses to support organizing and advocacy efforts.
** Youth
Rights: casework, community education, and potential litigation on educational
equity, post 9/11 hate violence and racial targeting, and juvenile justice.
DESCRIPTION OF FALL INTERNSHIPS
Inter ns are supervised by staff in specific program areas.
* Legal interns work primarily on legal research and writing, legal and policy
advocacy, community outreach and education, and client intakes.
* Undergraduate interns work on policy advocacy, community outreach and
organizing, and some client intakes.
* Graduate interns work on policy advocacy, research methodology, statistical
analysis, and GIS mapping. Each program area differs in emphasis.
These internships are not paid positions, but academic credit can be
arranged. Interns work anywhere between 8 to 25 hours per week. The
internship usually commences with the start of classes or at the end of
September and goes to the first week of December (about ten weeks).
TO APPLY:
Any bilingual ability should be stated in the resume. Bilingual ability is
helpful but not required. Applications should also state the number of hours
the intern is able to work per week. Send a resume and cover letter to:
Fall Intern Search
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
99 Hudson Street, 12th floor
New York, New York 10013-2815
Fax: 212-966-4303
Email:
info@aaldef.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Jennifer Weng at 212-966-5932, ext. 212 or
jweng@aaldef.org.
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OSI's Criminal Justice Fellowships
The Open
Society Institute (OSI) will fund a series of fellowships aimed at furthering
its mission of reducing the nation's reliance on punishment and incarceration to
address social ills.
Three
types of fellowships will be awarded to professionals from a variety of fields,
including media, public health, law, and advocacy. Fellows may address such
issues as drug-policy reform, civil liberties, security, detention of
immigrants, and other related to the mission of OSI's Criminal Justice
Initiative (CJI).
Soros
Justice Advocacy Fellowships will support individuals in law, organizing, public
health, public policy, and other disciplines who will have a measurable impact
on issues underlying CJI's work. Up to 10 Advocacy Fellowships will be awarded,
and will include an annual stipend of $37,500, $2,500 for an annual
professional-development budget, $2,500 for an annual health-insurance budget,
$1,200 for relocation costs, and $6,000 a year to help with payments for
graduate school educational loan debt, if needed.
The
Soros Justice Senior Fellowships enable experienced individuals, including
activists, academics, lawyers, and community leaders, to raise the level of
national discussion and scholarship, organize communities, and prompt policy
debate on issues that are key to CJI's work. Up to six Senior Fellowships will
be awarded. Support ranges from $50,000 to $70,000 for up to one year of work.
The
Soros Justice Media Fellowship supports journalists who improve the quality of
media coverage of incarceration and criminal justice issues. CJI expects to
award up to six Media Fellowships in 2003. Fellows receive up to $45,000 to
carry out projects in the fields of print, photography, radio, television, and
documentary film or video production.
Application deadline for all three fellowships is Sept. 26, 2003. For more
information, see the OSI website:
http://www.soros.org/crime/fships-guide.html
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2004 Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Minority Medical Student Scholarships
http://www.aamc.org/about/awards/nickensscholarships.htm
The deadline for
receipt of nominations is April 4, 2004.
The Herbert W.
Nickens, M.D., Minority Medical Student Scholarships were established by the
AAMC to continue advancing Dr. Nickens' lifelong concerns about the educational,
societal, and health-care needs of minorities. These awards consist of five
scholarships given to outstanding entering third-year minority medical students
who have demonstrated leadership in eliminating inequities in medical education
and health care.
Each recipient
receives a $5,000 scholarship and an award certificate.
A medical school
may nominate one (1) student for these awards. A candidate must: be a United
States citizen or permanent resident; be from a minority group designated by the
AAMC as underrepresented in medicine (Black, Native American [American Indian,
Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian], Mexican American, and mainland Puerto Rican);
and be entering the third year of study at an accredited United States medical
school.
A nomination
packet must contain ten (10) collated sets, (one with originals; nine with
photocopies), each of which consists of:
a nomination
letter from the dean or the dean's designate explaining the candidate's academic
progress through the first and second years of medical school (letter should
detail special awards and honors, clerkships or special research projects,
extracurricular activities in which the student exemplified leadership
abilities, and highlight the candidate's demonstrated efforts in addressing the
educational, societal, and health needs of minorities); one (1) letter of
recommendation for the nominee from a faculty member; a written essay by nominee
that does not exceed 250 words discussing his or her motivation in pursuing a
medical career and future plans; a curriculum vitae (CV) for the nominee; and
the nominee's official medical school academic transcript. Institutions that
have a pass/fail grading system and do not assign honor grades should fully
discuss the applicant's academic accomplishments in the nomination letter.
A nomination with
ten collated sets must be received by April 4, 2004. Late nominations will not
be considered.
Please address
all submissions:
Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Minority Medical Student Scholarships
Division of Community and Minority Programs
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street, N.W.
Washington,
D.C. 20037-1127
For more information contact the Division of Community and Minority
Programs at
nickensawards@aamc.org.
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POSITION OPEN - ELECTRONICS
ENGINEER
DUTIES: The selected candidate is responsible for the development,
validation, coordination, maintenance, and integration of software and hardware
required in completing full scale testing at the National Airport Pavement Test
Facility.
GRADE: 12 (relocation costs included)
FULL ANNOUNCEMENT:
http://jobs.faa.gov/announcement_detail.asp?vac_id=70540
IMPORTANT:
1) Applications should be submitted in accordance with the
announcement.
2) KSAOs may be submitted (Contact me if your referred candidate
needs an example of KSAOs)
3) For more information, please contact the HR Specialist - Mary
Ann Quinn at 609-485-6625
4) I am available as liaison for questions directed to the hiring
organization.
Jay M. Fox
ARA Outreach & Recruitment
FAA -
Tech
Center
Tel - 609-485-8232
DC - 202-267-5403
Fax - 609-485-4920
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http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=18888076&AVSDM=2003%2D08%2D22+11%3A13%3A00&Logo=0&col=dltc&cy=&brd=3876&lid=696&fn=&q=OST%2D03%2D073CW
Lead Equal
Opportunity Specialist
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: OST-03-073CW
POSITION TITLE: Lead Equal Opportunity, Specialist, GS-360-14
(Position is at the full performance level.)
Annual Salary Range-GS-14 - $81,062 - $106,086)
POSITION LOCATION: Office of the Secretary of Transportation
Departmental Office of Civil Rights
External Policy & Program Development Division
Washington, DC
AREA OF CONSIDERATION: Open to All U.S. Citizens
OPENING DATE: August 25, 2003
CLOSING DATE: September 23, 2003
Due to U.S. mail delays, it is recommended that applicants fax, use a
professional express delivery service or personally deliver applications to
ensure timely receipt.
DOT is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified candidates will be considered regardless of political affiliation,
race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status,
age, disability, or other non-merit factors. DOT provides reasonable
accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable
accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify
us. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a
case-by-case basis.
Why Work for Us? Transportation impacts every facet of American life, providing
people access to work, school, loved ones, and nature's rich bounty. The U.S.
Department of Transportation is committed to transportation excellence and
strives to create the best possible integrated air, land, and sea transportation
system for
America. As a
DOT employee, you will become a part of a dedicated workforce who work
day-to-day to make measurable improvements in our transportation system, the
security of our nation, and the quality of American life.
Summary of Essential Job Functions
As an Lead Equal Opportunity Specialist in the Departmental Office of Civil
Rights, you will lead the team responsible for the development of external
civil rights policies and providing policy, procedures, program development
guidance, and support to DOCR staff and departmental officials in carrying out
DOT's external civil rights responsibilities under the following major
statutes: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Sections 504
and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; Title II of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as
amended; and, DOT's civil rights responsibilities under the Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise Program.
Your responsibilities include:
· Developing external civil rights policies and reviewing regulations,
policies, program guidance, and operating procedures to support DOT's external
civil rights responsibilities; and, recommending changes in existing policies
and program guidance as needed ensuring the organization's strategic plan,
mission and values are integrated in the team's strategies, goals, objective,
work plans and work products and services;
· Serving as team leader of technical advisors to the OA's civil rights staff
on highly complex external civil rights issues. The incumbent assigns work
identifying timeframes for completion; providing advice on work methods,
practices and procedures; and, assisting the team in identifying parameters for
a viable solution;
· Identifying, distributing, and balancing the workload and tasks among team
members in accordance with established work flow, skill level and/or
occupational specialization including making adjustments to accomplish the
workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely
accomplishment of assigned team tasks; and ensuring that each team member has
an integral role in developing the final team products;
· Monitoring and reporting on the status and progress of team member's work.
Reviewing completed work for conformance to instructions on work priorities,
methods, deadlines and quality. Estimating and reporting to the team on
progress in meeting established milestones and deadlines for completion of
assignments, projects, tasks and ensuring all team members are aware of and
participate in planning for achievement of team goals and objectives;
· Applying a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods to
identify, assess and analyze and improve team effectiveness, efficiency and work
products. Providing a leadership role in exploring alternatives and
determining what improvements can be made;
· Training or arranging for the training of team members in the methods and
techniques to accomplish tasks or project including specific administrative and
technical training necessary to accomplish team tasks;
· Approving emergency leave for up to three days; eight hours or less for
medical appointments and/or other types of leave as delegated by management;
resolving simple, informal complaints of employees; communicating team
consensus and recommendations to the supervisor on actions affecting team and
individual awards, rewards and recognition; and, interceding on behalf of the
team to inform the supervisor of performance management issues/problems and to
recommend/request related actions, such as: assignments, reassignments,
promotions, tour of duty changes, peer reviews and performance appraisals.
· Writing, developing and reviewing regulations, policies, operating procedures
and training materials pertaining to the Department's external civil rights
laws and regulations;
· Recommending Departmental decisions; researching and collecting information,
data, and records essential for analyzing issues pertaining to complaints;
· Preparing formal case records and investigative reports;
· Processing and adjudicating appeals filed by firms that believe they have
been wrongly denied certification in the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
(DBE) Program;
· Conducting training seminars, workshops and program evaluations throughout
DOT and other Federal agencies; and,
· Processing and adjudicating appeals filed by firms that believe they have been
wrongly denied certification in the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
Program, 49 CFR Part 26 (E.O. 12138).
NOTE: This position requires occasional travel.
What Are the Minimum Qualifications for This Position?
You must have at least one year of specialized experience in or directly related
to the essential job functions described above. For Federal employees this
experience must have been at least at the GS-13 grade level to qualify for
GS-14. If you want us to consider experience you obtained outside the Federal
Government, it must have been at that same level of complexity.
In order to be creditable, your specialized experience must include experience
leading and performing work of an analytical, interpretative, and judgmental
nature; AND must reflect a sound working knowledge of external civil rights
laws such as Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Sections 504
and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; Title II o f the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975;
sex discrimination; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; National
Origin Discrimination Against Persons with Limited English Proficiency; E.O.
13160 (Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin,
Disability, Religion, Age, Sexual Orientation, and Status as a Parent in
Federally-Conducted Education and Training Programs); Environmental Justice (E.O.
12898) and the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, 49 CFR Part 26 (E.O.
12138).
How Will The Qualified Applicants Be Further Evaluated And Rated To Identify
The Best Qualified? If you are basically qualified for this job, you will be
further evaluated on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments,
experience and education related to the knowledge, skills and abilities listed
below. We also may consider your performance appraisal, awards, and relevant
training. Your ranking will measure the degree to which your background matches
the demands of this position.
What Are The Desired Knowledge, Skills And Abilities For This Job?
For maximum consideration, address the specific KSAs listed below including
any experience, training, and awards pertinent to each factor.
1. Skill in conducting research and analysis of issues pertaining to external
civil rights policies and regulations.
2. Ability to communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner.
3. Demonstrated experience in policy development, program planning and
evaluation.
4. Knowledge of and skill in applying current external civil rights laws,
regulations, policies and procedures.
5. Skill to lead, plan, organize, and direct team study work in order to provide
technical guidance for employees assigned to projects or work groups.
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News
August
22, 2003
Great
Sandwiches, Cheap. But Please Buy Something Else.
By
Susan Saulny
The Sau
Voi Corporation is a tiny convenience store on the outskirts of Chinatown with
about 200 square feet of jampacked retailing space overwhelmingly devoted to
three things: ladies' underwear, Vietnamese pop music and lottery tickets.
The
music and the bras don't sell much. In fact, Richard Lee, Sau Voi's owner, said
he could not remember the last time anyone bought underwear, and much of his
music is dusty.
Still, on any given weekday, especially around lunchtime, Sau Voi is likely to
find itself with a near-capacity crowd (which, given the store's dimensions, is
only about six or seven people). They come because Sau Voi, despite its bad luck
with bras and CD's, also finds a little space to sell a full menu of very good,
very cheap sandwiches.
The
most extravagant? A ham, turkey, pâté combination on a six-inch loaf for $2.75.
Sau
Voi, at Lafayette and Walker Streets, looks more like an old hardware store from
the outside. But the place has come to be famed in the neighborhood for its
crunchy toasted baguettes and pepper sauces served over the sounds of rocking
Asian dance tunes, lending Sau Voi the tone of a misplaced discothèque in a
community of courthouses. And that just might make it one of the quirkiest
little shops in a city with no shortage of quirky little shops.
"It's
funky and fun, one of these non-obvious things that you just have to know
about," said Guido Maus, who sells antique furniture and art at his TriBeCa
store, Lili Marleen. "You wouldn't believe that the sandwiches are just
gorgeous. To die for."
As
Mr. Maus walked out with three sandwiches on Wednesday, he looked back at the
store's gritty, congested display window with the neon sign that stopped working
long ago, a hodgepodge of cosmetic items and publicity posters for Asian pop
stars.
"It's
exquisite," he exclaimed with a big smile. "The construction workers in my shop
told me about it. When you get five or six people in there, it's packed. But
it's really worth the wait for the food. I haven't bought anything else in
there, though."
That's the main problem for Mr. Lee, that hardly anything else in his store
sells. So when his rent nearly doubled last fall, he said he was forced to raise
some sandwich prices a quarter, to $2.75 from $2.50, and he was loath to do it.
"You
can tell, we try to sell everything," Mr. Lee said. And sure enough, a closer
inspection of the racks revealed a few rhinestone earrings, and batteries, film,
Vietnamese novels, pens, utility tape, phone cards, MetroCards, makeup brushes
and ginseng among a limited selection of snacks.
If
Wal-Mart tried to be Wal-Mart in less than 200 square feet, this is what it
might look like.
"If
you want to make a store bigger, you have to invest," Mr. Lee said. "But we
don't have that much money."
Michael Lee, the owner's brother, chimed in: "It's not so bad that you can't
survive, but it's not so good either."
When
asked why the Lees do not consider raising their sandwich prices, Michael Lee
said: "The prices are because this is Chinatown. If you sell for $2, the other
people are going to open next door and sell for $1.50. It's very competitive,
and people demand lunch for under three or four dollars, drink and everything."
The
Lees grew up in Saigon. Michael, 50, was one of the boat people who fled
Communist rule in 1978. Once settled in the Bronx, he sponsored Richard, 52, who
in 1984 moved his family to Sunset Park, Brooklyn, after getting them out of a
refugee camp in the Philippines.
Michael Lee, a gregarious gourmand, works part time at Doyers, a Vietnamese
restaurant nearby, but everyone in the family helps out at Sau Voi, which is
open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week.
Sau
Voi was named after a popular sandwich shop in Saigon, the Lees said. They
picked the name hoping it would bring good luck, they said.
"Americans seem to want a certain ham and cheese sandwich, and they don't seem
crazy about anything else," Richard Lee lamented. "We think that if they try our
sandwich, they will like it. But if they don't try it, we don't know what to
do."
The
Sau Voi classic is pâté, ham, turkey, cucumber, carrots and hot sauces on warm,
crunchy French bread. On the menu, a customer also finds dozens of other
selections: shrimp fried noodles ($2), coconut jam sandwiches ($2.50) and
shredded green papaya with shrimp and fish sauce ($2).
When
asked about giving up on trying to sell anything but food, Richard Lee said he
did not have that luxury. Laughing, he said, "A better dream is the lottery."
His
brother added: "We work hard for the second generation. We look at our children
and see that they have a better life than we had, and we already have our
dream."
Just
then a customer walked in, and, unlike most, did not turn to order at the
sandwich bar.
"Do
you have pens?" the man asked. "Yes," Richard Lee replied, turning to survey an
array of miscellaneous items before sliding a Paper Mate across the counter.
He
had just made 50 cents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/22/nyregion/22JOUR.html
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