100th Day Memorial Vigil for Cau Tran & Grand Jury Info – October 20, 2003
	IEC Candidates Forum, Northern Virginia – October 23, 2003
	2nd National Youth Summit – Building on the Strengths of America’s Youth – November 6-8, 2003

	Support for Community Education (Intel)
	Grants to Connect Religious Leaders and Religious Academics
	Support for K-12 Urban Public Education
	Grant for Kids’ Gardening Projects
	Grants for Research to Improve Depression Treatment
	Call All Heroes, Volvo for Life Awards
	Prudential Spirit of Community Awards to Honor Youth Volunteers
	Good Neighbor Service-Learning Awards Available
	Grants to help children and youth

	How to Apply for a HHS Grant
	Nuts and Bolts of Grant Writing
	A Toolkit for Funding

	Wellstone Fellowship for Social Justice
	Miscellaneous Congressional Jobs

	Language Use and English-Speaking Ability: 2000 (U.S. Census Bureau)
	Bilingual Education Lags for Vietnamese (Star-Telegram)
	Activists claim bias in S.J. police probe (Mercury News)
	What’s next? Redistricting (Mercury News)
	Stereotypes cited in police slaying (Mercury News)
	For 130, It’s Note Whether You Win or Lose (Los Angeles Times)
	Stranded Vietnamese: Ray of Hope (Los Angeles Times)

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