dudley-pubserv December 2004

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TOY DRIVE, Homeless Meals, Public Service Update, Community Servings

by Dudley Public Service

Dear Dudley Volunteers, A few reminders and announcements as we head into the holidays! 1. Toy Drive ends Friday 2. Homeless Meals Program continues through the holidays 3. Public Service Weekly Update 4. Volunteer (and Shopping and Clubbing) Opportunities with Community Servings ************************************* 1. TOY DRIVE ENDS FRIDAY Bring a new, unwrapped, non-violent toy to the Dudley House Graduate Office (where Chad and Susan will welcome you!) to make a donation to Toys for Tots! Collection ends this Friday, 12/17. 2. HOMELESS MEALS PROGRAM CONTINUES THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS Homelessness and hunger don't take a break over the holidays! In fact, this can be a most difficult time of year for many people in our community. All are welcome to volunteer for as much time as they have to share at the Homeless Meals Program every Thursday at Christ Church, Zero Garden Street. Drop by anytime between 2:30 and 8PM. 3. PUBLIC SERVICE UPDATE After we sent an example of the Public Service Update, compiled by staff of the Phillips Brooks House Association and the Public Service Network here at Harvard, several people wrote to ask how they could receive the newsletter regularly. You may sign up for this amazing resource at http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/publicservice-list 4. COMMUNITY SERVINGS We had a great experience volunteering with Community Servings before Thanksgiving! Below you will find a multitude of ways (from shopping at Cross tomorrow to going to a drag show on Sunday!) to help out this great meals program for HIV-positive individuals and their families. Warmest wishes from all of us! Maria, Ernesto, and Denise ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:55:18 -0500 From: Community Servings To: Maria Subject: Community Servings eNewsletter - Winter 2004 Community Servings eNewsletter Winter 2004 A Great Way to Show You Care... Community Servings now has gorgeous gift cards available to recognize your donation in honor of or in memory of a friend or loved one. Purchase the card in advance and have it ready for that special occasion. Our card includes space for a personal note and is printed on a heavy-weight paper, making a beautiful presentation. The minimum donation is $25, which provides one week's worth of meals to a Community Servings client. You can view an image of the card here. To purchase cards call Nate Marsh, Development Associate (617) 445-7777 or e-mail him at nmarsh(a)servings.org Finding the Write Gift... Wednesday, December 15, 6-8 PM, The Cross Store, Zero Brattle Street, Cambridge Join CROSS for a fabulous shopping evening to benefit Community Servings. Make a dent in your holiday shopping and help out Community Servings at the same time. The Cross Store sells an array of unique stationery's, pens, desk accessories, and other items to enhance the joy of handwriting. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served and 15% of the sales from the event will be donated to Community Servings. The Court is Now in Session! Sunday, December 19, 6:00 PM, Machine, 1254 Boylston Street, Boston Join the Imperial Court of Massachusetts for HOLIDAY HO-DOWN! This lively drag show is a benefit for "Toys for Tots" and Community Servings. Come celebrate the holidays and enjoy great entertainment. Unwrapped toys will be gratefully accepted. Doors open at 6:00 pm, show is at 8:00 pm, cover is $10. Grin and Bear It... Monday, December 20, 8:00 PM, T.T. the Bear's Place, 10 Brookline Street, Central Square, Cambridge Come to T.T. the Bear's Place for a night of music to benefit Community Servings' Holiday Basket Program! Local singer/songwriter, and Community Servings volunteer, Danny Rogers will be performing along with The Plain Janes, Alan Wong with Goose Filet and Mike Paterson with Love's Night is Noon. Tickets are a mere $5 and doors open at 8:00 pm. Go to ttthebears.com for directions and more information. Looking for Holiday Volunteer Opportunities? We've got plenty! Holiday Basket Delivery Where: Meet at Basket Central at Ryder Hall, Northeastern University When: Saturday, December 18th 1st Shift 9am-1pm 2nd Shift 10am-2pmHoliday Meal Preparation Where: Community Servings When: Saturday, December 18th 10am-4pm Holiday Meal Delivery Where: Meet at Community Servings When: Thursday, December 23 1st shift 10am-1pm 2nd shift 11am-2pm Please call Jennifer Pockoski at (617) 445-7777 for more information Thanks for supporting Community Servings and HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Help us spread the word, forward this to your friends! If you would like to be removed from our email list, please send a note to news(a)servings.org --------------------------------------------------------------- Dudley Public Service Fellows Denise Ho, Ernesto Martinez, and Maria Stalford Lehman Hall, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 fax: (617) 496-5459 http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dudley/fellows/pubserv/pubserv.html To receive updates about Dudley Public Service Events, go to http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/dudley-pubserv __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

19 years, 4 months

TOY DRIVE, apology for multiple emails

by Dudley Public Service

1. TOY DRIVE GOING ON NOW! Bring Toys to the Winter Waltz! Bring new, unwrapped, non-violent toys to Chad Conlan's office on the 3rd Floor of Dudley House by Friday, 12/17. Or, even better, bring toys to the Winter Waltz tomorrow (12/11) and be eligible for a door prize!! You shouldn't miss it, especially because our own lovely and talented Denise Ho will be teaching waltz lessons at 8pm! We will be donating all the toys we receive to the Toys for Tots program at the Fire Station. Questions about the drive? Reply to Denise here at dudleypublicservice(a)yahoo.com 2. Sorry guys for the multiple emails today, especially because one is out of date and one is a duplicate. Mea culpa, mea culpa! I didn't mean to "release" the first two to the list! In general, we do try to be sparing in what we send out! However, if there are any public service opportunities you are involved in and would like to post, please do email us here as we are always excited to spread the word about all the great things Dudley students are doing in the community! All best, Maria --------------------------------------------------------------- Dudley Public Service Fellows Denise Ho, Ernesto Martinez, and Maria Stalford Lehman Hall, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 fax: (617) 496-5459 http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dudley/fellows/pubserv/pubserv.html To receive updates about Dudley Public Service Events, go to http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/dudley-pubserv --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more.

19 years, 4 months

Scholars at Risk Program

by Dudley Public Service

Dear Dudley Volunteers, Happy Human Rights Day! Please keep this opportunity in mind for persecuted scholars you admire, wherever they may be. ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.humanrights.harvard.edu/scholarsatrisk/ The Scholars at Risk program connects Harvard to a national network of universities and colleges�the Scholars at Risk network�that defends the human rights of persecuted scholars worldwide by arranging temporary positions for them in U.S. universities. Since we launched the program in 2001, the Scholars at Risk Committee, with the support of the President, has provided a fellowship for at least one scholar per year to come to Harvard. The scholar is selected by an interdisciplinary faculty committee that reviews nominations solicited from throughout the university community. Each scholar is hosted as a visiting fellow in the appropriate academic department. If you are a staff member, faculty member or a student at Harvard, and you know or have heard of someone who might benefit from this program, please consider nominating them. The deadline for the 2005-2006 Scholars at Risk Program nominations is Friday, December 17, 2004. --------------------------------------------------------------- Dudley Public Service Fellows Denise Ho, Ernesto Martinez, and Maria Stalford Lehman Hall, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 fax: (617) 496-5459 http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dudley/fellows/pubserv/pubserv.html To receive updates about Dudley Public Service Events, go to http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/dudley-pubserv --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard.

19 years, 4 months

Fwd: Harvard Blood Drive This Tuesday and Wednesday

by Dudley Public Service

Just a reminder about the blood drive at Adams house today and tomorrow! Hope you're all staying dry! Maria Stalford <stalford(a)fas.harvard.edu> wrote: From: "Maria Stalford" To: "'Laura Jane Wey'" , "'Susan Zawalich'" CC: Subject: Harvard Blood Drive This Tuesday and Wednesday Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 20:57:40 -0500 st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Dudley Public Service Fellows would like to announce the blood drive this week organized by the Harvard Blood Drive, an organization of undergraduates who work with the Red Cross to bring 4 blood drives to campus each year. Information about the blood drive this week is below. We would also like to let you know to SAVE THE DATE for Dudley House�s own Have a Heart Valentine�s Blood Donation party at Mount Auburn Hospital, coming up on February 11. FYI, if you donate this week you ARE free to donate again in February as you can donate once every 56 days! ******************************************* DECEMBER BLOOD AND HEALTH DRIVE this week! HARVARD DECEMBER HEALTH & BLOOD DRIVE Please donate or volunteer! WHEN: Monday, December 6, 11am-5pm Tuesday, December 7, 11am-5pm Wednesday, December 8, 11am-5pm WHERE: Adams House C-Entry (to enter Dining Hall) For any information and to make an appointment, please visit our new website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hbd/ OR email hbd(a)hcs.harvard.edu Walk-ins welcome, too! Don't forget to bring your Harvard ID! One last reminder that if you have time, we'd love for you to come by and volunteer or donate at the drive this week! It's out first Health-themed drive where you can meet your Community Health Initiative representative. Or, since our first official t-shirt design contest has begun, you could come to submit a design for our 2004-2005 Blood Drive T-shirts. Everyone will vote for a winning design in February, and the winning design will be on our official 2004-2005 t-shirt handed out in April. Thank you so much for all your help in the past, and we all look forward to seeing this week the Drive! Sincerely, The Harvard Blood Drive --------------------------------------------------------------- Dudley Public Service Fellows Denise Ho, Ernesto Martinez, and Maria Stalford Lehman Hall, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 fax: (617) 496-5459 http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dudley/fellows/pubserv/pubserv.html To receive updates about Dudley Public Service Events, go to http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/dudley-pubserv --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more.

19 years, 4 months

Human Rights Journalism: Covering the "War on Terror" Tuesday Dec. 7, 6:30pm

by molly_curren＠harvard.edu

Human Rights at Home A Series of Discussions with Visiting Human Rights Scholars at Harvard ABSAR ALAM HAIDER Fellow, Nieman Foundation for Journalism Covering the “War on Terror” TUESDAY, December 7, 2004 6:30PM Kirkland House, Senior Common Room Absar Alam Haider is one of the top investigative journalists in Pakistan. As Deputy Editor of a prestigious Pakistani English language daily The Nation (Islamabad), his work spans war reporting, terrorism, economics, power politics, foreign policy, and violence in society. As a news assistant and Pakistan-based correspondent for The Boston Globe, the Al-Ahram, (an Egyptian weekly) and the Tokyo Shimbun, he covered the US-led war on terror as it unfolded post -September 11th. While newspaper reporting remains his core discipline, he has anchored and scripted political programs on television, and written scripts and analyses for radio. In addition to writing for The Nation, he contributes to planning the daily newspaper coverage and editing the stories and their display. As a 2003 Jefferson Fellow at the East-West Centre in Hawaii, he completed a paper on “Extremism and Violence in Pakistani society” and visited conflict zones in Vietnam as well as the DMZ (de-militarized zone) marking the border between North and South Korea. During his Nieman year, Alam is exploring the war on terror, international security and political economy, international and US politics, Pakistani-US relations, and links between culture and politics and their impact on societies. Molly Curren Coordinator Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies David Rubenstein Building 112 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 496-4950 www.humanrights.harvard.edu

19 years, 5 months

Scholars at Risk Fellowship - Call for Nominations

by molly_curren＠harvard.edu

SCHOLARS AT RISK FELLOWSHIP - NOMINATIONS SOLICITED Each year, the Harvard Scholars at Risk Committee provides a fellowship for at least one persecuted scholar to come to Cambridge for up to one year. The risk of persecution may be related to the scholar's work, but it may also be a consequence of the scholar's ethnicity, religion or political opinions. The scholar is selected by an interdisciplinary faculty committee that reviews nominations. Scholars, including writers and public intellectuals, from any discipline represented at Harvard are eligible. The scholar will be hosted as a visiting fellow in the appropriate academic department. Nominations for the fellowship are solicited from all members of the Harvard faculty, staff and student body. The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 17, 2004. Nomination forms and details of the Scholars at Risk initiative, including a list of the members of the selection committee, are available through the University Committee on Human Rights Studies' Web site at www.humanrights.harvard.edu. Fellowship submissions may be sent by e-mail (humanrights(a)harvard.edu); fax: (617) 496-4950; or post: David Rubenstein Building 112, Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy St.,Cambridge MA 02138.

19 years, 5 months

Fwd: Public Service Weekly Update -- December 2, 2004

by Dudley Public Service

Dear Dudley Volunteers, I thought you might want to check out the latest issue of the Public Service Weekly Update, put out by Phillips Brooks House Association and the Public Service Network. Although we have sent out notice of this fabulous volunteer resource a couple times before, I don't think we've ever sent an example of one of the weekly updates so I wanted you to be able to get a taste of the zillions of opportunities it lists! (... But I also hope that you will especially join us for Dudley public service events, of course!) Hope everyone had a restful Thanksgiving holiday and to see you soon at the Homeless Meals Program or at Dudley! All best, Maria Mike Bishop <mbishop(a)fas.harvard.edu> wrote: Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 13:00:47 -0500 To: publicservice-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu From: Mike Bishop Subject: Public Service Weekly Update -- December 2, 2004 December 2, 2004 Quote of the Week �I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.� Jonas Salk For a full list of public service organizations on campus, visit the PSN website at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pbh/psn/studentgroups/all_student_groups.htm The Weekly Public Service Electronic Update is a project of the Harvard Public Service Network located on the third floor of Phillips Brooks House. Please send feedback about this list and notices to be posted to Anne Romatowski at romatow(a)fas.harvard.edu one week prior to your event. I. Special Notice The Center for Public Interest Careers at Harvard Information Session II. Events: December 2 - 9 1. Kennedy School Workshop: "Using Video As A Tool In Framing Development Policy Issues" 2. Public Health Schools Admissions Presentation 3. �Applying the Genocide Convention: The Case of Darfur� 4. Outsourcing and Our Communities: A Dialogue with Indian Trade Unionists 5. World AIDS Week Film Screening 6. World AIDS Day Art Show 7. Harvard College International Development Organization Information Session 8. Adams Public Interest Resume, Cover Letter, and Opportunity Search Workshop 9. Harvard December Blood Drive 10. Youth and Public Health Community Meeting 11. The Backside of Housing Markets 12. Journalism Careers Panel with the Nieman Fellows 13. �Race and Ethnic Differences in Depressed Mood Following the Transition 14. Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans 15. Panel Discussion: Poverty, Human Rights & Millennium Development Goals III. Volunteer Opportunities 1. Community Service in France 2. Helping Hand and Heart 3. Volunteer with Patient Who Has Cerebral Palsy IV. Internships and Fellowships/Part-time and Full-time Jobs 1. The Breakthrough Collaborative, formerly Summerbridge National 2. Public Health Internship, Office of U.S. Assistant Surgeon General 3. New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 4. Youth Challenge Singapore 5. American India Foundation (AIF) Service Corps Fellowship 6. Crimson Summer Academy 7. Teach English in Venezuela 8. Institute of Politics Research Assistants Program 9. Project Vote Smart Research Interns V. Individual and Group Funding 1. P3 Award A Student Design Competition for Sustainability VI. Training and Development 1. Education for Social Action 2. Political Elections, Service-Learning, and Civic Engagement 3. Master�s in Social Work/Certificate Program in Jewish Communal and Clinical Social Work VII. Early Notice 1. Human Rights Day 2. Kallari Cooperative Panel 3. �Boston at the Crossroads: Racial Trends in the Metropolitan Area in the 1990s and Beyond� VIII. Resource of the Week Massachusetts Campus Compact I. Special Notice The Center for Public Interest Careers at Harvard - Information Session Paid Summer Internships and Yearlong Fellowships at Non-Profits Tuesday December 7th, 6pm Phillips Brooks House Parlor CPIC offers paid internships and fellowships in the public sector in a wide variety of organizations in Boston, NYC, DC, San Francisco and Chicago. You will learn more about the application procedure and hear from past interns. Come get a taste for the diverse and exciting opportunities available! Pizza will be served. Application deadline -- February 7th, 2005 For more information contact Mike Bishop 617-495-1842 or cpic(a)fas.harvard.edu http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pbhcpic II. Events: December 2 9 A. Presentations and Seminars 1. Kennedy School Workshop: "Using Video As A Tool In Framing Development Policy Issues" Thursday, December 2nd, 2:30-4:00pm, Taubman 401, Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge Led by Charles Mann, Former Food Security Advisor, Gov't of Malawi, and retired KSG Fellow; and Michael Sheridan, Lecturer, Visual Arts Dept., Northeastern Univ. & independent producer of film & video. Sponsored by Kennedy School's Int'l Development Communications Workshop. For more information, contact Charles_Mann(a)ksg.harvard.edu. 2. Public Health Schools Admissions Presentation Thursday, December 2, 4:30 6:00 p.m., Lamont Library Forum Room Admissions representatives from four schools of public health Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins will discuss their programs and potential career paths within the field of public health. 3. �Applying the Genocide Convention: The Case of Darfur� Thursday, December 2, 4:00 6:00 p.m. Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Mezzanine Room 11 Jennifer Leaning, Professor of International Health, Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Cosponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. 4. Outsourcing and Our Communities: A Dialogue with Indian Trade Unionists Thursday, December 2, 4:00 6:00 p.m., 125 Mt. Auburn Street, 3rd Floor Harvard Law School Labor and Worklife Program and Massachusetts Jobs With Justice are sponsoring a discussion on outsourcing. Come meet Indian labor leaders to discuss mutual interests in fighting together to defend good jobs and fair labor standards. Less than a month after a U.S. presidential election in which candidates traded accusations about the increase in the number of jobs shifting from the U.S. to India and other countries, a delegation of labor leaders from India is coming to Massachusetts, a state that has lost tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in recent years. The goal of the tour is to develop grassroots strategies to force global corporations to respect workers' rights and to help build international solidarity between U.S. and Indian workers to fight for good jobs and fair labor standards. With Ashim Roy, President of the General Electric workers� union in Gujarat state; V. Chandra, Organizing Secretary of a union representing 50,000 mineworkers who has worked in the coal industry for 25 years; Anannya Bhattacharjee, coordinator of an international collaboration between Jobs with Justice and India's New Trade Union Initiative. For more information call (617) 524-8778 or email jwj(a)massjwj.net. For information about the New Trade Union Initiative tour, visit http://www.jwj.org. 5. World AIDS Week Film Screening Thursday, December 2, 7:00 p.m., 45 Mt. Auburn Street �A Closer Walk,� a documentary by Robert Bilheimer, narrated by Will Smith and Glenn Close. More than 50 women, men, young people from Uganda, South Africa, Haiti, Switzerland, India, Nepal, Ukraine, Cambodia, NYC, San Francisco, Kansas City are interviewed on health, dignity, and human rights. Sponsored by the Harvard AIDS Coalition, Harvard Black Students' Association, Association of Black Harvard Women, Harvard Black Men's Forum, and Harvard African Students' Association. Contact bansal(a)fas.harvard.edu with any questions. 6. World AIDS Day Art Show Thursday December 2 Friday December 3, 12:00 7:00 p.m., 45 Mt. Auburn Street The Harvard AIDS Coalition and Harvard Social Forum Arts Collectiveproudly present: �Remembrance and Inspiration,�a World AIDS Day art showfeaturing artwork inspired by the AIDS crisis. Free of charge; donations to Cambridge Cares About AIDS strongly encouraged. Gallery hours: Thursday and Friday, 12-7 pm. Questions? Email radams(a)fas.harvard.edu. 7. Harvard College International Development Organization Information Session Saturday, December 4, 2:00 p.m., Ticknor Lounge in Boylston Hall Find out about the only group on campus focusing on poverty alleviation and development: The Harvard College International Development Organization. BHUMI and IMPACT have joined forces to form the Harvard College International Development Group. Come and find out what it is all about and also have your say in this organization and in the future ofdevelopment activities on campus.Contact makomva(a)fas.harvard.edu, ramakr(a)fas.harvard,edu, or yuezhou(a)fas.harvard.edu for more information. 8. Adams Public Interest Resume, Cover Letter, and Opportunity Search Workshop Sunday December 5, 7:15 9:15 p.m., Adams Conservatory For Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors: a detailed workshop on how to write resumes and cover letters for public interest opportunities. Join the Adams Public Interest Tutors as they go through a detailed workshop describing how to put together an effective public interest resume and cover letter.The Workshop will help people pursue summer and full-time public interest opportunities. Informational interviewing and the network job search will also be reviewed. Bring your resume! In the second hour groups of tutors and fellow students will review resumes and provide feedback. 9. Harvard December Blood Drive Monday Wednesday, December 6 8 Come to Harvard�s first Health-themed drive. Meet Community Health Initiative and Freshman Wellness representatives while you get a free chair massage. AND...The T-shirt design contest has begun; your design could be on the official 2004-2005 Blood Drive T-shirts. Monday, December 6, 11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, December 7, 11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, December 8, 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. in Adams House C-Entry For any information and to make an appointment, please visit http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hbd/ or email hbd(a)hcs.harvard.edu . Walk-ins are welcome, too! Please bring a Harvard ID! 10. Youth and Public Health Community Meeting Monday, December 6, 3:00 5:30 p .m . State Commissioner of Public Health, Christine Ferguson, is hosting community meetings statewide to hear from community members on various public health issues affecting their communities. She will be hosting the Boston meeting on December 6 from 3:00 5:30 p.m. at the Paulist Center on Park Street across from the Park Street station in Downtown Boston. The focus for this meeting is youth issues. For more information, please feel free to contact Linda Shepherd from the Department of Public Health at 617-541-2878. 11. The Backside of Housing Markets Monday, December 6, 2004, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Kennedy School of Government, Perkins room, Rubenstein (formerly the Eliot building) 415 The housing market has powered the US economy over the last three years, especially along the coasts. Professor Karl E. Case, Professor of Economics at Wellesley College will discuss the dynamics of bubbles and how housing booms unwind. Who would be hardest hit by a decline? What regional differences might appear? How do zoning regulations affect housing prices? This is a brown bag lunch seminar; drinks and light refreshments will be served. This event is cosponsored by the Taubman Center for the Study of State and Local Government and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. 12. Journalism Careers Panel with the Nieman Fellows Tuesday, December 7, 5:30 p.m., OCS Conference Room, 54 Dunster Street Interested in pursuing a career in print journalism in the US or abroad? Reporting? Editing? Photojournalism? Don't miss the Journalism Careers Panel with the Nieman Fellows. Learn more about pursuing careers in this exciting field from those who have been in the trenches! Panelists include: Mary (Molly) Bingham, photographer, WorldPicture News Agency Cheryl Carpenter, deputy managing editor, The Charlotte Observer Ana Cristina Enriquez (Monterrey, Mexico), co-editor, Vida! Periodico El Norte/Editora El Sol Amy Goldstein, White House domestic policy reporter, The Washington Post 13. �Race and Ethnic Differences in Depressed Mood Following the Transition from High School� Wednesday, December 8, 12:00 1:00p.m., Murray Archives conference room, Radcliffe Yard Murray Archives Brown Bag Lecture Series presents �Race and Ethnic Differences in Depressed Mood Following the Transition from High School� with Susan Gore, professor of sociology, University of Massachusetts at Boston. 14. Askwith Education Forum: Compelled to Excel: Immigration, Education, and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans Wednesday December 8, 2004, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Vivian Shuh Ming Louie, Assistant Professor of Education, will discuss research from her recent book. Drawing on interviews with second-generation Chinese Americans attending a public, commuter university and a highly selective private university, Vivian Louie challenges the idea that race and class do not matter in their educational experiences. How do second-generation Chinese Americans understand their own paths to college? And how do they understand their incorporation into American life? In addressing these questions, Louie finds that the views and experiences of Chinese Americans with schooling and the identities they are forming have much to do with the opportunities, challenges and contradictions that immigrants and their children confront in the United States. An introduction will be provided by Mary Waters, Chair of the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. Panelists will include Suzanne Lee, Principal of the Josiah Quincy School in Boston, and Peter Law, Senior Guidance Counselor at Charlestown High School. For information, contact Meghan Liegel at 617-496-5873. Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall. All Askwith Education Forums are free and open to the general public. Tickets are not necessary, unless otherwise noted. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. 15. Panel Discussion: Poverty, Human Rights & Millennium Development Goals Thursday 9 December, 6:30p.m.-8.30 p.m., Starr Auditorium Organized by the Progressive Caucus with support from Hauser Center for Non Profit Organizations and South Asia Caucus. Featuring: Ms Eveline Herfkens, Executive Coordinator appointed by the UN Secretary General for the Millennium Development Goals Campaign; Mr. Ray Offenheiser, President of OXFAM America. Refreshments Provided III. Volunteer Opportunities For a chronological list of previously posted volunteer opportunities, please visit http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Epbh/psn/updates/2004-2005/volunteer2004-2005.… 1. Community Service in France Coll�ge C�v�nol International Work Camp Are you looking for a meaningful, fun, and inexpensive community-service experience? Do you want to improve your French skills? Be part of a long tradition of service that helped to build a multi-denominational school in the beautiful Massif Central of southern France. Founded by Huguenot pacifists in the 1930s, Le Coll�ge C�venol harbored refugees throughout WWII. The Coll�ge remains active in the spirit of tolerance and international cooperation. Here students from the world over join in various projects to renovate the campus and its original farmhouse buildings and dormitories, erected in the years after WW II. Through shared labor and communal living, work-campers perpetuate the tradition service established by the founders of the Coll�ge. Enjoy selfless service; Discover the spirit of the work-camp and the school; Discover the history of Nazi resistance by non-violent means; Learn how the Huguenots rescued over 5,000 refugees from the Gestapo; Enhance your French language skills. The camp begins the second week of July, 2005 and lasts 3 weeks. If interested please contact Christopher Young: chris(a)vistamediagroup.com. 2. Helping Hand and Heart Helping Hand and Heart: Volunteer and Befriend Patients in Rehab. Looking for a fulfilling activity for your spring semester? Volunteer in a healthcare facility, make friends, impact someone deeply, witness a day-by-day healing process, and join a service-based community Helping Hand and Heart (Triple H) is a new volunteer program at Harvard working with patients in rehabilitation. We'll be visiting Neville Center (15minutes away from campus), and providing emotional support and friendship for patients going through a long rehabilitation process after an illness (e.g., stroke, heart attack) or accident. Many of the patients we'll be working with have decreased mobility and use wheelchairs. Our patients face isolation, shock, frustration and fear as they meet the new physical and emotional challenges after injury/illness. Now is a time they can use a good friend for support and a helping hand, which is what we are here for. Program Benefits: Experience working closely in healthcare setting; Highlights the human side of healthcare; See the physical progress of your recovering friends over time; Allows time and space to form enriching friendships; A close-knit social circle for both volunteers and partners; Opportunity for development, growth, and leadership. Volunteer interest forms are due December 21, 2004. Co-director applications are available. Please contact Sandra Wong (swong(a)fas.harvard.edu) for more information, or check out http://redirect.to/hhh for information and forms. Thanks! 3. Volunteer with Patient Who Has Cerebral Palsy Interested in working with an adult with Cerebral Palsy? Spend 1 hour a week with 47-year-old woman from Boston with CP. She needs assistance paying bills and completing other tasks. If interested, please contact Eddie Horta at 617-667-0531 or ahorta(a)bidmc.harvard.edu. IV. Internships and Fellowships/Part-time and Full-time Jobs For a chronological list of previously posted internship and fellowship/part-time and full-time jobs, please visit http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Epbh/psn/updates/2004-2005/internshipsfellowsh… 1. The Breakthrough Collaborative, formerly Summerbridge National Information Session Monday, December 6, 7:00 p.m., Loker Coffeehouse Want to make a breakthrough in children's lives? Then apply to teach with the Breakthrough Collaborative, formerly Summerbridge National. Breakthrough is a nation-wide academic enrichment program for academically talented and often underprivileged children from public school systems across the country. Breakthrough prepares these students for academically rigorous high-school tracks and gets them excited about college. All teachers are high school or college-aged students who plan their own curricula. This is an intense internship where student teachers are the leaders, teaching daily, advising, and setting the tone for the entire program. All undergraduates are eligible to apply, regardless of major. New and returning teacher applications for our programs in 25 US locations and Hong Kong are now available on our web site at www.breakthroughcollaborative.org. Applications are due February 21, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. 2. Public Health Internship, Office of U.S. Assistant Surgeon General The internship is located in the Office of U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal, M.D., within the Office on Public Health and Science and the Office of Global Health Affairs, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The mission of the Department is to protect the health of Americans by supporting national and international research, service delivery, and education programs. Duties and Responsibilities: As an intern, your responsibilities may include: Conducting research on global health and emerging health issues (e.g. bioterrorism, mental health, women�s health, heath disparities, prevention), Being in contact with other federal agencies, public health officials, leaders in the health care field, consumer organizations, and international groups; Attending Congressional hearings; Updating content on various Federal health websites that are directed by Dr. Blumenthal and identifying needs for new information resources; Assisting in the development and writing of memos, letters, reports, speeches, and slide presentations, etc.; Assisting in the preparation of scientific papers and other articles for publication; Gathering current health and legislative information and data; Answering telephone and other administrative tasks Internships are available throughout the year including the summer and may be full-time or part-time. The time period can be customized. Send a resume and writing sample to: drsusanjb(a)aol.com. For more information, call (301) 437-8485 3. New England Public Policy Center at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston announces several available positions in its New England Public Policy Center, opening in January 2005, including full-time paid summer internships, semester internships, and fulltime jobs for college graduates. The Center is dedicated to improving the quality of analysis on the economic and policy issues that affect New England. We expect to contribute unbiased, objective research, reports, policy forums, and conferences on topics such as state and local public finance, housing and land use, economic development, and economic conditions in New England. We will also serve as a catalyst for region-wide dialogue on these issues. Research assistants: The research assistants will help the analysts and economists to produce their research by performing literature searches, analyzing data, producing charts and graphs, writing article summaries, and related tasks. Candidates should have a bachelor�s degree in economics, public policy, or a related field. The application pool will remain open until two qualified candidates are found. Expected start date: immediately through summer 2005. Interns: We offer a paid full-time summer internship for June through August 2005, as well as semester internships for college credit. The interns will assist with all the research operations of the Center, including literature searches, data analysis, and related tasks. Every member of our team will share the following qualities: A background and interest in at least one of the following fields: public economics, labor economics, real estate, urban and regional economics, or health, education, and welfare; An ability and interest in communicating with non-technical audiences; Flexibility and breadth of knowledge and interest; An interest in promoting objective analysis of public policy. Please direct inquiries and applications to: Carrie Conaway, Deputy Director; New England Public Policy Center; carrie.conaway(a)bos.frb.org; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; PO Box 55882; Boston, MA 02205. 4. Youth Challenge Singapore Youth Challenge Singapore is a NGO associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information in New York. Our mission is to nurture youths into responsible, competent and compassionate global citizens. For more information, please visit http://www.youthchallenge.org.sg. Duration of the internship: 3 to 6 months, any period of time in the year 2005; Objectives of the internship program: To provide an opportunity for interns to gain work exposure and experience in a Singapore's NGO; To involve interns from the conceptualization to execution of various events and programs. Duties: Coordinating projects (e.g. world humanitarian program, local community service for the elderly, etc); Liaising with sponsors, local government as well as UN agencies. Requirements: Undergraduates majoring in Marketing or Communication Studies would be preferred. The candidate should excel in written and communication skills. (Experience is not essential.) Accommodation will be provided, and interns will receive a monthly stipend of S$350/ E-mail your resume, a recent passport-sized photographs, and any additional enquiries to Miss Maria Cristina at programme(a)youthchallenge.org.sg. 5. American India Foundation (AIF) Service Corps Fellowship The Service Corps Fellowship is a selective program that builds bridges between America and India by sending talented and skilled young Americans to work with leading non-governmental organizations in India for a period of ten months. The program serves as an exchange of technical skills and intellectual resources that aims to build the capacity of Indian NGOs while developing American leaders with an understanding of India. The experience is designed to enable committed individuals make a deep impact in the development sector by working at a grassroots level with various NGOS striving to advance social and economic change in India. The Fellowship runs from September to June each year. During this time, the Fellows immerse themselves with organizations working on causes related to livelihood, primary education, public health and human rights. Over the first four classes of the Fellowship, projects have included efforts to eliminate child labor, educate children in urban slums, provide microfinance for women in villages, increase livelihoods in rural areas through better natural resource management, raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and address women's and children's specific healthcare needs. NGO partners selected to host Service Corps fellows are also chosen through a competitive process. Fellows are chosen through a competitive selection process that includes a written application and two interviews. All applicants must be at least 21 years of age (at the time of application) and under the age of 35; have achieved an undergraduate degree prior to starting the program; be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident. During the Fellowship, AIF provides a range of support to Fellows, including training, technical support, on-going supervision, a stipend that includes a housing, food and transport allowance, supplemental health insurance as well as travel to and from India. For more information, visit http://www.aifoundation.org/site/Programs/ServiceCorps/index.html. Applications are available online, and must be submitted by January 31, 2005. For all questions concerning the Service Corps Fellowship please contact Azad Oommen, Program Director at azad.oommen(a)aifoundation.org. 6. Crimson Summer Academy An initiative of the President's Office, the Crimson Summer Academy is a challenging new residential program for motivated high school students from Cambridge and Boston who have a passion for learning and a desire to excel but have not had access to all of the resources necessary for success. Over the course of three consecutive summers, these students live on campus and engage in a stimulating mix of classes, projects, and field trips. The Academy welcomes the applications of Harvard freshmen, sophomores and juniors who are excited about working with these high-achieving young people during the summer of 2005 and the following academic year. Successful applicants receive room and board in University housing, a $1000 stipend and a full tuition waiver for one class at the Harvard Summer School. For involvement with the Academy's students during the 2005-06 school year, they earn an additional stipend. If you are interested in a position as a Crimson Mentor, please write a letter explaining why. Include a copy of your resume and the contact information for two or three references. Either send these materials as Word documents to jamie_horr(a)harvard.edu or mail them to The Crimson Summer Academy, 126 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138. The deadline is January 14 but we would appreciate early applications. Soon after, we may contact you for a personal interview. (Further details about the Academy can be found at http://www.crimsonsummer.harvard.edu) 7. Teach English in Venezuela Optimal English is looking for motivated recent college graduates to coach non-native speakers in English in Caracas, Venezuela. Those eager to live, work, and learn in one of the most dynamic and cosmopolitan cities of Latin America will find themselves amply rewarded both personally and professionally. Employment contracts range from eight to twelve months. Optimal English is an innovative company dedicated to improving its clients� English through memorable and personalized learning experience. The organization works with a proprietary system developed to address the needs of global executives. Clients include the Latin American headquarters for Procter & Gamble, the Andean headquarters for Sun Microsystems and many Venezuelan headquarters for Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit http://www.optimalenglish.com or http://www.coachenglish.com. 8. Institute of Politics Research Assistants Program Deadline: December 15, 2004 The IOP is announcing its 2005 Research Assistants Program. You may apply for any of the positions, which are all working for a Professor of the Kennedy School of Government. Participating Professors are Roger Porter, Samantha Power, David King, Elaine Kamarck, Juliette Kayyem, and Linda Bilmes. Research Assistants will be paid for time worked during the Spring Semester. Some projects include research on the UN, campaigns, and the IOP Survey. For a listing of Professors and specific Research Projects, as well as the application, visit http://www.iop.harvard.edu. Deadline is December 15, 2004. 9. Project Vote Smart Research Interns Project Vote Smart is seeking to immediately place 10 students in research positions for 10 weeks. The students may start anytime between Jan 1 and May 1 2005. Project Vote Smart�s political research center, founded by national political leaders Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, John McCain, Geraldine Ferraro and 40 other prominent political leaders, is now handling millions of citizen inquiries a day and was recently recognized by over 100 news organizations as the best there is. The center provides an extraordinary experience for interns in Philipsburg, Montana, where the Project pays all living expenses. The Project�s efforts to defend the citizens right to the facts about those that govern do not stop on Election Day. We will have over 10,000 newly elected officials to track their speeches, voting records, backgrounds, issue positions and campaign contributions. Students interested in applying may visit http://www.vote-smart.org/program_internships.php or email intern(a)vote-smart.org for an application form and more information. V. Individual and Group Funding For a chronological list of previously posted funding opportunities, please visit http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Epbh/psn/updates/2004-2005/funding2004-2005.ht… 1. P3 Award A Student Design Competition for Sustainability P3 is a partnership <http://es.epa.gov/ncer/p3/fact_sheet.html> between the public and private sectors to achieve the mutual goals of economic prosperity while protecting the natural systems of the planet and providing a higher quality of life for its people. The P3 competition will provide grants to teams of college students (undergraduate and/or graduate) to research, develop, and design sustainable solutions to environmental challenges. P3 highlights people, prosperity, and the planet - the three pillars of sustainability - as the next step beyond P2, or pollution prevention. For more information about the P3 Award, visit http://es.epa.gov/ncer/p3/. The P3 Award Competition has two phases: initially teams compete for $10,000 P3 grants. Recipients use the money to research and develop their projects during the academic year. Then in spring 2005, the P3 grant recipients will be invited to Washington, D.C. to compete for the P3 Award that conveys additional funding for further design development and implementation. Application receipt deadline date: January 27, 2005, 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. VI. Leadership Development and Training For a chronological list of previously posted leadership development and training opportunities, please visit http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Epbh/psn/updates/2004-2005/leadershiptraining2… 1. Education for Social Action Information Sessions Wednesday, December 8 and Monday, December 13 Learn more about your community, your world and yourself in Education for Social Action,a not-for-credit course offered through Phillips Brooks House Association in spring 2005. Open to all students interested in service and social change. Learn about a Boston neighborhood and social issues, reflect and work on a social change project. Taught by Boston community leaders and residents. Information Sessions: Wednesday, December 8th 8:30 PM Phillips Brooks House and Monday, December 13th 8:30 PM Phillips Brooks House. Contact: Moira Mannix, Education for Social Action Coordinator, mannix(a)fas.harvard.edu or Laura Ridge, PBHA Student Development Chair, ridge(a)fas.harvard.edu. 2. Political Elections, Service-Learning, and Civic Engagement Friday, December 10, 9:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m., Bentley College, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA MassINC and Massachusetts Campus Compact are co-sponsoring a one-day institute on service learning called �After the Votes Are Counted: Political Elections, Service-Learning, and Civic Engagement.� The event will take place on from 9:30AM - 3:00PM at Bentley College 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA. For more details, see http://ase.tufts.edu/macc/documents/2004FacInstitute.pdf This faculty Institute will focus on the elements of service-learning that can increase students' civic learning and knowledge: Where to find solid and up-to-date local and statewide data for use in service-learning courses; Using your own research to influence policy-making; Using elections and their results in service-learning courses across the disciplines; Increasing the quantity and quality of reflective activities done in and out of the classroom; Reflecting on the Presidential Election in relation to student activism and civic knowledge; New strategies to communicate service-learning success to the larger population. Breakfast & lunch provided The keynote speaker will be Rick Battistoni, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science at Providence College and Campus Compact Engages Scholar on Civic Engagement. Staff from MassINC will serve as the lead facilitators for the day. They will speak about how to use research to drive social and economic change, how you and your students can access MassINC's research and participate in their work. MassINC will also lead "Reflection on a Presidential Election": a luncheon talk and discussion. 3. Master�s in Social Work/Certificate Program in Jewish Communal and Clinical Social Work The joint Master�s in Social Work/Hebrew College Certificate Program in Jewish Communal and Clinical Social Work combines clinical social work training and course offerings with Hebrew College�s curriculum in Jewish studies. This collaborative program between Simmons College School of Social Work and Hebrew College in Newton allows students to integrate Jewish culture and clinical social work as they develop a specialization in working with Jewish clients. The goals of the program are to: Prepare students with the skills and knowledge to work in the Jewish community; Offer students an opportunity to create dialogues between Jewish ways of making meeting and social work values, skills and practice; Provide students with an understanding and appreciation of the cultural, spiritual and religious contexts in which identities are formed and interact in clinical practice. For more information, contact the Simmons College admissions office at 617-521-3917 or sharon.wilson(a)simmons.edu. You may also log onto www.simmons.edu/ssw/admission/. VII. Early Notice 1. Human Rights Day Saturday, December 11, Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston This Human Rights day event will examine current challenges facing workers in the U.S. and globally and engage activists and concerned citizens in ways to organize for joint action. Events include an opening panel, keynote speaker The Honorable David Bonior, U.S. House of Representatives (1976-2002), and afternoon workshops. Please visit http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cchrp/HRDay2004.shtml for more details. 2. Kallari Cooperative Panel Monday, December 13, 2004, 7:00 p.m., Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall Please join the Social Enterprise Club in welcoming back Judy Logback, founder of the Kallari Cooperative project in Ecuador. This craft cooperative sells crafts from villages in the Amazon region of the country to provide indigenous residents of the areas a sustainable livelihood and a means of preserving their culture. For more information on the panel, contact Rami Sarafa at sarafa@fas. 3. �Boston at the Crossroads: Racial Trends in the Metropolitan Area in the 1990s and Beyond� Tuesday, December 14, 12:00 2:00 p.m. Institute of Politics Conference Room (first floor), Littauer Building, 79 John F. Kennedy Street Join Guy Stuart, Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government as he highlights the current demographic trends in Greater Boston and explains the possible racial future of Greater Boston. This event is free and open to the public. Please contact Polly O'Brien for directions at 617-495-5091 or by email. VIII. Resource of the Week Massachusetts Campus Compact The Massachusetts Campus Compact is a membership organization of college and university presidents leading Massachusetts' institutions of higher education in building a state-wide collaboration to promote service as a critical component of higher education. Massachusetts Campus Compact (MACC) believes that through sustained and creative student, faculty and institutional involvement in community service, higher education realizes its most noble goals of educating citizens, preparing tomorrow's leaders and contributing to the life of America's communities. The MACC website, http://ase.tufts.edu/macc/default.htm, contains information about upcoming MACC events, articles about public service and civic engagement, information about job and volunteer opportunities, and links to other nonprofit organizations. _______________________________________________ publicservice-list mailing list publicservice-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/publicservice-list --------------------------------------------------------------- Dudley Public Service Fellows Denise Ho, Ernesto Martinez, and Maria Stalford Lehman Hall, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA 02138 fax: (617) 496-5459 http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~dudley/fellows/pubserv/pubserv.html To receive updates about Dudley Public Service Events, go to http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/dudley-pubserv --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! � Try it today!

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