JDC Jewish Service Corps Job Opening
June 26, 2006 at 8:11 pm | In Intership and Jobs | Leave a CommentThe JDC Jewish Service Corps has 2 immediate openings for 2006-2007: Jewish community development in Minsk, Belarus, and to assist with JDC’s Tsunami relief work in southern Thailand, focusing on teaching of English.
The JDC Jewish Service Corps matches the talents of individual volunteers with the specific needs of overseas Jewish communities and Jewish responses to disaster relief around the world. We are looking for mature and enthusiastic self-starters with strong Jewish backgrounds and skills. Applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree. Appropriate candidates demonstrate leadership abilities and easy adaptability to new and challenging situations. Details and applications can be found at http://www.jdc.org/how_volunteer.html.
Cabot Prizes for Outstanding Reporting on Latin America Awarded
June 23, 2006 at 8:04 pm | In Community, Happenings/Events, Readings | 1 CommentThis just in from Columbia News:
The Graduate School of Journalism announced the winners of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for outstanding reporting on Latin America on June 21. The Cabot Prize honors journalists who have covered the Western Hemisphere and demonstrated a commitment to freedom of the press and inter-American understanding.
This year’s winners are independent journalist and writer Mario Vargas Llosa; Ginger Thompson, Mexico City bureau chief for The New York Times; José Hamilton Ribeiro, special reporter for TV Globo, Brazil; and Matt Moffett, South American correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
Visit Columbia News or Cabot Prize website for further information.
Broadway Stands Up for Freedom
June 23, 2006 at 8:01 pm | In Happenings/Events | Leave a CommentA Concert to Benefit the Youth Programs of the NYCLU
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
Monday, July 24, 2006, at 7:30 PM
Honorary Host: Tony Kushner
Featuring:
Tony Award winners and stars Audra McDonald (A Raisin in the Sun, Ragtime, Carousel); Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd, Assassins); Cady Huffman (The Producers); Brenda Braxton (Chicago); William Finn (Spelling Bee, Falsettos); Celia Keenan-Bolger (Spelling Bee); Cheyenne Jackson (All Shook Up); Richard Easton (The Invention of Love); Jenn Gambatese (All Shook Up, Tarzan); Leah Hocking (Mamma Mia!); Barrett Foa (Avenue Q); Sara Kramer (Mamma Mia!); Thos Shipley (Miss Saigon); Todd Buonopane (Spelling Bee); and founding performers Erich Bergen and Liana Stampur
RSVP to Jaclyn Stoll at (212) 607-3343 or jstoll@nyclu.org.
Speaking Out: NYCLU’s Contest for Youth
June 13, 2006 at 9:34 pm | In Community, Readings | Leave a CommentNew York Civil Liberties Union announces “SPEAKING OUT: A Contest for Youth and Students” that asks high-school-aged youth to create a piece of writing or art that makes a statement about the Rockefeller Drug Laws or policing in schools. The contest is open to all NYC high-school age students (under 20 years old), whether or not they are enrolled in school. Entries must be submitted by email to restrada@nyclu.org, or by mail to NYCLU Contest, 125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004.
Winners will receive:
–Cash prizes of up to $1,000;
–Free NYCLU membership;
–Free tickets to the concert, Broadway Stands Up for Freedom
Visit http://www.nyclu.org for more information and online resources on Rockefeller Drug laws or policing in school!
The Century Foundation Brown Bag Lunch Forum
June 13, 2006 at 9:23 pm | In Happenings/Events | 2 Comments“Got Privacy? Personal Freedom vs. National Security”
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006, 12:30 to 2:30 PM
The Century Foundation
41 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Featuring Siobhan Gorman, Baltimore Sun; Shane Harris, National Journal and GovExec.com; Patrick Radden Keefe, Fellow of The Century Foundation; Noah Schactman, DefenseTech.org.
RSVP to Rachel Zaentz at brownbag@tcf.org or (212) 452-7726. Please bring your lunch. Desserts and beverages will be provided.
Further Update on City Year Events
June 13, 2006 at 9:17 pm | In Community, Happenings/Events | 1 CommentFrom the Center for Career Education:
Idealism in Action Forums
Thursday, June 15th, 2006, 3 to 5 PM
Various Locations on CampusIdealism in Action Forums (IDA’s) will provide opportunities for national, local and City Year alumni leaders who are creating positive social change in a variety of sectors, including government, non-profit, and business, to share their insight with City Year corps members and other alumni. Leaders will share their experience as agents for change and discuss issues in depth. Previous IDA topics have included education, South Africa, social entrepreneurship, and youth development.
Idealism in Action Forum Topics:
Innovations in Education
Local & State Government
Social Entrepreneurship
Running a Social Enterprise
Responding to Global Issues of Poverty and Conflict
Renewing Our Neighborhoods: The Future of American Cities
Women and Leadership
Speak Up, Act Out, Sing On: Changing the World Through the Arts
Visit this site to sign up or to find out more information.
Update on City Year Events
June 11, 2006 at 10:25 pm | In Community, Happenings/Events | 1 CommentFrom the Center for Career Education:
The Global Forum on Service, Democracy, and Reconciliation
Sponsored by Citigroup
Thursday, June 15th, 2006, 7 to 9 PM
Francis A. Levien Gymnasium in the Dodge Physical Fitness CenterFeaturing:
William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
Jim Wolfensohn, Chairman of the International Advisory Board, Citigroup Inc.The Global Forum will offer participants the unique opportunity to learn from the perspectives of prominent world leaders on some of the most critical issues facing citizens of the world today: poverty, democracy, religious and racial divides, and HIV/AIDS and the role citizen service can play in addressing these issues. Hard-hitting remarks from influential leaders of diverse sectors will provide context for these difficult issues, challenging all in attendance to work towards their solutions. Audience members–especially the 1,100 City Year corps members–will be encouraged to participate in this important dialogue through a question and answer session that concludes the program. The event will also feature the presentation of City Year’s highest honor, the Lifetime of Idealism Award.
“Traditional Japanese Percussion Group Resonates with Campus and Community”
June 11, 2006 at 10:18 pm | In Community | Leave a CommentExcerpt from Columbia News, June 6th, 2006:
Plenty of Columbians are contributing their knowledge and skills to the wider world, but a few are also doing the reverse–bringing the fruits of their outside adventures back to the campus for others to enjoy.
Janet Youngblood is one such example. Five years ago, while studying for a doctorate in adult education at Teacher’s College (TC), she founded the Teacher’s College Taiko Society, a welcome addition, she hoped, to Columbia as well as the wider New York City community.
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Looking back on the five years since she started the society, Youngblood admits she has one more ambition: to solve the problem of limited space. The TC classroom can accommodate no more than 15 students. With the TC’s Student Activity Board and Columbia’s Japan Club supporting her, she hopes to affiliate next with the University’s music department, which would give students a larger space to practice and store the drums. She also foresees the day when, following the example of Stanford and UCLA, the classes will be open to students for credit and to people in the community.
To learn more about Taiko Society, please visit http://www.tc.columbia.edu/students/taiko.
Understanding Violence in Washington Heights
June 11, 2006 at 10:13 pm | In Community, Happenings/Events | Leave a CommentThis just in from Columbia News. Visit CCYVP for more info.
Community Research Group and the Columbia Center for Youth Violence Prevention invite you to the 10th anniversary re-release and discussion of the report “Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Violence in Washington Heights.”
The symposium aims to re-examine the history of violence in our neighborhood, highlight what has been done to address it and identify what tasks lie ahead. Following a presentation of the report and other historical data, members of the original advisory board will participate in a panel discussion. Following that discussion, the audience will break into smaller groups for assessment and planning.
The event will be held June 15, from 9 AM to 1 PM, at Columbia University Medical Center, Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavillion, first floor auditorium.
To RSVP, call Karen Rose Scutt at (212) 305-8213 or email her at kr2019@columbia.edu.
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