Hi folks,
FYI.
Katim
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> From: Ami Dar <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Ideas in Action for December 2nd
> Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:30 PM
>
> Dear friends,
>
> This is the newsletter of Idealist and Action Without
> Borders, which currently has 30,000 subscribers. To
> see previous issues, or to subscribe or unsubscribe,
> please go to http://www.idealist.org/newsletter.html
>
> As always, our goal is to share with you some of the most
> useful news and resources we have found in the last few
> weeks. Let's start with two prizes:
>
> 1. The Conrad Hilton Foundation is inviting nominations
> for the 2000 Hilton Humanitarian Prize. In their words:
> "The $US 1 million prize, the world's largest humanita-
> rian award, is presented annually to an established
> nonprofit organization that has made extraordinary
> contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere
> in the world. The prize is not a grant based on future
> goals, but an award for recent and historic
> accomplishments."
>
> Nomination packets are available now, and nominations
> must be received by January 15, 2000. Contact: Conrad N.
> Hilton Foundation, Hilton Humanitarian Prize, 10100 Santa
> Monica Boulevard, Suite 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90067-4011,
> US telephone: (310) 556-4694 Fax:(310) 556-8130 E-mail:
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
> 2. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the Association for
> Progressive Communications (APC) is launching the
> Betinho Prize, "in an effort to recognize and to document
> outstanding examples of how the Internet is being
> used to make a real difference."
>
> The $US 7,500 prize is open to nonprofit organizations,
> community-based groups, coalitions or social movements
> anywhere in the world that have successfully used
> information and communication technologies as an
> essential ingredient in their work. The deadline for
> nominations is January 31, 2000. For more information,
> please see http://www.apc.org/english/betinho
>
>
> 3. At http://fdncenter.org/onlib/lnps/index.html the US
> Foundation Center has put together a very large
> database of literature on philanthropy (articles, books,
> etc.). The database incorporates the contents of the
> Foundation Center's five libraries, and contains over
> 17,000 bibliographic citations, 11,000 of which have
> descriptive abstracts. The site also has a useful list,
> with full contact information, of dozens of periodicals
> in the nonprofit and philanthropy sectors.
>
>
> 4. At http://www.aviva.org/tree.htm you will find a great
> directory of women's organizations, resources and events
> around the world. (After the page loads, scroll down to
> the bottom, and start by clicking on 'Groups' or
> 'Resources' on any continent.)
>
>
> 5. At http://www.westernjustice.org/orgs.cfm the Western
> Justice Center has developed an online database of 1,400
> organizations and educational institutions that provide
> resources and training in community-based mediation,
> crosscultural collaboration and other conflict resolution
> skills. These organizations are mostly in the US, but at
> http://www.westernjustice.org/CF/internat.cfm they also
> have a directory of such organizations around the world.
>
>
> 6. Break Away is a nonprofit organization that serves as
> a resource for planning and running effective break
> programs for schools and community organizations. These
> programs send teams of college or high school students
> into diverse communities to engage in volunteer service
> and experiential learning during their school vacations.
>
> Break Away's programs include training and special
> events, publications and networking. Nonprofit organiza-
> tions can access hundreds of student volunteers by
> listing themselves in the Break Away SiteBank Catalog, a
> directory of community organizations that host
> alternative break programs across the US. For more
> information on how you, your school or organization can
> get involved in this program, see the Break Away website
> at http://www.alternativebreaks.com
>
>
> 7. Finally, we are now making a special effort to invite
> nonprofits everywhere to list their job openings in
> Idealist, and reach the 12,000 people who receive these
> listings every morning. If you work for an organization
> that has a person in charge of Human Resources, it would
> be a great help if you could refer him or her to
> http://www.idealist.org
>
> That's all for now. We hope that you and yours have a
> great weekend.
>
> Ami, Patsy, Russ and Lorene
> Action Without Borders
> http://www.idealist.org
> 1-212-843-3973
>
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>
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> interest to the to readers of this newsletter, let us
> know at [log in to unmask] Please note that in order to
> be included, a resource or article should be relevant to
> a broad audience of nonprofit and community organiza-
> tions. Local events, job openings and requests for help
> for specific projects can be posted in Idealist, but we
> won't be able to include them here.
>
> Action Without Borders is a nonprofit organization that
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> to help build a world where all people can live free,
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> volunteering resources on the Web, with information
> provided by 20,000 organizations in 140 countries.
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