Hi folks, FYI. Katim ---------- > 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 > > ******************************************************* > > If you know of a new resource that you think would be of > 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 > promotes the sharing of ideas, information and resources > to help build a world where all people can live free, > dignified and productive lives. Idealist, a project of > AWB, is the richest community of nonprofit and > volunteering resources on the Web, with information > provided by 20,000 organizations in 140 countries. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------