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Last Town Hall Tuesday!
Tuesday, July 31
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Recycling Education Seminar
Wednesday, August 1, 3:30 - 5p @ Goodwill/JOB1, 3400 Tulane Ave., Conference Room 182
Please join the City of New Orleans-Department of Sanitation, the Green Project, Keep Louisiana Beautiful, SP Recycling, and Phoenix Recycling for a Recycling Education Seminar on topics such as the benefits of recycling, educational opportunities, operational cost savings, how to get a recycling program started, and more! The target audience for this Seminar is Principals, Teachers, Scout Leaders, and Clubs (K - 12th grade). For more information about this event, please click here.
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Saturday, August 4, 10a - 2p @ Sankofa Farmers Market, 3819 St. Claude Ave.
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Social Justice Social
Tuesday, July 31, 6 - 8p @ UrWay Yogurt, 3001 Tulane Ave.
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Sarah Reed H.S. Open House
Wednesday, August 1, 5:30 - 7p @ Sarah T. Reed H.S. Cafeteria, 5552 Read Blvd
Please join the New Orleans East Charter Association (NOECA) in welcoming Mike McKenzie, School Principal, at an Open House in Sarah T. Reed High School. Learn how to engage with Reed High and the "Plan to Turn Reed Around." Refreshments will be provided.
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Build Now TALKS:
Investing in Your Future with New Orleans Real Estate
Join Build Now for their monthly Build Now TALKS meeting to discuss how to build your portfolio (and your future) by investing in New Orleans real estate. Real estate, banking, and construction experts will be on hand to discuss all things real estate from choosing a property and obtaining financing, to planning, inspections, construction, and more. Special guest Carey Shea from the City of New Orleans also will be in attendance to share how first time homebuyers can qualify for down payment, closing costs, and acquisition assistance (aka FREE MONEY) through the City of New Orleans' (new and improved) soft-second program. More information about this event can be found here.
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Design Our Park! Village De L'Est Playground
Thursday, August 2, 5p @ 4646 Michoud Blvd., Ste. D2
How would you design our park with our $854,000? Come share ideas! Delicious food will be provided. For more information, please contact Huong Nguyen at 504.253.6000.
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1st Anniversary Celebration - New St. Claude Association of Neighbors
Friday, August 3, 12 - 5p @ Pierre's Hall, 4138 St. Claude Ave.
Join the New St. Claude Association Of Neighbors - Bywater North (NSCAN) to celebrate their first anniversary! Come and enjoy a plate of hot red beans & rice and BBQ chicken. There will be free school supplies (while supplies last) and voter's registration available.
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Donate Items for "Unity in the Community School Bag Swag"
Until Friday, August 3 @ Harmony Oaks Leasing Office, 3320 Clara St.; Harmony Oaks Community Center, 2514 Washington Ave.; or Captain Charles' Snowball Stand, 3636 Washington Ave.
Donations are being accepted through Friday, August 3 for the "Unity in the Community School Bag Swag" event in August. Items needed include: new or gently used uniforms; pens, highlighters, washable felt markers, 8-count & 24-count crayons, glue sticks, pencil cases, rulers, white-out, 1" & 2" binders, scientific calculators, mini staplers, pocket dictionary, thesaurus', erasers, flash drives, book bags, copy paper, 8-tab dividers, Kleenex, wide-rule & college-rule paper, & more! For more information, please contact Katherine Hutton at 504.894.6626.
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Public Forum on Journalism in New Orleans: Where do we go from here?
Wednesday, August 8, 6:30 - 9p @ Loyola University Nunemaker Auditorium, Monroe Hall,
1700 Calhoun St.
Unprecedented changes are sweeping the New Orleans journalism landscape. Leaders in radio, television, newspapers, websites and blogs are all responding to coming changes at The Times-Picayune, as well as long-developing trends in the different ways that audiences consume news. But where's the voice of the community in all this? The New Orleans Coalition on Open Governance (NOCOG) believes that community voices matter and that citizens should be involved in the reconstruction of our new media landscape. NOCOG, in partnership with the Foundation for Louisiana, GNO Inc. and Loyola University School of Mass Communications, is hosting a Public Forum on Journalism in New Orleans, which will include a panel of national media researchers and practitioners discussing broad new trends in journalism and then invite audience members to describe the kind of news and information they want and need. Learn more about this event here.
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Public Screening: St. Paul's Homecoming Center on Secret Millionaire
Sunday, August 12, 5 - 9p @ St. Paul's Church & School Auditorium, 6249 Canal Blvd.
The St. Paul's Episcopal community invites you to join them as they celebrate the national recognition of their tireless efforts on behalf of the St. Paul's Homecoming Center, as captured by the ABC TV show, Secret Millionaire (airs locally on WGNO TV 26). The free viewing will take place in St. Paul's Church, while a pre-viewing reception and post-viewing celebration will take place in the St. Paul's School Auditorium. The evening will include delicious food, lively libations, exquisite desserts, free prime time viewing, and Skype with the actual millionaire to say 'Thank You' for recognizing the faith, hope and courage of all returning residents of New Orleans. Tickets for the pre-show reception and post-show celebration are $100 each and considered tax-deductable donations. Tickets can be purchased online here or here; at St. Paul's Church, School and Homecoming Center; or by calling the St. Paul's Homecoming Center at 504.644.4125. Sponsorships are also available and will help fund the continued works of the St. Paul's Homecoming Center. For more information, please click here.
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Algiers After Dark
Saturday, August 18, 7 - 11p @ Teche St., Algiers, LA
Algiers After Dark is an experimental, community-based arts event meant to create a platform for West-Bank centric artists to showcase their work, thus calling attention to the often overlooked artists and cultural producers of the west bank. At the same time, the event seeks to engender cross-pollination and equitable reciprocity between the west and east bank art scenes, respectively. In addition to attracting established and up and coming artists in the region, youth artists of all types are also actively encouraged to participate. The Common Ground Health Clinic is invested in this project as a part of their commitment to building the health of the New Orleans community, as well as the Algiers Community, which is the home to the clinic. Submissions are welcome for art work in any medium, including installation work. To submit work or ideas, please call Common Ground Health Clinic at 504.365.8800 or e-mail noah@commongroundclinic.org. For more information about the event, please click here.
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Public Leaders Fellowship 2012-13
Puentes New Orleans and the New Orleans Coalition for Open Governance (NOCOG) are currently accepting nominations for their 2012-13 Public Leaders Fellowship program. The eight-month fellowship builds the capacity of rising community leaders to meaningfully engage themselves and their communities in civic life by training them in concepts of public leadership, community organizing and advocacy, and by providing them with concrete skills and tools for accessing, engaging, and holding accountable decision-makers at all levels of city government. Please submit nominations no later than Friday, August 10th, via email (publicleadersfellowship@gmail.com) or fax (504.304.3320). Nomination forms can be found here. Applications will be sent to all nominees as soon as their nomination forms are received.
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Voter Engagement Resource Guide for Louisiana
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Community Gardening Survey for St. Roch
Faubourg St. Roch Project wants to hear your thoughts on Community Gardening in St. Roch. Would you enjoy access to fresh fruits and vegetables? Do you have an interest in learning to garden or expanding your gardening skills? Please click here to take the survey.
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UNO To Launch NewOrleansReporter.org
The University of New Orleans announced a plan to create a new nonprofit multimedia newsroom to be operated by the University in partnership with WWNO. This new newsroom will produce in-depth local reporting on issues of vital interest to the community, to be featured online through NewOrleansReporter.org, a news website and mobile platform, and on radio via WWNO. The objective of the University and its partners is to create a strong, sustainable model for nonprofit, multimedia journalism that will serve the greater New Orleans area as an open source of trustworthy news and information for decades to come. To learn more about this venture, please click here. To donate, please visit NewOrleansReporter.org.
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Help Save & Expand AmeriCorps
ServeNext and AmeriCorps are petitioning the Presidential candidates to help save and expand funding for service employment through AmeriCorps. The petition proposes the creation of one million new national service positions by expanding programs such as AmeriCorps, VISTA, City Year, and others so we can serve and rebuild our country now. The legislation for this already exists - creating the positions just means using the Serve America Act to it's fullest potential. Every day national service programs are mobilizing citizens to address pressing education and housing challenges and providing needed capacity to disaster relief efforts across the country at a three to one return on taxpayer investment.
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The HIV Division of the LSU School of Medicine is recruiting to fill a Clinical Associate position to serve as a Health Educator. Duties include, but are not limited to: Creation of visual aids; provision of information packets and explanation of issues of the disease; maintenance of updated information files; development, implementation and coordination of specialized health education programs; conducting training for staff, faculty and students as needed. Interested individuals should email resumes to ctorre@lsuhsc.edu. REQUIRED: Bachelor's degree in health care, social services, counseling or related field or Licensed Practical Nurse with one year of relevant professional experience in medication management. DESIRED: Master's Degree in Public Health. Knowledge of HIV infection and experience working directly with HIV patients. Bilingual (Spanish-English).
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Development Associate
A Studio in the Woods is seeking a Development Associate to be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to significantly build membership and increase funding prospects. The Associate will work to identify, cultivate, and solicit individuals, foundations and corporations for donations to fund the various programs of A Studio in the Woods. He/she will work closely with and the staff of ASITW and Tulane's Office of Development and will report to the Managing Director of ASITW. This is a part time, contract position and the application deadline is August 20, 2012. For information on how to apply, or to download the full Request for Qualifications, please click here.
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Community Representative
The American Cancer Society has an opening for a Community Representative in the New Orleans area. This position will develop and maintain relationships with community volunteers to effectively promote American Cancer Society programs and services to the public; provide staff leadership to ensure strong fundraising programs in assigned geographic territory, following a defined sales methodology; and ensure fulfillment of community cancer control requests. For more information about this position, and to apply, please click here.
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Youth Workforce Training Program Now Recruiting For Fall 2012
Louisiana Green Corps is recruiting out of school 18-21 year olds for their Youth Workforce Training Program. This 3-month program includes work readiness, healthy living skills, life skills, and environmental literacy training; academic preparation for all levels; college & GED program referrals; and much, much more! Learn more about the eligibility requirements here.
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Stand for Children is a powerful voice for students. Our mission is to ensure that all children, regardless of their background, graduate from high school prepared for, and with access to, a college education. Working as a key member of the Stand for Children Louisiana staff, the New Orleans Organizer will be responsible for the implementation of an established organizing model in New Orleans. The New Orleans Organizer will build and manage an engaged army of at least 18-20 leaders and 180-200 members within the New Orleans community who take local action, develop the leadership skills of members, and initiate and lead campaigns. For more information, and to apply, please click here.
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NPN Spotlight: Healthy NOLA Neighborhoods
Healthy New Orleans Neighborhoods, or Healthy NOLA Neighborhoods is a vision, a community self-identity, a way of life and a set of supportive programs with an open-access platform for community information access, planning, action, and tracking. Healthy Nola recognizes that the drivers of the health of people and neighborhoods cross all sectors of life and whole communities. The overall goal of Healthy Nola is to provide a broad range of community data and implementation guidance, tools and technical assistance to New Orleans neighborhoods recovering from Hurricane Katrina and decades of community disparities so as to enable residents to build a sustainable community of healthy neighborhoods. This initiative is in partnership with Neighborhoods Partnership Network (NPN), Concordia, LLC, and Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI).
NPN and LPHI are offering interested neighborhoods organization technical assistance for approaching neighborhood health. One of the main aspect of the technical assistance team is to help neighborhoods with strategic planning around health. To contact the Technical Assistance Team or for any additional questions regarding Healthy NOLA Neighborhoods, email or call: Greg Lawsongreg@npnnola.com or 504-940-2207.
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FUNDRAISING & GRANTS
Community Impact Grants
The Home Depot Foundation will award up to $5,000 to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, public schools, or tax-exempt public service agencies in the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community. Grants are given in the form of The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or services. Proposals are due by August 13. For more information on this opportunity, click here.
Cedric Richmond's Grant E-Newsletter
Click here for July's grant opportunities! Congressman Cedric Richmond has created a federal grants e-newsletter that can be emailed monthly to you with a list of new or updated federal grants highlighting valuable community funding. Do you know of a non-profit organization that could use this list? Share! Anyone in the 2nd Congressional District may subscribe to the grants e-newsletter by emailing Richmond.Grants@mail.house.gov. If you need assistance with any federal grant, please contact grant coordinator, Teresita Bordenave, at 288.3777 or Richmond.Grants@mail.house.gov.
State Farm Youth Advisory Board Invites Grant Applications for Service-Learning Projects
The State Farm Youth Advisory Board, a philanthropic program of State Farm is accepting applications for youth service-learning projects designed to create sustainable local change in communities across the United States and Canada. Projects must be designed to address the root cause of the following issues: access to higher education/closing the achievement gap, financial literacy, community safety and natural disaster preparedness, social health and wellness, and environmental responsibility. Applicant organizations must be a K-12 public or charter school, or institution of higher education. Nonprofit organizations also are eligible if they are able to demonstrate how they plan to impact student achievement within the public K-12 curriculum. Grants will range from $25,000 to $100,000. View the complete RFP here.
2012-13 Request for Application (RFA) for Community Advocacy Grants (CAGs)
The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL) has released its 2012-13 Request for Application (RFA) for Community Advocacy Grants (CAGs). You can review the RFA and find answers to the RFA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) through our website. The purpose of these grants is to foster community involvement in carrying out TFL's goals of reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, preventing tobacco initiation by youth, and reducing tobacco-related health disparities. TFLCAGs assist in the growth and development of statewide capacity building and mobilization efforts for tobacco prevention and control. It is through the statewide coordination of these strengthened efforts that the goal of prevention is met through policy change. The three areas that the RFA will focus on are youth, young adults (college/university), and employees disparately impacted by tobacco in the workplace. The CAGs funding period will be from July 1, 2012 to June 15, 2013 (FY 12/13). Benefits to the TFL Community Advocacy Grantees include: funding for staff support stipends, funding for community capacity building and staff professional development, and networking opportunities through membership in your regional coalition.Please contact Cassandra at ccontreras@lphi.org or 301.9839 if you have any questions.
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Louisiana eGrants
This website from the State of Louisiana Division of Administration is a one-stop grants portal that will allow citizens, non-profits, businesses, and faith-based organizations to identify funding opportunities in accordance with the Executive Order BJ 2008-76. The registration is quick and easy; just enter your email address here to enter the site.
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