OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

 

International Children's Peace Prize 2010 (Deadline: April 1)
The International Children's Peace Prize is presented annually to a child, whose courageous or otherwise remarkable acts have made a difference in countering problems, which affect children around the world. The Childrens Peace Prize was first awarded in 2005.  The Childrens Peace Prize includes prize money, which will be invested by KidsRights in specific projects related to the struggle for peace and childrens rights of the winner. KidsRights invites you to nominate a child who you feel might be a good candidate for this Prize, such as a child who has a history of standing up and fighting for childrens rights. Deadline for sending in the nomination form is April 1, 2010. The nomination form is available at: www.childrenspeaceprize.org

 

Six Flags Friends Scholarships (Deadline: April 30)
DoSomething.org has teamed up with Six Flags Friends to award college scholarships to young leaders who are taking action to make their community a better place. Scholarships will be awarded based on past, current and planned action in the community as well as the applicants passion, commitment and proven leadership skills. Six winners will receive a $1,500 college scholarships. www.dosomething.org/grants/sixflags/scholarships

 

Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes (Deadline: April 30)

Nominate a young service-learning leader for a $2,500 Barron Prize! The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes seeks nominations for its 2010 awards. The Barron Prize honors young people ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet. Each year, ten national winners each receive $2,500 to support their service work or higher education. Nomination deadline is April 30. For more information and to nominate, visit www.barronprize.org

 

Hawaii Service Learning Award Nominations

At the service learning conference we will announce service learning leaders in three areas. We want to know who is inspiring and leading service learning. We invite your nominations in three categories:

Student Leader in Service Learning (sophomore or junior in high school)
A student who has helped develop a service learning opportunity to meet a community need. They have involved others in the project and have served as models of service learning leadership to their peers.

Teacher Leader in Service Learning
A teacher or team of teachers who developed a service learning opportunity to meet a community need. They have involved students and community partners in the project and have served as models of service learning leadership to their peers.

Community Partner Leader in Service Learning
An individual or agency that has helped develop a service learning opportunity to meet a community need. They have involved students and teachers in the project and have served as models of service learning leadership to their peers.

Click here to fill out the online nomination form.

 

Service-Learning Emerging Leaders Initiative
Local, state, tribal, regional, and national organizations and public-sector agencies host emerging leaders, ages 25 to 35, who have demonstrated a commitment to making a difference in the lives of young people, schools, and communities. The emerging leaders are employed by the host organization for a period of two years — building organizational capacity and a new generation of diverse service-learning leadership. The initiative …

• expands the current leadership of the service-learning field to include a new generation of young, more culturally diverse leaders
• sharpens the skills and capacity of individuals and organizations to build the service-learning field through practice and professional development; policy advocacy; research; constituency-building; and communications and visibility
• cultivates culturally competent leaders and organizations within the service-learning community
• ensures stronger connections between service-learning and broader social change objectives
• furthers the use of service-learning to address structural issues of race, class, power, and access in disempowered communities

Each host organization receives a grant of up to $25,000 per year to subsidize a portion of an emerging leader's salary. Emerging leaders are employed full-time making a minimum of $35,000 with full health and dental benefits. Emerging leaders receive in-person and online professional development and mentoring. They also engage in individual leadership planning and are offered publication and presentation opportunities. For more information contact Maya Beecham at National Youth Leadership Council in Minnesota at (651) 999-7374 or email through this link on their website http://www.nylc.org/contact.cfm?oid=5501

 

Portland State University Online Certificate in Service-Learning
This Fall PSU launches the certificate with a course “Service-Learning Design and Practice” taught by Kate McPherson, a national expert on service-learning. This course offers teachers, administrators, and nonprofit staff a strong theoretical and practical foundation for implementing service-learning in the classroom or community. For more info, visit:  http://sesweb.ses.pdx.edu/ceed_cat/detail_large.cfm?id=45V6.  More information on the certificate program can be found at www.ceed.pdx.edu/service-learning.  For scholarship information, send an email to Emily Gilliland ( ELG@pdx.edu)