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Welcome to the December CONNECT E-Zine!

 

Best of luck on Exams!!!

 

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Scholarship

1.  Youth to Youth Grant

2.  Student Community Action Fund

3.  Lupus Inspiration Foundation

 

Internship

1.  AAPD Internship

2.  AAPD Internship

3.  ACCESS Internship

 

Leadership

1.  Issue Day

2.  Anarcha Project

3.  Leadership Summit

4.  Between Me, You and Liberation

5.  TASH Student Membership

 

 

Scholarship Opportunities

 

1.  Youth to Youth Grant

Michigan Campus Compact is accepting proposals for the 2006-2007 academic year.  The Youth to Youth grant program will award fifteen grants in the amount of $1,000 each to help college students who create and implement service projects to positively impact disadvantaged youth. 

Applications are due on the 15 of every month.

To find out if your college is eligible follow this link www.micampuscompact.org

 

2.  Student Community Action Fund

The student community action fund is designed to aid in the creation of opportunities for students to design and fund their own civic dialogue, community service or civic engagement activities and encourage educational opportunities through attendance at statewide and national training events.  You must be a student at a Michigan Campus Compact college

Applications are accepted from September 1 till funding runs out.

To find out if your college is eligible visit this link www.micampucompact.org

 

3.  Lupus Inspiration Foundation

The L.I.F.E Scholarship is awarded to one or more students.  The award recipients will receive a minimum of award of $500.00.  Each applicant must be diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus and working towards a degree with a minimum of six credits per semester at an accredited United States college or university and hold a minimum of a 3.0 GPA and be involved in at least one extracurricular activity. 

Applications are due December 16th

For more information go to http://lupusinspiration.tripod.com/lifescholarship/id10.html

 

Internship Opportunities

 

1.  AAPD Internship

The Microsoft Corporation and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) are proud to offer summer internship program designed specifically for college and university students with disabilities interested in careers in information technology.  This internship will provide 10 students with disabilities with the exclusive opportunity to participate in an 11 week I.T. internship at a federal agency in Washington D.C.

Applications are due December 1, 2006

For more information follow this link http://www.aapd.com

 

2.  AAPD Internship

The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) are proud to offer a congressional internship program for undergraduate students with disabilities.  This internship provides an opportunity for students with disabilities to work on Capitol Hill for 8 weeks and acquire valuable work experience that will enrich their academic studies.

Applications are due December 1, 2006.

For more information follow this link http://www.aapd.com

 

3.  NASA Internship

The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is offering several internships in different programs.  NASA provides specific internships aimed at students with disabilities based on their talents, qualifications and interests. 

Applications are due January 16, 2007

Applications are available at http://university.gsfc.nasa.gov/application.  

If you are a student with a disability interested in the ACCESS program please contact Mrs. Laureen Summers at (202) 326-0844 or email her at Denna.s.lambert@nasa.gov ,

 

Leadership Opportunities

 

1.  Issue Day

Central Michigan University will be holding an Issue Day Conference on December 2.  This day will be filled with workshops and presentations on different social advocacy and service related issues.  The conference is free to CMU students and coasts $25 dollars for non CMU students. 

Apply today at https://secure.stulife.cmich.edu/VolunteerCenter/issueday.php

 

2.  The Anarcha Project

Black culture and disability culture activists are in a week-long

residence on campus, at the Center for Independent Living in Ann Arbor

and at VSA arts in Detroit. To see a schedule of their events please see the attached email.

Event goes from December 1st to 10th

 

3.  Leadership Summit

Grand Valley State University will be holding a one-day professional student run conference on leadership development and how it relates to campus life.

This conference is February 3rd

Apply today at http://www.gvsu.edu/leadership/

 

4.     Between Me You and Liberation

Chicago’s Center for Independent Living are holding a three day workshop for women interested in learning more about how to build a gender-conscious, disability proud, safe space for girls.  This very interactive workshop will take participants through everything they need to think about to start a group for girls with disabilities including: recruitment, curriculum development, group dynamics, capacity building and more.  This workshop is free.

This workshop will be in May of 2007

If interested please contact Susan Nussbaum or Ana Mercado TODAY (workshop space is limited to 12 participants) Voice: 800-613-8549, TTY: 888-253-7003

 

5.  TASH Student Membership Program

Professors, a membership to TASH is on of the most valued resources you can offer students as they enter the disability community in their professional capacities.  The Student Membership Program works by a professor can assign TASH membership as one would a textbook or a package of readings. 

Find out more by contacting Rose Holsey at rholsey@tash.org or call her at 410-828-8274

 

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Theresa Squires

College Leadership Coordinator

Michigan Disability Rights Coalition

"With Liberty and Access for All!"

(800) 760-4600 ext 326

(517) 333-2677 ext 326

connect@prosynergy.org

http://www.copower.org

 

 

Theresa Squires

College Leadership Coordinator

Michigan Disability Rights Coalition

"With Liberty and Access for All!"

(800) 760-4600 ext 326

(517) 333-2677 ext 326

connect@prosynergy.org

http://www.copower.org