Echoing Green A name? Ten Best Emerging Social EntrepreneursÂ?
Winners receive Echoing Green fellowship with a maximum of $ 90 000 grant
NEW YORK (PRWEB) November 1, 2003
A couple Judeo-Arabic to promote nonviolent political action in the Middle East to a former Rwandan refugee who is helping immigrants make the transition to life in the U.S., the venture capital world social Echoing Green’s D in the world? s â? Ten Best Emerging Social EntrepreneursÂ? their efforts to apply business principles to create lasting social change.
selected from nearly 1,000 applicants in 60 countries, ten organizations receiving the prestigious 2003 Echoing Green Fellowship (bios attached) will receive up to $ 90,000 in seed funding over two years to launch new non-profit organizations Socialist organization that address? s most challenging problems. The new leaders will be honored at a conference Echoing Green Nov. 6 in San Francisco, California.
Â? With the echo of green awards, we are the first to invest in visionary leaders with bold ideas for social change, â? said Dr. Cheryl Dorsey, Echoing Green and chairman in 1992, echoed Green Fellow. Â? We take risks on emerging leaders with new solutions, because the greatest risk is situated on an idea that can change the world.Â?
Echoing Green selects scholarship recipients based on an application process that includes rigorous five months creating a detailed plan of the organization and a series of interviews in person before a panel of seasoned business leaders nonprofit in New York. Judges evaluate applicantsÂ? leadership and entrepreneurial skills, creativity and potential of their ideas to offer long-term social change.
Â? echo green fellows are part of a new class of community leaders who use business principles to create positive social change, â? Dorsey said. Â? We believe that energy and innovation that drive the private sector can foster new solutions in the social sector.Â?
Echoing Green is a global social fund which provides seed capital and technical support to new leaders with bold ideas for social change. Each recipient will receive a $ 60,000 grant and partners receive a grant of $ 90,000. Since 1987, Echoing Green has invested over 21 million dollars to help the 370 leaders for positive changes in 30 countries. Echoing Green Fellows have launched organizations in education, youth development, health, housing, environmental justice, civil and human rights, economic development, social justice, arts and immigration. Sixty-seven percent of organizations launched by Echoing Green Fellows are still in existence, and 85 percent of fellows echoed Green remain in a leadership position in the social sector.
For more information and to apply for a scholarship in 2004 Echoing Green http://www.echoinggreen.org visit, call 212.689.1165 or email apply@echoinggreen.org. The deadline to apply for a scholarship in 2004 Echoing Green is January 12, 2004.
(List of winners below)
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2003 Echoing Green Fellows
Adam Shapiro
and Huwaida Arraf, non-violent Palestinian Strategic Initiative
Ramallah, Palestine
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Jewish-Arab Shapiro and Arraf created the Palestinian Strategic Nonviolence Initiative to train and educate students and activists to use nonviolent strategies political will to address difficult economic conditions and escalating violence in Palestine. Â? Our project enables young people to use nonviolent strategies to take the fight for human rights and dignity in their own hands, Â? Arraf said, 27. Â? We believe that non-violent political action is the only answer and best hope.Â?
Msengi Mukeshimana Clementine, Move Bright, Cedar Falls, Iowa
old Rwandan refugee, Msengi created Bright Move to provide education, mentoring and guidance of social services to help immigrants and refugees to make a successful transition to life in America. Â? Bright Move recognizes the importance of refugees and immigrants for the economic and social viability of Iowa, Â? said Msengi, 30. Â? We help them to cope effectively with their new cultural environment, which enables them to make a positive contribution to the community and lead more productive and satisfying lives.Â?
Daniel Ravicher
, Public Patent Foundation, New York City
patent lawyer and the University of Virginia School of Law graduate, Ravicher created the Public Patent Foundation to use education, advocacy and legal action to challenge illegitimate patents that prevent patients from receiving drugs essential and limiting economic opportunities for small firms in the market. � Most people do not realize how illegitimate patents restrict their freedoms and affect their wallets, � Ravicher said, 28. � Elimination of illegitimate patents will save billions of dollars from the general public by removing barriers to competition in the market for goods. formerly protected by patents?
Schlomka Fred Mosaic Communities, Kfar Saba, Israel
Schlomka established Mosaic Communities to lease or buy land and develop new housing to create integrated communities Judeo-Arabic that are open to all residents of Israel. Â? Barriers to regional planning and in obtaining building permits has led to mounting housing inequalities in Israel, Â? said Schlomka, 50, an Israeli citizen and U.S.. Â? Mosaic Communities will work to ensure that all citizens of Israel have equal access to housing and land.Â?
Gary Kosman, America learns, Los Angeles, California
Kosman launched America learns, the nation? the first Internet-based program designed to empower tutors and tutoring program managers by streamlining administrative processes and sharing best practices. Â? Guardian America learns redefines monitoring, evaluation and support by turning the traditionally separate systems into one process, Â? said Kosman, 25. Â? In partnership with practitioners and administrators, we designed a powerful technology to help tutors focus on teaching, not bureaucracy.Â?
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Joshua Brown, the “perpetuation Salish Languages, St. Ignatius, Montana
Brown launched The Salish Language Perpetuation Project to preserve the language and cultural traditions of his Confederate Salish and Kootenai Tribal Nation. With only 80 people fluent in Salish among 6,000 members of the tribe, Brown? S organization helping to develop a school Salish language immersion for young people, a conservation program of historical events and inter-generational community forward? S customs and traditions in the future. Â? Language is the foundation of society and the keystone that connects generations through time, â? Mr. Brown, 29. Â? So far, nobody has brought to the Salish people together to preserve our language and to protect our heritage.Â?
Marcus Scott Douglas, The Foundation © Frederick, Arlington, Virginia
A lawyer and a Ph.D. in urban studies who has been classified as mentally retarded in elementary school, Scott has created the Frà © Foundation, a nonprofit bipartisan public education dedicated to the use of innovative tools teaching to inspire intergenerational democracy, equality and engage celebrate difference. One word? Fra © Â? designate one? SEEDA? Tigrinya, a language spoken in northern Ethiopia, and Scott says his goal is to help the nation? schools to plant the seeds for responsible civic participation and sustainable collective memory across generations. Â? Todayâ? S of the young have not experienced fundamental changes won by the great democratic movements for social justice in our past, and they don? T feel connected to many of our nation? S Chefs, Â? said Scott, 40. Â? Only a leadership that learns from the past is able to articulate a democratic vision for future.Â?
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Mia and Michael Dale, Northwest WorkersÂ? Justice Project
Portland, Oregon
Butzbaugh and Dale are the launch of the Northwest Worker? s Justice Project to expand access to legal services for low-wage, contingent and undocumented workers in Oregon. As economic trends urges employers to adopt strategies for contract and temporary work, the project will provide advocacy, education and guidance to increase access to legal representation for the most vulnerable members of the workforce . Â? We create a strong voice for workers and strengthen solidarity across ethnic and racial barriers, Â? said Dale, 55. Â? The project will be at the forefront of efforts to understand and act on common interests of all low-wage and immigrant workers.Â?
Tara Veazey
, Law Project of Eastern Montana Self-Help, Helena, Montana
Veazey� s Eastern Montana Self-Help Law Project mobilizes lawyers and community volunteers to give to the poor to education, legal advice and materials for self-help they need to competently and confidently represent themselves in civil cases. � With relevant education and support, people can be empowered to solve their own legal problems, � said Veazey, 31. � Our goal is to make the courts more accessible to low-income Montanans and offer creative alternatives to the costly and often depend relationship. between client and lawyer?
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