Kind regards from Mobility International USA (MIUSA)!
We are happy to announce MIUSA's new Empower Partnerships for Inclusive
Communities project, with the goal of creating sustainable international
partnerships to promote disability inclusive communities, sponsored by the
U.S. Department of State!
Please share this announcement with your contacts who might be interested to
apply. Whether you apply or encourage others, we hope you take advantage of
these opportunities to make your community more inclusive of individuals
with disabilities!
Empower Partnerships for Inclusive Communities Fellowship - APPLY NOW!
Tentative Program dates: May 4 - 24, 2013
To learn more visit:
<http://www.miusa.org/exchange/currentprogs/empower/index_html?utm_source=ia
ndrsrecurit&utm_medium=email&utm_term=exchange&utm_content=application&utm_c
ampaign=EPIC> Empower Partnerships Project website. Apply by January 7th,
2013 toapply@miusa.org
> apply@miusa.org.We are happy to announce MIUSA's new Empower Partnerships for Inclusive
Communities project, with the goal of creating sustainable international
partnerships to promote disability inclusive communities, sponsored by the
U.S. Department of State!
Please share this announcement with your contacts who might be interested to
apply. Whether you apply or encourage others, we hope you take advantage of
these opportunities to make your community more inclusive of individuals
with disabilities!
Empower Partnerships for Inclusive Communities Fellowship - APPLY NOW!
Tentative Program dates: May 4 - 24, 2013
To learn more visit:
<http://www.miusa.org/exchange/currentprogs/empower/index_html?utm_source=ia
ndrsrecurit&utm_medium=email&utm_term=exchange&utm_content=application&utm_c
ampaign=EPIC> Empower Partnerships Project website. Apply by January 7th,
2013 to
Empower Partnerships is a prestigious, two-way international exchange
program for organizations working on or interested in working on
disability-related issues and inclusion as articulated in the UN Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Two international (non-U.S.)
organizations from one of the 73 participating countries must apply together
as a partner team. Each international partner team will be matched with a
U.S. partner organization, implement a collaborative project designed to
promote disability inclusive communities, participate in a three-week
professional fellows exchange in the U.S.A., and host their U.S. partner
organization for a field visit for ongoing collaboration. Empower
Partnerships is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
Applicants must:
* Include one disability organization and one non-disability-specific
organization
* Be from one of 73 participating countries
* Send representatives that use English or American Sign Language
fluently to the U.S. program
* Implement a collaborative project
* Be committed to sustain ongoing relationships with partner
organizations
7th International Women's Institute on Leadership & Disability - APPLICATION
COMING SOON!
Program dates: August 3 - 24, 2013
To learn more visit:
<http://www.miusa.org/exchange/currentprogs/wild/index_html> WILD webpage.
Apply by January 6th, 2013 to
womenleaders@miusa.org.
Thirty disabled women activists from around the world will be selected to
participate in MIUSA's 7th International Women's Institute on Leadership and
Disability (WILD), a three-week exchange program to be held in Eugene,
Oregon, U.S.A. Through a series of interactive workshops and site visits,
delegates will focus on using the media, implementing policy and
legislation, networking with international allies, and improving employment
and educational opportunities. WILD delegates will meet with representatives
from international development agencies during an innovative retreat that
will go beyond rhetoric and workshops to engage participants in direct
dialogue about strategies for including women and girls with disabilities in
development projects throughout the world.
Applicants must:
* Be women with disabilities
* Ages 21 and above
* Use English, Spanish, or sign language, (pending: Arabic or French)
* Be from regions: South Pacific, Middle East, Latin America,
Caribbean, Asia, and Africa
* Represent an organization and demonstrate a commitment to working
for the rights of women with disabilities
Warmest regards from all of us at MIUSA,
