[Blind-international-students] information about the Paul G. Hearne award the grant that I have been talking about

[hina altaf]

thanks for your prompt response about this anmol. yes, this does not
mean that we should wait to undertake projects, with zully's and other
organizations and on our own, we can start a few projects. i saw
someone giving away braille writter and i wrote to her. zully please
let me know where you want me or that person to send the braille
writer? i hope no one else took it from that person but i know someone
else and will ask him if he wants to donate his. thanks. please let me
know if i can be of any further help zully. anmol, please check into
the exact deadline for this award and all of us will discuss some
projects we can under take in the meantime for our group. to offer
distance learning classis is one project that does not require
funding, but our time and technology which i hope all of us can devote
some time to help others. anmol please send me the sample add as well
and i will also start sending to places i can think of. thanks. hina.

On 10/18/10, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Good morning to all,
> Unfortunately, the deadline to apply for the Paul G. Hearne  award for 2011
> has already past. But good news is that we have more time to astablish our
> organization and carry out some a project or two to demenstrate that we are
> group of individuals who are committed to cary out the mission of this award
> and make Paul G. Hearne proud. We have time to prove that we are a group of
> emerging leaders with disabilities who
> want  to improve lives for other people with disabilities.
> The application says that two individuals will be honored, but I think that
> a group such as the Blind International Network should qualify.
> I would encourage us to best utalize this  extra  time to think about
> projects we can do and do some work and apply for this award in summer of
> 2011.
> I would also encourage all of us to join American Association for people
> with Disabilities.
> I was once a member and need to renew my membership. It is only $10 for
> students and $15 for everyone else.
> AAPD is the largest and I think the only political action action committee
> for people with disabilities.
> You should visit their webcite at
> www.aapd.com
> There are other political action committees serving particular disabilities
> such as the NFB, but I think AAPD is the only political action committee
> serving all disabilities.
>
> Below is information about the Paul G. Hearne award:
> The Paul G. Hearne AAPD Leadership Award is an annual award supported by
> Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
> (MEAF) and AAPD to recognize and honor emerging leaders with disabilities
> working in the cross-disability civil rights movement. The award is named in
> honor
> of Mr. Paul G. Hearne: a pioneer, advocate, activist, and national leader
> for people with disabilities.
>
> Each year, we select up to two individuals whose work, life, and passion
> mirrors the life and legacy of Mr. Hearne to receive the annual Paul
> G.Hearne AAPD
> Leadership Awards. Hearne Award recipients are featured at the AAPD
> Leadership Gala in short documentary films chronicling their disability
> advocacy work.
> In addition, Hearne Award receipients each receive $10,000 to help them
> continue their progress as leaders and have an opportunity to meet and
> network
> The
> Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation
>  established The Paul G. Hearne Leadership Awards in 1999 to honor their
> friend and former board member and to help realize Paul's goal of finding
> and supporting emerging
> leaders with disabilities. Since 2000, support for the Hearne Leadership
> Award has been provided by AAPD and MEAF.
>
> Paul G. Hearne was a strong advocate and visionary leader with a lifelong
> disability who achieved success as a nonprofit executive, foundation
> president,
> federal agency director, and mentor to countless people with disabilities. A
> passionate advocate for increased employment of people with disabilities,
> Paul opened doors for thousands through his leadership of
> Just One Break
> , an employment agency for people with disabilities in New York City, and
> The Dole Foundation for Employment of People with Disabilities in
> Washington,
> DC.
> Paul shared more than just his expertise while working as an advocate. He
> shared his wonderful sense of humor and positive outlook on life everyday.
> Until
> he died in 1998, Paul was consumed with two burning passions: to create a
> national association to give people with disabilities more consumer power
> and
> a stronger public voice, and to cultivate potential leaders to carry on the
> disability rights movement. Paul achieved his first goal during his lifetime
> with the creation of the American Association of People with Disabilities
> (AAPD) in 1995 which now recognized as the largest and fastest growing force
> for disability empowerment.
>
> In 2011, MEAF and AAPD will once again recognize those outstanding
> individuals personifying leadership, advocacy, and dedication to and for the
> disability
> community at large.  Two individuals, who are emerging as leaders in the
> cross-disability civil rights movement, will each receive $10,000 to help
> them
> continue their progress as leaders and further connect their work with the
> national grassroots of AAPD.  The recipients of the 2011 Hearne Leadership
> Awards
> will also have an opportunity to meet and network with national disability
> leaders at the AAPD Leadership Gala in Washington, DC, March 15, 2011.  U.S.
> residents with any type of disability are eligible to apply.
>
> **NOTE: The Paul G. Hearne AAPD Leadership Award is intended to recognize
> the outstanding achievements of emerging leaders in the disability
> community.
> Unfortunately, at this time AAPD does not offer scholarships, grants,
> individual funding, or other types of direct financial assistantce to
> individuals.
> 	http://www.disaboom.com/scholarships/
>
> Anmol
>
> I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps
> there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze
> among flowers.
> Hellen Keller
>
>
>
>
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