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

[Anmol Bhatia]

Hina,The Hadley school already does distance learning and international students can take class from Hadley. They offer variety of courses and students can take it in any format: online, braille, print and now students can even submit courses over the phone.
I will work on the add soon and check on the exact deadline. As you will see on the bottom there is a link where students with disabilities can look for scholarships and sources for funding.
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


--- On Mon, 10/18/10, hina altaf <hinaaltaf1983 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: hina altaf <hinaaltaf1983 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Blind-international-students] information about the Paul G. Hearne award the grant that I have been talking about
> To: "Blind International Students Mailing List" <blind-international-students at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Monday, October 18, 2010, 1:35 PM
> 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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