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

Mon Oct 18 19:36:48 UTC 2010

well they don't do everything, we can do some technology, languages
and there is much more we can do.

On 10/18/10, Anmol Bhatia <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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