Graduate Certificate Program on International Migration: Women?s & Children?s Issues

Trinity currently is offering a non-degree program for both graduate and advanced undergraduate students seeking professional training in a field of growing importance. Special emphasis within the program is placed on contemporary issues related to the Trafficking of Women & Children.

Drawing on the unique combination of organizational and human resources available in the Washington, DC area, the certificate program takes a decidedly applied approach. Students will interact with practitioners, acquiring knowledge that can either enhance their ongoing professional involvement with the issues, or that can prepare them to work professionally with government agencies, international bodies, and non-governmental organizations. Toward that end, the program places special emphasis on policies, programs, and challenges involving government agencies, international bodies and non-governmental organizations active in women?s and children?s international migration issues, particularly related to trafficking.

SAMPLE COURSE:

INAF 503 Transnational Immigrant Communities

Examines the historical rise, current conditions, and future prospects of cross-border or transnational communities, especially in North and Central America and the Caribbean. Devoting attention to public policies and challenges governments confront in managing transnational communities, the course surveys economic relationships that fuel international migration, examines social experiences of the migrants, and explores interactions between newcomers and long-settled, domestic minority groups.

For more information contact Dr. Robert Maguire at 202-884-9585 or email maguirer@trinitydc.edu. To enroll contact Trinity University's Registrar's office at 202-884-9204.

New Voices is a program to seed innovative community news ventures in the United States. Administered by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism ( http://j-lab.org/ ) at the University of Maryland and supported by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (http://www.knightfdn.org ), the program is inviting U.S. nonprofit groups and education organizations to apply for funding to launch new community news ventures and to cooperate with J-Lab in spotlighting best practices and lessons learned.

New Voices is an incubator for pioneering community news ventures in the United States. It helps fund the start-up of innovative micro-local news projects. It spotlights independent citizens media initiatives. And it provides technical support with online training in creating, developing and sustaining Web sites grounded in journalism ethics.

The Center for Nonprofit Advancement is seeking nominations of public officials for the Phyllis Campbell Newsome Public Policy Leadership Awards. As Director of Advocacy and Community Relations for the Washington Council of Agencies (now the Center for Nonprofit Advancement), Phyllis worked with nonprofits, elected officials, and community leaders on the role of the nonprofit sector and how?working together?we can improve the greater community. Phyllis created this award to highlight the work of elected officials that contributed to working on behalf of creating that greater community. After Phyllis?s death, the award was appropriately named after her in the fall of 2003 as tribute to the work, leadership and tireless commitment she exemplified. The Center for Nonprofit Advancement continues to present the Phyllis Campbell Newsome Public Policy Leadership Award to public officials demonstrating exceptional work in our communities. These Awards are presented each Fall at the Center for Nonprofit Advancement?s Annual Meeting.

Please make your voice heard and submit your recommendation for the award based on your assessment of an official?s support of nonprofit organizations through continued contributions to the development of the nonprofit sector.

The mission of the Center for Nonprofit Advancement is to strengthen, promote and represent nonprofit organizations in metropolitan Washington in order to help them better meet the diverse needs of their communities. To do this, the Center provides the region's nonprofit community with the information, tools and resources they need to succeed, including education and training, networking, advocacy, and group buying programs.

Contact Lee Mason at leem@nonprofitadvancement.org or call 202-457-0540

If you would like to share any announcements from your organization or campus with the CoRAL Network community, send a brief blurb to kcarter@coralnetwork.org by close of business each Thursday for inclusion in the following Monday's Newsbits.

Please note that submissions MUST be about local events, news, opportunities and activities that are related to community affairs in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Northern Virginia.