This group would be able to start as soon as May 31, 2006 until August 28, 2006. Working up to six hours a week per student.

Skills offered are data analysis, interviewing, research and surveys.

The upcoming presentations will provide an overview of proposed revisions to the Comp Plan, and changes to the city's official Land Use Map. While there have been many opportunities for input over the past 18 months, these presentations will be the first time to hear about the Draft document itself. Other opportunities to weigh-in are planned - including a Mayor's hearing - but the upcoming presentations are your best chance to ask questions and be heard.

Comp Plan Week #3 Presentation Dates and Locations

Monday, May 22 from 6 - 8:30 pm at the Reeves Center located at 2000 14th Street, NW Community Room, 2nd Flr
Metro: U Street/Cardozo Station Bus: 66, 68, 90, 92, 93, 96, 98, X3

Tuesday, May 23 from 6 - 8:30 pm at McKinley High School located at 151 T Street, NE
Metro: Rhode Island Avenue Station Bus: 81, 82, 83, 86, 84, 85, B8, B9, D8, H8, H9, M31, P6, S41, T18

Wednesday, May 24 from 6 - 8:30 pm at Kelly-Miller Middle School located at 301 49th Street, NE
Metro: Benning Road Station Bus: 96, 97, E32, U5, U6, U8, W4, W54

There will be a copy of the working draft of the revised Comp Plan at www.inclusivecity.org after May 15.

In the meantime, you can view and review working drafts of all of the Citywide Elements of the revised Comp Plan at website below.

For further information, please call (202) 442-8812.

This will help benefit the Perry School Community Services Center, Inc. with Fighting Chronic Poverty in the North Capitol Street Area of Washington, DC.

"Reconnecting Disadvantaged Young Men" (Urban Institute Press) a book, which Edelman co-authored with Harry Holzer, associate dean and professor at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute, and the late Paul Offner, a former Wisconsin state legislator and consultant for the Urban Institute, provides policymakers with a blueprint for enhancing opportunities for deprived youth. These recommendations include expanding education and training, improving financial incentives to work, and reducing barriers facing non-custodial fathers and ex- offenders.

RSVP to Suzanne Ayer at 202-312-2449 or by email at suzanne.ayer@gmail.com

Featured speakers: Darlene Allen and Marc Borbely

DC's schools are a hot topic these days. After the city found hundreds of millions of dollars to build a baseball stadium, residents rose up to ask why the city always has said it can't afford to fix up its schools... and they won a major budget victory. However, there is too much space, with too few children, in the public schools. As a result, the DC Board of Education has proposed reducing operating space by consolidating and closing schools, or by sharing space with other entities. Please join us for a discussion led by Iris Toyer and Marc Borbely about the school district's plans for "rightsizing" its schools, and about the newly passed legislation to fund school modernizations.

Busboys and Poets is a new and exciting restaurant just off the U Street corridor in Washington, DC. The Green Institute is thrilled to be sponsoring this lunch presentation on an issue of such local interest. The presentation will be held in the Langston Room where you will have the opportunity to buy an excellent lunch, or just show up and participate. Attendance is free to all, though voluntary donations to pay for expenses would be welcomed.

List of available opportunities on the project finder:

Resource Guide for Prospective Parents
Evaluating Mental Health Policies in the US
NSP Data Assessment
Collaboration DC "Mapping South of Washington"

Student Researchers Looking for Work

Go to Project Finder and locate GWU Researcher for more information on this project title.

Ellie Bennett a student from George Washington University is looking to locate an organization where she can help write a grant. She wants to begin immediately and can work through mid-July. Email her at eb7878s@yahoo.com

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.