Over 100 organizations and universities throughout the world currently use the ACT Forums to recruit entry-level to advanced professional and academic candidates in the fields of peace and conflict resolution, sustainable development, human rights, and related fields. As the ACT Forums have developed, membership has grown to several thousand people internationally. The Forums are available for individuals seeking jobs, scholarships, and information on conferences/events, and for organizations interested in recruiting qualified candidates. There is a small subscription fee to receive regular announcements of opportunities. Posting messages is free.

LIST OF FORUMS INCLUDE:

CONFLICT JOBS - Postings of job opportunities in the fields of peace and conflict resolution, sustainable development, human rights and related fields.

CONFLICT SCHOLARSHIPS - Postings of scholarship, grants and other funding, training and publication announcements in the fields of peace and conflict resolution, sustainable development, human rights and related fields.

DC EVENTS - Postings of talks, conferences, and cultural events in the Washington, DC area related to peace and conflict resolution, sustainable development, human rights and related fields.

The forums are sub-divided into regions covering all geographic areas of the world (for example Conflict jobs-Eastern United States, Conflict jobs-Latin America, Conflict scholarships - Asia).

Whole Foods Market also participate in our community through donations in the form of product. They have donated gift baskets to school silent auctions; fruit, water, and energy bars to 5k runs; snacks to after-school events; flower arrangements for benefit galas; pet supplies to local animal shelters; and the list goes on.
Whole Foods Market is happy to help non-profit organizations in Washington DC who are holding special events by donating food or beverages.

For further information, contact Zachary Stein at (202) 332-4300 or Zachary.stein@wholefoods.com

Know of a tutoring/mentoring/family literacy program that would like to receive free books for the kids in the program?
First Book ? Georgetown is now accepting grant applications to provide free new books to community programs serving underprivileged children.
Applications are available at the Center for Social Justice in Poulton Hall.

First Book is a national nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. They provide an ongoing supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs.

Any questions, please feel free to contact. Connie cvc3@georgetown.edu Katie kjs38@georgetown.edu

BFY Club SERVE is an after-school service learning program being offered as a part of the Building Futures for Youth adolescent pregnancy prevention project of the NIH-DC Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality at Howard University. The programs two DC Public School sites for the 2005-2006 program year are Patricia Roberts Harris Educational Center located at 4600 Livingston Rd, SE in Ward 8 and Fletcher Johnson Educational Center located at 4650 Benning Rd, SE in Ward 7.

Interns will:

* Help 6th grade students in a DC Public School learn about community service and service learning and develop community service projects in their school and community

* Earn a $1600 stipend for volunteering on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 3pm to 6pm

For more information contact Jeffrey D. Richardson at 202-865-8360 or at jdrichardson@howard.edu

Come celebrate as Maryland explore the legacy of their University as a land-grant institution, and how the land-grant spirit and vision can make a difference for their University and their State in the 21st Century.

The keynote speaker will be President Graham Spanier of Pennsylvania State University, an innovative and recognized leader of higher education. His topic: ?The Land-Grant Mission: Relevant or Relic?? The event will conclude with an old- fashioned ?ice cream social? with special treats from the University?s Campus Dairy.

Democracy as theory has triumphed over its adversaries. Yet as the 21st century begins, democracy as practice faces daunting challenges. In America and abroad, in established as well as emerging democracies, even as it becomes the only acceptable game in town, the meaning and the fate of democracy have grown uncertain.

Wildly popular with area audiences, this company is one of many that continues to solidify Washington DC?s reputation as a city of world class dance. ?I explore the human condition by using the pure joy and beauty of dance,? says Fabian Barnes, formerly with Dance Theatre of Harlem. Barnes brings the earthiness of African dance to his hot new urban company that will soon make its home in Columbia Heights.

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.