Congratulations: Brenda Muhammad recipient of the 2013 'Unsung Heroes Award'

Congratulations Brenda Muhammad (Community Participation member, New York)

Date:         January 19, 2013
Location:   Syracuse University.  Carier Dome
Time:        5:30m p.m.

Syracuse University's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Dinner Celebration, a community-wide tradition lasting more than a quarter of a century, is one of the nation’s largest celebrations of Dr. King’s legacy on a university campus, including a sit-down dinner for more than 2,000 people on the floor of the Carrier Dome, followed by a festive program featuring our keynote speaker. During the celebration, we bestow the annual Unsung Heroes Awards on members of the greater Syracuse community who exemplify the spirit, life, and teachings of Martin Luther King Jr., but who are not widely recognized for their efforts.

The 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Unsung Heroes Awards will be presented to Adena Rochelson, an eighth grader at Wellwood Middle School in Fayetteville (youth/teen); JoVan Collins of Syracuse (community adult);  Brenda Muhammad, a graduate student at Syracuse University (SU/ESF student); and Engineers Without Borders at Syracuse University (student group).

The evening program, which will include the presentation of the 2013 Unsung Hero Awards and entertainment, begins at 5:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Tickets for the dinner, which precedes the program at 4 p.m., are $25 for the general public and $15 for students without meal plans. For ticket information, call Hendricks Chapel at 315-443-5044. Information on the celebration can be found at hendricks.syr.edu.

Grant Opportunity: USAID/Jordan Community Engagement Program

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 12/16/2012 . If updates have been made to the opportunity synopsis, update information is provided below the synopsis.

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Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	SOL-278-13-000005
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Dec 16, 2012
Creation Date:	Dec 16, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Dec 31, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Dec 31, 2012
Archive Date:	Jan 30, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:	Community Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Estimated Total Program Funding:	$30,000,000
Award Ceiling:	$30,000,000
Award Floor:	$30,000,000
CFDA Number(s):	98.001  --  USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
 

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Eligible applicants are US, international or national organizations, faith-based and community organizations, or educational institutions who have a presence in Jordan and who are able to respond through oral applications and be able to mobilize in a very short period of time.

Agency Name

Jordan USAID-Amman

Description

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Jordan will shortly be issuing a solicitation seeking assistance applications to implement the Community Engagement Program which is a rapid response community engagement program to address immediate and medium term stressors in communities with the goal to strengthen Jordanian communities to mitigate and resolve tension and instability caused by both domestic volatility and the massive influx of refugees.

 

The anticipated level of funding for this program is $30,000,000 over a period of three (3) years with possible phases extending the program to five years. The program will focus on two primary components: 1) Mitigate community tensions through increased ability of non-government organizations (NGO), community based organizations (CBO), government authorities, informal actors and communities to peacefully and constructively resolve community stressors; and 2)

 

Promote positive interaction between displaced Syrians and Jordanian host communities and within Jordanian communities.

Link to Additional Information

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Arwa Ghanma
Acquisition Specialist
Phone 96265906686 aghanma@usaid.gov

Synopsis Modification History

There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.