Grant Opportunity. Open Society. July 2020

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I’ve attended countless protests against police violence throughout my life. But never before have I seen anything like the surge of citizen activism that has swept across the United States in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many other victims of police brutality and racial violence. Witnessing people from all walks of life—of all ages, religions, colors, and creeds—marching together for Black lives and racial justice has been profoundly moving, and I’ve never been more hopeful about our collective ability to push this deeply imperfect union closer to its ideals. I joined the Open Society Foundations because of George Soros’s deep commitment to racial justice. I am humbled now as president of the Open Society Foundations to help implement his vision and continue his work. Today, we are investing $220 million in response to the burst of energy we have witnessed from this extraordinary movement, in hopes of nurturing it and ensuring that it endures long after the media spotlight has moved on. Further, because we know this work is a marathon and not a sprint, Open Society is providing five-year grants to each of these organizations, so they can think big and plan for the long-term. Patrick Gaspard President, Open Society Foundations

ExxonMobil Engineering Scholarship Program Opportunity Deadline: August 14, 2020

Sponsored by the Exxon Mobil Corporation, the LULAC National Educational Service Centers (LNESC) will award one (1) national scholarship of $20,000 (paid over four years), and twelve (12) $2,000 local scholarships to qualified Latino students who plan to pursue a degree in engineering at U. S. post-secondary institutions. Applicants must reside within the following cities or surrounding areas (60-mile radius) and meet the requirements below: Albuquerque NM; Austin, TX; Bayamon, PR; Colorado Springs, CO; Corpus Christi, TX; Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; El Paso, TX; Kansas City, MO; Miami, FL; Oxnard, CA; Philadelphia, PA; San Antonio, TX; San Diego, CA or Vancouver, WA.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Must be an incoming college freshman
• Must be a Hispanic student accepted into and planning to attend a full-time program in engineering leading to a bachelor’s degree at an accredited college or university in the U.S.
• Must have a cumulative high school grade point average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent.
• Must have scored 29 or higher on the ACT test, or 1350 or higher on the SAT test (sum of critical reading and mathematics scores).
• Must be a U. S. Citizen or have the legal right to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

The application deadline is August 14, 2020. For more information, please click here.

Concert for CUBA. July 18-19, 2020

CONCERT FOR CUBA by Instituto Cubano de la Música, HotHouse, Raul Cuza and Bill Martinez Free Register Live from Havana – A GLOBAL Musical HOMAGE PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE HUMANITY & SOLIDARITY OF THE HEALTH BRIGADES About this Event Cultural organizers from the US and Canada have come together with the Instituto Cubano de la Musica (ICM) in Cuba to host a special tribute recognizing the distinct contributions to the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. The concert will salute Cuba’s heroic and outsized contributions to health care around the world as doctors have volunteered this year to serve in more than 26 countries.  The two-day cultural event will feature the legendary talent nurtured on Cuban soil and recognized world-wide as virtuoso artists. Musicians located outside of Cuba influenced by numerous Afro-Cuban styles or who are playing in solidarity with the aims of the event are also participating.  The roster of talent amassed for this historic event signifies the concert as one of music history’s most memorable gatherings. Interspersed with the music, tributes by long-time friends of Cuba, other artists, politicians in the US, religious leaders, academics, and activists will join the program to make remarks and offer context to the program. The program will broadcast LIVE from Havana’s Instituto Cubano de la Musica and from points around the globe while physical distancing is still observed. SATURDAY JULY 18  AND  SUNDAY JULY 19 • 8pm Eastern Standard Time • 7PM Central Daylight Time/ Chicago • 5pm Pacific Time And exclusively broadcast via the Twitch.tv/HotHouseGlobal channel. The HotHouseGlobal Twitch Channel will also be simulcast on • HotHouseGlobal on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fqiXc40zwA • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hothousechicago • And on the HotHouse web site www.hothouse.net/HotHouseGlobal Inside Cuba, the live stream will be broadcast across Cuba on national television. Co-presenters around the world will also create Watch parties on Facebook to expand the reach and audience for this legendary event.  The archival version will be available on HotHouseGlobal’s You Tube channel after the live stream two-day event is concluded.  The program will be presented for free without pay walls and all labor related to the program has been donated. CONFIRMED PERFORMERS TO DATE ( 7/10) Additional artists and speakers are expected to join the final lineup ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS Alexander Abreu Y Habana D' Primera ~ Orquesta Aragon ~ Susana Baca ~Jane Bunnett with Danae Olano ~ Bush ~ Proyecto Socio-Cultural El Patio De Adela Y El Caverchelo.comb with Ben Lapidus ~Jon Cleary ~ Barbara Dane with Pablo Menéndez and Mezcla ~ Osain Del Monte ~ “Nachito” Herrera ~ Oscar Hernández ~ Los Van Van ~ Arturo O'Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra ~ Aruán Ortiz ~ Ozomatli ~ Omara Portuondo Con La Orquesta Failde ~ El Septeto Santiaguero ~ Síntesis ~ Omar Sosa ~ Orbert Davis’ Chicago Jazz Philharmonic ~ Tom Morello ~ Dayramir Gonzalez ~ Miguel Zenón ~ Grupo Moncada ~ Nancy Morejon ~ Dionne Warwick ~ Pedrito Martinez ~ Ricardo Lemvo~John Santos ~Michael McDonald SPEAKERS AND PRESENTERS Danny Glover ~ Medea Benjamin ~ Michael Moore ~ Jesse Jackson Sr. ~ Congressman Danny Davis ~ Congressman Jesús G. "Chuy" García ~ City Of Los Angeles, Cd 11 Councilman Mike Bonin ~ James Early ~ David Soul ~ Ron Perlman ~ Judith Le Blanc ~ Antonio Gonzales ~ Alicia Jrapko ~ Jontay Darko ~ Juan De Marcos González ~ Alfredo Caxaj ~ Ed Asner ~ Aislinn Sol~ Mike Farrell ~ Rafael Lay ~ Cesar Pedroso ~Jorge Gomez ~ Adalberto Alvarez ~ Ronnie Malley ~ Wilfred W. Labiosa ~Margaret Randall EMCEES Chelis López Felix Contreras MEDIA SPONSORS WDCB ~ THE PACIFICA FOUNDATION The Instituto Cubano de la Musica in Havana, Cuba is the Executive Producer of the event. Additional Producers are Marguerite Horberg, founder and Executive Director of HotHouse, Raul Cuza, and Bill Martinez. The lead technical support for the broadcast in the US are Luis Jahn and Vedran Residbegovic.

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