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One Nation Bay Area
Posted by AAPIPstaff on Friday, October 28th, 2011
AAPIP is pleased to be a partner in a new local effort, One Nation Bay Area Project, with both existing and new philanthropic partners — The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and Marin Community Foundation. We are partnering with the One Nation Foundation over the next two years to strengthen relationships between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the Bay Area.
Together, The San Francisco Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Marin Community Foundation and AAPIP are partnering with the One Nation Foundation to continue our work over the past decade with Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities. This new fund will grant organizations up to $10,000 to support civic engagement efforts that bring together American Muslim and non-Muslim leaders and residents to address community issues of common concern.
The One Nation Bay Area Project grant cycle will begin on Monday, November 7, 2011. The last day to submit your application is Friday, December 9, 2011. Please check your respective community foundation website for specific submission information (note: there are different submission formats for each foundation).
Types of projects that will be considered are:
- Interfaith social action and/or community service projects
- Neighborhood or school-based projects that bring residents and parents/guardians together to tackle a community or school concern
- Community-based/grassroots-level projects that seek to broaden the base of support on a community issue to include American Muslim and non-Muslim voices on that issue or need
- Local or regional training of American Muslim residents to engage in community problem-solving (trainings may include participation by other non-Muslim community members as well)
Eligibility: Grant funds will be awarded competitively. You do not have to be a current or past grantee of a participating community foundation or AAPIP to apply for funds. Funding requests for one-time events will not be competitive unless they are part of a broader campaign or strategy.
Click on “One Nation Bay Area RFP” to download the guidelines and to learn more about this grant initiative
Click on “Application Form for ONBA” to open a form that you can fill out online and submit via email.
Application Workshops
Three orientation workshops for potential applicants will be held to learn more about the One Nation Bay Area Project and how applications will be evaluated. Organizations planning to submit an application are strongly encouraged to attend. An RSVP is required. We recommend that you attend the workshop in the region where you plan on implementing your project.
WORKSHOP 1:
For projects in Marin
Date: Thursday, October 20thfrom 1:00p.m. – 2:00p.m.
Location: Marin Community Foundation, 5 Hamilton Landing, Suite 200, Novato 94949
For RSVPs: Contact Sandy Sherwood, Program Associate, at 415-464-2509 or via email at ssherwood@marincf.org
WORKSHOP 2:
For projects in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties
Date: Monday, October 31stfrom 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 2440 West El Camino Real, Suite # 300, Mountain View 94040
For RSVPs: Please sign up online at www.siliconvalleycf.org
WORKSHOP 3:
For projects in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco Counties
Date: Thursday, November 3rdfrom10:00 a.m. – 11:00a.m.
Location: The San Francisco Foundation, 225 Bush St., 5th Floor, San Francisco 94104
For RSVPs: Contact Prasi Gupta, Program Fellow at 415-733-8543 or via email at pgupta@sff.org
Filed under: Civic Engagement Fund
AMEMSA Communities: Ten Years After 9/11, A Funder Dialogue
Posted by AAPIPstaff on Thursday, July 28th, 2011
by Laila Mehta, Director, AAPIP Civic Engagement Fund
On July 14th, AAPIP was pleased to partner with Northern California Grantmakers in convening a special funders dialogue: 10 Years After 9/11: Dialogue on New Opportunities and Continuing Challenges in AMEMSA Communities.
Hosted by The San Francisco Foundation, a funding partner of AAPIP’s Civic Engagement Fund, the briefing brought together grantmakers from across the Bay Area to learn more about the experience of and conditions in AMEMSA (Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian) communities, nearly ten years after 9/11. It was also an opportunity to learn more about the Civic Engagement Fund and our efforts to create greater collaborative spaces for philanthropy to leverage sustained support to continue building the capacity of AMEMSA communities in what has remained an often hostile and volatile political, social and economic environment.
Introductory remarks by James Head, Vice President of Programs, The San Francisco Foundation were followed by a panel discussion moderated by Tessa Rouveral Callejo, FAITHS Program and Civic Engagement Officer, also of the Foundation. The panel highlighted the critical need for grantmakers to invest in a long-term commitment to AMEMSA communities. Panelists included Zahra Billoo of the Council of Arab-Islamic Relations-Bay Area Chapter, Lily Haskell of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, and Rajdeep Singh of The Sikh Coalition, each of whom provided a unique regional and national perspective on the ongoing challenges to AMEMSA communities, and the role that philanthropy has, and can continue to, play in meeting those needs.
A number of briefing participants shared their thoughts about the role and responsibility of philanthropy to AMEMSA communities, and how being a funding partner with AAPIP’s Civic Engagement Fund has impacted their work.
Manny Santamaria, Grantmaking Director, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, remarked recently on the impact of the Civic Engagement Fund’s efforts within the Foundation, and how to include AMEMSA communities in their work:
From a funder’s perspective, the knowledge and learning gained from being a part of the CEF has helped deepen our thinking about how to include AMEMSA communities in the work we do (i.e., immigrant integration). We are more intentionally developing those connections within the AMEMSA community and our community foundation’s work.
To learn more about the funder dialogue and additional program highlights, click here to visit The San Francisco Foundation’s post-briefing recap.
And to learn more about AMEMSA communities, including observations from community leaders about ongoing challenges and opportunities, take a few moments to view the following video produced by the AAPIP Civic Engagement Fund.
Filed under: AAPIP News, Civic Engagement Fund
[recap] AAPIP’s Civic Engagement Fund inaugural convening, Nov 2010, by Laila Mehta
Posted by Gladys Malibiran on Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
blog post written by Laila Mehta, Associate Director, AAPIP Civic Engagement Fund
On November 9th and 10th, the Civic Engagement Fund for Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian Communities held its inaugural Convening for the 2010 Program at Preservation Park in Oakland. I am still feeling the buzz from the energy and enthusiasm that developed throughout the day and a half convening!
AAPIP CEF convenings
Participants from the 17 community partner organizations were present and engaged, and through the facilitated and breakout sessions, the organizations were able to start learning more about each other, and initiated the process of community building that this program is based on. As was hoped, the participants’ openness encouraged a safe space for sharing stories that resonated and contributed to a feeling of shared experience among the range of organizations.
“It feels good to create a space and start dialogue with existing
and new partners around issues that are important to us.”
- CEF partner
Filed under: AAPIP 2010, Civic Engagement Fund, Incubations
[AAPIP national staff] Welcome Laila Mehta, AAPIP Civic Engagement Fund Associate Director
Posted by Joe Lucero on Friday, June 11th, 2010
Please join the Board of Directors and Staff of AAPIP in welcoming Laila Mehta as the Associate Director of the Civic Engagement Fund for AMEMSA (Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian) Communities.
Learn more about Laila and her thoughts on the shared experiences of AMEMSA and Asian American communities in times of crisis, the focus of our program on June 23, in the video below:
Laila joined AAPIP in May, directly from Kathmandu, Nepal, where she was working for 2 years with grantmaking institutions, donors and international agencies on issues related to governance, post-conflict peace building, and gender integration.
Join Laila and other AAPIP folks on June 23 at The Renwick Gallery in Washington DC for our special program in observance of AAPIP’s 20 years of achievement in our communities and in philanthropy on June 23rd, 2010.
“What is the Role of Philanthropy & Government in Times of Crisis?”
Filed under: AAPIP 2010, Civic Engagement Fund, Washington DC
[RFA] AAPIP Civic Engagement Fund 2010 Request for Applications
Posted by Gladys Malibiran on Friday, April 23rd, 2010
The Civic Engagement Fund invites applications for its upcoming grantmaking cycle. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be a part of a program dedicated to empowering the Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) communities to actively participate at all levels of civil society.
We will host two “Introduction to the 2010 Civic Engagement Fund” webinars on May 4, 2010 and May 6, 2010. Both webinars will cover the same information. Applicants will have an opportunity to ask questions about the overall program and application process. Details about how to register for the webinars are included in the Program Guidelines.
- Overview of the 2010 Civic Engagement Fund Program – read more about CEF and access the Request for Application form and submission guidelines documents
Applications will be accepted until Monday, May 24, 2010.
Filed under: AAPIP News, Civic Engagement Fund
