[Mn-abs] INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR YOUTH LEADERSHIP

[Joe Orozco]

Mobility International USA (MIUSA) is currently accepting applications

from highly motivated high school students with and without disabilities

from throughout the U.S. for their Youth Citizenship for Disability

Inclusion Exchange Program. MIUSA exchange programs are inclusive of

people with all types of disabilities, including people who are deaf and

hard of hearing, or have cognitive, visual, physical, psychiatric,

systemic, non-apparent, or other types of disabilities. MIUSA will

provide appropriate accommodations to each qualified participant with a

disability, including ASL interpretation and alternative formats. In

this program youth will travel to Bahrain; expenses will be covered.

Application deadline is Nov. 19, 2007. For more information go to

http://www.miusa.org/miusa-exchange-programs


TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS: OVERSEAS ADVENTURE PROGRAMS FOR BLIND AND SIGHTED

STUDENTS

Global Explorers' Leading the Way Program to Peru Global Explores

invites high school or college level students to participate in one of

its Summer 2008 blind and sighted Leading the Way Programs. The program

seeks students who feel that this experience will help their personal

growth and discovery. Machu Picchu, Peruvian Andes: June 23 to July 5,

2008. Visit the web site for further information about this trip and

others being offered. Deadline for application is Nov, 1, 2007.

http://www.globalexplorers.org/site/leadingtheway/more/future_trips/


CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ON DISABILITY & THE ENVIRONMENT, BREATH & SHADOW 

This online journal of literature and disability culture, seeks

submissions specifically from writers with disabilities, of poetry,

fiction, creative nonfiction, theater, reviews or interviews for its

January 2008 issue on the theme of "Disability & the Environment."

Submissions due Oct 31, 2007. For more information go to

http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath/write.html
 while the current issue

can be found at 
http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath .


JUNK-FREE SCHOOLS VIDEO CONTEST

The Center for Science in the Public Interest is hosting the first-ever

Junk-Free Schools Video Contest The contest invites young filmmakers to

make a video under three-minutes making the case for getting junk-food

out of schools. It is part of a nationwide campaign to bring healthier

foods to schools. Maximum Award: $100 gift certificate for iTunes and

the video will be showcased on the school foods Web site. Eligibility:

youth filmmakers. Deadline: November 1, 2007. 

http://www.schoolfoods.org/contest.html


SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AT THE WASHINGTON CENTER

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars is pleased

to announce it will continue to help increase scholarship opportunities

for students with disabilities. Thanks to the generous support of the

AT&T Foundation and The HSC Foundation, The Washington Center is working

to help students develop leadership skills and gain valuable work

experience in government, business and the non-profit sector. The

Washington Center will complement students' professional experience with

solid academic training for credit from highly qualified instructors. In

addition, students will be exposed to community, national and

international leaders through workshops, seminars, lectures, embassy

visits and networking events held throughout the course of each

semester. Applications are available at

http://www.twc.edu/students/how_to_apply.shtml


2008-2009 NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM (NSEP) DAVID L. BOREN

SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP

Created in 1991, NSEP awards undergraduate scholarships and graduate

fellowships to American students for study of world regions critical to

U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe,

Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East). Boren

Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for an academic year's study abroad.

Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 for language study and

international research. Application deadline for the Boren Fellowship is

January 30, 2008 and for the Boren Scholarship is February 12, 2008. For

more information go to 
http://www.iie.org/nsep


THE 2008 BARBARA JORDAN HEALTH POLICY SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is accepting applications for the

2008 Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program. This opportunity is

for college seniors and recent college graduates who have a strong

interest in addressing racial and ethnic health disparities, or who are

themselves a member of a population that is adversely affected by racial

and ethnic health disparities. The application deadline is 5:00pm ET on

December 14, 2007. 

Application materials and more information are available online at

http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/bjscholars/index.cfm


AAPD 2008 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 

For the seventh year in a row, the Mitsubishi Electric America

Foundation (MEAF) and the American Association of People with

Disabilities (AAPD) are offering a Congressional internship program for

undergraduate students with disabilities. The MEAF-AAPD Congressional

Internship Program provides an opportunity for students with

disabilities to work on Capitol Hill for eight weeks (or in some cases

with a Federal agency) and acquire valuable work experience that will

enrich their academic studies . Applications must be received by 5:00

p.m. (Eastern Time) on Friday, December 14, 2007. For further

information, guidelines, and application, visit

http://www.aapd.com/internships/internship08/MEAFinternInfo08.htm .