MUSLIM YOUTH PROJECT RFP DUE FEB 15
Dear Community Leader:
Advocates for Youth is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for community-based, Muslim youth-serving organizations and institutions. Advocates for Youth is a national organization dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and the developing world.
In 2006, an estimated 5,259 young people aged 13-24 in the 33 states reporting to CDC were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, representing about 14% of the persons diagnosed that year. Each year, there are approximately 19 million new STD infections, and almost half of them are among youth aged 15 to 24. In 2002, 12% of all pregnancies, or 757,000, occurred among adolescents aged 15-19. Even though public health programs have attempted to address the needs of many marginalized youth communities, the Muslim youth community continues to remain invisible. Muslims constitute a growing segment of the American society with significant percentage consisting of young people who are facing myriad challenges including an immigrant hostile environment, Islamophobia, and a general lack of understanding of what it means to be “Muslim” from the mainstream communities. To address the specific needs of Muslim youth around reproductive and sexual health, Advocates created the Muslim Youth Project. The Muslim Youth Project provides a forum for organizations working with Muslim youth to highlight their voices and bring their experiences to the fore-front.
Through the Muslim Youth Project, your organization may receive strategic capacity building assistance, including publications and materials; written and electronic correspondence; telephone consultations; on-site training; and/or a seed grant in the amount of $5,000 to implement an HIV/STI and teen pregnancy prevention project. Services offered through this initiative are tailored to fit the needs of your organization.
Please download the application materials for more information about this opportunity, including eligibility and criteria for selection. The application form and/or proposal are due by Feb 15, 2011, 5:00 p.m. EST. Please e-mail and/or mail or fax applications to Urooj Arshad, Associate Director, Equity + Social Justice, Advocates for Youth, 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20036. Fax: (202) 419-1448.urooj@advocatesforyouth.org Please call to confirm the receipt of your application.
Working together, we believe that we can strengthen efforts to address the reproductive and sexual health needs of Muslim youth. We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with your organization to broaden and increase the positive impact we ALL can achieve in the lives of our youth. If you need further information or have questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (202) 419-3420 or at urooj@advocatesforyouth.org
Sincerely,
Urooj Arshad
Associate Director, Equity + Social Justice
Sincerely,
Urooj Arshad
Associate Director, Equity + Social Justice
1 comment:
I know only a little part of HIV/AIDS sufferer are in muslim ,which I met them all at a STD dating site herpesmingle. com. we all accepted that people should be careful about that terrible disease.
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