Partners and Projects
Semshae ~ Songs from the Heart
The mission of Semshae is to ensure that Tibet's language and culture of compassion is preserved through children's music for all ages.Semshae, which means “Songs from the Heart” in Tibetan, is a project to create a new audio recording of Tibetan children’s songs. Many individuals are aware of Tibetan Buddhism’s culture of compassion and nonviolence, but they may not be aware that the continued existence of Tibetan culture is seriously threatened. Through music, Semshae will be able to preserve and distribute a part of Tibet’s culture around the world. It will be beneficial for Tibetan children in Tibet and in exile, and for the Tibetan-speaking regions in the Himalayas such as Nepal, Bhutan, Ladakh and Sikkim who share the same Buddhist language.
For the past four years, Tashi Shazur has conducted informal feasibility research and related efforts to launch Semshae. He has already created eight original songs for the Semshae album which are ready to record including a track for children’s story telling. Tashi plans to sing and perform all the songs recorded on this album with the assistance of Tibetan children singers in North America and Nepal. This album will feature authentic Tibetan musical instruments such as Damnyen (six-stringed plucked lute), Piwang (two-stringed bowed fiddle), and Lingbu (bamboo flute).
In the past ten years, the number of Tibetan recordings released outside of Tibet has significantly increased. Although created by talented artists, often recordings released by exiled Tibetans lack adequate funding and rarely possess the professional demeanor they deserve. For this reason, in order for Semshae to create a quality and timeless album, it is imperative that Tashi collaborate with individuals who understand the history, purpose, impact, and significance of this unique effort. Once appropriate funding has been secured, Tashi will begin his work with singers and musicians in the (San Francisco) Bay Area and Tibetan musicians in Nepal and India.
For more information about Semshae, visit the Dalai Lama Foundation website.Philanthropy Summit: Generational Leadership Program
The 2008 Leadership Summit was the first conference of its kind, bringing together philanthropic leaders and foundation staff from different sectors, across geographic boundaries, and across generations. For the first time ever, the 2008 Conference will have sessions, resources, and events specifically for and about THE NEXT GENERATION.
The Council of Foundation encourages senior leaders in the field to send next generation staff and trustees to take advantage of this unique program at this unique summit.
- Carol Kino, New York Times, Annual Giving Section, November 12, 2007
The Generational Leadership Program will offer innovative educational and community-building activities for and about the next generation of emerging leaders, and will be woven throughout the Council on Foundations’ 2008 Leadership Summit. Next generation and emerging leaders are individuals from Generation X (born after 1965), the Millennial Generation or Generation Y (born after 1980), and individuals with less than five years experience in the philanthropic field. The Generational Leadership Program will serve the needs of emerging leaders and address generational issues in the philanthropic and nonprofit communities.
Individuals from every generation and career level contribute valuable insights and experiences in understanding the next generation of philanthropy. Foundation board and family members, executives and staff members can take the opportunity to learn from and engage with emerging philanthropic leaders at the Generational Leadership Program.
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
Mission : The mission of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy is to strengthen the next generation of grantmakers, in order to advance effective social justice philanthropy.
EPIP works toward its mission through the following programs.
We organize unique Networking opportunities for our constituents through local chapters and national meeting spaces (both virtual and in-person).
We develop the Leadership skills and analysis of our members for successful engagement in the workplace and the broader philanthropic field.
And we build an Advocacy voice for our generation aimed at transforming philanthropy, and strengthening the pipeline for young people into social change careers.
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Now with 10,000 members in over a dozen cities, the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN) is a powerful, organic vehicle for retaining and strengthening the nonprofit sector’s next generation of leaders—led by and directly responsive to the needs of early career nonprofit professionals. From its beginnings in 1997 as a small, informal gathering of peers in San Francisco, YNPN has grown to become one of the nation’s largest associations of nonprofit practitioners.
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Tibetan Village Project (TVP)
The Tibetan Village Project (TVP) is a non-profit, non-political organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development while preserving the rich cultural heritage of Tibet. The organization was founded in 2001 by a Tibetan couple, Tseyang and Tamdin Wangdu, with support from friends and family. The organization is founded and coordinated by Tibetans to help themselves using a "bottom-up" approach. Most of TVP’s projects are small-scale initiatives that work directly with Tibetan villagers through project-coordinators chosen from each village who know the local situation, understand the culture, and speak the language. Project coordinators work with our regional program manager, who oversees all aspects of project implementation, from coordinating village participation in each initiative, to distributing funds and compiling reports. Since its founding in 2001, TVP’s projects have focused primarily on Tamdin’s home area of Drikung in central, Tibet.
TVP focuses on these program areas:
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights (UAF)
Grounded in a human rights framework and focused on women in civil society, Urgent Action Fund is a human rights organization with a strategic mission.Urgent Action Fund and Urgent Action Fund-Africa operate Rapid Response Grantmaking programs and Collaborative Initiatives linking justice, peacebuilding, security and women’s human rights. Although some funders and human rights organizations differentiate between human rights and women’s rights, UAF is committed to a vision of human rights that is fully inclusive of the experiences and perspectives of women and girls.
As the only international women’s fund in the world designed to respond on short notice, UAF collaborates with women activists in three primary contexts: peace building in situations of armed conflict, escalating violence, or politically volatile environments; potentially precedent-setting legal and legislative actions; and protection of women human rights defenders. UAF joins with local women to build civil societies that honor their experiences and include women at every juncture, especially in areas of armed conflict and war, where they are most at risk.
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Project YES (Youth Envisioning Social change)
Project YES (Youth Envisioning Social change) provides leadership opportunities for young people through the arts and service learning. Through our Youth Center, Art in the Community, and Service-Learning Partnership programs, Project YES empowers young people to not only envision social change, but live it, positively impacting their lives and their communities.
For almost ten years, Project YES existed as a volunteer-run organization, leading after-school arts and service workshops in various schools and communities. Following two years of workshop programming in Lafayette, Colorado, in which hundreds of students were impacted by Project YES’ internationally recognized model, Project YES found a need in the community for free after-school and summer programming. In response, Project YES opened the Youth Center in 2000, serving nearly 1,000 youth since its inception. To further its services, Project YES initiated the Lafayette Service-Learning Partnership in 2001 with support from the Colorado Department of Education, and in 2003 reintroduced its arts for social change workshop through the Art in the Community program.
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Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA)
MESA is moving to end sexual assaultand the suffering it causes in the community.The MESA Hotline provides 24-hour crisis intervention and information for sexual assault survivors. The crisis line is also available to family members, friends, health professionals, or any other community member who may need help or information regarding sexual assault or sexual harassment. The hotline is available in English and Spanish.
Individuals close to someone who has been sexually assaulted are called secondary survivors. Secondary survivors often experience a range of emotions and may struggle with the sexual assault of a loved one. Secondary survivors are also welcome to call MESA’s 24-hour crisis and information hotline. You can reach the hotline by calling 303.443.7300.
Moving to End Sexual Assault is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 in response to the abduction, rape and shooting of two young girls. MESA was originally called HARM (Humans Against Rape and Molestation), and later called the Boulder County Rape Crisis Team.
In February of 2001, the organization’s name was changed to Moving to End Sexual Assault to better reflect the scope of the organization’s work in Boulder County—providing support to sexual assault victims and addressing the societal conditions that contribute to sexual violence.
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