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October
4, 2001
CARTER
PARTNERSHIP AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED WITH
$10,000 GOING TO THE WINNING PROGRAM
ATLANTA,
GA, – The College of Arts and Sciences at Georgia State
University announced today the finalists for the second
annual Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Award
for Campus-Community Collaboration. The award, organized by
Georgia State University as a tribute to the former
President and First Lady, includes $5,000 for each of the
two partners of the winning program.
The
three finalists are the Baldwin Association of Persons with
Developmental Disabilities, a partnership with Georgia
College and State University; Cobb Microenterprise Center, a
partnership with Kennesaw State University; and ZAP Asthma
Consortium, a partnership with Emory University. The Award
winner will be announced on November 25, 2001, at a ceremony
at Georgia State University presided over by the Carters.
Each of
the three program focuses on helping Georgia families
overcome hardship and improve their lives with the
assistance of a wide range of community organizations and
campus groups at colleges and universities throughout the
state. The Zap Asthma Consortium is a partnership of 18
public, private and community-based organizations, including
the Center for Public Health Practice in the Rollins School
of Public Health at Emory University and the School of
Social work at Clark Atlanta University. The organizations
work together with community health workers to improve the
health and quality of life for inner-city children with
asthma. More than 900 families, with children from 26
Atlanta public schools, have been involved in the project
since it began in 1995.
Through
the Cobb Microenterprise Center, Kennesaw State University
collaborates with the YWCA of Cobb, Cobb Family Resources
and the United Way in Cobb County to help women and
minorities attain long-term economic self-sufficiency
through entrepreneurship and small business development.
With the business incubator program that includes access to
a micro loan fund, the program ha helped to launch 50 new
businesses since its inception in 1998 and has offered
economic and life-skills support to more than 140 people in
10 Georgia counties.
The
Baldwin Association of Persons with Developmental
Disabilities (BAPDD) works with several departments from
Georgia College and State University to provide community
services to those with disabilities, while providing applied
research, teaching and service opportunities to students and
faculty members. BAPDD members work as volunteers in several
public service projects, including dance and music therapy,
providing leadership and support for others with
disabilities.
The
three program finalists were selected from a group of 29
campus-community partnerships from across the state by a
selection committee composed of representatives from higher
education, business, government organizations, and community
groups throughout the United States.
Bell
South is the presenting sponsor of the Carter Partnership
Award. Additional sponsors include Georgia Power Company, C.
R. Bard, the National Peanut Board, AGL Resources and
Lockheed Martin.
For more
information about the Carter Partnership Award for
Campus-Community Collaboration, including details on each
program applicant, visit www.gsu.edu/carteraward, email
rtrammell@gsu.edu or call 404-463-9538. The Carter Award is
directed by Dr. Sue Sehgal of the Department of Psychology
of Georgia State University.
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