Kathryn W. 戴维斯 Projects for Peace
PROPOSAL TIMELINE FOR SUMMER 2024
Important 日期s
10月. 9th (1:00-1:45pm) |
Info Session Option 1, CCE House 1008 N. 韦伯, RSVP here |
10月ober 10th (3:30pm-4:15pm)
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Info Session Option 2, CCE House 1008 N. 韦伯, RSVP here |
November 5th (midnight) | Intent to Propose Due (Submit here) |
November 9th (1:00-3:30 pm) | Feedback Session with Committee, CCE House |
December 3rd (midnight) | Applications Due (submit here) |
December 13th (2:00-3:30 pm) | Presentations to Committee, CCE House |
If you are interested in being part of the process, please email Sarah Elsey, CCE Student Engagement Coordinator.
THE $10,000 DAVIS PROJECTS FOR PEACE GRANTs
Upon the occasion of her 100th birthday, international philanthropist Kathryn W. 戴维斯 chose to celebrate by committing $1 million to Projects for Peace.
The following information is taken from the 戴维斯 Projects for Peace website:
戴维斯 Projects for Peace is an initiative for all students at the 戴维斯 United World College Scholars Program partner schools to design grassroots summer projects - any在哪里 in the world - which promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties. We encourage applicants to use their creativity to design projects and employ innovative techniques for engaging project participants in ways that focus on conflict resolution, reconciliation, building understanding and breaking down barriers which cause conflict, and finding solutions for resolving conflict and maintaining peace. Through a competition on over 90 campuses, projects will be selected for funding at $10,000 each.
We hope to encourage student initiative, innovation and entrepreneurship focusing on conflict prevention, resolution or reconciliation. Some of the most compelling projects to date have reflected one or more of the following characteristics: contributing to conflict prevention; ameliorating conditions leading to violence/conflict; looking for and building on shared attributes among differing peoples, 比赛, ethnicities, 部落, 宗族, 等.; fostering diplomacy or otherwise contribute to advancing peace processes underway; promoting economic opportunity and entrepreneurship among those in post-conflict areas; finding creative ways to bring people on opposite sides of issues together, such as through art, 体育, music or other techniques to promote a common humanity; developing leadership and mediation 技能 training for those in conflict or post-conflict societies; starting or leveraging initiatives, organizations (e.g. education, health) or infrastructure projects to build/rebuild community.
PROPOSAL PROCESS
Each year, Colorado College is invited to submit one proposal to the 戴维斯 Foundation for consideration, as well as an alternate proposal.
To be considered, a student (or group of students) must prepare a written statement which describes the project (who, 什么, 在哪里, how) including expected outcomes and prospects for future impact (not to exceed two pages) as well as a budget (one separate page).
All written project proposals require a heading to include the following: name of the participating institution, name of all student participants, title of project, country 在哪里 the project will be take place. Proposals should include pre-approval of all parties and organizations involved in the project. The two-page proposal and one-page budget should be submitted electronically via Summit (coming soon).
Please refer to the website for more details: http://www.davisprojectsforpeace.org.
The selection committee is comprised of faculty and staff across campus who have experience and knowledge to help applicants strengthen their proposal. You are encouraged to leverage these resources and reach out for mentorship and guidance!
戴维斯 Projects for Peace Selection Committee
- Jordan Travis Radke, CCE Director & Sociologist
- Laura Hines, Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations
- Samilja Heim, Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations
- Kate Holbrook, Chaplain
- Heather Powell Browne, Assistant Director of Global Education
- Mike Siddoway, Professor of Math and Computer Science
- Sarah Elsey, Student Engagement Coordinator, CCE
CRITERIA
The selection committee will evaluate proposed projects according to the following dimensions:
Following the recommendations of the 戴维斯 Foundation, proposals will be assessed according to five key dimensions: preparation, implementation, outcomes, sustainability and feasibility. 下面, applicants can find the types of questions that the committee will use to evaluate the strength of proposals within these dimensions.
Preparation - To 什么 extent do students' knowledge, relationships, 技能, and personal narratives prepare them for the project?
- To 什么 extent do students have place-based, local, contextualized knowledge? Or, to 什么 extent can students draw on relationships with individuals or organizations with such knowledge?
- To 什么 extent was the project co-designed with community members/organizations in order to leverage local expertise, and under the guidance of academic mentors?
- To 什么 extent do students have the capacities needed to implement the project?
- To 什么 extent do students' personal backgrounds and identities prepare them for the project?
Implementation - To 什么 extent does the project follow best practices of community-engaged work?
- To 什么 extent does the project…
- address community-driven needs, those identified by the people most impacted by the issue?
- engage local citizens and organizations as collaborators in the design and implementation of the project?
- provide opportunity for community-building among diverse stakeholders?
- To 什么 extent is the project …
- asset-based, building on existing ideas, initiatives, organizations, relationships, or structures within communities?
- place-based, in which the location of the project is justified by the need (rather than vice versa)?
- To 什么 extent is the plan thorough and comprehensive, detailed and practical?
- To 什么 extent does the project acknowledge the complexity and nuance of the social world? Can the plan adjust to unforeseen circumstances and challenges, and are the applicants adaptable?
Outcomes - To 什么 degree can the project meaningfully influence communities and student participants?
- To 什么 extent can the project "promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties"?
- To 什么 extent does the project provide opportunity for student development and growth, building students' capacities as engaged citizens?
Sustainability - To 什么 extent can the project lay the groundwork for more long-term, sustainable work?
- To 什么 extent do applicants propose a thoughtful, realistic plan to transition the project into a sustainable initiative (if assessment of the project supports this need)?
- To 什么 extent does the project enable the local community to continue the work?
- To 什么 degree will the project's impact be lasting?
Feasibility - To 什么 degree can applicants do 什么 they propose to do?
- To 什么 extent are the goals of the project obtainable?
- To 什么 extent is the project design, timeline, and budget realistic?
- To 什么 extent is the project safe? Does the project minimize risk for all stakeholders?
Previous Proposals and 报告s
日期 | Name of Project | Recipient(s) | Location | Proposal | 报告 |
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2023 |
Painting for Peace | Cormac Mccrimmon, Andres Madrigal and Manuel Uribe | Salvador, Brazil |
Available by request, please email cce@lee-parkmitsuitax.com |
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2022 |
Moving the Needle: Conversations About Gun Safety and Suicide Prevention | Maddi Schink and Fer Juarez Duran | Colorado |
Available by request, please email cce@lee-parkmitsuitax.com |
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2021 |
Cultivating Youth Advocacy: Civics Education in Colorado |
Deksyos Damtew, Ben Gellman | Colorado | x | |
2020 |
Digital Storytelling by Sex Workers in Singapore (Postponed or Cancelled) |
Fiachra MacFadden | Singapore |
Available by request. Please email cce@lee-parkmitsuitax.com |
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2019 |
Sumak Kawsay: Peace and the Writing Experience |
Megan Bott, Jessica Ramos | Ecuador | ||
2018 |
Los Pocitos Outdoor Community Center |
Mitra Ghaffari, Evyn Papworth | 古巴 |
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2017 |
Chaupimonte Community Mill: Supporting Education Through Coffee Development in Oxapampa |
Lucy Marshall, Eva Mckinsey | 秘鲁 | x | x |
2016 |
A Generation for Peace: Creating Opportunities for 尼泊尔i-Tibetan Youth Engagement |
James Daudon, Anna Kelly and Lauren Schmidt | 尼泊尔 | x | x |
2015 |
BINAT: Bethlehem Inter-Camp Athletics |
Baheya Malaty, Mary Jones | Palestine | x | x |
2014 |
The "Shaanti" Project |
Tashbid Shafat Sattar | Bangladesh | x | x |
2013 |
Building Peace through Building People |
Ashleigh Don | Zimbabwe | Unavailable | Unavailable |
2012 |
Viajana Amkeni Sasa Initiative: Creating a Peaceful Society in 肯尼亚 |
Benjamin Munyao, Collins Mukaria, Eddy Ok等h | 肯尼亚 | x | x |
2011 | The Zuia! Initiative | Akie Mochizuki, Nikhil Ranadive, Melissa Serafin | 肯尼亚 | x | x |
2010 | Ain't No Stoppin' Da Bus: Travelling Art Workshops for Peace | Shire Brown, Eddie Hazera, Jody Joyner | 美国 | x | x |
2009 | The Prozor Project | Joseph Hauck, Max Stein, Antonio Skarica, Melissa Serafin | 波斯尼亚 | x | x |
2008 | Solar Water Disinfection | Valerie Grosscup, Jonathan Spear | Ecuador | x | x |
2008 | Cover One in Honduras: Promoting Athletics and Healthcare | Ericka Baer, Alina Ford, Max Green, Misael Fernandez, Jocelyn Corbett, Jason Steiert, Billy Blaustein | Honduras | x | x |
2007 | Unheard Voices for Peace | Michael Shum | Nigeria | x | x |
Excellent (but unfunded) Proposals
日期 | Name of Project | Proposer(s) | Location | Proposal |
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2017 | The Play to Love, Play to Learn Project | Annika Kastetter, Mayss Al Alami | Jordan | x |
2016 | Sewing the Seeds of Peace | Mostafa Hatem Mostafa Zaki- Taha | 埃及 | x |
2014 |
Wadi Climbing: Rock Climb Palestine |
Tim Brunes, Will Harris | Palestine | Unavailable |
2013 | The Tabellah Project: Soccer, Education, and Peace | James Earl Kiawoin | Liberia | Unavailable |
2012 | Adventures in Interfaith Understanding | Lindsey Pointer, Sam Seiniger | Colorado | x |
2011 | Out of the Cloud: Promoting Peace and Sustainability in 秘鲁 through Interactive Education | Bernadette Stocker, Utsarga Bhattarai | 秘鲁 | Unavailable |
2010 | Empowerment Through Edible Forestry | Athena Mikros, Riley Hawkins | 乌干达 | x |
2009 | Converting Livestock Manure into a Fuel Source for Thai Ethnic Tribes | Liza Mitchell, Phillip Sasser, Julianne Kellogg | Thailand | x |
2009 | Movement Towards Peace for the People of 汤加 | Rosey Puloka, Amy Rubin, Emily Houston, Madison Moross, Caroline Janeway | 汤加 | x |
2008 | Storytelling: Striving for Peace Through Shared Experience | Elizabeth Gessinger, Rachel Johnson, Jacob Reuter | South Africa | x |