We are thrilled to announce that English at Work has been awarded grants from The Great Society Fund and the Echoing Green Foundation. Both of these grants will allow E@W to help more immigrants and their employers, and to offer them better services than ever before.
The Great Society Fund was established two years ago by the 2005 class of UT-Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs. Maile, English at Work’s Executive Director, was an LBJ student at the time and an early contributer to the fund. The Great Society Fund’s mission is to “support LBJ student and alumni ventures that promote lasting improvements to our neighborhoods, nations, and world.†The $10,000 grant award will be used to build the technology literacy component of English at Work’s curriculum. Please contact us if you want to get involved with this project.
In May 2006 Maile traveled to New York to participate in the Echoing Green Foundation’s Finalist Weekend. Echoing Green’s mission is “to spark social change by identifying, investing, and supporting the world’s most exceptional emerging leaders and the organizations they launch.” After making the cut from being one of 800 applicants to being one of 20, Maile was not awarded a fellowship. However, after making some program improvements, Maile returned as a finalist this year and passed the test. The fellowship award is $30,000 a year plus health benefits for two years in a row. Maile will also travel to California and New York several times a year to receive nonprofit leadership training and network with other Echoing Green Fellows (20 people were chosen this year).