The Tarjan Center at the University of California Los Angeles, a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, has partnered with the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation and Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) to support inclusive, student-run businesses. The Tarjan Center will provide small grants to help schools and community based programs include secondary school-age students with and without disabilities in socially responsible student-run businesses. The orgs. selected will help uncover best practices for including all students in entrepreneur leadership activities.
Awardees will receive up to $2500 along with a video camera, and other exciting promotional materials. All businesses must include students with and without disabilities. We are open to schools/youth teams that have a great idea for a socially responsible business, and are looking for resources to make that idea a reality. We're also open to more established student run businesses that would now like to integrate students with disabilities or elements of social responsibility. Application deadline is July 20th, 2012.Any school within the U.S. is eligible to apply. To learn more about the application, visit: http://bit.ly/JF1A4O
Contact Karen Leventhal, Director of the Tarjan Center Service Inclusion Project, for more information at 310-825-0067 or [email protected].