2010 conference : WEBA award
Women and Engaged Buddhism Award (WEBA)
The Buddhist Council of the Midwest is seeking applications for the 2010 Women and Engaged Buddhism Award:
Deadline is March 26, 2010. The Award will be presented at the Fifth Annual Buddhist Women's Conference, May 1, 2010 at DePaul University in Chicago.
The Women and Engaged Buddhism Award is given to recognize and encourage initiatives in Engaged Buddhism by women. It is intended to nurture young or little known projects that are underway at the time of the application. This year's award carries with it a guaranteed monetary grant of $1,000.
Please see the application/nomination form for the specific rules and criteria regarding eligibly for the award. Applications for the 2010 award must be postmarked by March 26, 2010, or e-mail stamped before 23:59 USA Central Time on March 26, 2010.
Application Deadline :
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Friday, March 26, 2010
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EMAIL TO :
weba@dharmawomen.org
MAIL TO :
Women and Engaged Buddhism Award
Buddhist Council of the Midwest
PO Box 5832, Evanston, IL 60204-5832
[ If you mail an application to the PO Box,
please also notify us by email. ]
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Saturday, May 1, 2010
2010 Buddhist Women's Conference
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For application assistance or questions, please email the Buddhist Council of the Midwest Awards Committee at:
weba@dharmawomen.org
Past WEBA Winners
2009
In 2009, the WEBA was presented to Rev. Kalen McAllister, Sensei of Shinzo Sangha, St. Louis, MO, and Executive Director of Inside Dharma, to support her work
offering Buddhist practice in Missouri prisons. Honorable mention went to the Tibet Girls School Project which seeks to educate young women in the name of freedom and peace, in an area of Eastern Tibet where lack of education contributes to high rates of maternal and infant mortality.
2008
The 2008 WEBA went to Sensei Joan Hoeberichts of the Heart Circle Sangha, Ridgewood, NJ, and Charika Marasinghe, PhD, of
Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, for their initiative in partnering to create the Psycho-Spiritual Healing Project to train Sri Lankan counselors to provide psychological support for tsunami survivors and others needing aid.
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2007
The 2007 WEBA was granted to the Maekhao Chanthasomphone and Maekhao Keo for the Wat Sila Salalam Pokam school for girls, in Laos, with general recognition given to Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and the
Jamyang Foundation for their long term commitment to address the issues of poverty, literacy, and gender discrimination in some of the neediest and most remote parts of the world.
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2006
In 2006 the first Women and Engaged Buddhism Award (WEBA) was presented to Venerables Molini and Dhamma Vijaya of
Dhamma Moli in recognition and encouragement of their efforts to prevent the trafficking of girls in Nepal.
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