International Arrivals » Grant http://firstpersonamerican.org/blog Just another WordPress site Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:51:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Design Ignites Change Award Grant Winner! http://firstpersonamerican.org/blog/?p=239 http://firstpersonamerican.org/blog/?p=239#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:38:00 +0000 emily http://firstpersonamerican.org/blog/?p=239 Continue reading →]]> 2010 Design Ignites Change Award WinnerWe’re excited to announce that First Person American is the recipient of the 2010 Design Ignites Change Award!

We were one of two winners of the Design Ignites Change Implementation Award which funds promising community projects that engage in social change. The Design Ignites Change Implementation Award will be used towards additional development of our beta site. One of the new features we’re developing is an uploading interface so anyone can upload and share their stories! Stay tuned for more progress.

Thank you to Worldstudio and Adobe Foundation for supporting our cause!

Read the full press release here.

]]> http://firstpersonamerican.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=239 0 We're Grant Recipients! http://firstpersonamerican.org/blog/?p=157 http://firstpersonamerican.org/blog/?p=157#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:38:41 +0000 First Person American http://internationalarrivals.wordpress.com/?p=157 Continue reading →]]> Sappi Ideas That Matter 2010First Person American is a 2010 Sappi Ideas That Matter grant recipient! We’re excited to work with the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation.

Our proposal was one of the twenty-seven winning grant recipients. Sappi Ideas That Matter is an annual program that funds design for social good. First Person American will speak to the next generation of immigrants and promote the idea that storytelling and design can have a positive social impact. The Sappi Ideas That Matter grant will help First Person American have a strong and transformative effect on individual immigrant and non-immigrant lives and communities. Thank you Sappi Paper!

For more information, please read the full press release here.

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