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The COMPAS Project is a three-phased initiative designed to address the need to build a solid foundation for multicultural leadership for the 21st Century. 

Through a series of interrelated activities the COMPAS Project seeks to:
Chart a course and outline the steps necessary towards the creation of an active and sustainable network of minority policy professionals and students in the Mid Atlantic region.

Orient students of color to the payoffs, problems, and possibilities of an education and career in public policy and international affairs.

Mobilize policy professionals and students along the East Coast who believe in the importance of community and public service.

Prepare future leaders for the challenges of a multicultural America in the 21st Century.

Assemble emerging leaders from the private, public, and non-profit sectors to discuss critical policy issues of concern to communities of color.

Strengthen the overall ties among policy professionals and students of color across the nation.

COMPAS Highlights...

COMPAS Policy Conference
"Power & Influence in Public Policy: Building Multicultural Leadership"
October 14, 2000 · New York, New York

COMPAS Mid Atlantic Retreat
"Building a Network for Multicultural Leadership"
October 28, 2000  · Washington, D.C.

COMPAS 2000-2001 Activity Report
!NEW!View Report Online !NEW!
May, 2001· Internet Version

About COMPAS...

The COMPAS Project is coordinated by a multi-ethnic volunteer steering committee, many of whom are alumni of the Sloan, Woodrow Wilson, and Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship Programs from 1980-1999, and counseled by a special Advisory Board.

A special Strategic Planning Committee was formed in the wake of the COMPAS Retreat to formulate next steps on the road to developing a sustainable and vibrant network national organization of minority policy professionals. Comprised of a diverse group of students & professionals, who work on a wide array domestic and international policy issues in the public, private, and non-profit sectors, the Strategic Planning Committee has members in Boston, New York City, and Washington D.C.

Primary funding for the COMPAS Project is made possible through assistance from the Academy for Educational Development's Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship Program through a grant from the Ford Foundation.

For more information about the COMPAS Project, to find out more about upcoming events and related activities, or how you or can get involved in the COMPAS Project please send an email to the COMPAS Strategic Planning Committee @ compas_project@excite.com

Please be sure to include the following information in your email:

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- E-mail 

- Phone (Please specify if this is a work or home number) 

- FAX (If available) 

For further background information on the COMPAS Project, please view an abbreviated copy of our original funding proposal.

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