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Hindu Americans Represented at National Meeting
On Faith Based Initiatives For Firtst Time 


DATE: June 14, 2004
FROM: HINDU AMERICAN FOUNDATION

Hundreds of leaders of faith-based and community organizations from 
across the United States attended the first Annual National 
Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (FBCI) on June 1, 
2004 in Washington D.C. Nikhil Joshi, Esq., a member of the Hindu 
American Foundation (HAF) Board of Directors 
(www.hinduamericanfoundation.org) represented Hindu Americans at the 
conference hosted by the White House in association with various 
government agencies for the first time. 

David Caprara, Director of FBCI for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service, an agency center for FBCI, wrote to HAF on June 
12, 2004, appreciating the first-ever participation of Hindu 
Americans in the FBCI dialogue at the national level. "[HAF's] 
leadership, values, and service are greatly valued by us," said Mr. 
Caprara. 

Headlined by an address from President Bush and the Director of the 
White House Office of FBCI, James Towey, the national conference 
aimed to inform community leaders of ways in which to access the $1.1 
billion earmarked for faith-based programs, a 15% increase compared 
to last year. The speakers repeatedly emphasized the availability of 
these funds to organizations and people of all faiths, regardless of 
size, that propose social service projects such as food banks, health 
centers, job training programs and other such efforts. 

Reiterating the eligibility of all religious groups for faith-based 
funding, President Bush said at the meeting attended by Mr. 
Joshi, "When you hear me talk about faith, I'm talking about all 
faiths, whether it be the Jewish faith or the Christian faith or the 
Muslim faith or the Hindu faith -- all faiths have got the power to 
transform lives."

Breakout sessions during the one-day conference guided attendees 
through the Federal funding process, available funding opportunities, 
the requirements that come with the receipt of Federal funds and 
discussed the most innovative projects currently funded by the FBCI. 

"Hindu organizations already maintain health care, domestic abuse and 
prisoner rehabilitation service projects and may wish to consider 
support from the FBCI," said Mr. Joshi, "As a representative of Hindu 
Americans, the Hindu American Foundation's concern is to compile 
information about the initiative directly from its source and make it 
available to interested parties in the Hindu community."

Alka Patel, M.D., Member of the HAF Executive Council and coordinator 
of FBCI for HAF, added that after hosting a Capitol Hill reception to 
launch HAF on May 5, 2004, and having met with Mr. Caprara at the 
White House Offices of FBCI, HAF is continuing in its mission to 
establish an effective and credible voice for Hindu Americans.

The recently formed Hindu American Foundation (HAF) is a human rights 
group whose purpose is to provide a voice for the 2 million strong 
Hindu American community. HAF interacts with and educates government, 
media, think tanks, academia and public fora about Hinduism and 
issues of concern to Hindus locally and globally to promote 
understanding, tolerance and pluralism. 

For further information: Please contact and support HAF
http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/preview/membership.htm





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