Students compete in short
story, drama, poetry, personal essay, vocal, or instrumental expression
categories.

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About the National CASA Association
The National CASA Association is a non-profit organization that provides
training, technical assistance, research , media and public awareness services
to over 930 programs nationwide known by several names including CASA and GAL.

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Students enjoy participating in our program because
they are given the freedom to speak from their heart and submit songs and
stories on any topic in any style. LOS ANGELES, In recognition of May serving as
National Foster Care Awareness Month, the National Court Appointed Special
Advocates (CASA) Association, CASA of Los Angeles and the Guardian Ad Litem
program of Miami recently hosted an art exhibition and live auction in Los
Angeles and Miami that benefited the young artists directly.

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Judging the literature categories were: Bonnie Ammer, Executive Vice
President and Publisher at Large, Random House Worldwide; Janet Hill, Vice
President + Executive Editor Doubleday Broadway Publishing,; Richard Hoehler,
Actor, Writer and Teaching Artist; Don Linder , Fiction and Travel Writer; Sara
Nelson, Editor-in-Chief, Publishers Weekly; Evie Polesny, Educator , Actor and
Teaching Artist; Michelle Poploff, Vice President + Editorial Director, Knopf,
Delacorte + Dell; Alice Quinn, Poetry Editor, The New Yorker; Mike Romanos,
Poet's House; Barbara Rothenberg , NYC Association of Principals Supervising
English; Nita Taublib, Deputy Publisher, Bantam Dell Publishing; Isabel
Warren-Lynch, Executive Director of Art and Design, Knopf, Delacorte + Dell
Books for Young Readers. Kelly, John Grisham, Toni Morrison, Dan
Brown, John Irving, and John Updike.
"Kids in foster care, more so than other children, have a lot inside of
them and they need an outlet for these strong emotions," reveals Baca.

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The scholarships are awarded on the basis of music
composition and creative writing competitions., the world's largest general trade book
publisher; SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a global recorded music joint venture
with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local
artists and international superstars; and FremantleMedia, a television
production division, whose shows include hits like American Idol. The children's artwork is an expression of hope and
sends a strong message to our community to help foster care children.
CASA works with state and local volunteer programs to promote and support
quality volunteer advocacy to help assure each child a safe, permanent,
nurturing home.

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NEW YORK, Bertelsmann's World of Expression
Scholarship Program, in a unique collaboration among the Bertelsmann
Foundation, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT and Random House, Inc. Entries are judged on style, form, and content and each
submission is given individual consideration through a multi-level selection
process. The winning high school seniors, their families,
teachers and music and publishing industry leaders will be joined on June 8th
by Doubleday's Myla Goldberg, author of the widely acclaimed novel Bee Season
and the forthcoming Wickett's Remedy, and President and Publisher of Random
House Children's Books Chip Gibson, both of whom are presenting awards.
Melanie Fallon-Houska, Director of the World of Expression Program said,
"The World of Expression Awards were founded to stimulate expression and
creativity in students by encouraging them to pursue and develop their music
and literary talents. Bertelsmann
is home to Random House, Inc.

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For booklet or CD featuring the work of this year's winners call the WOE
hotline at 1-888-369-3434.
The displayed artwork was painted by local area foster children to help
build their self-esteem.
Renowned muralist Judy Baca helped local area foster children create their
own "masterpiece" using mixed media, including acrylic paint and oil pastels.

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believe in the power of art and its ability to reach into the soul, liberate
your feelings and ultimately allow you to connect with the world.

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68 New York City Students Win $120 000 in Bertelsmann Foundation's World of Expression Scholarship Program

The 2005 first
place winners are Gabriel Beltrone from LaGuardia High School
music/instrumental; Jennie Harney from LaGuardia High School for music/vocal;
Danicu Tiu for literature/poetry and David Jiang for literature/personnel
essay , both from Hunter College High School, and Alicia Walters from Edward R.org.

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The entries and winners are as diverse as
the city they represent.

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This year, more than 1,200 entries were received from 65% of New York
City's public high schools.
Judging the music categories: Susan Alicea , Singer/Songwriter, Teacher, +
'96 WOE Music Winner; Thomas Bellino, Director, Planet Arts; Toni Cheeseman,
Membership, ASCAP; Daniel Guss, Senior Director, Catalog Development, BMG
Classics; Jerome Korman, Musical Director, Producer, Composer and Teaching
Artist; Brian Muni, NYC Correspondent , American Songwriter Magazine; Adam
Epstein, Creative Manager, BMG Music Publishing; Michael Polesny , Composer,
Singer, Guitarist; Raheem, Original Member Grandmaster Flash and the Furious
Five; Frank Vinci, Songwriter.worldofexpression. Learn more about CASA by visiting http://www.

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Art Exhibition and Auction Benefits Former and Current Foster Care Children and Calls to Action the Need for CASA/GAL Bilingual Volunteers

org or by
calling (800) 628-3233.

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Doubleday Author Myla Goldberg
President and Publisher, Random House Children's Books Chip Gibson
Will Present Scholarship Awards to First-Place Literature Winners

Bertelsmann Foundation's 2005 World of Expression Awards Ceremony will be held
at The Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University,
Wednesday, June 8, 2004 at 7:30 p.
The evening will be highlighted with readings and performances from World
of Expression winners, including several $10,000 recipients.
Since 1992, more than one million dollars have been awarded to students
and their schools by Bertelsmann's World of Expression. For more about Bertelsmann's World of
Expression Scholarship Program, please visit our website at
http://www. There are currently over
500,000 abused and neglected children living in the United States under the
Court's jurisdiction; in areas with high Hispanic populations like Los Angeles
and Miami, more than 43% are Hispanic.nationalcasa .

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, will hand out
more than $120,000 in scholarships to New York City public high school seniors
on June 8th in Manhattan.

Bertelsmann Foundation was established in 1977 by Reinhard Mohn, a
fifth-generation descendant of Bertelsmann's founder, to develop and implement
strategies and models that help solve urgent problems in society.
Distinguished artists and authors under the Bertelsmann umbrella include The
Dave Matthews Band, Britney Spears, R.

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My Bertelsmann colleagues and I are proud of their
accomplishments and inspired by their creativity.

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Murrow High School.
According to Jim Clune, chief communications officer for National CASA
Association, the art project was an effort to give these children a positive
outlet to express themselves while raising awareness about the need to recruit
bilingual volunteers to advocate for the best interests of abused and
neglected children living in Los Angeles.

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Baca, a Los Angeles Mexican-American artist is the founder of the Social and
Public Art and Resource Center (SPARC) -- an arts center that produces,
preserves and conducts educational programs about community-based public art
works.

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