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All posts tagged "Civic Engagement"
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News
Volunteering Drops Slightly in 2010
The latest annual edition of Volunteering in America, released today, shows a slight decrease in the number of people volunteering and the...
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Volunteering Dropped Slightly in 2010
The latest annual edition of Volunteering in America, released today, shows a slight decrease in the number of people volunteering and the...
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House Subcommittee Questions CNCS Head about Work with Planned Parenthood
The acting CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) was called before a House subcommittee today to explain why...
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Civic Engagement and Community Information
Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L.Knight Foundation The paper by Peter Levine of Tufts University,...
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AmeriCorps Announces $216 Million in Grants
AmeriCorps today announced $216 million in grants for the about 300 organizations, specifically chosen to implement the areas of service emphasized in...
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Four AmeriCorps Teams Assist with Disaster in Joplin, Mo.
Stephanie Jackson says she never thought she would need the disaster portion of her AmeriCorps leadership training. But since a tornado struck...
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Obama Names Interim Director for CNCS
Robert Velasco II, the chief operating officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, today was designated the interim chief executive...
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Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Bill Would Make AmeriCorps Education Award Tax-Free
A bipartisan bill introduced last week would mean AmeriCorps alumni would not have to pay taxes on the educational awards they earn...
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Corvington Resigns as Head of Corporation for National and Community Service
Patrick Corvington, who for the past 15 months has headed the Corporation for National and Community Service, told the staff Friday that...
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Grass-Roots ‘Save Service’ Campaign Targets Every Member of Congress
Alumni and groups that support the programs of the Corporation for National and Community Service – AmeriCorps, Learn and Service and the...
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Nat’l Youth Leadership Council Names Kelita Bak to Replace Founding CEO
The National Youth Leadership Council has hired Kelita Bak to replace its founder and retiring CEO, Jim Kielsmeier, who will remain with...
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Civic Pathways Out of Poverty and Into Opportunity
Civic Pathways Out of Poverty and Into OpportunityPhilanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) The majority of children living in poverty are of...
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New Coalition to Focus on Service-Learning’s Role in Education
The St. Paul, Minn.-based National Youth Leadership Council (NYLC) is organizing a national coalition of leaders to think about education policy and...
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Obama Fields Questions in Youth Town Hall
Fielding a wide range of questions in a youth town hall meeting on Thursday, President Barack Obama best summed up the day’s...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
Inspired 2 Impact!
www.Inspired2Impact.com On the home page of this website, users are greeted by Jourdan Urbach, a student adviser who stresses in a video...
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New Rules Expand AmeriCorps
More youths can win education awards for AmeriCorps service, and they can get awards handed down by their grandparents, under new rules...
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Obama Bestows Citizens Medals on Six Veteran Youth Workers
Six of the 13 people awarded Citizens Medals for 2010 by President Barack Obama today are veteran youth workers. The selections were...
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Boy Scouts: 100 and Striving to Diversify
The Boys Scouts of America, hit by a 42 percent decline in membership since its peak year of 1973 and an $18.5...
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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier
Volunteering Is Up
More than 63 million Americans volunteered for some type of organized program in 2009 – about 26.8 percent of the population,...
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Archives: 2014 & Earlier
The American Way to Change: How National Service & Volunteers Are Transforming America
Shirley SagawaJossey-Bass221 pages. $29.95 hardcover. Few could be more qualified than Shirley Sagawa, who has been called “the founding mother of...
