All posts tagged "Civic Engagement"

Volunteering in America

  Corporation for National and Community Service The number of young adults (16 to 24 years old) who volunteered in 2008 rose...

YouTube Video Volunteers

  http://www.youtube.com/videovolunteers Tech-savvy YouTube users who want to do some good with their skills now have an outlet. YouTube Video Volunteers hooks...

Girls Gone Activist! How to Change the World Through Education

Edited by Joanne Conelly, Gaëlle Dessus, Anna Diarra, et al. Youth Activism Project, School Girls Unite 118 pages. $16 paperback. Free full-color...

International Young Eco-Hero Awards

  Adarsha Shivakumar and Apoorva Rangan For: Youth ages 8 to 16, for projects in environmental advocacy, environmental health, or research, particularly...

New Survey Blames Recession for Decline in Volunteering

  More than 70 percent of Americans say they have cut back on the hours they spend volunteering and participating in civic...

Same Old Money Problems at CNCS

A new evaluation of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) budget process found outdated policies, lack of clear lines of...

OBAMA JOB WATCH

Nobody in consideration wants to talk about it. Nobody who supports someone for one of the jobs wants to be quoted. Such...

National Service Agency Firing Draws Heat

While the White House orchestrated a flurry of events late last month to turn the national spotlight to public service – with...

Awards for July-August 2009

Maggie Doyle 2009 Girls Going Places Entrepreneurship Awards For: Teen girls ages 12 to 18 who demonstrate exceptional entrepreneurship and community service....

VolunteerMatch

www.volunteermatch.org This site allows nonprofits to recruit volunteers and, in turn, lets prospective volunteers search for where their help is needed. Users...

Corporation for National and Community Service

www.serve.gov Another search database for service work opportunities is available here – this one coming by order of President Barack Obama. The...

CNCS Announces Learn and Serve America Grants

  Thirty-six Learn and Serve America grants – totaling almost $20 million and designed to engage students in service-learning projects that enhance...

CNCS Gets Bigger Budget Hike – for Now

Volunteering in America

  Corporation for National and Community Service     The number of young adults (16 to 24 years old) who volunteered in 2008 rose...

House Passes Labor, Health and Education Appropriations Bill

  The House of Representatives passed the appropriations bill for Labor, Health and Education Programs today 264-153, leaving intact the $1.069 billion ...

House Appropriations Committee Passes CNCS Budget

The House Appropriations Committee on Friday fought back an effort to withhold all money for AmeriCorps programs pending an investigation into the...

Senators Seek Hearing on Firing of CNCS Inspector General

Two influential Republican senators have asked for a hearing on the firing of Gerald Walpin as inspector general for the Corporation for...

Obama Spotlights Community Nonprofits

President Barack Obama made it clear today that he is counting on nonprofit organizations to advance education, training and health care in...

New Documents Explain CNCS Firing

The acting head of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) has told Congress that the agency’s inspector general was excluded...

Four AmeriCorps Members Get Spirit of Service Awards

  The federal government agency overseeing the efforts of millions of Americans in the service and volunteering field zeroed in on seven...