All posts tagged "Civic Engagement"

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for December 2003-January 2004

    Arts Americans for the Artswww.americansforthearts.orgis a resource from the D.C.- and New York-based organization dedicated to promoting more art education in...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for November 2003

    Civic Engagement  Young Politicians of Americawww.ypa.orgis the site for an upstart network for politically attuned youth. The Walnut Creek, Calif.-based organization,...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Pubs and Videos for October 2003

  Civic Engagement Millennial Manifesto: A Youth Activist Handbook, by Scott Beale and Abeer Abdalla, is a call to arms for members of...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  The ManaTEEN Club

    Bradenton, Fla.(941) 761-3207www.manateens.org Objective: Train youth for community service and connect them to community needs that fit their interests.  In a...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Global Poverty NetAid World Class

    New York, N.Y.(212) 537-0500www.netaidworldclass.org Objective: Use a role-playing game, World Class, to teach kids about global poverty and development while engaging...

• News

  Report Roundup for July-August 2003

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• Research

  Research of Note for June 2003

  Three new areas of focus for youth research show interesting and sometimes surprising results: the impact of requiring community service, the impact...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Letters to the Editor

  More Money For MentoringGeorge L. Garrow, Executive DirectorNational Organization of Concerned Black MenWashington, D.C. I read with interest your article on national...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Rights and Responsibilities

  “Third time’s a charm.” It’s one of those family sayings that I have found to be not only colorful, but equally applicable...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Letters to the Editor

  Front-Line Youth WorkersLorenzo D. Harrison, AdministratorOffice of Youth ServicesU.S. Department of LaborWashington, DC Thanks for the honorable mention in your editorial [October]...

• News

  Report Roundup for December 2002 – January 2003

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for December 2002-January 2003

    Civic Engagement Child Slavery in Your Chocolatewww.radicalthought.orgexplores the horrific practice of child slavery in the cocoa fields of Ivory Coast. Developed...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for November 2002

    Civic Engagement Free The Childrenwww.freethechildren.orgis a great website for youth workers trying to make a connection between their youth and kids...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Community Youth Corps

    Baltimore, Md.(410) 396-5356dtaylor@epfl.net  Objective: Provide service-learning opportunities for youth and help them see libraries as valuable resources. In a Nutshell: The...

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  Web Watch for October 2002

    Civic Engagement Servenetwww.servenet.org is organized by Youth Serve America, an alliance of more than 200 service groups dedicated to getting youth...

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  Web Watch for September 2002

    Child Welfare AdoptUSKidswww.adoptuskids.orgis a service of the National Adoption Center, dedicated to matching hard-to-place children with families. More than 60 percent...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Web Watch for May 2002

    Civic Engagement Suitcases for Kidswww.suitcasesforkids.orgis the website for the group founded by then-10-year-old Aubyn Burnside to collect suitcases for foster care...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  No Beer, No War, and Now This…

  The federal government has moved to eradicate the potentially corrupting influence of youth on politics by banning them from contributing to national...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Youth as Peacemakers

  Some 1,200 youths marched through Northern Virginia Feb. 19 to emphasize the role of youth in preventing violence and crime. The march...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  USA Recycle Corps

  In the beginning there was compassionate conservatism, which begat the Armies of Compassion, which begat the faith-based initiative, which begat the USA...