Service News Worldwide - June 2008
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June 2008
Issue
56
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By Charmagne Campbell-Patton,
ICP Program Associate
Contributing Author: Minna Mattero, World Bank, Child and Youth Development Consultant Innovations in Civic Participation and the World Bank recently partnered to host an international experts meeting on measuring the impact of youth voluntary service programs. The meeting, held on May 8-9, 2008 at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, brought together over 50 researchers, policymakers, and practitioners from the fields of civic engagement, youth development, and impact evaluation to examine existing evidence on the impact of voluntary service on the program participants, explore different evaluation methods and challenges, identify gaps in the research, and develop a research agenda to address these gaps. Read More>> |
Youth Service News
AmeriCorps Act
of 2008 Volunteers: From Villages to Olympics China - The Beijing Olympic Games is apparently not only an opportunity for athletes. It is and will be an impetus for the development of volunteerism in China. Read More>>
vInvolved: England's Biggest Ever Youth Action Scheme England - v has backed vInvolved, a 3 year, £75 million scheme to encourage up to 500,000 young people across England to help out in and lead their own projects. 107 vinvolved teams, located in every region, will recruit youth volunteering ambassadors to encourage their peers to get involved. Over the coming months, 158 innovative projects across the country will be opening their doors to give enthusiastic young people the opportunity to get active on issues theyre passionate about. Read More>>
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Katherine
Felt is a rising junior at Pennsylvania
State University and a Schreyer
Honors College Scholar. She is double
majoring in International
Relations and Russian and minoring in
French and Francophone Studies.
She recently served as a research
assistant in the Political Science
department at Penn State and has been
active in the college chapter of
Amnesty International and as an ESL
Teaching Assistant
Alicia
Lovett joins us from the University of
San Diego, where she is a rising
senior majoring in International
Relations with a minor in Asian
Studies. Alicia has an extensive
background in volunteer work with
children and young teenagers, and is
interested in foreign education
policy and program development,
especially in underdeveloped countries.
Gabriel
Gonzalez- Kreisberg is a rising senior
at Wesleyan University, where he
is majoring in Government with an
emphasis on International Relations
and Environmental Studies. Gabriel has
volunteered extensively with
youth, and interned at the Center for
Community Change in Washington,
D.C. last summer. He is interested in a
future career in international
politics and
economics. |
Featured Program:
Ruwwad Youth Empowerment
Project |
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Registration for the 8th Global Conference on National Youth Service is now open online. The conference will be held from 19-22 November 2008 at the Fondation des Etats Unis at the Cite Universitaire in Paris, France. View a preliminary conference agenda. In addition to the conference, IANYS is offering an optional pre-conference session on national youth service policy and program development on November 19th. Read More>> E-mail ianys@icicp.org with questions. |
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June 16-2
- CIVICUS
Youth Assembly - Glasgow,
Scotland
June
17-21 - Tunza
International
Children's Conference on the
Environment - Norway
June
18-20 - Texas
Center for Service-Learning 5th Annual
Summer Institute in
Service-Learning -
Austin, TX
June
22-25 - Students
Against Destructive
Decisions National Conference -
Phoenix, AZ
June
22-26 - The
National Educators' Institute for Jewish
Service-Learning - College Park, MD
June 23-25 - 2008
Summer Institute on "Service-Learning: A
Strategy For Keeping Youth In
School" - Clemson, SC
June 25-28 - National Association
of Student Councils Conference - Ft. Worth,
TX
July
1-6 - National
Education
Association Annual Meeting and
Representative Assembly - Washington,
DC
July
6-12 - World
Association of
Girl Guides and Girl Scouts World
Conference - Johannesburg, South
Africa
July 16-19 - Sister
Cities International Conference -
Kansas City, MO
July 17-19 -
Youth Leadership Summit - New York City,
NY
July
21-25
- Community
Works Summer
Institute on Service-Learning -
Shelburne Farms, VT
August
10-14 - The
National Educators'
Institute for Jewish
Service-Learning - Burlington, VT
August 10-21 - 4th
World
Youth Congress - Quebec City,
Quebec
August 12
- International
Youth Day
September
25 - Alliance
to Save Energy
Efficiency Awards - Washington,
DC
September 27 - City
Year Opening Day -
Nationwide
October
16-18 - Teens
For Planet Earth Leadership
Institute - Bronx Zoo, NY
October
25-28
- Eighth
International Research Conference on
Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- New Orleans, LA
November
12-14 - CSV's Institute for
Advanced Volunteer Management
2008 Residential - London, UK; contact
iavm@csv.org.uk for more
information
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The Talloires Network
The Talloires Network is a collective
of individuals and institutions
committed to promoting the civic roles
and social responsibilities of
higher education.
The
Talloires Network is currently
developing a plan
to enhance and expand partnerships with
new and existing organizations.
The Network has been in conversations
with CLAYSS (Centro
Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio
Solidario) in Buenos Aires and the
John
D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and
Civic Engagement at American
University in Cairo to discuss the
development of regional hubs for the
Talloires Network. We hope to
expand this "network of networks" model
over time. To learn more about the
latest Talloires Network news, check
out our latest newsletter
or visit our website.
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Growing to
Greatness 2008: The State of
Service-Learning
Still Serving: Measuring the
Eight-Year Impact of AmeriCorps on
Alumni
Youth, Volunteering and Social
Capital in Cambodia: Results of a Feasibility
Study Conducted for a Cambodian Youth Service
Program
Baladna - Association for Arab Youth:
2007 Annual Report |
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