September 2008
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By Elizabeth Brouwer, ICP Intern The 8th Global Conference on National Youth Service will take place in Paris, France this fall from 19-22 November, 2008. The conference will be held at the Fondation des Etats-Unis and will be hosted by Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP), Unis-Cite, and the Association of Voluntary Service Organizations (AVSO). This conference is an exciting opportunity for professionals in the field of youth development to come together to discuss the potential for national youth service to promote community and youth development. Past participants have come from 48 different countries on six continents, as well as from several international organizations. Read More> |
Youth Service News
Gearing up for the Learn
and Serve Challenge
Holistic Approach From
Barbados Youth Service
National Service Agency Announces New Steps to Stregthen Support for Native American Communities USA - The Corporation for National and Community Service today announced two major steps to increase its commitment and support for Native American communities in using national service as a solution to tackle social and economic challenges. Read More>>
Lamentations of Corps
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ICP News
ICP Bids Farewell to Alex
Etra
ICP is sorry to say good-bye to 2008
ICP Service Fellow Alex Etra. Alex was an
invaluable contribution to the ICP staff,
notable especially for being the driving force
behind the creation of ICP's new website. He
also contributed significantly to ICP's
regional capacity building and youth service
program mapping project, for which he has been
the primary author of a report that ICP hopes
to publish within the next few months. ICP
hopes to see Alex around the office
occasionally, though, as he has taken a
position at the Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies, just a few
doors down from the ICP office. We wish him the
best of luck!
ICP Welcomes New
Staff and Interns!
ICP is pleased to announce the arrival of
a number of new staff members and interns this
month.
Colleen Buhrer,
Program Associate, comes to ICP from the
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial
Center for Human Rights, where she served
as an Advocacy Associate
researching international human rights
issues and developments. Colleen
holds an M.A. in International Relations
from the American University
and a B.A. in Technical Journalism and
Political Science from Colorado
State University.
Hannah Ayers, Talloires
Network Service Fellow, joins ICP as a recent
graduate of The College of William and Mary,
where she earned her B.A. in History and
French. Her interests include international
education, non-profit management, and the
history of sub-Saharan Africa. She has
previously conducted research in Senegal on the
Quranic educational
system.
Elizabeth Brouwer, ICP Fall
Intern, is a senior at Gerald R. Ford School of
Public Policy at the University of Michigan in
Ann Arbor, where she studies Public Policy,
French, and Political Science. She has served
as a research assistant in the Political
Science department at the University of
Michigan. She has a strong interest in youth
service and education, and recently organized
and led a month-long service trip to Managua,
Nicaragua through her
university.
Natalya Twohill, ICP Fall
Intern, is a sophomore at the National
University of Singapore. She is studying for
her B.A. in Political Science and New Media and
Communications. She is highly active in youth
service in Singapore and has participated in
numerous service-learning and youth-led
development trips across Asia, including a
recent research trip to study educational
opportunities at Thailand/Mynnamar border
refugee camps.
ICP welcomes Colleen, Hannah, Elizabeth,
and Natalya to the ICP staff - we look forward
to working with them in the months ahead!
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ICP Prepares for ServiceNation By Natalya Twohill, ICP Intern
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Volunteerism and the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics By Alicia Lovett, ICP Intern, and Kelly Fox, ICP Office Manager The athletic accomplishments of the 2008 Summer Olympics - American Michael Phelps' 8 gold medals in men's swimming, Jamaican Usain Bolt's record-shattering sprints in the men's 100 and 200 meters, China becoming the first nation besides the USA and former Soviet Union to lead in total number of gold medals won, Mongolia and India winning their first gold medals ever - are now recorded in the annals in Olympic history. But beyond the athleticism, the Beijing Olympics has left behind a new and invigorated spirit of volunteerism in China. Read More>> |
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ICP is pleased to announce that Kumi Naidoo, the Secretary General of CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, is a confirmed keynote speaker for the 8th Global Conference on National Youth Service. Click here to register for the conference. 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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September
11-12
– ServiceNation
Summit
– New York City, NY
September
22 - National Conference
on Citizenship - Washington,
DC
September
27
– City Year Opening
Day
– USA
October
4 - Be
the Change Day of Service
October
26-28
- 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
December
3-5 –
Service-Learning:
A
Strategy for Keeping Youth in School Fall
Institute – Philadelphia,
PA January
4-9 –
International
Youth Leadership
Conference – Prague, Czech
Republic April 24-26 – Global Youth Service Day - Worldwide June 9-14 – Global Youth Forum in Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaJune 22-24, 2009 - National Conference on Volunteering and Service - San Francisco, CA |
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Book: Service
Without Guns Student Volunteers Invited to Apply for Prudential Spirit of Community Awards The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, sponsored by Prudential Financial and administered by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, are designed to honor middle and high school students for volunteer community service. Eligible applicants include any young person in the United States who is in grades five through twelve and who has engaged in a volunteer activity that occurred at least partly during the twelve months prior to the date of application. Applications due October 31, 2008. Read More>>
Educating
Students to Foster Active
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