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Jul 21, 2008 ServiceNation's September National Bipartisan Citizen Service Summit Profiled more
Jul 16, 2008 PeaceJam: Global Call To Action Conference The PeaceJam Global Call to Action Conference is taking place in Los Angeles, California September 11-13. Speakers will include Nobel Peace Laureates such as Desmond Tutu, Rigoberta Menchu Tum and Jody Williams! Don't miss out and register now! more
Jul 14, 2008 NYS Summer Employment Programme Begins in St. James and Hanover Jamaica's annual National Youth Service Summer Employment provides disadvantaged youths with jobs and income for the summer. more
Jul 9, 2008 New Promise for Public Service Explaining the National Service Platforms of Presidential Candidates based on their backgrounds. more
Jul 7, 2008 Is U.S. Ready to Serve? Bipartisan support and societal woes could aid Obama's attempt to boost volunteerism. more
Jul 2, 2008 Obama Highlights National Service Plan more
Jun 30, 2008 Take Action in Support of the Plan to Eliminate Taxation on Segal AmeriCorps Education Award more
Jun 26, 2008 Canadians Deem National Volunteer Service Indipensable in Engaging Youth more
Jun 23, 2008 United Nations Youth Flash more
Jun 23, 2008 Gulf Coast Conservation Corps more
Jun 19, 2008 President Bush signs the HEART ACT On June 17, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 6081, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act, making AmeriCorps more accessible to people with disabilities. more
Jun 17, 2008 Obama Announces $4000 Community Service Tax Credit Initiative more
Jun 16, 2008 South Africa: Youth Encouraged to Take Responsibility more
Jun 13, 2008 Helping Jobless Youth Unemployed youth could be the answer to America's energy conservation problems - and vice versa. more
Jun 13, 2008 Climate Justice Workshop Organising for effective community action on climate change from e- CIVICUS more
Jun 9, 2008 National Service a Growing Imperative Newsday Trinidad and Tobago, By Lennox Bernard Sunday, June 8 2008 more
Jun 9, 2008 Ask Not What Graduates Can Do for the Nation more
Jun 3, 2008 National Volunteering and Service Conference Held in Atlanta, GA more
Jun 2, 2008 Youth Service To Compete with Militancy in Pakistan Could a Conservation Corps help combat the influence of the Taliban in Pakistan? The Inspector General of police in Peshawar thinks so. more...
May 25, 2008 Barack Obama Speaks about National Service Presumptive Democratic Nominee for President Barack Obama's May 25th, 2008 commencement speech at Wesleyan University. The speech outlines his plan for national service as an extension of the Kennedy family legacy. more
May 21, 2008 Life Skills For Fijian Youth Through National Service Fiji Times Online more
May 21, 2008 Oman Working on New Strategy for NGO's and Volunteers more
May 15, 2008 Senator Dodd Introduces AmeriCorps: Together Improving Our Nation Act Senator Dodd and Senator Cochran plan to introduce this bill in the Senate the week of May 19th. more...
May 12, 2008 Volunteerism in Islam By Dr Ahmad Hussein Sakr. Article Published in Young Muslims. more
May 5, 2008 IT and National Service in South Africa By Christelle du Toit, iWebb Senior Journalist. Johannesburg, 5 May 2008 more
May 4, 2008 Indian NGO to Devise Youth Development Index The Economic Times- Mumbai, India more
May 1, 2008 New Roles for Zambia National Service? more
Apr 30, 2008 Fired Up and Ready to Grow Public Allies: Youth Group's Links to Obama Raises its National Profile more...
Apr 28, 2008 Seeking Arabs for Civic Service By Leslie Susser. Cover story in Issue 1, April 28, 2008 of The Jerusalem Report. more
Apr 27, 2008 Maryland Conservation Corps to Expand more
Apr 24, 2008 Civic Reawakening? Results from the 14th Biannual Youth Survey on Politics and Public Service by Harvard University�s Institute of Politics. more
Apr 20, 2008 Indonesia Observes Youth Service Day in 2008 more
Apr 18, 2008 Jamaica, Korea Sign Youth Empowerment Agreement more
Apr 15, 2008 South Africa: Public Works Programme to Empower Youth more...
Apr 15, 2008 The Key to Keeping Teens in School more...
Apr 11, 2008 Namibia: Youth Can Help Struggling Nation more...
Apr 9, 2008 Youth Employment Campaign in South Africa more...
Apr 4, 2008 Legislative Update: The GIVE Act, SoS, and CEC Recent weeks have witnessed a flurry of legislative activity related to National Service more...
Apr 4, 2008 Fiji: Encouraging Youth Farmers Youth representatives have been told to encourage their members to work the land and provide Fiji with fruits and vegetables. more
Apr 3, 2008 Rock, Paper, Scissors DIRECTV Latin America (DIRECTV) (NASDAQ:DTV), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Microsoft launched today Piedra, Papel y Tijera (Rock, Paper & Scissors), an initiative aimed at transforming the physical infrastructure of schools and educational centers throughout Latin America. more
Apr 2, 2008 Youth Voting in 2008: On Track to Break the Record? more
Apr 1, 2008 Nigeria: NGO Advocates Youth Participation in Democracy A non-governmental organisation, Youth, Media and Communication Initiative (YMCI), has called for a national integration that would enable young people play an active role in democracy and development. more
Apr 1, 2008 Government Has Approved National Service: Minister The government has approved national service for youths but the modalities are still being worked out. Once everything is in place, it will be implemented. more
Mar 22, 2008 200 Join Fiji Youth Service Scheme more...
Mar 16, 2008 Face-Off Looms Over Use of National Youth Service Nairobi, Kenya more...
Mar 12, 2008 Give Act Fails in House H.R. 5563, the reauthorization of the Corporation for National and Community Service was defeated by one vote. more...
Feb 29, 2008 St Lucia Consultation on National Youth Service CASTRIES, St Lucia more
Feb 18, 2008 Ghana National Service Scheme more
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