May 14, 2009Gallup Student Poll National Report
The Gallup Student Poll is a landmark new measure that will track for 10 years the hope, engagement, and well-being of students across the United States. Through a Web-based survey administered in America’s schools, cities and school districts are partnering with Gallup and America’s Promise...
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Apr 24, 2009Argentine Youth: An Untapped Potential?
Argentina's youth are an important, but to a certain extent untapped,
resource for development. Over 2 million (31 percent) have already
engaged in risky behaviors, and another 1 million (15 percent) are
exposed to risk factors that are correlated with eventual risky
behaviors. This totals...
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Mar 6, 2009V2 Volunteerism Action Guide: Multiplying the Power of Service
This Peace Corps guide is a resource for Volunteers and their community partners to plan, design, implement and assess local service or volunteerism activities. The aim of the V2 Action Guide is to support existing or new host country volunteerism efforts. Applying a service learning approach...
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Jan 29, 2009Giving South Pacific Youth a Voice
In this World Bank report, young people throughout six Pacific nations were surveyed to gain an understanding of the changes they themselves wanted to see in their communities in order to make some practical recommendations to help implement these changes. Young Pacific Islanders are looking for...
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Nov 5, 2008Poverty and Philanthropy: Strategies for Change
Poverty rates in the United States have remained stubbornly consistent for the past 35 years, despite significant efforts to reduce them (and some success in lessening child poverty in 1990s). Developing philanthropic strategies to combat poverty should begin with a clear understanding of the...
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Nov 5, 2008Three Policy Options for Reducing Poverty in the U.S.
Two promising strategies for improving the life circumstances of low-income men are: (1) building a world class vocational education system and (2) expansion of formal apprenticeships.
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Oct 16, 2008Highlight Your Service-Learning Project
On march 19 2009, The National Service-Learning Conference (to be held in Nashville) will feature a Service-Learning Showcase.
Highlight Your Service-Learning Project
The Service-Learning Showcase will feature high-quality service-learning projects from across the country and around the...
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Oct 15, 2008MacJannet Prize For Global Citizenship
The first-ever MacJannet Prize will recognize exceptional student civic engagement initiatives based in universities around the world and contribute financially to their ongoing public service efforts. Visit their website to learn more and to apply: http://www.macjannetprize.org/
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Oct 2, 20082008 Civic Health Index Poll
CIRCLE designed and analyzed the 2008 Civic Health Index Poll for the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), with input from the NCoC and its Civic Indicators Working Group. The survey provides a wealth of information about Americans’ civic participation. Citizens are heavily engaged in...
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Oct 1, 2008Service-Learning Policies and Practices: A Research-Based Advocacy Paper
Service-Learning Policies and Practices: A Research-Based Advocacy Paper builds upon existing NCLC work, and provides a research-based service-learning framework encompassing the simultaneous renewal of five critical components shown to institutionalize and maximize service-learning...
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Sep 16, 2008Call for Submission: International Video Competition Launched at the UN
“The Democracy Video Challenge”, a global call to action, was launched at the United Nations, supported by a partnership of democracy and youth organizations, the film entertainment industry, academia, and the US government. The Challenge, which was also unveiled on line, invites young citizens...
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Sep 12, 2008Call for proposals: AMICUS Preparatory Action
This is a call for proposals serves to implement the Amicus Preparatory Action which steps up the European Union's commitments in the field of youth mobility by offering the opportunity to give a transnational dimension to youth civic service and volunteering placements.
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Jul 3, 2008Young People's Civic Engagement in East Asia & the Pacific
This report by Innovations in Civic Participation on behalf of UNICEF EAPRO analyzes the state of youth civic engagement in East Asia and the Pacific, including the challenges and support available for programming in this area. It presents a list of recommendations to further develop youth civic...
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Jun 16, 2008Resource Center for Volunteer and Service Programs
Sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the online Resource Center is a comprehensive website for sharing tools and training resources for volunteer and service programs.
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May 14, 2008New Longitudinal Study of AmeriCorps
Serving Country and Community: A Longitudinal Study of Service in AmeriCorps. This report includes new results from a longitudinal study of AmeriCorps members and discusses the early impacts of national service on members’ civic engagement, education, employment, and life skills.
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Mar 17, 2008Innovations in International Volunteering
This is a recently published report written by ICP on behalf of the British organization 'V." We conducted an international competition for innovations in international volunteering.
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