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Where will you Volunteer on MLK Day, Jan. 18th?
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 14:48
Alan Khazei, City Year Co-Founder, Running for the Senate in Massachusetts — Election in Two Weeks
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 11/26/2009 - 03:16
Update, Dec. 9: Although Alan Khazei gained the endorsements of many prominent people and even The Boston Globe, he was defeated at the polls during the Democratic primary Dec. 8th, by Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General. Khazei won 13 percent of the popular vote during yesterday’s election.
Among the hopefuls to fill Ted Kennedy’s long-held Senate seat is City Year founder Alan Khazei.
Alan Khazei, from his campaign website
Service Nation launches Mission Serve to Strengthen and Create Civilian-Military Service Partnerships
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 11/11/2009 - 14:21
Michelle Obama and Jill Biden help kick off the Veteran’s Day launch of the new Service Nation initiative Mission Serve.
Today we pause to think of our veterans who have served our country in the Service. In honor of Veteran’s Day, Service Nation — the campaign to expand service opportunities — launches a new initiative, Mission Serve, to connect civilians and the military community in service.
Volunteering and Service in Prime Time
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 19:25
Service becomes the theme of mainstream t.v. shows this week.
I’m so excited to watch t.v. this week because I want to see how television tackles volunteerism and service — if you haven’t heard, all week, prime time shows are taking true stories of volunteerism and nonprofit work and weaving into their plots.
More than 90 shows are participating (did you know there were 90 primetime shows in a week? I didn’t) and many stars are offering public service announcement style endorsements of community service.
Tobey Maguire and Other Celebrities Honor 9/11 with Service
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 09/11/2009 - 19:09
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 1921-2009
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 15:06
Shriver, from her bio page on her website One Woman's Vision
Early this morning, Eunice Kennedy Shriver passed away. I have been amazed by her infinite capacity to balance work and family — to be a role model to her kids through her tireless work on issues she was passionate about, to be a champion of service, and of people of all abilities.
My condolences to the Shrivers and Kennedys, I know you will miss her so much.
Senate Appropriations Committee Backs Funding for the Kennedy Serve America Act
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 12:25
Yesterday the Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $1.157B to fund the Corporation for National and Community Service implementation of the Kennedy Serve America Act.
The figure is greater than the $1.149B requested by President Obama, the $1.059B that the House of Representatives passed in its appropriations bill, and the 2009 fiscal year budget of the Corporation.
Applications to AmeriCorps Increase, but a House Committee Doesn’t Come Through with Funding
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 18:33
While AmeriCorps applications are seeing a steep rise, the Corporation for National and Community Service is climbing an uphill battle for funding.
According to an unpublished Corporation report, discussed by Tim Zimmerman on today’s Change/Wire, the blog of the Service Nation campaign:
Service Nation Strategy Session in San Francisco as part of NCVS
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 06/22/2009 - 08:51
Monday, Service Nation coalition members and others gathered for a luncheon at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, prior to the kick off of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service.
Overall the strategy luncheon was more luncheon than strategy, but I was glad to see an effort made to bring the Service Nation campaign spirit into the National Conference on Volunteering and Service gathering, which overall seeemed to involve more media attention and celebrity involvement this year than in the past.
Speakers included...
New Podcast: Cross Sector Relationships, Corporate Responsibility and Citizen Service: An Interview with Alan Khazei and Shannon Schuyler
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 13:29
The New Service podcast from Idealist.org takes a look at a new national partnership.
Corporate social responsibility and citizen service are increasingly becoming two sides of the same coin, as more business-sectoemployees and clients demand opportunities to improve their communities as part of their workplace culture. Exemplifying the beneficial opportunities of cross-sector alliances is the new national partnership between the nonprofit Be The Change, Inc., and the business network Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC).
