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Hot on IdealistNews: Divorced at 10; Bamboo Bikes; Assessing Social Impact
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 11:03
Posted by Scott Stadum.
IdealistNews is a project of Idealist.org and Reddit where users like you can submit nonprofit news stories from around the web and vote on your favorites. Here's a roundup of some recent hot stories (titled the way users submitted them).
What Happens When Life Issues Become Legal Issues?: National Service as a Solution to the Justice Gap
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:59
- Administrative Office of the Courts California
- blog
- California JusticeCorps
- Cole McMahon
- Equal Justice Works
- Idealist.org Public Service Graduate Education Resource Center
- Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts
- Legal Services Corporation
- Martha Wright
- Marty Costello
- Massachusetts Legal Assistance for Self-Sufficiency AmeriCorps program
- nslp
- public interest law
- resources
- servicelearning
- servicewire
Justice Corps member DeAndre
Contributed by guest blogger Martha Wright, Senior Court Services Analyst for the California Administrative Office of the Courts and Statewide Co-Director of the California JusticeCorps, an AmeriCorps program that places diverse university students to assist overburdened courts with supporting self-represented litigants.
Do You Count? Be Ready for the 2010 Census
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 16:17
By Putnam Barber, editor of The Nonprofit FAQ.
::image::Any day now, an envelope from the United States Census will show up at most addresses in the United States. It will probably be in the mailbox, but it might come from someone who knocks on the door and hands it to you. In fact, the Census Bureau expects to deliver 12 million census forms to people who might be difficult to reach by mail.
Celebrating Women, Celebrating Civic Engagement: A message from Queen Rania of Jordan
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 14:56
Guest post by Talloires Network Intern Alissa Brower. Cross-posted from the Talloires Network blog.
How Do Millennials Avoid Being Chumps?
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 10:28
When I first saw the headline “Will Millennials become the chump generation?” I was gearing up for another intergenerational throw down. I wasn’t exactly sure what we were being accused of this time, but last time I checked with Fred Durst, being called a chump was not a good thing.
London to Little Rock: Powerful Gatherings for a New Generation of Changemakers
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 13:38
Posted by Julia Smith.
::image::If you identify as a young(er) person effecting positive change in your own backyard or around the globe, or you work in a field related to youth empowerment, digital activism, or careers in social change, here are two events and networks you should know about:
The New Dork: An Entrepreneur State of Mind
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 22:37
Remember when being a dork meant you just weren’t cool? That was before “The New Dork” – a spoof of Jay-Z and Alicia Keyes’s "Empire State Of Mind" which pays homage to the rising generation of geeky entrepreneurs – or, what we like to think of as the new trendsetters.
While “The New Dork” just started hitting the interwebs this afternoon, it’s already being deemed the anthem for entrepreneurs, and why not?
Blue Engine: Readying New York High School Students for College
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 15:54
In 2010, a new national service corps is getting off the ground. Blue Engine, based in New York City, aims to recruit a corps of a dozen fellows for the 2010-2011 school year to facilitate daily, differentiated, small-group instruction for high school freshmen.
From the Web to Your Bookshelf: The Idealist Guides are Now in Print
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 03/08/2010 - 12:49
From Meg Busse. Read more from Meg in her Career Corner column.
Emerging Corps: Blue Engine’s Nick Ehrmann
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 03/04/2010 - 17:51
Blue Engine's Nick Ehrmann
The New Service podcast show features a service program tackling the challenges of college completion for students from low income families. Blue Engine is now accepting applications for its 2010-11 corps.
