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Reinvigorating Peace Corps
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 16:20
Sprin 2009 cover
The Winter 2009/2010 WorldView Magazine — a quarterly publication of the National Peace Corps Association — came in the mail recently, and explores questions of how to reinvigorate Peace Corps to fulfill its potential.
New Eli Segal Fellow Announced: Teach For America Alum Iris Dooling
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 20:46
Iris Dooling
Former Teach For America and Indiana Reading Corps member Iris L. Dooling has been named 2010’s Eli Segal Fellow.
New Jersey Nonprofit Leader: Heather Calverase, Teach For America
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 15:13
Posted as part of Nonprofit Career Month, featuring the diversity of career opportunities in the nonprofit sector. Listen to more shows in this series.
New Podcast: An Interview with Teach For America Alumna Aaliyah El-Amin
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:24
Teach For America Podcast Transcript
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 10:52
Aaliyah El-Amin
Below is the transcript of our August podcast, “An Interview with Teach For America Alumna Aaliyah El-Amin.” Huge thanks to podcast intern Sara Lozito, an AmeriCorps team leader, for work in creating the transcript. Listen to the show here.
Wendy Kopp Shares Her Vision at the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 12:31
Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach For America and Teach For All, shares her vision of our mandate to eliminate educational inequities during her Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship acceptance speech.
Teach For America is the AmeriCorps-affiliated program that brings high-achieving college grads to teach for two years in urban and rural schools throughout the United States. Teach For All is a network of Teach For America-inspired programs throughout the world run by independent social entrepreneurs.
The Signing of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 05:27
Today President Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act into law. It will take affect October 1 of this year.
During one of the most exciting National Volunteer Weeks in recent memory, President Obama and national service supporters gathered today at the SEED School in Washington, D.C., an academic and boarding charter school.
How to Apply to AmeriCorps
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 15:56
To clear up some confusion about how you get into AmeriCorps.
AmeriCorps is a network of programs throughout the United States (and its territories — yes, you can serve in Puerto Rico!) that provide the chance for you to serve in your community full-time for a year on a range of critical issue areas.
Answering the Call from Citizens Who Want to Serve
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 03/24/2009 - 16:57
- americorps
- AmeriCorps*NCCC
- blog
- education award
- Edward Kennedy
- Encore Fellowships
- Kennedy-Hatch Serve America Act
- nslp
- Orrin Hatch
- Pell Grant
- resources
- serve america act
- servicelearning
- servicewire
- social entrepreneurship
- Social Innovation Fund
- Teach For America
- Veterans Service Corps
- Volunteer Generation Fund
- Volunteers for Prosperity
- youthbuild
These days the fate of national service seems tied more than ever to the greater economic struggles our nation is facing. Citizens want to serve in their communities, and this week the Senate is debating legislation that would make it possible for more people to serve than ever before.
