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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

Not all leaders think that way, but organizations that value equity of access must consider the plights of those who might be systematically excluded from engagement efforts. So, we assembled a research team at Arizona State University and set off on an ambitious research project to survey and interview volunteer managers across the U.S.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. A few months ago, I was shopping at the local grocery market, wearing my AmeriCorps sweatshirt.

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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate

ASU Lodestar Center

Tan , University Service Learning /. AmeriCorps Coordinator. My friend is deeply committed to issues of social justice, which includes equal access to affordable health care for all. Tan is a Coordinator in ASU’s University Service Learning department, specializing in community partnerships and AmeriCorps programming.

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

Over the past year, our research team at Arizona State University has conducted the Technology Evolution in Volunteer Management, or “TEVA” project. When we’re in person, some of those clients weren’t able to access our programs because there was no transportation. The [public] transit didn’t go there.”.

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

A Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow and a research affiliate of the University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, his writing and data visualization have appeared in The Atlantic, The Economist, The Guardian, Vox, and many other publications. Isabella received her B.S. Karen Uffelman.

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Is Cause Marketing Real Advocacy or Consumer Apathy at its Finest?

ASU Lodestar Center

Or, do cause marketers actually create accessible avenues for advocacy? Audra Buras is currently serving as an AmeriCorps VISTA member in Los Angeles, California. in Communication Studies from Arizona State University. in Public Relations from Northern Arizona University. I guess it varies from campaign to campaign.

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Fighting for a cause

ASU Lodestar Center

I was in Alaska for the summer as an AmeriCorps Summer Crew Leader. The area had plenty of room and private access to keep the clients’ identities confidential. Dick got his bachelor''s degree in interdisciplinary studies in education and nonprofit leadership and management at Arizona State University. Like this article?

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