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Switching gears: How I found my place in volunteering

ASU Lodestar Center

A passion of mine for the last 13 years has been working with high school teens through my church youth group. I loved my job and felt so fed by the work I did and the teens I encountered — which made my next step feel more like a step backward rather than a step forward. Vincent de Paul Church in Phoenix. Vincent de Paul.

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Girls for a Change: Call for Mentors

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Girls for a Change , a nonprofit that pairs women with middle and high school girls to help them create social change in their communities, is looking for mentors in the Bay Area and Phoenix. Through this awesome after-school program, these young women are becoming true social change agents. girl social change mentor

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Donning the Sweatshirt of Service: Reflections from a Second-Year Ally

ASU Lodestar Center

Coordinator & Volunteer Coordinator, ADL Arizona and GLSEN Phoenix. We all look similar in our sweatshirts, and the mission and goals of our work — to do good service, to help others, to create change — unite us even more. Analisa Xavier implemented Native American Connections ' first ever teen after-school programs.

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Nancy Wins Free Copy of Being the Difference

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Last week I hosted a little contest to win a copy of Darius Graham's book, Being the Difference: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World. activism ordinary people nonprofit In just over a year, she became president and after meeting after meeting, she is slowly making a difference.

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Get to Know the Lodestar Center: Anne Kotleba

ASU Lodestar Center

When they leave here, I want my students to continue to question, learn, teach, and continue to use their education to change the world. A lot of what we existed were drop-in projects—people coming in to teach one activity or work on a project and then leave. Any secondary interests? Creatively engaging with the world.