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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

Chris Coons, addresses this inequity by proposing an increase of the AmeriCorps living allowance to offer greater financial support to all who are willing to serve. Second , national policy must incentivize and prioritize the recruitment and deployment of local, proximate leadership.

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Guest Post: Why it’s worth allowing volunteers to lead (even when it’s uncomfortable)

Twenty Hats

Mary Ann Schmook, a 55+ Volunteer Leadership Program participant, presents her project proposal to classmates. Krista Gilmore, CVA has worked for Cecil County (MD) Department of Community Services since November 2004 and currently oversees an AmeriCorps Seniors program. And for me, that is the good stuff.

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Use Case: The Community-Driven Social Impact game for Community Media Centers

Amy Sample Ward

I am part of the Digital Arts Service Corps, which is an initiative of the Transmission Project that pairs tech-savvy AmeriCorps Vistas with organizations dedicated to supporting community media and technology. The goal of the day was to develop a collaborative grant proposal for a project that would be pertinent and beneficial to each CMC.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How to Start a Nonprofit Organization.

ASU Lodestar Center

Are there other organizations in the community that do what it is I propose to do? If so: Is what I propose different from what any of them already do? Youll need to determine whether your proposed program fills a specific niche or if its a duplication. So, lets say youve chosen the nonprofit route.

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Senator Hillary Clinton at the Service Nation Summit!

Have Fun - Do Good

In 1993, President Clinton formalized national service, like Kennedy did with the Peace Corps, and created AmeriCorps. Since its formation, AmeriCorps has served thousands of organizations and nearly 3/4 of AmeriCorps' members continue to serve after they complete their AmeriCorps service, and often go into public service.

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Looking for Someone to Help You Geek Out?

NTEN

So, submit your proposal. If it's accepted, you and the CTC VISTA Project will work together to recruit an AmeriCorps*VISTA member to work with your organization for one year. The CTC VISTA Project builds the capacity of nonprofit organizations using media and technology to strengthen communities. NTEN did it. Hey Karl !).

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Case Study: Moving to Google Apps

NTEN

The first step was to create and present a proposal for the management team and get an approval. When the analysis was done, I created a proposal with my recommendations, which was approved by October 2009. My choice was to take on a migration to Google Apps. I made a SWOT analysis between an in-house server solution and Google Apps.