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Posted By:  freechild
Posted On:  Sep 20, 2008

  The Government's Responsibility To Young People

A few days ago I made an unusual sidestep and argued that national and community service programs should supplant government funding with local sources of funding, and scale back accordingly. This is unusual for several reasons, the primary among them being that I believe it is the...... [view]

Posted By:  tambra
Posted On:  Apr 23, 2008

  Youth use their creativity to plant hope in Anacostia for the 20th Annual Global Youth Service Day

Creative Cause Youth Service America and State Farm Foundation join youth on this day WASHINGTON, DC (April 23, 2008)—Last week during the Pope's visit in our nation's capitol, he spoke of ‘America as a land of opportunity and hope; yet it has become elusive for some.’ This Saturday,...... [view]

Posted By:  tambra
Posted On:  Mar 26, 2007

  CC Wins Freddie Mac Youth Service Grant

Creative Cause wins grant to fund its " Plant Hope " pilot initiative for National and Global Youth Service Day. Sponsored by the Freddie Mac Foundation , Creative Cause was one of fifty one youth-led service projects planned for April 20-22, 2007. "The Plant Hope initiative is creative way for...... [view]

Posted By:  rakesh4all
Posted On:  Feb 28, 2008

  "Youth & Civic" Engaged! for a better future

Civic engagement refers to a wide range of ways in which citizens can engage in their community. Exercising the right to vote, volunteering, going to public meetings, or writing a letter to a public official are all ways that we typically think of to be civically engaged. We have seen statistics...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild
Posted On:  Jan 7, 2008

  The History of Youth, Voice, Action and Change

According to a lot of different sources, last week was an amazing week for young people in the U.S. Wiretap and the League of Young Voters both reported that according to CIRCLE , 13 percent of eligible Iowans under the age of 30 participated in the Iowa caucuses. Researchers...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild
Posted On:  Nov 11, 2007

  The Youngest Mayor Ever

I don't know who the youngest mayor ever was. In 1885 the mayor of Van Buren, Arkansas was thought to be the youngest in America at the age of 21. During a fight over a prostitute with another man, Mayor Alexander Aaron was cut with a razor, and consequently shot his attacker. ( NYT .pdf ) In...... [view]

Posted By:  katerg
Posted On:  Oct 10, 2006

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Posted By:  katerg
Posted On:  Nov 1, 2006

  pennies for police dogs

i'm doing a survey of online youth civic engagement initiatives and i came across this: Pennies to Protect Police Dogs Eleven year-old Stacey Hillman started Pennies to Protect Police Dogs in March of 2000 after reading an article about police dogs and their dangerous jobs. The article told...... [view]

Posted By:  katerg
Posted On:  Nov 2, 2006

  what is civic engagement OR how do we make things better

globalkids and gamelab recently released a pretty impressive flash game called ayiti: the cost of life where you a play a family in haiti trying to get ahead. it's compelling and educational (and addictive). in playing, you directly experience the obstacles that keep people in the poverty...... [view]

Posted By:  freechild
Posted On:  May 9, 2002

  

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  Altruism Association

Submitted By:   altruism
Website:  http://www.altruism-md.org
Phone:  37369379000
E-mail:  asociatia@altruism-md.org
  Vision:   Motivating, supporting and training people to be involved. Counsulting, promotic philanthropy as civic engagement in philanthropy MISSION: Contributing to betterment of people's lives, and helping vulnerable people to......
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  Youth for Development International

Submitted By:   dervash
Website:  http://www.youth4development.com
Phone:  +92 (321) 4556632
E-mail:  info@youth4development.com
  Vision:   The Youth for Development explores the potential of youth as positive change agents to work with organizations and communities to engage together in order to work towards the establishment of justice, equality and......
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