[Community-service] Fwd: National Service Briefing Vol. 17 #49: Make MLK Day A Day On, Not A Day Off
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National Service Briefing
A Weekly Publication of Youth Service America
Published for the Service and Service-Learning Field Since 1994
December 9, 2010 - Volume 17 #49 - Circulation: 37,000
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~~~~~~~MLK Day 2010 Web Banner
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and
urgent question
is: 'What are you doing for others?'" Each year, Americans across the
country answer
that question by coming together on the King Holiday to serve their
neighbors and
communities. The MLK Day of Service is a part of United We Serve
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national call to service initiative.
It calls for Americans from all walks of life to work together to
provide solutions
to our most pressing national problems.
January 17, 2011 will mark the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King,
Jr. federal holiday. This milestone is a perfect opportunity for
Americans to honor
Dr. King's legacy through service. The MLK Day of Service empowers
individuals,
strengthens communities, bridges barriers, creates solutions to
social problems,
and moves us closer to Dr. King's vision of a beloved community.
MLKDay.gov
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information you need to:
1. Plan - Action
Guides
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HQ==]are available with step-by-step instructions for planning a
project that
will leave a lasting impact. If you need help planning a project not in
the guides
here are some Tips
& Tools
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get you started.
2. Serve - Join the hundreds of thousands of people who serve on MLK
Day and throughout
the year. Find a project
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or register
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that volunteers can find it.
3. Share - What are your plans for MLK Day? We encourage you to share
your plans
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back after MLK Day to share your project's impact
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RkN9KTG5J4_H14iIKGzhIt15QwGBQyjKrSTOpEmzqSPD6XytyUhF_]. You can also
share up-to-the-minute
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Learn how you
can make MLK Day "a day on, not a day off" at www.MLKDay.gov
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NEWS FROM THE FIELD
Jumo: A New Social Network Focused on Nonprofits & Charities
Jumo is a social network connecting individuals and organizations who
want to change
the world. Leveraging connection technologies, including Facebook, Jumo
enables
people to find, follow and support those working toward solutions on
the ground
in their community and in regions across the globe. Jumo is founded and
directed
by Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and director of online
organizing for
Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign. Jumo makes it easy to: find
the issues
and organization you care about, follow the latest news and updates,
and support
their work with your time, money and skills. Try it out at
www.jumo.com
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v7A6gHNodLnZJB7EV2XZLenlcBJjwCkhiie4o3hEtni7m6yArM1E0BH_7xjqYUVcIJTDt3f_W
VtEbd_2itTslPDGFzTDOJ1jilV7zu4nk=]Read more about Jumo with a focus on
what nonprofits need to know in this article
from Nonprofit Trends:
www.nptrends.com/nonprofit-trends/what-is-jumo.htm
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WsnL4I-832fp]A recent New York Times article on Jumo is also
informative:
www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/technology/30jumo.html?_r=1
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v7A6gHNof9Mt8BuZcxNSrFkHhBfS4bp0R4SIBy-PfYhu-_drqfJeuVdHjd77UJF5eYUMpK8N2
9G-KO4ZQaxaiDGZTYaLqyg58UaFfkhbIio0wXMQkq4PkmfLHeIuv7N_ErqMZJElPNvUyoMrng
jYOjwxZz1p1oPGo2FZ-tLqnYS5N3GIMQJQ==]You can follow YSA on Jumo at
www.jumo.com/org/4cf58c628b6390e31183868f
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=otshzucab&et=1104052308822&s=78073&e=001yU
v7A6gHNof2b1KkDdzb3Fx1X0pqknGNn0BV8Au4Xy3UvZ58Vu_X6hRLtAK_96GnFgKd5bgfEUH
rvGOpRvfDszumZU0Q3LUnKnrRig_lnnlyXaeol_L1gqpFYe4C8QI4mA4-snmuickVYv1YnWoE
KA==]National Youth Leadership Council Announces New CEO
The National Youth Leadership Council recently announced Kelita Svoboda
Bak as its
next Chief Executive Officer. A strong advocate for youth, Bak has
worked in youth
development and public policy in Washington, D.C. for more than 15
years. She has
held several leadership positions in national nonprofit organizations,
most recently
as the National Vice President of Advancement for Camp Fire USA. She
also has served
on the board of the National Service-Learning Partnership and as a
mentor in the
Emerging Leaders Initiative, led by NYLC and the Partnership. Her
prior experiences
include serving as Director of Government Relations for Youth Service
America and
Vice President of a private consulting firm. (NYLC founder and CEO Jim
Kielsmeier
announced his retirement earlier this year; his future plans include
continuing
to support service-learning policy advancement, and writing and
speaking on behalf
of the movement.) "I am eager to work with the board, staff, funders
and external
stakeholders to build upon NYLC's strong foundation and to lead this
well-respected
organization toward continued and expanded success," says Bak, who
assumes the role
Jan 4. Read more about NYLC's new CEO at www.NYLC.org
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v7A6gHNoeL09uLu4-SOWo3Da5O1NTG_90mmjQXleSabNyZCsKGU6xYPpljRom7lqpLBYRNU6D
W7XTSl-ZCIPO6xpJSvJwFZRcvjTalgFjdmqStV1ya8PLwxEThVOkmn7kVHlLx2KvnPi6zRF7X
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sUiD2sVoUjkLWGDsrNaKdgEbDHaH6ZREKZc]From the "Add Service" Blog
Have you checked out Youth Service America's Add Service Blog recently?
A new post
is published every few days, on a wide variety of topics, written by
YSA staff,
partners, Youth Council members, grantees, and other guest bloggers.
The most recent
posts:
* "Glee-ful
Service
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WbUNQIsLXb7y]" - Sarah Guy, YSA's Education Manager
* "International Volunteer Day
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v7A6gHNocAgwXkNdKGjTo2l5c3bAXxmy_79cw90--qGK-OIRirLUlu1khJxvdVse2wRLd4ZC-
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Wi1zxRzMIPZVhketlBPyjP8=]" - Danielle Miranda, YSA's Manager of Outreach
* "March of Dimes Keeps Future Generations Healthy
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v7A6gHNoeUgWEsPB84fS7dvU5k4mSsO1oGIuXgPWq07QyqQ1VcBoMryqreO6ERXTK2lSvvs2U
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zOYPPA5QAHAdY6JmcZ4lgDvFl3UAxmIKiRNdzXurHQfG]" - Taylor Trovillion,
YSA Youth Council
* "World AIDS Day: Remember Khadija and Lela
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v7A6gHNoema1hgcllrHq2Wq_RurXSwZru4DkLs0AUer0Mqa8G81cl8ty_HagR-zs0G0VgdD-z
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qLSZD_nnjqcG4gExRPaStcj0Bd8Agv__mcURG_9MK__Z]" - Danielle Miranda, YSA's
Manager of Outreach
* "Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=otshzucab&et=1104052308822&s=78073&e=001yU
v7A6gHNoc4y9qYVGegiDDDeuaCmeri4MmlSNxKbrYuzO1UetWTSX-AXzOS-P8hXXzGDukEErS
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Rxyt29FrWX3FbQomcxtYPgOfNg1IIcp1Yow5b4qU7jnt]" - Mike Man, YSA's Manager
of OutreachRead these and other recent blogs at www.YSA.org/blog
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GRANTS & AWARDS
NEA Youth Leaders for Literacy Grants (Deadline: January 5)
The National Education Association (NEA) is partnering with Youth
Service America
to offer Youth Leaders for Literacy grants to support service-learning
projects
focused on increasing young people's interest in reading and improving
literacy
in schools and communities. Youth Leaders for Literacy will award 30
young people
from across the U.S. with $500 grants. Successful projects will be
youth-led and
address an established literacy need in the applicant's school or
community. The
projects will launch on NEA's Read Across America Day on March 2nd and
culminate
on Global Youth Service Day, April 15-17. All 50 states and the
District of Columbia
are eligible to apply. Youth ages 5-25 are welcome to apply along with
an adult
ally. The application deadline is midnight January 5, 2011. Access the
application
at: www.YSA.org/grants/nea-youth-leaders-literacy
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NIFsZPNDLCO4]Special Olympics Get Into It Grants (Deadline: January 19)
Special Olympics is partnering with Youth Service America to offer Get
Into It grants
that bring together students of all abilities to fight childhood
obesity in their
schools and communities. The program awards grants of $500 or $1,000 to
help youth
create and implement service-learning programs to fight childhood
obesity. The application
must be completed by a teacher and a unified pair of students (one with
and one
without an intellectual disability). Get Into It grant projects launch
on Spread
the Word to End the Word Day (March 2, 2011) and culminate on Global
Youth Service
Day (April 15-17, 2011). All 50 states and the District of Columbia are
eligible
to apply. Applications must be submitted by midnight, January 19,
2011. To learn
more about this opportunity, start using the resources offered, and
view the online
application, visit www.YSA.org/getintoit
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v7A6gHNoczaZMxiy43XYWgnesBBJ8I38pRJ7GSAN73VLHD4K1_vhXNsjUDObYk2rr7zC72s_F
4jY4E9lK9VnQwoFB2S-0YEkxNSeVRjSwPTRg_2w8aqQ==]The Eisner Prize for
Excellence in Intergenerational Work (Deadline: January 31)
The Eisner Foundation has announced the launch of the inaugural Eisner
Prize and
is currently soliciting nominations of individuals or non-profit
organizations.
The Eisner Prize is a cash award of $100,000 and is designed to
recognize excellence
by an individual or a non-profit organization in uniting and utilizing
multiple
generations, especially seniors and youth, to bring about positive and
lasting changes
in their community. The foundation hopes to spur innovation in this
field and to
reward those who have committed already to excellence in uniting
multiple generations
for the betterment of our country. Non-profit groups may
self-nominate; individual
candidates must be nominated by another person or group. To learn more
about The
Eisner Foundation or to nominate yourself or someone else who may be
eligible for
The Eisner Prize, please visit www.eisnerfoundation.org/eisnerprize
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-Toe8-K5g8cwItaGHxe3wVScEIAR9srfZTBH1y3JeVnrOWRnfFcRPbgN0UCk46dU=]For
Previously Featured Grants & Awards, visit:
www.servicewire.org/nsb/Grants-and-Awards
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PROFILES IN SERVICE
EVERYDAY YOUNG HEROES
Ivory Price - Detroit, MI
Youth Service America recognizes fifteen year old Ivory Price of
Detroit, Michigan,
as one of our Everyday Young Heroes for her efforts to clean-up Detroit
through
advocacy and long-term service projects.
Ivory Price led a 7 month community clean up and made a comfortable
public space
in a vacant lot to help the Northwest Goldberg neighborhood of Detroit
become the
safe and beautiful place it once was. They also planted an organic
garden that is
providing the neighborhood with fresh produce that is free of charge.
Ivory and
other buildOn members went door-to-door to engage members in the
community, and
held a community meeting which was attended by local officials. Ivory
worked with
team members to design and secure funding for the project, and
researched the community
needs and the history of the area to find a project that was suitable
for the needs
of the community. A total of 200 plus members of the community and
student volunteers
worked together to make this project happen.
As recognition for her urban renewal efforts, Ivory was featured on CNN
as a leader
in the development and restoration of Detroit. Members of the community
are caring
for the organic garden and now have a safe and clean public space to
enjoy due to
the commitment and dedication shown by Ivory.
For her efforts to restore her city and advocate for urban renewal
projects, we
honor Hayley as an Everyday Young Hero.
To nominate a young person who has improved their community through
service to
be recognized as an Everyday Young Hero, please visit
www.ysa.org/awards/hero
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TOOLS, TRAINING, RESOURCES & RESEARCH
Going Blue Named Learning Magazine 2011 Teachers' Choice Award Winner
Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, &
Wetlands by Cathryn
Berger Kaye and Philippe Cousteau has been selected as a Learning
Magazine 2011
Teachers' Choice Awards for the Family winner. The Teachers' Choice
Awards program
is one of the most recognized and prestigious awards in the educational
market.
Teachers' Choice for the Family is the only awards program that
requires evaluators
to be both a teacher and a parent. The book was evaluated on
educational value,
originality and creativity, ease of use, safety and durability, and
high-interest
level and motivation for children. Going Blue will be spotlighted in
the April 2011
issue of Learning. Going Blue was also given a Starred Review in the
School Library
Journal. Learn more (and download free excerpts from Going Blue) at:
www.freespirit.com/goingblue/
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MJiVhP1YMfzNlpGz79eKzNOL6QyCAP0SDHcKrq-Duw12OvwoSjdXEsN3kHthKzT0=]New
Research on the Effectiveness of Political Discussion in K-12 Civic
Education
CIRCLE Working Paper #72 addresses whether efforts to systematically
incorporate
media into school curricula increase several elements of civic
engagement, including
students' media use, political knowledge or their sense of being able
to understand
and influence politics (internal political efficacy). In "The
Classroom-Kitchen
Table Connection: The Effects of Political Discussion on Youth
Knowledge and Efficacy,"
authors Vercellotti and Matto find that the combination of reading news
articles
and discussing them at home and school was related to increased
information-seeking
and political knowledge among students who were not in advanced
placement and honors
classes. Moreover, they find that students who were assigned to discuss
articles
at home with parents and who had parents who scored low on measures of
political
knowledge and efficacy, were the most likely to have increased scores
on both dimensions
by the end of the experiment. These results could provide guidance to
practitioners
looking for ways to involve parents in reinforcing what happens in the
classroom
by extending political discussions to the home as well.
www.civicyouth.org/featured-the-classroom-kitchen-table-connection-the-ef
fects-of-political-discussion-on-youth-knowledge-and-efficacy/
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o8j_9sBLee01UygnDoGxuDfWc8krkbyANKHGDES2PU8yaWZU-g5I8GEqQ==]Volunteerism
in the Blogosphere
Volunteer management has seen a welcome increase in practical and
provocative blogs
over the past year. Energize, Inc. keeps you informed about them in the
"Sources
for Information and Exchange" area of the Energize website.
Highlighted blogs include:
* The Jayne Blog - Jayne, an expert in online volunteering, often deals
with volunteer-related
topics in an insightful way, as well as nonprofit/NGO issues,
communication, aid
and development, and women's empowerment.
http://coyoteblog.posterous.com
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Management4Volunteers Blog - This blog's tag line is: "Great volunteer
programmes
do not fall out of the sky: it is good management practice that makes
them even
better." http://management4volunteers.wordpress.com
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Engaging Volunteers - written by staff members of VolunteerMatch and
third-party
experts in the volunteering and technology community. They consistently
identify
new trends in the field.
http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/
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vBLJlW5DrQTM]See all of the
blogs highlighted at www.energizeinc.com/prof/blogs.html
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SERVICE CALENDARS
Conferences & Events
2011 National Conference on Alternative Education
February 9-12, 2011
Nashville, TN
This annual conference will promote proactive solutions and
alternatives to suspension
and expulsion by examining exemplary practices in the field. Breakout
sessions
will bring to life the NAEA's guiding practices titled Exemplary
Practices in
Alternative Education: Indicators of Quality Programming. Session
topics will relate
to the following broad programming areas: Mission and Purpose,
Leadership, Climate
and Culture, Staffing and Professional Development, Curriculum and
Instruction,
Student Assessment, Transitional Planning and Support, Parent and
Guardian Involvement,
Collaboration and Program Evaluation. In addition, the conference
will have experts
on dropout prevention offering strategies to dealing with America's
dropout crisis
by utilizing nontraditional approaches. The conference will bring
together experts
from a wide variety of fields and disciplines. Seasoned professionals
in alternative
education, nontraditional education, as well as dropout prevention
will provide
an assortment of breakout sessions. Learn more at:
http://www.the-naea.com/2011_National_Conference_on_Alternative_Education_%28Nashville%2C_TN%29!!!/
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yois_2OQs8feXr_uP8afMydxQ==]Conference Calendar:
www.servicewire.org/conferences
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Seasons of Service
December 2010
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month - December
http://sadd.org/national3d.htm
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- December 10
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dQ==]January 2011
National Mentoring Month - January (month)
www.nationalmentoringmonth.org
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ycEhc4h02eBOfTG6dbcl7vc7DwKL3sJcGAQIUEXpScH-7u2nR_B-0]Martin Luther
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do
nothing there
will be no result."
- Mahatma Gandhi
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