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Subject: National Service Briefing - Youth Changed the World on Global
Youth Service Day
April 21, 2011
Volume 18,
No. 16
Youth Changed the World On Global Youth
Service Day
Last weekend,
millions of young people around the world strengthened their
communities through community service or service-learning projects
during the 23rd annual Global Youth Service Day.
• Over 2,500 youth-led projects were registered on GYSD.org in
all 50 states + DC in the U.S. and in 102 countries around the world.
• YSA distributed over $1 million in
grants to 821 youth leaders, schools, and organizations that engaged at
least 436,000 youth volunteers. •
Hundreds of news stories about GYSD appeared in newspapers, blogs, and
on TV and radio while hundreds of elected officials supported GYSD,
including 28 Members of Congress and 17 Governors.
• Youth addressed important local, national, and global
issues, including childhood obesity, illiteracy, hunger, pollution, and
bullying & violence, making real and lasting change in their
communities. Watch YSA.org and GYSD.org
for a complete Global Youth Service Day 2011 Final Report by the end of
June. To make sure your GYSD project is
included in the Final Report and to help YSA tell the story of the
collective impact of everyone's service on GYSD, take a few minutes to
tell us what happened in your community. Complete the GYSD Impact
Report at www.GYSD.org/report Save the
Date - Global Youth Service Day 2012 is April 20-22.
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News From the Field
Earth Day -
A Billion Acts of Green This year, Earth Day is
calling on everyone to participate in A Billion Acts of Green, a
campaign to generate a billion acts of environmental service and
advocacy. The "A Billion Acts of Green" campaign encourages individuals
and organizations to undertake green actions, and to share them with
the world. These actions can be immediate changes like switching to
energy efficient light bulbs, or large-scale projects that achieve
lasting change, such as efforts to green our cities and our schools.
The goal is to reach a billion acts by the U.N. Conference on
Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2012, as
evidence that people all over the world are working to protect the
Earth. http://bit.ly/e0Ay4h
Update on National Service Budget
Last Friday President Obama signed a Continuing Resolution that funds
the federal government for the rest of fiscal year 2011. In total, the
continuing resolution provides $1.077 billion for the Corporation for
National and Community Service and its programs, about 94% of our FY
2010 enacted level, resulting in several cuts, including $12.6 million
cut from RSVP programs, $22.5 million cut from AmeriCorps, and $39.5
million from Learn and Serve America, the entire Learn and Serve
America budget. More information about how these budget cuts will
affect CNCS-funded programs will be announced in the coming weeks.
http://bit.ly/fbGKCD
Lemonade Day - May 1 Lemonade Day is a
nationwide event that teaches kids the skills they need to be
successful in the future. Youth learn to set goals, develop a business
plan, establish a budget, seek investors, provide customer service,
and give back to the community. Lemonade day is the perfect
opportunity for a community to show kids they care and train the next
generation of entrepreneurs. Find a Lemonade Day event in your city -
or learn how to bring Lemonade Day to your community at
http://bit.ly/etqjN6
Briefcase Brigade - April 27 On Wednesday,
April 27th, when members of Congress are home for recess, youth are
going to their offices all around the country to demand they prioritize
jobs over budget cuts. Youth will be dressed for an interview,
briefcase in hand, with our resumes to show we’re ready for work, but
the opportunities just aren’t there. This is the first step in building
a national youth movement that demands action on the jobs crisis. You
can ignite this movement by taking action in your community. To learn
how to start a briefcase brigade, visit: http://bit.ly/ejTyVc
Grants & Awards
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes
Deadline: April 30 The Gloria
Barron Prize for Young Heroes honors young people ages 8 to 18 who have
made a significant positive difference to people and our planet. Each
year, ten national winners each receive $2,500 to support their service
work or higher education. http://bit.ly/edhitj
ING Unsung Heroes
Grants Deadline: April 30 Are you
an educator with a class project that is short on funding but long on
potential? Do you know a teacher looking for grant dollars? ING Unsung
Heroes® could help you turn great ideas into reality for students. Each
year, 100 educators are selected to receive $2,000 to help fund their
innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive the top
awards of an additional $5,000, $10,000 and $25,000.
http://bit.ly/eSC2sv
Campus Progress / Colorlines.com 2011 National Keynote Contest
Deadline: May 13 Enter the 2011
National Keynote Contest, and you could win the chance to share your
story in front of over 1,000 young people at this year’s Campus
Progress National Conference in Washington, DC, on July 6. Just shoot
a short video that answers the question: In your own life, how are you
changing the rules of our race conversation, and creating real
solutions for racial and social justice? http://bit.ly/eVuhS5
Jane Goodall's Roots &
Shoots Youth Leadership Award Deadline: May 16
The Youth Leadership Award recognizes an individual (14 to
26 years of age) who exhibit leadership and excellence through his or
her work to help preserve our natural world, protect animals or benefit
our human community. This year's recipients of the Jane Goodall Global
Leadership Awards will be presented at an event in Los Angeles on the
evening of Saturday, September 24, 2011. http://bit.ly/gernIO
Everyday Young Heroes
Rachel Millhauser
Miami, FL Youth Service America
recognizes sixteen year old Rachel Millhauser of Miami, Florida, as one
of our Everyday Young Heroes for her efforts to raise awareness and
fundraise for Haitian earthquake relief efforts through music.
Rachel started Teens for Life, a
community service group to creates events where teens come together to
make a better life for the less fortunate through music. For Global
Youth Sevrice Day 2010, Rachel and ten friends got together to record a
cover of Michael Jackson's & Lionel Richie's "We Are the World" and
focused to raise awareness for Haiti. Rachel single handedly raised
around $800 to complete the video and an additional $400 to donate to
the Haitian Health Foundation. She then performed this song with the
other vocalists for over 1000 people on Rosh Hashanah. Several audience
members were brought to tears and one was even compelled to send a
donation to Rachel's group. With this donation, Rachel began her second
project for Malaika for Life, a network of angels who fight malaria -
the number 1 killer in Africa – and empower vulnerable communities in
Tanzania. After an intern at Malaika for Life saw the We Are the World
video and showed it to the founder and head of the organization, Rachel
was invited to a Malaika for Life fashion show to meet the founder and
was asked to do a similar video for their organization. Rachel once
again brought together about a dozen vocalists and recorded all the
music on her own to create this video that will be released on Global
Youth Service Day 2011. Watch the video at: http://bit.ly/gfWP1l
In addition to her work with Teens for
Life, Rachel is Vice President of her municipality's youth advisory
council and is involved in numerous clubs at her school including
Operation Smile, HISA, Drama Club, A2Z Book Club and Interact Club. For
her work to raise awareness about the disaster in Haiti and in honor of
her new video to bring awareness to the fight against Malaria, we honor
Rachel 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.
resources & trainings
2011 National Youth Leadership Training
July 16 - 23, 2011 - Voyageur Environmental Center, Mound, MN
Since 1979 young people have gathered for a week of
adventure, self-discovery, leadership-building and service. This
training prepares students to implement service-learning projects that
address the achievement gap in their home communities. High school
students entering grades 9-12 in the fall of 2011attend as a team, from
a school or community-based organization, accompanied by a supportive
year-round adult mentor or teacher. Spaces are limited! Group
application is due May 6th. For more information, visit
http://bit.ly/h5pZKy
Millennial Donor Report & Summit
The Case Foundation is proud to present
MDS2011 - a Virtual Summit on June 22, to discuss results from the
Millennial Donor Survey -- a new report by Achieve and JGA. Some of the
results may surprise you! An impressive 93 percent of Millennials gave
to nonprofit organizations in 2010, with 10 percent giving $1,000 or
more. And when it comes to the motivation to give to an organization,
more than 56 percent cited trust as a key factor. Read the report at
http://bit.ly/eBt6f7
10 Ideas That Will Change the World Each
year, TIME Magazine dedicates an issue to exploring 10 ideas that will
change the world. This year, one of those ideas is youth engagement.
The article, "Sweet Bird of Youth! The Case for Optimism" explores the
need for meaningful youth engagement in order to take advantage of the
"youth bulge" to spur economic growth and reduce conflict. The article
also calls on us all to have some more "youthful optimism" about the
world: http://ti.me/eqcpWu
Service Calendars
Conferences & Events National
Conference on Volunteering and Service
June 6-8, 2011 - New Orleans, LA
Big Tent Conference November 3 -
5, 2011 - Omaha, NE National Service-Learning
Conference April 11-14, 2012 - Minneapolis, MN
See more events on the Conference Calendar.
Seasons of Service
April 2011 Sodexo Servathon - April
National Child Abuse Prevention Month - April
National Park Week - April 16-24
Earth Day - April 22
World Malaria Day - April 25 See
more important dates on the Seasons of Service Calendar.
Quote of
the Week
"The Jewish people, ever since David slew
Goliath, have never considered youth as a barrier to leadership."
- President John F. Kennedy
The Editors
Mike Minks
Director of Outreach
Editor-in-Chief
Danielle Miranda Manager of Outreach
Associate Editor
Mike Man Manager of Outreach
Associate Editor
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