Social Media In Dorchester - 0 views
website: http://mydorchester.org/ Social Capital Inc. (SCI) was founded in 2002 in Woburn, MA. After initial success in Woburn, SCI developed plans to expand to other local communities. In 2004, S...
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Increasing Civic Engagement - 1 views
The Hyams Foundation The development of grassroots leaders and activists of color, including immigrants and teens, who are actively engaged in civic and electoral processes and in elected and a...
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/sites/default/files/content/docs/rcc/rcccommbuildersappro... - 1 views
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Felicia Sullivan on 19 Jan 13A theory of change can be a helpful tool for developing solutions to complex social problems. At its most basic, a theory of change explains how a group of early and intermediate accomplishments sets the stage for producing long-range results. A more complete theory of change articulates the assumptions about the process through which change will occur, and specifies the ways in which all of the required early and intermediate outcomes related to achieving the desired long-term change will be brought about and documented as they occur.
City may sue developer who spent $20,000 to remove 40 tons of trash from vacant lot - 0 views
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I liked this article because this man used his own money to help clean out an empty lot. He even remodeled it because it was such an eye sore. Now he is being asked to return the lot into it's previous trash filled condition.
The importance of youth community activism... - 4 views
GREAT article!
started by April Aguirre on 16 Nov 13
1 follow-up, last by Mark Dempsey on 18 Nov 13
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Checkout the Freedom House - 1 views
I recently came across this facility that offers civic engagement opportunities as well as takes an initiative to better the lives of aspiring young professionals on their way to college. Here is a...
Hyde Square Task Force | - 0 views
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All programs are developed by residents in response to community needs. , Hyde Square Task Force has developed on-going programs for youth and families that help them advance at school and in careers, but also help create positive relations and opportunities to take pride and action in the community.
4-H develops well-informed civically active young people! - 0 views
http://www.4-h.org/youth-development-programs/citizenship-youth-engagement/ I stumbled on this information about 4-H Clubs quite by accident. Before reading about the fantastic programs the organi...
Brockton After Dark - 0 views
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Mayor Linda M. Balzotti announces that the Brockton After Dark summer program will start on July 2nd. Various activities will take place over the course of the summer at different locations throughout the city until August 24th. "Brockton After Dark accomplishes more than just keeping youth busy," said Mayor Balzotti. "The wide range of activities offered enables young people to take part not only in athletics, but also social and leadership development activities, learning skills that will stay with them for many years to come." Now in its ninth year, Brockton After Dark provides athletic and enrichment opportunities to youth, ages 13-20, at no cost, weeknights during the summer. Brockton After Dark will not be held Wednesday, July 4th. Various activities include basketball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, hip hop dancing, and art classes, as well as several other programs, which can be found on the City of Brockton's web site. Food will be provided at most sites. This is a great program to get these youth off the streets. I think many cites need to look into this and see if there city has funds for these programs.
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This is nice Gwen! This program goes hand in hand with your community project! I also agree that if we had these type of programs available to our youth in more towns and cities, many lives would be changed for the better!
Local group that supports non-profit agencies better serve their communities through cu... - 0 views
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Organizations can be transformed to be more reflective of the populations being served racially and ethnically. They can develop a greater respect for and appreciation of cultural, gender, ability, class, religious and orientation differences.
Project Quest - 1 views
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I think this is a great program for the community. I was actually speaking to my boss today about a Welfare program they had tried to introduce some years back that completely failed. The idea was to get people on Welfare to start working, and if certain agencies hired said employees then they would be tax exempt. But then the people hired had terrible attitudes towards the program because they didn't want to be at the job or other personal reasons. Bottom line, it was a good idea with good intentions, but since the actual people in the community weren't invested, it just couldn't work. Project QUEST seems like a much better solution because it deals with parties that have their best interests invested and best foot forward.
Malden (MA) High School Students Anti-Bullying Campaign - 2 views
http://www.mass-service.org/service_volunteerism/our_programs/community_service_learning This is an article about a group of students in a Sociology Class at Malden High School to take upon the iss...
Aaron Hernandez sued by families of 2012 double shooting victims - 1 views
The pressure that professional athletes come under to be more than model citizens (obviously murder is way out of the ordinary behavior) is just one more way that the values in America are sometime...
Developing Global Citizens - 0 views
This piece is less an example of civic engagement but commentary on the status of contemporary college students and what the changing global structure required of higher education today. I thought ...
Unique tool for acquiring cultural competence - 1 views
This link is for the blog of a company called Cross Cultural Solutions. This company sets up volunteer opportunities for people in the US to work in countries around the world. The blog has stories...
Joy as Medicine: Above the Clouds - 1 views
Gary Oberstein, a labor and employment attorney, has recently founded a charity with his wife Martha,based at Norwood airport, called "Above The Clouds". The charity is committed to spreading joy ...
The Score4More Community Progect - 2 views
Score4More Inc., established in 2009, was formed to create, organize, promote, and advocate for programs and services to support and serve the needs of Massachusetts student athletes ages 9 to 19, ...
Street level Civic Engagement - 3 views
http://bostonfoundation.org/Content.aspx?ID=9398 Street Safe Boston, an initiative sponsored by The Boston Foundation, aims to help reduce street violence through direct interventions in the citie...
Colleges are giving back to their surrounding community - 0 views
Colleges across the nation are providing civic engagement opportunities for their students, in effort to develop more well rounded individuals. Here was is what NYU is doing for their surrounding c...