Civic Engagement PCSCOR 325

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/03/politics/government-shutdown-indiana-candidate/index.html?sr=fb100313patricklockhart9p This article is about a 20 year old college student who is engaged in communi...

Engagement Civic Community Better Change Promoting american

started by cheryl dinning on 05 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

I have always been a suppporter of the City Year Organization. Im sure this is something that we are all familiar with but if not here is a short bio of the company and a link to the website to rea...

Engagement Civic Community

started by Cori Williams on 03 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/24/atlanta-couple-donates-daughter-canceled-wedding-reception-dinner-to-200/ Even though this was a one time donation to help the homeless, this family has chosen...

Community Project

started by Mark Dempsey on 02 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

http://video.foxnews.com/v/2684132564001/team-rubicon-helps-in-flood-ravaged-colorado/ I was wathcing the weather channel as I do every morning and they had a special on the Colorado flooding and ...

started by camille fenton on 01 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

As I had mentioned on my reflection, which related to the readings as well, I mentioned about the ROCA nonprofit organization, which I am somewhat familiar with, which is located in Chelsea, MA the...

started by April Aguirre on 01 Oct 13 no follow-up yet

In this PDF, there are plans in a Philadelphia school and how they want to undergo a school reform to encourage children to want to come to school, to better their education and to provide better t...

started by Ryan Walsh on 30 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

http://www.sowma.org/programs/tutoring-mentoring

started by Kaitlyn Wenzel on 29 Sep 13 1 follow-up, last by Kaitlyn Wenzel on 29 Sep 13

The easiest way to get involved in the community and make a difference is by voting. Targeting the youngest voters is important when it comes to making changes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7GJ...

Engagement Civic Better Together Community Change Promoting american

started by cheryl dinning on 29 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

LINK: http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/09/26/a-grieving-mother-fights-for-peace-in-boston/ This source is about a woman who's son was killed in 1993 and since then she has been creat...

Engagement Better Change

started by Mercedes Ferguson on 28 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghSJsEVf0pU&list=PL249044E5048B9B66 Civic engagement isn't always going out into the neighborhoods and hanging flyers but sometimes its using your skill and or talen...

Civic Engagement Together Community Change Better Promoting american

started by anonymous on 26 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

Project Unbreakable is an incredible use of art and social media to provide an outlet for survivors of sexual assault. Photographer Grace Brown began Project Unbreakable at age 19 in order to bring...

started by Maggie Leary on 26 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

http://www.rockthevote.com/ Rock the Vote, started 20 plus years ago, was a media savvy organization started to encourage the youth of the country to register to vote and to continue to vote every ...

started by Abigail Martin on 25 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

Engagement Civic Project Together Community

started by Cori Williams on 24 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

An example of civic engagement which relates a bit to this week's reading is the donation of $3million which Bain Capital gave City Year to help the nonprofit group continue its services in helping...

started by April Aguirre on 24 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

http://www.ywcaboston.org/blog/bid/31580/Boston-Public-School-Creates-Racial-Ripple-Effect This is a link that was posted three years ago but it began the start of the Race Dialogue that is a curr...

started by camille fenton on 23 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/political-bookworm/post/education-reform-through-community-action/2011/11/29/gIQApxcf9N_blog.html I really liked this article because I felt it continued on the...

started by Rachel Denning on 22 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

http://www.cityyear.org/localcontent.aspx?id=973 City Year Boston is an organization that focuses on intervention (3rd-9th grades) for those at risk of dropping out in the future whether related t...

started by Kaitlyn Wenzel on 22 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xjv5nUGDos This video is an example of civic engagment in communities. The video shows a youthgroup who got together in an effort to clean up boston, the "Boston S...

Civic Engagement Better Project Together Community Change

started by anonymous on 22 Sep 13 no follow-up yet

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...

Community Engagement

started by Mark Dempsey on 21 Sep 13 no follow-up yet