
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps is a network of national service programs that engage more
than 50,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet critical
needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps
members serve through more than 2,100 nonprofits, public agencies,
and faith-based organizations. They tutor and mentor youth, build
affordable housing, teach computer skills, clean parks and streams,
run after-school programs, and help communities respond to disasters.
Created in 1993, AmeriCorps is part of the Corporation for National
and Community Service, which also oversees Senior Corps and Learn
and Serve America. Together these programs engage more than 2 million
Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service each year.
City Year
An Action Tank for national service, City Year seeks to demonstrate,
improve, and promote the concept of national service as a means for
building a stronger democracy. An 'action tank' is both a program
and a 'think tank' — constantly combining theory and practice
to advance new policy ideas, make programmatic breakthroughs, and
bring about major changes in society.
City Year's vision is that one day, the most commonly asked question
of a young person will be, "Where are you going to do your service
year?"
Peace Corps
Since 1961, the Peace Corps has shared with the world America's most
precious resource — its people. Peace Corps Volunteers serve
in 72 countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South
America, and the Middle East. Collaborating with local community members,
volunteers work in areas like education, youth outreach and community
development, the environment, and information technology.
The Student Conservation
Association (SCA)
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the leader in national
resource conservation, providing service opportunities, outdoor skills,
and leadership training to thousand of young women and men each year.
In all 50 states, high school, college and graduate students and others
join together through SCA to care for our national parks and forests,
historic and cultural resources, and urban green spaces — the
benefits of which extend far beyond our environment.
Teach
For America
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college
graduates of all academic majors who commit two years to teach in
urban and rural public schools, and become lifelong leaders in the
effort to expand educational opportunity. Our mission is to build
the movement to eliminate educational inequality by enlisting some
of our nation's most promising future leaders in the effort.
Idealist.org
Idealist.org is a project of Action without Borders. You can search
over 46,000 non-profit and community organization in 165 countries
for post-graduate jobs, internships, and/or volunteer opportunities.
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