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Making A Small Corner of the World a Little Better
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Fighting for Positive Change
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Integrating Service Experiences and Career Choices
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Building a Community Organization to Improve Education
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Serving the United States Through AmeriCorps
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How A Summer Jobs+ Opportunity Launched A Career
Posted by on August 16, 2012 at 1:25 PM EDTEarlier this year, President Obama announced the Summer Jobs + initiative, a call to action for businesses, non-profits, and government agencies to work together to provide pathways to employment for young Americans. David interned in the marketing department of Dunkin' Brands, a company that answered the President’s challenge, and shares his experience
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VA Employee and Medal Winning Olympian Natalie Dell on Veterans and Never Giving Up
Posted by on August 4, 2012 at 11:06 AM EDTAn inspiring Olympic story from one of the Department of Veterans Affairs own, Natalie Dell—a Bronze Medal winner at the Summer Olympics
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Skilled Volunteers and Mentors Helping Improve Student Performance
Posted by on August 1, 2012 at 3:47 PM EDTPresident Obama is committed to raising America’s game in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. I recently spoke with Eric Schwarz, co-founder and CEO of Citizen Schools, and Leo Flanagan, principal of the Clarence Edwards Middle School in Charlestown, MA. Since 2006, Citizen Schools has partnered with the Edwards Middle School as an expanded learning time partner to lengthen the school day by three hours a day and bring in a hundreds of volunteers to teach apprenticeships.
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Building Pedestrian Friendly Environments
Posted by on July 30, 2012 at 5:35 PM EDTAs a senior planner at WalkBoston, Bob Sloane is bringing his extensive experience to bear in a way that prioritizes including the community in the development of a resource that helps people get from Point A to Point B in a timely fashion—a resource that is designed to highlight community assets and help people value the places in which they walk.
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Reaching Out, Making a Difference
Posted by on July 30, 2012 at 2:07 PM EDTRebecca M. Townsend, Ph.D., is an associate professor of communication at Manchester Community College in Connecticut and serves as the principal investigator for the Partnership for Inclusive, Cost-Effective Public Participation. She involves community service learning, cultural communication, and productive deliberation in transit planning public involvement efforts.
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