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The Big Service-Learning Directory
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| America Reads Challenge | 
America Reads Challenge is a program of the Corporation for National & Community Service...
http://www.nationalservice.org/areads |
| America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth | 
America’s Promise is an Alliance that brings together communities, individuals, companies and organizations from all sectors to improve the odds for children and youth...
http://www.americaspromise.org |
| Association of American College and University (AACU) | 
AACU is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality and public understand of undergraduate liberal education...
http://www.aacu.org |
| American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) | 
Founded 1920 as a voice for community colleges, AACC membership now represents 95 percent of all accredited U.S. 2-year colleges and their 10.5 million students...
http://www.aacc.nche.edu |
| American Council on Education (ACE) | 
ACE is a organization of 1800 institutions seeking to provide leadership and a unifying voice on key higher education issues and to influence public policy...
http://www.acenet.edu |
| American Humanics | 
American Humanics prepares undergraduates for careers with youth and human service agencies, and certifies future non-profit professionals...
http://www.humanics.org |
| Association for Experiential Education (AEE) | 
AEE develops and promotes experiential education by supporting professional development, theoretical advancement...
http://www.aee.org |
| American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) | 
AACTE is a national association of colleges and universities with programs that prepare professional educators...
http://www.aacte.org |
| Best Practices in Cyber-Serve | 
Best Practices in Cyber-Serve: Integrating technology with service-learning instruction is a publication of the Virginia Tech Service-Learning Center...
http://www.majbill.vt.edu/sl/cyber-serve |
| Break Away: The Alternative Break Connection | 
Break Away's mission is to train, assist and connect campuses and communities in promoting quality alternative break programs that inspire lifelong active citizenship...
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/breakaway |
| The Big Dummy's Guide to Servic Learning | 
Topics include faculty issues, how to encourage reflection, planning a volunteer project, recruiting and keeping volunteers, 101 ideas for combining service and learning, etc...
http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg/Library/bigdummy.html |
| Brown University — Swearer Center |  The Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service is a gateway to resouces, events and ideas on service and social change... |
| California Campus Compact | 
CACC is a membership organization
of California college and university presidents collaborating
to promote service as a critical component of higher education... http://www.cacampuscompact.org |
| California Conservation Corps | 
The CCC is the oldest, largest
and longest-running youth conservation corps with 90,000 young
men and women who have worked more than 50 million hours to
protect and enhance California's environment and communities...
http://www.ccc.ca.gov |
| California Department of Education | 
This is the official website of
California Department of Education...
http://www.cde.ca.gov
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| California Reads | 
California Reads (a part of the national America Reads Challenge) supports teachers and help ensure that every American child can read well and independently by the end of the 3rd grade... http://www.literacynet.org/ar-ca/home.html |
| California Center for Regional Leadership | 
The California Regional Network is made up of region-based civic organizations - the Regional Collaboratives - working individually and as a network to improve the state's economy, quality of life, and opportunity for all...
http://www.calregions.org |
| California Volunteers | 
The mission of California Volunteers is to increase the number and impact of Californians engaged in service and volunteerism.
http://www.californiavolunteers.org |
| California State University Center for Community Engagement | 
The 23 campuses of the CSU provide
their students opportunities to participate in service. Currently,
more than 185,178 CSU students are providing service in California
communities...
http://www.calstate.edu/cce |
| CalServe K-12 Service-Learning Initiative |
The California state-wide program
involving 120,000 students and approximately 15,000 community
volunteers a year...
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/sl/overview.asp |
| Campus Compact National Network | 
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1100 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education...
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| Campus Compact National Network — Jobs |
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1100 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education...
http://www.compact.org/jobs |
| Campus Compact National Network — Resources |
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1100 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education...
http://www.compact.org/resource |
| Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) | 
With idealist.org, COOL supports and mobilizes students while in college and graduates in the nonprofit workplace...
http://www.cool2serve.org |
| Canadian Alliance for Development Initiatives and Projects (CADIP) | 
CADIP organizes volunteer service projects for people in North America, with over 200 opportunities in France, Bulgaria, India, Korea, Peru, Turkey, ...
http://www.cadip.org |
| Canadian Association for Community Service-Learning | 
This website is created for Canadian faculty, staff, researchers, community organizations and our students....
http://www.communityservicelearning.ca |
| Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) | 
CIRCLE conduct and funds research on the civic and political participation of young Americans...
http://www.civicyouth.org |
| The Center for Civic Education | 
The mission of the Center for Civic Education is to promote an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy...
http://www.civiced.org |
| Cesar E. Chavez Foundation | 
The Cesar Chavez Foundation perserves the legacy of the civil rights leader by maximizing human potential to improve communities...
http://www.chavezfoundation.org |
| Child Family Health International | 
Child Family Health International builds and strenghtens sustainable health care services in underserved communities worldwide...
http://www.cfhi.org |
| The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a dependable source of news and information for people involved in higher education...
http://chronicle.com |
| The Chronicle of Philanthropy | 
The Chronicle of the non-profit world, for charity leadrs, fund raisers, grant makers, etc...
http://philanthropy.com |
| City Year | 
City Year seeks to demonstrate, improve and promote the concept of national service as a means for building a stronger democracy...
http://www.city-year.org |
| CivilRightsTeaching.org | 
This website contains instructional materials, etc. for educators who want to incorporate civil rights teaching into their curriculum...
http://www.civilrightsteaching.org |
| Civil Ventures | 
Civic Ventures is a think tank and incubator, generating ideas and inventing programs to help society achieve the greatest return on experience. ...
http://www.civicventures.org |
| Citizen Schools - Setting a New Standard for After School | 
Citizen Schools is a leading national education initiative that uniquely mobilizes thousands of adult volunteers to help improve student achievement by teaching skill-building apprenticeships after-school.....
http://www.citizenschools.org |
| Community College National Center for Community Engagement (CCNCCE) | 
CCNCCE advances programs that stimulate active participation of institutions in community engagement....
http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/other/engagement |
| Community-Campus Partnerships For Health (CCPH) | 
Founded in 1996, CCPH is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions...
http://www.ccph.info |
| Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) | 
CRF is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization dedicated to educating America's young people about the importance of civic participation in a democratic society...
http://crf-usa.org |
| CORO | 
Coro is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that strengthens
communities by providing experiential public affairs leadership training to groups of diverse individuals at different stages of their professional development.
http://www.coro.org |
| Corporation for National Community Service (CNCS) | 
CNCS engages Americans of all ages and backgrounds in service to help strengthen communities via the Americorp, SeniorCorp, Freedom Corps, etc...
http://www.nationalservice.org |
| CompassPoint | 
CompassPoint's mission is to increase the effectiveness of people in the non-profit sector by offering training, consulting, research, etc...
http://www.compasspoint.org |
| Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) | 
CASE is the international association of professionals who advance educational institutions. Find awards, scholarships, matching gifts, etc...
http://www.case.org |
| Council on Foundations | 
The Council on Foundations is a membership organization that supports grantmakers in various aspect of foundation management...
http://www.cof.org |
| CSU Chico — Community Action Volunteers in Education (CAVE) | 
CAVE is a program of California State University, Chico...
http://www.csuchico.edu/cave |
| CSU Chico — Service-Learning Online Course | 
This free online course has step-by-step instructional modules to introduce service-learning and writing a service-learning unit, as well as downloadable forms and video.
http://www.csuchico.edu/psed/servicelearning |
| CSU Fresno — Students for Community Service | 
Students for Community Service is a program of California State University, Fresno...
http://www.csufresno.edu/scs |
| CSU Monterey — Service Learning Institute | 
Service Learning Institute is a program of California State University, Monterey Bay...
http://service.csumb.edu |
| CSU Sacramento — Office of Community Collaboration | 
CSU Sacramento's Office of Community Collaboration helps faculty members create excellent learning opportunities that challenge students to apply course theory to services needed in the community...
http://www.csus.edu/occ |
| Democracy Matters | 
Democracy Matters informs and engages college students and communities in efforts to strengthen our democracy...
http://www.democracymatters.org |
| DiversityWeb | 
DiversityWeb serves campus practitioners seeking to place diversity at the center of higher education's educational and societal mission... http://www.diversityweb.org |
| Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) | 
ERIC sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature....
http://www.eric.ed.gov |
| Energize Inc | 
Energize, Inc. is an international training, consulting and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism...
http://www.energizeinc.com |
| Environmental Alliance for Senior Involvement (EASI) | 
EASI is a non-profit coalition of volunteers as an agreement between the EPA and AARP...
http://www.easi.org |
| Florida International University — The Volunteer Action Center | 
The Volunteer Action Center is a program at Florida International University...
http://www.fiu.edu/~time4chg |
| Ford Foundation | 
The Ford Foundation has grants for programs that strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, etc...
http://www.fordfound.org |
| Foundation Center | 
The Foundation Center has many information and training resources for grantseekers and grantmakers...
http://www.fdncenter.org |
| Give Where You Live | 
Give Where You Live is a national pro-social campaign committed to motivating and mobilizing people to make a positive impact in their communities through volunteering.
http://www.usanetwork.com/givewhereyoulive/Launched by USA Network in partnership with Hands On (formerly CityCares), Give Where You Live will connect you to meaningful volunteer opportunities in your community... |
| Governor's Mentoring Partnership | 
The GMP works in partnership with
over 300 California community, faith and school based mentoring
programs to increase public awareness of mentoring, and to
identify and implement effective effective mentoring strategies...
http://www.mentoring.ca.gov |
| GrantCraft | 
GrantCraft is a source of practical wisdom for grant makers on the tools and techniques of effective grant making. GrantCraft offers guides, videos, and case studies that present the practitioners view of philanthropy...
http://www.grantcraft.org |
| GrantsWeb | 
GrantWeb is a starting point for accessing grants-related information and resources on the internet...
GrantsWeb |
| Habitat for Humanity International | 
Habitat brings families and communities in need together with volunteers and resources to build decent, affordable housing. Habitat's goal is to eliminate poverty housing...
http://www.habitat.org |
| Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) | 
The Institute serves as an interdisciplinary center for research, evaluation, information, policy studies, and research training in postsecondary education...
http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/heri.html |
| Humboldt State University — Youth Educational Services (YES) | 
YES is a program of Humboldt State University in California...
http://studentaffairs.humboldt.edu/yes |
| HungerWeb | 
HungerWeb is for researchers, educator, students, etc. using the internet to find solutions to hunger...
http://nutrition.tufts.edu/academic/hungerweb |
| Idealist.org | 
Published by Action Without Borders, Idealist.org connects people, organizations and resources to help build a world where people can live free and dignified lives...
http://www.idealist.org |
| IGC Internet (Institute of Global Communications) |
Institute of Global Communications is about advancing the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, social justice and sustainability through the strategic use of the internet...
http://www.igc.org |
| Inside Higher Education | 
This website contains daily news and information about Higher Education. Inside Higher Education is looking to compete with the Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com). Sign up for daily updates, etc... it's free.
http://www.insidehighered.com |
| Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) | 
IHEP foster access and success in postsecondary education through public policy research and other activities that inform and influence the policymaking process...
http://www.ihep.org |
| International Partnership for Service Learning (IPSL) | 
Offered in 14 countries, IPSL programs unite academic study and volunteer service, giving students a fully integrated study abroad experience...
http://www.ipsl.org |
| Internet Nonprofit Center | 
The Internet Nonprofit Center contains the Nonprofit FAQ, with answers drawn from various online forums and other resources...
http://www.nonprofits.org |
| Jefferson Awards for Public Service | 
The Jefferson Awards were established in 1972 to encourage and honor individuals for their achievements and contributions through public and community service...
http://www.aips.org |
| Kiwanis International | 
Kiwanis International is a thriving organization of service- and community-minded individuals who support children and young adults around the world...
http://www.kiwanis.org |
| Linking Education and America Reads (LEARNS) | 
LEARNS provides training and technical assistance to Corporation and National Service projects focused on literacy and education...
http://www.nwrel.org/learns |
| Lions Clubs International | 
Lions Clubs International serve 1.4 million members in 193 countries and geographic areas answer the needs that challenge the communities of the world. Lions tackle tough problems like blindness, drug abuse prevention and diabetes awareness...
http://www.lionsclubs.org |
| LISC Americorp | 
AmeriCorps mission is to act as a connection point for organizations and individuals who are committed to making better the communities in which they live...
http://www.lisc.org |
| Mellon Foundation | The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation currently make grants in higher education, museums and art conservation, performing arts, etc...
http://www.mellon.org |
| Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND) | 
MEND is a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to providing services that meet the basic human needs of northeast San Fernando Valley residents...
http://www.mendpoverty.org |
| National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) |