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Volume 2, Issue 5
1) Announcements: Proclamation of the Fifth Anniversary of USA Freedom Corps
2) New Program in the Spotlight: AmeriCorps*Kansas Collaborating with KSRE and Kansas PRIDE
3) Program Updates: AmeriCorps*Kansas, AmeriCorps*VISTA, and WaterLINK Updates
4) New Calendar Events: Service-Learning Workshop and Spring Day of Sharing
5) Award Opportunities: Independent Sector Leadership Award and Others
6) Funding Opportunities: YSA Youth Venture Grants and Others
7) Other Opportunities: US Institute of Peace Seminar for Community Colleges
8) New Publications: Announcements and News Articles
1) Announcements:
Fifth Anniversary of USA Freedom Corps, 2007A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America - January 25, 2007
The great strength of our Nation is found in the heroic kindness, courage, and self-sacrifice of the American people. Every day, individuals show the good heart of our country by volunteering to help make someone's life better. Since 2002, the USA Freedom Corps has provided access to volunteer opportunities for millions of Americans. On the fifth anniversary of the USA Freedom Corps, we honor volunteers who give their time and talents to make a difference in the lives of others, and we recognize that helping those in need makes America a more hopeful country.
The USA Freedom Corps was created to encourage Americans to answer the call to serve a cause greater than themselves. By matching willing volunteers with opportunities in their communities, the USA Freedom Corps brings Americans together to mentor children, assist the elderly, clean up neighborhoods, and perform countless acts of generosity. The USA Freedom Corps has helped support national service programs such as AmeriCorps, Citizen Corps, Peace Corps, and Senior Corps. Through programs like these, volunteers all across the country bring comfort and kindness to people at home and abroad.
Through the USA Freedom Corps website at volunteer.gov, all Americans can find ways to serve in our country's armies of compassion. By answering the universal call to help a neighbor, individual Americans can transform towns and cities into more caring communities and neighborhoods and make America a better place.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 29, 2007, as the Fifth Anniversary of the USA Freedom Corps. I call upon the citizens of this great country to find ways to volunteer and help their fellow Americans. I commend the efforts of the USA Freedom Corps and all those who have already answered the call to serve, and I encourage all Americans to give of their time, energy, and talents to make America even stronger.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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For more information on this and other Announcements, click here.
2) New Programs Spotlight:
AmeriCorps*Kansas is Collaborating with KSRE and Kansas PRIDE for Summer of Service
K-State Research and Extension (KSRE), Kansas PRIDE, and AmeriCorps*Kansas (sponsored by Kansas Campus Compact) are working to link college students returning home for the summer to work with youth in their home communities. Extension offices will be mentors to the students as they work as AmeriCorps members engaging youth in community development through leadership and service. Working through the AmeriCorps program, a college student would receive training, an education award, and a living wage in return for their service coordinating youth community development programs. College students and community members are encouraged to contact their County Extension offices to find out more about this Summer of Service experience.
Please see the "Youth Leadership and Community Development" article in the recent PRIDE Newsletter. If you know of someone from your community who would provide strong leadership for other local youth, and if you would be interested in learning more about serving as a host and mentor with this program, please contact Dan Kahl or Lynda Bachelor.
KSRE, Kansas PRIDE, and the AmeriCorps*Kansas program is also developing state-wide participation in this year's National and Global Youth Service Day. For more information, please follow the link below and contribute your efforts on this national day of service.
For more information on this and other Programs Spotlights, click here.
3) Program Updates:
AmeriCorps*Kansas Campus-Community Youth Service Corps
K-State Youth Service Corps are participating in the first annual Community-wide National and Global Youth Service Day Celebration. AmeriCorps members are working with Manhattan’s After-School Alliance to prepare for the first community-wide celebration of National and Global Youth Service Day, April 20-22, 2007. Youth will be deciding on a theme focusing on a community need and develop service projects addressing the need. Youth and Members will be recruiting volunteers to help implement their service projects involving the local school district, the city of Ogden and Fort Riley.
Please check the KsCC website for coming Youth Service Corps and M3C Fellows updates.
KsCC AmeriCorps*VISTA Project
We've started our 2007-2008 KsCC AmeriCorps*VISTA Project recruitment campaign. VISTA Member applications are currently being reviewed and our next generation of VISTAs will be placed at host-site campuses in July and/or August 2007. We are refining our KsCC VISTA Host-Site Application/Renewal, Project Plan, and Reporting Tools to facilitate another successful year of helping Kansas develop service-learning and civic engagement opportunities on our campuses and in our communities.
KsCC WaterLINK Project
With 18 projects completed to date, the EPA-funded project to improve water quality through campus-community partnerships has really taken off. Find innovative current and past projects at WaterLINK. WaterLINK is currently taking mini-grant proposals for 2007-2008 courses that will implement water quality projects. We encourage you to consider this exciting option for your upcoming courses.
For more information on KsCC Programs, click here.
4) New Calendar Events:
Kansas Campus Compact Service-Learning Workshop
This February 28, 2007 workshop will focus on best practices for colleges and universities interested in using service-learning in curriculum, and is free to member KsCC schools. Best practices will center on faculty perspectives but college/university staff, student leaders and community directors are encouraged to attend this 1-4pm workshop at Fort Hays State University. For registration information, click here.
Spring Day of Sharing: Encouraging Collaboration among Kansas Higher Education Institutions
The March 7, 2007 Spring Day of Sharing will provide an opportunity for institutions to meet at the Salina Campus of K-State to discuss community service programs, projects and components. All Kansas higher education institutions are encouraged to attend, with representatives of the community service activities on their individual campuses. For more information on this opportunity to share ideas and network, call or email Kansas Campus Compact.
For more information on the KsCC Events Calendar, click here.
5) Award Opportunities:
Independent Sector Leadership Award
Nonprofit organizations that exemplify a culture of investing in the people of the nonprofit community will be considered for the 2007 Leadership IS Award. The award recognizes organizations that emphasize the development of staff, board, and volunteer leadership. Nominations are due by February 15, 2007. Anyone may nominate an organization for the Leadership IS Award. The award will be presented at the 2007 Independent Sector Annual Conference, which will be held in Los Angeles, October 21-23, 2007.
Campus Compact's Swearer and Newman Awards
Kansas Campus Compact is pleased to promote two outstanding National Campus Compact awards: The Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award recognizes students for creating innovative strategies to address community issues and needs and for their efforts to build and sustain this work among their peers and within their institutions. The Frank Newman Leadership Award is designed to support students with financial need who have shown civic leadership potential through public and community service and scholastic achievement. The award provides financial support and mentorship to help students achieve their civic and academic goals. Applications are due March 15, 2007.
Please consider nominating your outstanding students for these awards! Applications will soon be available on the national website. Email kscc@ksu.edu or check for updates soon.
For more information on these and other Award Opportunities, click here.
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6) Funding Opportunities:
YSA Youth Venture Grants for Young People (ages 12-20)
YSA Youth Venture helps make every day National & Global Youth Service Day (April 20-22, 2007) by providing funding and support to who want to create new, sustainable, civic-minded organizations, clubs or businesses called Ventures. The program is a unique partnership between Youth Service America and Youth Venture that helps youth engage in community service and develop as young social entrepreneurs. Application submission deadline is February 26th. For more information, click here.
Red, White & Green Grants for Youth (ages 15-25)
Youth Service America and the Civil Society Institute are excited to announce the second round of the Red, White & Green Climate Change Grant. This opportunity offers $500 to young people in the US between the ages of 15-25 and to organizations that engage youth ages 15-25. Applicants are expected to develop and implement a service-learning project about climate change that engages their community, policy-makers and candidates running for election in 2007 and 2008. Application deadline is March 9, 2007. For more information, click here.
For more information on these and other Funding Opportunities, click here.
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7) Other Opportunities:
US Institute of Peace Summer Seminar for Community Colleges
The United States Institute of Peace is now accepting applications for its May 29 - June 3, 2007 summer seminar for community college faculty and administrators, to be held in Washington, D.C. The Institute is an independent nonpartisan national institution established and funded by Congress. Its mission is to help prevent, manage, and resolve violent conflicts by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as through direct involvement in peace-building efforts.
The seminar will give participants the opportunity to carefully examine the nature of international peace and security and how community colleges can relate this to their students and local communities. Presenters will include leading authorities on global peace and conflict, as well as from the field of community college education. The application process is competitive.
The Institute will cover the costs of lodging, and contribute to travel and incidental expenses. Community college faculty and administrators from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds are urged to apply. For the application and more information, click here. The deadline for applications is March 16, 2007.
8) New Publications:
Announcements and News Articles
"Duke Launches Civic Engagement Initiative"
"Growing Number of Colleges Provide Tuition Aid to AmeriCorps Alums"
"Corporation for National Service CEO Message on Fiscal Year 2008 Budget"
"Upcoming Volunteer Research from Corporation for National Service"
"Call to Service: National & Global Youth Service Day"
For more information on these and other Publications, click here.
Please email kscc@ksu.edu with information about successes, programs, and events on your campus that could be included in the next issue of KsCC eNews. We appreciate your involvement and support!
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