American Way to Change How National Service and Volunteers Are Transforming America

Name: American Way to Change How National Service and Volunteers Are Transforming America
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ISBN: 9780470565575

ISBN-10: 0470565578

ISBN-13: 9780470565575

Edition: 2010

Authors: Shirley Sagawa

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This book will outline a compelling vision of national service at scale and show what this means for our country. By profiling real people who have served, the impact they have made and the nonprofits they worked with, this book will tell a powerful story of change and teach readers (both nonprofits and engaged citizens) how they too can change their own communities through service. For example: Washington DC Public School Chancellor Michelle Rhee began her career as a Teach For America corps member, teaching in an inner city school in Baltimore. She went on to found the New Teacher Project, which has placed 23,000 teachers in hard to fill jobs and sparked important reforms in teacher…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Foreword


Prologue


Preface


Acknowledgments


About the Author



Introduction


About This Book



Changing lives: Impacts on Those Who Serve



Powering Life Transitions


Transition to the Teen Years


Transition to Productive Adulthood


Transition from College to Career


Transition from Career to Retirement


Transition from Crisis to Coping


Potential for Transformation



Strengthening Civic Engagement


Service and Civic Engagement


How Service Helps


Political Activism


Potential for Transformation



Tackling Tough Problems: Impacts on Others



Advancing Education


Early Childhood Development


Elementary and Secondary Education


Potential for Transformation



Improving Health and Well-Being


Health


Aging


Potential for Transformation



Helping People and Communities in Distress


Poverty


Disaster


Potential for Transformation



Protecting the Environment


Conserving Energy


Protecting the Environment


Potential for Transformation



Inspiring and Sustaining Innovative Solutions


Service and Social Innovation


Today's Innovators


Service Alumni Entrepreneurs


Potential for Transformation



What You Can Do


Individuals


Groups


Nonprofit Organizations


Educators


Business


Media and Entertainment


Philanthropy


Locally Elected Officials


State Policymakers


Federal Policymakers


Potential for Transformation



Conclusion


Appendix: High-Impact Service Programs


Notes


Index