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NYLC Offers Free Webinars to Support Learn and Serve Challenge
The National Youth Leadership Council and the National Service-Learning Partnership invite you to participate in a series of webinars designed to introduce you to quality service-learning practice.
NYLC Involved in Service-Learning Events in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina was the site of two international service-learning gatherings in late summer where Kari Afrstrom, NYLC Vice President of Marketing, Development, and Public Policy, offered workshops on NYLC initiatives.
Aspirations for Peace from Sarajevo
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was more than a meeting place for Volonteurope’s 18th Annual Conference in early October. This historic crossroads of empires, religions, and cultures is also a mirror for seemingly intractable present-day issues: violence, racism, environmental degradation, and children placed at risk.
NYLC Submits CNCS Board Nominations
In partnership with Service-Learning United, NYLC is spearheading efforts to ensure that a full board of directors for the Corporation for National and Community Service includes those with service-learning expertise. Currently, six of the 15 positions are open.
Generator School Network Launches
The wind is up; the turbine is installed; and the blades are turning on service-learning’s first generator — the Generator School Network. Designed to magnify the impact of what works in service-learning through a dynamic community of service-learning practitioners, the GSN is the first Facebook-like network for the movement.
National Initiatives Support Sustained Service-Learning
Sept. 11 is not only an official National Day of Service and Remembrance, it is also an opportunity for schools and community organizations to commit to helping others both on that day, and throughout the year in sustained service-learning efforts.
National Panel Launches Initiative on Youth Contributions
Leading researchers assembled in Minnesota on Aug. 13-15 to explore how to measure the many ways young people contribute to their communities and the nation.
Project Ignition Announces Top Schools in U.S. and Canada
Car crashes continue to be the number one killer of teens nationwide. Project Ignition is working to change that by encouraging innovative service-learning projects both in the United States and in Canada.
The Sixth Annual National Urban Service-Learning Institute
On August 5-7, 2009 nearly 300 participants — more than a third of whom were youth — representing 30 cities gathered in Philadelphia, Pa. for the Sixth Annual National Urban Service-Learning Institute. Held at New Foundations Charter School, the event brought together urban educators, researchers, and community members invested in narrowing the inequities between urban and other communities through service-learning.
National Youth Leadership Training 2009 - A Leader's Perspective
The idea of 70 youth out in the middle of the woods with no idea who anyone is or what they are doing there sounds like it just wouldn’t work. However, at the National Youth Leadership Training youth learn to trust one another, to form new friendships, and to help lead — with the larger goal of addressing the achievement gap.
