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White House creates the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation

The White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation will coordinate efforts to enlist all Americans - individuals, non-profits, social entrepreneurs, corporations and foundations - as partners in solving our great challenges.  Visit NPR for more information. The Chronicle of Philanthropy also has an interview with the two coordinators Melody Barnes who is the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, and Sonal Shah who is the head of the new office.

Talloires Network News, June 2009

The Talloires Network and the MacJannet Foundation will present the first annual MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship at an award ceremony on June 6 at the Tufts European Center in Talloires, France. In early May, the Talloires network reached 100 members! Click here for the Talloires Network June Newsletter and also here for more information on The Talloires Network.

Investing in Young People as Contributors in Climate Change Efforts

As momentum grows for service and job opportunities in a green economy, Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) undertakes efforts to promote engaging young people in green service and applauds the US Congress for its promising legislative support for the Clean Energy Corps. To read the full press release, click here. To visit ICP's Green Youth Service webpage, click here.

Dame Elizabeth Hoodless Awarded Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award

Dame Elizabeth Hoodless, Chairman of the IANYS Global Council and member of the Innovations in Civic Participation Board of Directors, was awarded the Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award at the 20th Annual National Service-Learning Conference which was held on March 18-21 in Nashville, Tennessee.   The award recognizes individuals who lead by example, and through their initiative, inspire and help others to grow and become more capable of service. Hoodless, Executive Director of Community Service Volunteers, Chairman of IANYS,  and Member of ICP's Board of Directors, was recognized for her leadership in helping and inspiring others to serve. Click here to read more.

Congress Passes the Serve America Act

On March 31, 2009 the U.S. House of Representatives approved the version of the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act passed by the Senate on March 26, 2009. The bipartisan House vote of 275 to 149 followed the Senate’s overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 79 to 19. Information on how legislators voted can be found here for the House and here for the Senate. In a statement President Obama said he looks forward to signing the bill into law when he returns from his overseas trip. Congress moved rapidly after Barack and Michelle Obama both expressed their support for the legislation and desire to see it passed. Click here for more information.

Diverse Stakeholders Gather to Discuss Youth Active Citizenship in India

New Delhi - Over 100 participants representing different stakeholder groups and organizations from across India and from Nepal, South Africa and the United States convened in New Delhi during 3-4 March 2009 for a consultation on youth development and nurturing active citizenship. To read the full press release, click here. To visit the Consultation webpage, click here.

Summer of Service Legislation Update

The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act includes funding for Summer of Service (SOS) programs. Stimulus funds may be used to strategically build and implement SOS programs.Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) worked with legislative staff of Senator Dodd and Representative DeLauro to draft the Summer of Service Act of 2007, and continued to help advance support, which led to SOS being included in the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The Summer of Service Act stemmed from ICP's report, Summer of Service: A New American Rite of Passage?, which details the need to engage young people in constructive opportunities during the summer months, particularly in the transition from middle to high school. The report also highlights existing initiatives of the type this legislation supports. Click here for more info.

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New Entry--March 19, 2009.

Stimulus funds provide opportunity to strategically build Summer of Service programs.

On March 7, 2009, the US Department of Education (USDE) released guidance for disbursing $10 billion in new funding for Title I that was included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). A strategic use of these funds within the USDE’s guidance includes opportunities to support Summer of Service (SOS) programs. Click here to read more.

ICP Receives Grant for Summer of Service from Lumina Foundation

Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) has received a 3-year grant of $500,000 from Lumina Foundation for Education, an Indianapolis-based, private foundation dedicated to expanding access and success in education beyond high school, for investment in the organization's Summer of Service (SOS) initiative. Click here to learn more.

ICP Granted Special Consultative Status with the UN

Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) will be building further partnerships with the United Nations to advocate for service as a strategy for development through its newly designated special consultative status to the UN. Click here to learn more.

ICP Co-Sponsors AUC Conference in Cairo, Egypt

      The John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement based at the American University in Cairo, in partnership with the Talloires Network, announce ‘Tadamun: Toward Civic Engagement in Arab Education.’ This first of its kind regional conference on the role of Arab universities in promoting civic engagement will take place in Cairo, Egypt at the American University in Cairo from October 13-14, 2008.


    The two day event will launch a regional network of Arab universities by bringing together university presidents and student leaders in order to discuss definitions of civic engagement in the Arab context, the practices and challenges of implementing civic engagement programs on campus and the ways in which Arab universities can collaborate to promote stronger programs and a deeper ownership of civic engagement in the region. In discussing the above, the conference will look to South Africa as a case-study of a developing nation that has been able to make use of the opportunities afforded by civic engagement in education. The South African Minister of Education, Ms. Naledi Pandor, will speak on the impact of civic engagement on the educational sector of her country.

 

    For more information on the conference please click here

ServiceNation Summit 11th-13th September 2008

    The journey towards a unified service movement and a new America begins September 11-13 when the ServiceNation Summit commences in New York City. The Summit will bring together leaders of all ages and every sector of American society to celebrate and enact a new era of power and potential for citizen service. The summit will also aim to lay out a new bold policy outline for addressing America’s greatest social challenges through expanded opportunities for volunteer and national service. We at ICP are happy to announce that as a proud member of the Organizing Committee for ServiceNation, we will be participating in the Summit next week. Our participation is in conjunction with our vision of a ‘world where young people in every nation are actively engaged in improving their lives and their communities through civic participation’. We at ICP look forward to our participation in the summit and will update this space on our experiences at ServiceNation. Stay tuned!

    For more information on the summit click here.

 

ICP World Bank Experts Meeting

Over 50 experts in the field of youth service gathered  at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, DC on May 8-9 to discuss the evidence base for youth service as a strategy for youth development and to develop a research agenda for building the field. Click here to learn more.



Interns arrive at ICP!

On September 2nd, two undergraduate students from universities across the country joined the ICP team for the fall semester.

To read more about the interns, click here.


ICP Board Member Peter Edelman Recognized

ICP Board Member and Professor at Georgetown School of Law, Peter Edeleman, was interviewed by Tim Wells for the Legends in Law Series. Click here to read the interview.



ICP Launches New Website!

In an effort to make our website more accessible, user-friendly and dynamic, ICP has been working with our web hosting company, Orchid Suites, to redesign our website. We hope you find it to be useful. Be sure to check out some of the features of the new site including the global youth service database, Susan's blog, and updates on all our programs. Over the next month, we will continue to work out the kinks in the new site and welcome your feedback during this process. Please contact Kelly Fox, Office Manager, at fox@icicp.org with comments or concerns.

Meet Our New Development Fellow

ICP is pleased to introduce our new Development Fellow, Jean Manney. Jean recently completed her Master's in International Service through the International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership. Prior to her graduate studies, Jean served with AmeriCorps*VISTA with Massachusetts Campus Compact. As Development Fellow, Jean will focus on strengthening ICP’s organizational development through fundraising and partnership development. For more, read Jean's Bio.

ICP Recieves Support from State Farm

Thanks to a generous grant from State Farm, ICP will be working to develop an online resource center for Summer of Service programs. ICP would like to thank State Farm for their generous support of Summer of Service.

Older News and Press Releases

ICP becomes the new IANYS secretariat

Susan Stroud Testifies Before Congress


 

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