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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

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Disclaimer Wednesday, March 16, 2011 How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man posted by Michael Soto , 2nd Year Fellow – Public Allies Arizona / Arizona Citizens for the Arts Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to serve my country. And I thank Americorps for being the answer to my lifelong wish of serving my country.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Better Together: Collaboration and.

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Disclaimer Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Networking posted by Jessica Sadoway , Nonprofit and Social Media Blogger Just last Friday, The Collaboration Prize announced its third annual winner (congratulations to the Adoption Coalition of Texas !). Better Together: Collaboration and Nonprofit Netwo.

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Use Case: The Community-Driven Social Impact game for Community Media Centers

Amy Sample Ward

One of the participants was Ericha Hager, the Regional Collaborative Coordinator for Community Media Access Partnership. I am part of the Digital Arts Service Corps, which is an initiative of the Transmission Project that pairs tech-savvy AmeriCorps Vistas with organizations dedicated to supporting community media and technology.

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MEET AN ALLY: Samira Amin

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Public Allies Arizona ’s 13th class will graduate in June 28, the completion of a 10-month AmeriCorps program that places emerging young leaders at local nonprofits for full-time paid apprenticeships. In this post, meet Class 13 Ally Samira Amin, who was placed at Mesa Arts Center Foundation. “A

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: $250000 Collaboration Prize Finalists.

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Disclaimer Thursday, February 17, 2011 $250,000 Collaboration Prize Finalists Announced posted by Jill Watts , Director of Capacity Building Initiatives ASU Lodestar Center Today the Lodestar Foundation announced the eight Finalists for the 2011 Collaboration Prize. However, we still have much to learn.

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Q&A with sgLEADERS: H. Beecher Hicks, III, National Museum of African American Music

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However, you actually began your career working in social good as a White House Fellow focused on the Corporation for National and Community Service and AmeriCorps Promise Fellows programs. What made you decide to take the helm at NMAAM and return as a social good leader in a professional capacity? A: Technology ties us all together.

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'I Truly Believe That Education is the Antidote for Ignorance, Poverty and War'

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Before becoming a Public Ally, I somewhat understood the nonprofit sector, since the year before I had served as a City Year Corps Member in Chicago through AmeriCorps. I was also responsible for securing, for the provider track, state-of-the-art medical topic speakers, for healthcare professionals.