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| Student Action For Change – Raise Your Voice |
www.actionforchange.org Raise Your Voice is dedicated to “connecting, challenging and supporting college and university students in their community work, activism, leadership and civic growth.” Its’ objectives include increasing college student involvement in public life, documenting student civic engagement activities and issues and mobilizing higher education to give more voice to students and make civic engagement central to student learning. The site provides practical resources, a forum for sharing ideas, databases and more. |
| Campus Compact |
www.compact.org Campus Compact is an organization, with more than 880 public and private two and four year colleges and universities, which is actively engaged both on and off campus in community service. The site contains information about Campus Compact programs. Colorado Campus Compact is one of the many state organizations. |
| Association For Practical and Professional Ethics |
www.indiana.edu/~appe The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics is committed to encouraging high quality interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching in practical and professional ethics by educators and practitioners who appreciate the theoretical and practical impacts of their subjects.
To advance this broad purpose, the Association facilitates communication and joint ventures among organizations, centers, schools, colleges, and individuals concerned with the interdisciplinary study and teaching of practical and professional ethics, and supports efforts of colleges and universities, centers, professional associations, and local, state, and national governments that seek to foster curricular development and scholarly research on ethical issues. |
| Sustainable Communities Network |
www.sustainable.org/creating/civic.html Sustainable Communities Network contains information on a variety of topics including civic engagement, justice and equity, conflict resolution and mediation and culture, art, ethnicity, heritage and celebration. |
| Pew Charitable Trusts |
www.pewtrusts.com Pew has an array of information about youth voting, civic engagement and programs and research funded by PCT. |
| University of Pennsylvania |
University of Pennsylvania International Consortium for Higher Education, Civic Responsibility and Democracy– http://iche.sas.upenn.edu/online/civic.htm This site provides a listing of civic education resources. |
| Journal of College and Character and the Character Clearinghouse |
www.collegevalues.org This web site is published by Florida State University’s Center for the Study of College Student Values and focuses on character development in college and “how colleges and universities influence, both intentionally and unintentionally, the moral and civic learning and behaviors of college students.” |
| Volunteer Connection |
A Boulder County community-based clearing house for non-profit organizations. Call 303-444-4904 to schedule a meeting with referral counselors who will help you search the extensive volunteer database. You can also research volunteer opportunities at http://www.volunteerconnection.net/VCindex.html. |
| Boulder Community Network |
Provides information on a variety of Boulder County community agencies. See http://bcn.boulder.co.us/ |
| Metro Volunteers |
Provides information on volunteer opportunities in the Denver Metro Area. See www.metrovolunteers.org. |
| Volunteer Match |
In partnership with thousands of non-profit organizations, Volunteer Match has built a national, comprehensive and up-to-date database of volunteer opportunities. See www.volunteermatch.org. |
