Public Service
Congrats to Patrick Corvington on White House Nod
Echoing Green would like to congratulate board member, Patrick Corvington, who, today, who was nominated by President Obama to the position of Chief Executive Officer at the Corporation for National and Community Service.
October 2, 2009 - 5:53pm
The Christian Science Monitor highlights The Extraordinaries
2009 Echoing Green Fellow Jacob Colker has been causing quite a buzz among the smart phone community.
August 6, 2009 - 6:05pm
Can Chris Myers Asch Make Government Service Cool?
Last week, the New York Times ran an amazing story on 2007 Echoing Green Fellow Chris Myers Asch, founder of the Public Service Academy. It seems that not only the mainstream media, but the Washington establishment are beginning to follow Chris’s lead: as of this writing, the legislation to create the Public Service Academy has 23 Senate sponsors and 123 House sponsors.
January 15, 2009 - 11:38am
Cheryl Dorsey Discusses Service on Obama Website
Last week, President-elect Obama launched a new website, USAService.org, to inspire and organize people to plan service projects for Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 19th). The site features an interactive event search to find service ideas in your neighborhood.
January 13, 2009 - 12:11pm
Entrepreneurship Not Just For Young Bucks
Is sixty-one the new thirty? So it would seem for the fifteen winners of the 2008 Purpose Prize, an award for social entrepreneurs over the age of sixty. Civic Ventures awards the Purpose Prize annually to encourage and empower people to start “Encore Careers”—using the skills they’ve built over a lifetime of work to create innovative social change.
December 11, 2008 - 6:31pm
Boston Globe Highlights Nina Dudnik as Model of Emerging Public Service Movement
Hope for a sustained surge in youth volunteerism and public service is on the rise as Barack Obama mulls plans to launch a new national service initiative. However, the rise of the civic-minded Millennial Generation precedes Obama’s rise, and many think that this young generation’s energy can reinvigorate American civic life. One indicator is that Teach for America’s applications are likely to rise 50% this year from an already staggering 25,000 last year, according to a Boston Globe report.
November 25, 2008 - 2:00pm
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ServiceNation Launches National Citizen Service Movement
The ServiceNation Summit will bring together 600 leaders from all across America to New York City, from September 11-12, to ignite a national grassroots movement supporting citizen service through new National Service Legislation. You can check out the ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum, which will be nationally televised on Thursday night. Top that and join the movement by participating in the national Day of Action on September 27.
September 9, 2008 - 2:27pm
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