Posts Tagged ‘ National Service Inclusion Project ’
Participating in national and community service is one way for people with and without disabilities to gain valuable experience and skills toward employment. The National Service Inclusion Project is currently looking for success stories from service members with disabilities about how his or her service experience has linked them to full or part time work. If you are a service member with a disability who would be interested in sharing your story of your transition from service to employment, please submit your story here. Below is Michael Agyin's story of how his service experience led to his current position within the Los Angeles Mayor's Office of Neighborhood and Community [ READ MORE ]
As your service program works to become more inclusive of members all abilities, consider what you can do to create an environment where service members with both apparent and non-apparent disabilities would be comfortable disclosing their disability and requesting reasonable[ READ MORE ]
The largest national gathering of voluntary effort — the National Conference on Volunteering and Service — will take place in San Francisco in just a couple weeks. The nonprofit workshop track at the conference is among the largest, with over 100 presentations. The National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) is the Fashion Week of the service world in the[ READ MORE ]
As national service programs work to expand their networks and include individuals of all abilities, it is important to consider the benefits of partnering with disability organizations within your communities. The benefits of collaboration can enhance both your service program and the disability organization (Read more...)[ READ MORE ]
The National Service Inclusion Project will be conducting a pre-conference training, an immersion learning session and two workshops focused on disability and inclusion in national and community service at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Information and descriptions of each session is listed below[ READ MORE ]
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