Posts Tagged ‘ Service Nation ’
January 18th is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day — a national day of service. Where will you volunteer your energy and time? For 15 years, MLK Day has been a national day of service, mobilizing projects that strive to transform Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and teachings into community service that helps solve social [ READ MORE ]
Update, Dec. 9: Although Alan Khazei gained the endorsements of many prominent people and even The Boston Globe, he was defeated at the polls during the Democratic primary Dec. 8th, by Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General. Khazei won 13 percent of the popular vote during yesterday’s election. Among the hopefuls to fill Ted Kennedy’s long-held [ READ MORE ]
Michelle Obama and Jill Biden help kick off the Veteran’s Day launch of the new Service Nation initiative Mission Serve. Today we pause to think of our veterans who have served our country in the Service. In honor of Veteran’s Day, Service Nation — the campaign to expand service opportunities — launches a new initiative, [ READ MORE ]
Service becomes the theme of mainstream t.v. shows this week. I’m so excited to watch t.v. this week because I want to see how television tackles volunteerism and service — if you haven’t heard, all week, prime time shows are taking true stories of volunteerism and nonprofit work and weaving into their plots. More than [ READ MORE ]
Today Service Nation launched its celebrity Ambassadors program, engaging famous people in service projects as a way of highlighting the new day of service and inspiring the public to get involved proactively in building stronger communities. Guided by an Ambassador’s Council — and led by actor Tobey Maguire — other celebrities who’ve participated in community [ READ MORE ]
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