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TEAM Charter Schools
The mission of TEAM Charter Schools is to create a network of schools in Newark, New Jersey, that instill in their students the desire and ability to succeed in college, in order to change the world. TEAM was founded on the belief that Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM). Both inside and outside of the classroom, students are consistently engaged in character-building teamwork with the motto: Team always beats individual. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.
February 23, 2010 in Citizen Active - Featured Organization
DreamYard Project
DreamYard transforms Bronx public schools and communities through the power of project-based arts learning. As the largest arts education provider in the Bronx, DreamYard impacts the social and intellectual growth of thousands of Bronx students through safe, positive and creatively challenging programs. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.
February 23, 2010 in Citizen Active - Featured Organization
Jumpstart
Jumpstart is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring that every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. To support this mission, they bring college students and community volunteers together with preschool children in low-income communities for a full school year of individualized mentoring and tutoring. Jumpstart’s research-based curriculum is focused on building language, literacy, social and emotional skills in preschool children, while providing our volunteers with a rewarding way to have lasting impact in their communities. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.
February 23, 2010 in Citizen Active - Featured Organization
Citizen Schools
Citizen Schools is a growing national network of after-school education programs for students in the middle grades (6th, 7th and 8th). The program complements classroom learning by engaging students in hands-on learning projects led by adult volunteers after school and supported by a staff of professional educators.Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.
February 23, 2010 in Citizen Active - Featured Organization
Make the Road New York
Make the Road New York promotes economic justice, equity and opportunity for all New Yorkers through community and electoral organizing, strategic policy advocacy, leadership development, youth and adult education, and high quality legal and support services. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.
February 3, 2010 in Citizen Active - Featured Organization
Common Ground
Common Ground is a pioneer in the development of supportive housing and other research-based practices that end homelessness. Their network of well designed, affordable apartments — linked to the services people need to maintain their housing, restore their health, and regain their economic independence — has enabled more than 4,000 individuals to overcome homelessness. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.
February 3, 2010 in Citizen Active - Featured Organization
City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program unites artists and communities through a collaborative process, rooted in the traditions of mural-making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.
January 28, 2010 in Citizen Active - Featured Organization
Citizen Active - A Plum TV Original Series
Citizen Active is a Plum original series devoted to remarkable people who are working for important change. Their approaches are innovative and transformative. These are individuals who treat global and local problems as personal responsibility. They are rolling up their sleeves and getting involved. This exciting four-part documentary series captures the rising spirit of civic activism. As challenges multiply, so does this grassroots corps of individuals actively seeking solutions.
January 27, 2010 in Citizen Active - Featured Organization
Featured Organizations
Community BuildingCity of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
Unites artists and communities through a collaborative process, rooted in the traditions of mural-making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives.
Common Ground
A pioneer in the development of supportive housing and other research-based practices that end homelessness.
Make the Road New York
Promoting economic justice, equality and opportunity for all New Yorkers.
Education
Citizen Schools
Complementing classroom learning by engaging students in hands-on learning projects.
Jumpstart
Dedicated to ensuring that every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. Volunteers are paired with preschool children for a full school year of individualized mentoring and tutoring.
DreamYard Project
DreamYard transforms Bronx public schools and communities through the power of project-based arts learning.
TEAM Charter Schools
Instilling in students of a Newark Charter school the ability to succeed in college and the desire to change the world.
Environment
Ocean Conservancy
Works to change our national policies to protect entire ecosystems as the surest way to solve the most critical ocean conservation challenges.
National Parks Foundation
Raising the funds to meet the most critical needs from park conservation to youth engagement, promote citizenship and historical preservation.
Sustainable South Bronx
Bringing environmental justice and green jobs to an underserved community through innovative, economically sustainable projects.
Next Generation
City Year Greater Philadelphia
Unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world.
YouthBuild Boston
Improves opportunities for young people by teaching skills that will equip them to support themselves and help develop personal and neighborhood responsibility.
Global Action Project
Works with young people most affected by injustice to build the knowledge, tools, and relationships needed to create media for community power, cultural expression, and political change.
Wildlife Federation
Provides a framework to help educators integrate sustainable principles throughout their schools and curriculum.
