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City Year Greater Philadelphia

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:01:06 GMT

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. During their year of service corps, members develop civic leadership skills they can use throughout a lifetime of community service. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.

Global Action Project

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:55:47 GMT

Global Action Project's mission is to work 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. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.

National Wildlife Federation

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:51:52 GMT

Since its founding in 1989, Campus Ecology has become a leading conservation program in higher education. The program is helping to transform the nation's college campuses into living models of an ecologically sustainable society, train a new generation of environmental leaders, ensure a strong future for America's environmental movement, and support and promote positive and practical conservation projects on campus and beyond. Each year more than 100 campuses enroll with NWF to take advantage of their resources and technical assistance. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.

Sustainable South Bronx

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:55:30 GMT

Sustainable South Bronx is dedicated to Environmental Justice solutions and green jobs through innovative, economically sustainable projects that are informed by community needs. In 2001, SSBx was created to address policy and planning issues like land use, energy, transportation, water, waste, education, and, most recently, design and manufacturing. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.

National Park Foundation

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:54:21 GMT

Chartered by Congress in 1967, the National Park Foundation works to raise the funds necessary to meet the most critical needs of the National Park Service. Through its work, NPF programs fund park conservation and restoration efforts, foster youth engagement, promote citizenship and preserve history in the places where it happened. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.

Ocean Conservancy

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:52:45 GMT

Providing food, fresh water and oxygen to the world, the ocean is essential to all life on Earth, but it is in serious trouble from overuse and pollution. Ocean Conservancy believes it’s time to change our national policies to protect entire ecosystems as the surest way to solve the most critical ocean conservation challenges we face. Share this video through Email, Facebook & Twitter via Spread The Word.

Next Generation

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:41:24 GMT

How do you make change sustainable? Empower a new generation of lifelong activists. Through media production, mentoring, and vocational training these inspired young leaders are taking control of their future and building the foundation for a better society.

Environment

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:16:04 GMT

These pioneering organizations helped ignite and are continuing the fight to protect our planet's most precious resources. Employing adaptive strategies for preservation, green jobs, and urban education, these organizations are driving transformation on scales large and small. Featured Organizations: Ocean Conservancy, The National Park Foundation & Sustainable South Bronx.

TEAM Charter Schools

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:01:45 GMT

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.

DreamYard Project

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:29:13 GMT

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.

Jumpstart

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:07:54 GMT

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.

Citizen Schools

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:57:07 GMT

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.

Education

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:13:08 GMT

There's no more powerful path to an equitable and prosperous society than improving education. These citizen-driven organizations are taking matters into their own hands to reform and reimagine our failing education system. Spirit, innovation, and results guide their programs - from charter schools to afterschool, early education to arts and apprenticeships. Featured Organizations: Citizen Schools, Jumpstart, DreamYard Project, Team Charter Schools.

Make the Road New York

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:46:26 GMT

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.

Common Ground

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:19:14 GMT

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.