Links to Valuable Resources
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The National LeaderShape Institute
Organizations
World Neighbors
Teamworks
The Foundation for a Better Life
The Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership
James McGregor Burns Academy of Leadership
W.K.Kellogg Foundation
Center for Creative Leadership
Student Leader Magazine
National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs
American College Personnel Association
Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
John Templeton Foundation
Conference on Student Government Associations
College Learning & Education
International Leadership Association
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
National Scholarship Providers Association
Ashoka - a visionary organization that offers resources and support to implement visions
National Service Learning Clearinghouse Information
Josephson Institute of Ethics
National Youth Service Day, Youth Service of America
Resources
StoryCorps is a national project to instruct and inspire people to record each others' stories in sound
www.dosomething.org - A collection of resources for those wishing to become active
www.youthleadership.com - An online resource for youth leadership education and development
www.selfgrowth.com - The definitive guide to personal growth, self-improvement, and self-help
www.advancingwomen.com/awl/awl.html - Advancing women in leadership
www.eiconsortium.org - Consortium for research on emotional intelligence in organizations
www.iknow.org - Short essays on leadership
www.leader-values.com - Cultural values and other related information
www.liszt.com - Searchable database for leadership related discussions
www.mygoals.com - Hints for goalsetting
www.tolerance.org - Diversity resource
www.tld.org - Resources on "inner work" and leadership
Articles from Fast Company, a publication for breakthrough leadership
Mentoring website, sponsored by the Harvard Mentoring Project
Volunteer Web Resources
800 Volunteer connects volunteers with local volunteer opportunities.
Campus Compact is a coalition of nearly 1,000 college and university who are committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education.
Community Connection of North East Georgia is a group of local citizens that work to fill gaps that exist in local disability services. Their mission is to nurture, develop, and maintain information and systems which empower individuals and communities to access needed resources and services.
The Corporation for National and Community Service works to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.
Hands On Network brings people together to strengthen communities through meaningful volunteer action. We are a growing network of more than a half million volunteers changing communities inside and outside the United States.
MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership works to expand the world of quality mentoring. MENTOR works with a strong network of State and Local Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and provide the support and tools that mentoring organizations need to effectively serve young people in their communities.
The Network for Good is the Internet's leading charitable resource—an e-philanthropy site where individuals can donate, volunteer and get involved with the issues they care about. The organization's goal is to connect people to charities via the Internet—using the virtual world to deliver real resources to nonprofits and communities.
The Points of Light Foundation & Volunteer Center National Network engages and mobilizes millions of volunteers who are helping to solve serious social problems in thousands of communities. Through a variety of programs and services, the Foundation encourages people from all walks of life — businesses, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, low-income communities, families, youth, and older adults — to volunteer.
Project America works with corporations, large member organizations, national and local nonprofits, and communities to design collaborative service initiatives that involve people of all ages in volunteer efforts.
Servnet.org matches volunteers with organizations. Users can enter their zip code, city, state, skills, interests, and availability and be matched with organizations needing help.
This website was created by Community Connection to promote and facilitate volunteer participation in the Athens and North Georgia area.
Volunteer.gov/gov works to connect people with public sector volunteer opportunities to help Build America's Communities of Service.
Volunteer Match is a leader in the nonprofit world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement.
Volunteer Solutions is a volunteer matching site that connects individuals to volunteer opportunities in their area.
YOUTH SERVICE AMERICA (YSA) is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally.
Social Justice Web Resources
Action Without Borders connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.
America’s Promise is an Alliance that brings together communities, individuals, companies and organizations from all sectors to improve the odds for children and youth. Members of this Alliance work together to: change the public policies affecting children and youth, change the scale and scope of resources devoted to helping young people achieve their full potential, change practice in the way that young people are served
Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.
AntiRacismNet provides both an online resource for the activist community and a portal offering information about anti-racism activities to the general public.
The Center for Health, Environment and Justice works to build healthy communities, with social justice, economic well-being, and democratic governance. They work to provide the tools to build strong, healthy communities where people can live, work, learn, play and pray.
The Center for Social Justice is an advocacy organization that seeks to strengthen the struggle for social justice.
Class Action works to raise consciousness about issues related to classism.
Demos is a Network for Ideas & Action is a non-partisan public policy research and
advocacy organization committed to building an America that achieves its highest
democratic ideals.
Environmental Defense is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are clean air, clean water, healthy food and flourishing ecosystems.
Georgia for Democracy helps ordinary citizens regain their voice in local government, and promotes progressive issues and values at the local level. We empower Georgia's citizens to engage the democratic process through: voter education and registration, progressive issue advocacy, & community development
The Georgia Human Rights Union, a project of the Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger, is an organization of the low income, homeless and underemployed.
The Georgia Rural Urban Summit promotes collaboration and cooperation among diverse constituencies and groups. The Summit seeks to bridge the gap between rural and urban communities and create a stronger statewide movement for progressive change.
GLSEN (The Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) works to ensure that all students are valued regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Human Rights Campaign is a civil rights organization that works to achieve equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals.
The National Association for Community Mediation supports the maintenance and growth of community-based mediation programs and processes, to present a compelling voice in appropriate policy making, legislative, professional, and other arenas, and to encourage the development and sharing of resources for these efforts.
The National Coalition for the Homeless is a national network of people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness, activists and advocates, community-based and faith-based service providers, and others committed to a single mission, to end homelessness.
The National Organization for Men Against Sexism is an activist organization of men and women working toward equality in America.
The Nations Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness is committed to ending hunger and homelessness in America by educating, engaging, and training students to directly meet individuals’ immediate needs while advocating for long-term systemic solutions.
Nonviolence.Org is an entirely virtual new media organization that focuses on promoting peace throughout the world.
ONE is a new effort by Americans to rally Americans – ONE by ONE – to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty.
Oxfam America is a non-profit organization that works to end global poverty through saving lives, strengthening communities, and campaigning for change.
Planned Parenthood works to preserve the fundamental right of each individual, throughout the world, to manage his or her fertility, regardless of individual’s income, marital status, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or residence.
Raise Your Voice is a substantial effort to listen to student voices and support student civic engagement to address public issues crucial to our democracy.
RESULTS is a nonprofit grassroots advocacy organization, committed to creating the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty. RESULTS is committed to individuals exercising their personal and political power by lobbying elected officials for effective solutions and key policies that affect hunger and poverty.
Student Friends of the World Food Program is part of the international World Food Program (WFP). WFP is the emergency food aid arm of the United Nations and is active in the poorest and most dangerous communities on earth. Our programs can be found feeding school children in Afghanistan and orphans in North Korea.
Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S.
Tolerance.org is a principal online destination for people interested in dismantling bigotry and creating, in hate's stead, communities that value diversity.
United for a Fair Economy raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. They support and help build social movements for greater equality.
This website is a free resource focusing on antiracism education and activism. |
