Service Central

“I will ask for your service and your active citizenship when I am President of the United States. This will not be a call issued in one speech or one program–this will be a central cause of my presidency.” –President-elect Barack Obama

“We’ve got 5,000 volunteer organizations and service projects across the country today. The Internet is an amazing tool for us to be able to organize people together. We saw that in our campaign. But we don’t want to just use it for winning elections; we want to use it to rebuild America.” —Barack Obama

3rd Year Free at Harvard Law

Harvard Law students who pledge to work five years for nonprofits or the government will have their third-year tuition waived by Harvard Law.

Read Jonathan D. Glater’s “Harvard Law, Hoping Students Will Consider Public Service, Offers Tution Break” in the NY Times.

1st-in-the-Nation Cabinet Position

“Government can give direction, it can provide an impetus, but real change has to come from each and every one of us. I want to move civic engagement to the highest levels of state government, which is where it belongs. Californians’ desire and will to serve are there in abundance. We must do everything we can to harness this incredible resource.”

–Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, creator of a brand-new Governor’s Cabinet position: Secretary of Service and Volunteering.

Karen Baker, executive director of California Volunteers, is California’s first-ever Secretary of Service and Volunteering.  

Head to Heart Chat

“Every single person can come to you and tell you, ‘You should vote for this person’ or ‘You should vote for that person.’ ‘It’s not right to speak up. It’s not right to speak out.’ But this is a moment to have a conversation with yourself, not anyone else. Have a conversation with your own heart. And ask yourself, ‘What kind of America do I believe in?”

—Maria Shriver,  who endorses Barack Obama for president

Vote Tomorrow

“I want a president who understands that his responsibility is to articulate a vision and encourage others to achieve it; who holds himself, and those around him, to the highest ethical standards; who appeals to the hopes of those who still believe in the American Dream, and those around the world who still believe in the American ideal; and who can lift our spirits, and make us believe again that our country needs every one of us to get involved.”

—Caroline Kennedy, who endorses Barack Obama for president

Federal Secretary of Service

Why don’t we have one already???

“I would love to see a federal Secretary of Service. It would be a place for all of these NGOs or nonprofits who need volunteers to come together and reach out and let people know that they can have careers in their organizations.” — Maria Shriver, First Lady of California

“No one is too young or too old to serve. If you can’t speak English, you can still serve. It doesn’t matter where you come from. It only matters that you give.” — Maria Shriver, Honorary Chair of California Volunteers

 

https://philanthroflash.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/0711_feat_shriver_v4.pdf

Matchmaker for CA Volunteers

Want to help but don’t know where to start? Check out the California Volunteers website (www.californiavolunteers.org).

Simply type in your zip code & click on your area of interest. A bounty of local volunteer opportunites will appear within seconds. You decide whether to volunteer once, “every now and then” or regularly.

Want to help during a CA emergency (oil spill, fire, earthquake, etc.)? California Volunteers will tell you where and when you’re needed.

https://philanthroflash.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/0711_feat_shriver_v4.pdf

Hammer Time

“Animals are being threatened with extinction and the young generation is is being imprisoned for criminal activities. We are looking for supporters so that small business enterprises and conservation education programs can be introduced to the community. There is a chance to rehabilitate the national park’s biodiversity and its people.”

Hammer Simwinga, winner of the 2007 Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa

Click link to read about Hammer’s work in Zambia: https://philanthroflash.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/0705_recognition_v2-11.pdf