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Aging and Community: ASA Presents National Forum on Civic Engagement
Original Source The 2009 ASA-NCOA Aging in America Conference devoted a full day on March 16th to a National Forum on Civic Engagement, which presented best practices in civic engagement inspired by the 2006-2007 winter issue of ASA’s journalGenerations, Civic Engagement in Later Life. A…
Author: American Society on Aging
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Study Examines Civic Engagement Among Teach for America Graduates
Teach for America is an Atlantic grantee. While Teach for America has managed to recruit thousands of recent college graduates to commit to teach in the nation’s most troubled schools for two years, their dedication does not necessarily extend to other areas of society, a…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Increasing the Civic Engagement of Third Age Health Professionals
Taking Action From its inception AHI has worked to build a sustainable platform for public dialogue about a quality system in which every American is assured equitable and affordable access to basic health care. To do that we designed and successfully tested two central platform…
Author: American Health Initiatives
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ASA's Civic Engagement Program
The American Society of Aging has received a three year grant by The Atlantic Philanthropies to explore the developing area of civic engagement by older adults. For more information click here: http://www.asaging.org/civiceng/index.cfm
Author: American Society on Aging
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10 Americans Over 60 Win The Purpose Prize for Making an Extraordinary Impact in their Encore Careers
News Release From Fighting U.S. Foreclosures to Rebuilding Afghanistan, 10 Social Innovators Receive $750,000 Total for Combining Passion and Experience for Social Good Civic Ventures today announced the 2010 winners of its Purpose Prize. Five $100,000 and five $50,000 prizes will go to social…
Author: Civic Ventures
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Five Social Innovators in Encore Careers Win $100,000 Purpose Prize
The Purpose Prize and Civic Ventures are Atlantic grantees. SAN FRANCISCO – This year’s winners of The Purpose Prize, a $100,000 award for social innovators in their encore careers, are using a new stage of life to do extraordinary things to improve life for millions…
Author: Encore Careers / Civic Ventures
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Funding Community Organizing: Social Change through Civic Participation
In this guide by GrantCraft, U.S. funders and organisers discuss what makes community organising effective, how to manage grantee relationships over time, understanding the value of process, and the grantmaker’s special role in fostering change. Grantmakers who fund community organizing say it’s the best option…
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Six Entrepreneurs Over 60 Win $100,000 Purpose Prizes for Innovation, Extraordinary Contribution in Encore Careers
Nine Others Win $10,000 Each, as Experienced Adults Prove to be an Unexpected Source of Social Innovation SAN FRANCISCO – One winner put his mechanical know-how to work and invented a $28 machine to help rural African villagers shell peanuts more efficiently. Another, in Fargo,…
Author: Civic Ventures
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Purpose Prize Winners Honored by Obama, Oprah
This dispatch is from Civic Ventures’ Encore Careers campaign, an Atlantic grantee that aims to engage millions of people in encore careers – combining personal meaning, continued income and social impact – to produce a windfall of talent to solve society’s greatest problems. This is…
Author: Civic Ventures
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How Does the Serve America Act (S. 277) Affect Americans in the Second Half of Life?
A Quick Summary of a Quiet Revolution in National Service MARCH 26, 2009 – Within days, the Senate will likely pass and President Obama is poised to sign major bipartisan legislation that will dramatically expand national service opportunities for all and will include, for the…
Author: Civic Ventures