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Public Allies: Fostering Long Term Leadership Service Professionals

14 Wednesday Jul 2010

Posted by alexisfedor in Charities

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americorps, community growth, diane bacha, leadership, michelle obama, public allies, public service, turning the tide

Public Allies was one of the first organizations to become part of the AmeriCorps program, and has remained one of the most effective, life-changing, incredible organizations that continues to grow each day.  I talked with Diane Bacha, the Marketing and Communications Director, to learn more about how to get involved and what programs are available to those interested in a career in Public Service.

Love and Water- Can you talk about the main mission of Public Allies?
Diane Bacha- Public Allies is about finding young adult leaders who want to do something positive for their communities and put them into a ten month apprenticeship with a non-profit where they not only do something important for the non-profit but they are learning core values of how to create community-based change.  We are committed to diversity, not only in race and gender but in socio-economic backgrounds.  We were one of the first model AmeriCorps programs, and have remained an AmeriCorps program to this day.  We have a growing leadership training program and some specialized initiatives, but the young adult leader program is really the core of what we do.
L+W- I know that Michelle Obama is a huge supporter of Public Allies- can you talk about that?
DB- Barack Obama was on the national board for Public Allies in the early days, and Michelle Obama founded the Chicago Public Allies office.  She is a huge supporter of the organization.  I’ve been talking to people who worked with her in Chicago, because the Chicago office quickly became one of the most successful sites because of her and the team she assembled.  Everyone I speak to seems to feel she was really in alignment with the values of our program and understood the mission at hand.
L+W- I know you have many programs- can you talk about one that is exciting to you?
DB- We have one called Turning the Tide, which is a two year fellowship for people who want to have a career in human services work formed in 2007, and is just a great program all around.  With that program we work with the Alliance for Children and Families to place people to support the next generation of leaders, which is focused on children and families.  We are also in 21 communities that work on different initiatives.  My job at the national office is to support all of them in what they do, but each community has its own programs based on what they need.
L+W- What is the most moving moment you’ve had so far working with Public Allies?
DB- We did a project that required me to collect stories that expressed who we are as an organization.  We asked for sites to volunteer for this project, and mailed them all Flip cameras so they could document different things they were doing in their communities.  I had a series of questions they had to answer, with rough guidelines.  I think the most moving moment was when I was uploading all the material from the Flip cameras to my computer and listening to all these people talk about how a Public Allies program changed their lives personally or how it changed their communities for the better.  People were inspired by each other, by the challenges at hand and by the realization that they could make a significant difference through this work.  While they’re working through the issues they are trying to figure out, change is happening as a result, which is just incredible to both realize and witness.
L+W- What is the easiest way to get involved with a Public Allies program?
DB- The easiest way to learn about Public Allies is through the website, and the easiest way to have a dialogue is through the Facebook Fan Page.  It is an exciting time to be thinking about service programs like Public Allies because there is an increased interest in Washington and in corporate America about engaging people in volunteerism and community work.  Some of that comes from people realizing the potential of so many folks out there who want to work toward community change.
L+W- Is there anything else people should know about the organization?
DB- I think one of the most important things to understand is that Public Allies is for people who want a long-term commitment, rather than someone who just wants to take a year off to do service.  Our programs focus on establishing long-term commitments for people who want to make public service their careers, so we help people identify and get specific about what they want to do, and then work with them on implementing those goals into their careers.  That is what makes this organization so effective, both now and for the future.
Go to the Public Allies site
Go to the Recruitment site
Join the Facebook Fan Page
Follow Public Allies on Twitter
Go to Michelle Obama’s speech about Public Allies

National Conference on Volunteering and Service: Here’s to YOU!

01 Thursday Jul 2010

Posted by alexisfedor in Charities, Events

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foursquare, here's to you, national conference on volunteering and service, public service, twitter, volunteer work

After following the National Conference on Volunteering and Service via social media for the last three days, I’m moved not only by how effective and productive the speakers were, but how easily I was able to participate without physically being there.  Twitter made it possible for me to get updates all day from conference participants, Four Square allowed me to meet up with founders of charities and business owners I hadn’t met before, and the NCVS website allowed me to watch some key conferences online.

To say that social media is the key to the future is not an understatement by any means.  I believe we can utilize it to reach farther than we thought we could to accomplish what we believe in.

The best conference I viewed online is the “Here’s To YOU” Inspiration Event.  You can view it online by going to the NCVS homepage and clicking on the title.  If you want to sit back for an hour or two and get a great reminder of what it means to give back and feel great about the resources we have to give, watch this.

Thank you, NCVS, for making this conference so accessible, so moving and so enlightening.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VOLUNTEERING AND SERVICE: TAKE PART IN IT NOW!!!

29 Tuesday Jun 2010

Posted by alexisfedor in Charities, Events

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national conference on volunteering and service, new york city, public service, social media, volunteer work

The National Conference on Volunteering and Service is taking place right now in NYC.  As it says on the home page, it is the largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the non-profit, government and corporate sectors.  The best part about this amazing event is that you can follow it almost entirely via social media, and let me tell you IT IS WORTH FOLLOWING!

What we so often forget is that a lot of a little adds up to a lot, FAST.  By your taking a few minutes to look at the opportunities presented at this conference, you are in fact committing a portion of your time to community service.  And that’s what it’s all about.

If you do anything, watch this video which sums up the conference, then go to the home page and find one of the social media outlets that works for you and hook in, even for just a few minutes, to see what’s taking place at this groundbreaking event.

Visit the NCVS Site
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