Service Learning

General and (Inter)National Organizations

• Campus Compact
• National Service Learning Cooperative Clearinghouse
• The Corporation for National Service
• Americorp National Service Resource Center
• Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH)
• International Partnership for Service Learning (Study Abroad)
• The Department of Education Website (with link to America Reads Website) (http://www.ed.gov/)
• Sites that deal specifically with literacy

• *The National Institute for Literacy Website
• *Read*Write*Now!
• *International Reading Association
• *Literacy Volunteers of America
• *Internet Directory of Literacy & Adult Education Resources

 

Journals

• Community Literacy Journal
• Journal of Democracy
• Putnam's "Bowling Alone"
• Community Works Journal
• The Generator (from the National Youth Leadership Council)
• Michigan Journal of Service Learning
• Congressional Quarterly (it's always good to know what's going on in our government!)
• PEACE Magazine on-line

Bibliographies

• Links to Bibliographies from the Service Learning Clearinghouse
• "An Annotated Bibliography of Academic Literature on the Topic of Community Partnerships," from the Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC BC)
• "University-Community Partnership Bibliography," by Tracy Soska. Available from the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA)

Service Learning Programs and Administrative Advice

• Campus Based Community Service Programs (COOL's list)
• Service Learning at California State University, San Marcos
• Citizen and Service Education (CASE) at Rutgers
• The Volunteer Action Center at Florida International University
• The Office of Community Service Learning at University of Michigan
• Service Learning on the WWW's guide to SL programs
• *Nick Carbone's Community Service Writing and Learning Page
• *Carnegie Mellon: Community Literacy Center
• FEDERAL WORK STUDY/ COMMUNITY SERVICE HANDBOOK
• A Guide to Developing Service Learning (Advice from the Volunteer Action Center at Florida International University)
• Four Things Faculty Want to Know About SL
• 101 Ways to Incorporate Service into the Curriculum

Civic Engagment/Civic Renewal/Volunteer Opportunities

• EPN Org's suggested links!
• Collaborative Community Problem Solving: Millenium
• Citizen Participation in Community Revitalization: Millenium
• Alliance for National Renewal
• WhoCares Journal
• The Electronic Policy Network
  A sight with many connections to articles and other great civic engagement stuff!
• Second Harvest Homepage
• American Promise: Alliance for Youth
• Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL)
• Community Networking from CPN
• Civic Practices Network
• "The Interactivity of Environmental Web Sites"
• Webster's World of Cultural Action
• Cecile Andrew's Study Circles, School for Life
• Sustainable Culture Information
• Highlander Tour: Information about the Highlander School

Nonprofit Resources

• Independent Sector Web Site
• The Contact Center Network Home Page
• Action!: Arts advocacy
• Internet Nonprofit Center
• Nonprofit Technology Resources
• Impact On Line
• Philanthropy Journal On-Line
• Action Without Borders (Idealist)

Tucson Community Resources

• Tucson Community Resource Page
• Chicanos Por La Causa
• Tucson's Community Web Page
• Tucson Junior Achievement
• Tucson Volunteer Center
• *Literacy and Education Agencies (from the Tucson Volunteer Center)
• "Can Do" A Community Action Network (CAN): a civic journalism project.
• Tucson Public Library
• American Association of University Women, Tucson Branch
• American Friends Service Committee Arizona Area Program
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Miscellaneous Activism Sites

• Web Active--Great site with links to tons of other great activism sites!
• Z-Net's Activism On-line
• Net Action
• JUST FOR THE HALIBUT and the Rest of US on the Planet
• Feminist Majority Foundation
• Democracy Now!
• Resource Renewal
• Jobs at the Institute for Women's Policy

My monograph is also a useful (i like to think) resource on these issues:

Pulling it Together:. A Method for Developing Service-Learning. and Community Partnerships Based in Critical Pedagogy. (Corporation for National and Community Service)

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