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Paid Post-grad Service Opportunities
State & National Service-Related Links
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AmeriCorps-
offers opportunities through its State & National, VISTA, and NCCC
programs. AmeriCorps State & National members work
with hundreds of local and national nonprofits throughout the US, and
they receive an educational award of $4725. AmeriCorps VISTA
(Volunteers In Service To America) members serve full-time for a year
in nonprofits, public agencies and faith-based groups throughout the country,
and are eligible to receive an educational award or stipend of $1200.
AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) is
a 10-month, full-time residential program for men and women between the
ages of 18 and 24 combining the best practices of civilian service with
the best aspects of military service, including leadership and team building.
Members serve in teams of 10 to 15 members and each receives a stipend
of $4000 and an educational award of $4725.
www.americorps.org
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City Year-
a corps of diverse young adults, who dedicate at least a year to civic
engagement and transformative service in communities across America.
http://www.cityyear.org/
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Fund for Public Interest
Research- helps progressive groups wage campaigns that help preserve
our environment, protect human rights, clean up politics, and challenge
corporate power. Offers a number of full-time positions across the country
as well as summer jobs.
http://www.ffpir.org/
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Green Corps-
yearlong, full-time, paid Environmental Leadership Training Program.
www.greencorps.com
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Jesuit Corps-
offers women and men an opportunity to work full-time for justice and
peace.
www.JesuitVolunteers.org
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Lutheran Volunteer
Corps- provides essential services in the areas of education,
public safety, human needs, and the environment. Many programs offer the
opportunity for hands-on direct service while others involve coordination,
development and management of projects.
http://www.lutheranvolunteercorps.org/
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Peace Corps-
Volunteers work in the following areas: education, youth outreach, and
community development; health and HIV/AIDS; agriculture and environment;
business development; and information technology
http://www.peacecorps.gov/
Public Allies-
allies work four days each week for ten months at a local nonprofit organization
where they strengthen their community by working in areas such as youth
development, community development, public health, and economic development.
http://www.publicallies.org/
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Student Conservation
Corps- offers
college students, as well as other adults, extraordinary opportunities
to serve our nation's most prized public treasures: its natural and cultural
resources.
http://www.thesca.org/
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Teach for America-
recruits the most outstanding graduating college seniors and recent college
graduates to teach in low-income communities across the country. Teach
for America participants will be the future leaders in fields such as
business, medicine, politics, law, journalism, education, and social policy.
www.teachforamerica.org
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Cerificate
Program in Nonprofit Management
www.learnmore.duke.edu/nonprofit/
Congressional
Award
http://www.congressionalaward.org/congress/
Corporation for National
and Community Service
www.nationalservice.org
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Idealist.org
www.idealist.org
Institute for NonProfits
http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/nonprofit/
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National Campus Compact
www.compact.org
National Service-Learning
Clearinghouse
www.servicelearning.org/
NC Center for Non-Profits
www.ncnonprofits.org
NC Commission on Volunteerism
and Community Service
www.volunteernc.org
NC Campus Compact
www.elon.edu/nccc/
NC Civic Education
Consortium (at UNC’s School of Government)
www.sog.unc.edu/programs/civiced/index.html
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Triangle BoardConnect
http://www.triangleboardconnect.org/
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USA Freedom Corporation
www.usafreedomcorps.gov
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