I. National Service & Social Change
National Service & Service-Learning AmericaReads, America Counts Armed Services AmeriCorps Campus Compact civic education, civics Civilian Conservation Corps, The Corps Network Corporation for National and Community Service City Year education award encore career Experience Corps GI Bill Learn & Serve America Martin Luther King Day of Service mentoring military service national guard Peace Corps Public Allies reflection selective service Semester of Service ServiceNation state service commissions streams of service Teach for America	The Social Sector: From charities to change-makers beneficiaries Board of Directors bylaws civil society clients cooperative earned income Executive Director faith-based organizations fiduciary duty governance communications, marketing plan leadership mission, mission-driven mission statement nonprofit association nonprofit career fair nonprofit organization nonprofit sector, Third sector sectors sector-switchers staff stakeholder strategic planning vision statement volunteering, cyber-volunteer tax-exemption, 501(c)(3)
Philanthropy & the private sector annual campaign bequest capital campaign challenge grant, matching grant community foundation conflict of interest corporate social responsibility (CSR) donor donor-advised fund endowment family foundation foundations, private fund raising giving circle grant, grant-making, grant writing legacy leverage noblesse oblige payout, annual payout philanthropy planned gift pledges seed funding	Social Entrepreneurship: Big solutions for big challenges B-corporation cross-sector partnerships cultural entrepreneur divestment fourth sector Grameen Bank micro-lending scale Skoll Foundation social entrepreneur social innovation, Social Innovation Fund social investing social venture philanthropy sustainable, sustainability systemic change triple bottom line Yunus, Muhammad
II. Our Civic Values and Voices
Neighborhoods & nature affordable housing bond Business Improvement District (BID) census city planning climate change, global warming community gardens development, community development eminent domain farmers' markets growth historic preservation homelessness infrastructure land trust land management, land use planning livable communities national forest open space property taxes public lands public library real estate development, residential development recreation school board smart growth sprawl subdivision sustainable communities urban renewal watershed zoning	Equality at home and abroad affirmative action Americans with Disabilities Act apartheid Bono bottom of the pyramid civil rights common good, greater good corporate social responsibility (CSR) disadvantaged discrimination diversity economic disparity, income disparity entitlement program environmental justice equal opportunity, equal treatment extreme poverty federal mandate genocide health care HIV/AIDS homeless, homelessness hunger immigrants legal aid LGBT Living Constitution Millennium Development Goals National School Lunch Program ONE pay equity, equal pay poverty level, poverty guidelines refugees rule of law same sex marriage social change social justice social responsibility working poor
In the Public Square: Speech & Elections accountability assembly, right of C-Span civic engagement, civic participation, civic involvement civic journalism, citizen journalism civility consensus Corporate for National Broadcasting deliberation dissent editorial Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) hate speech intellectual freedom Letter to the Editor Op-Ed National Public Radio open meeting laws PBS public comment public information officer Public Service Announcement/PSA public square rhetoric social media town hall transparency voting	Action, Advocacy & Organizing activist advocacy agent of change, change agent call to action cause civil disobedience community organizer constituency consumer protection, predatory lending direct mail elder law grassroots lobby, lobbying mobilize netroots outreach public interest law firms, legal defense & education funds public policy institutes, think tanks social citizens social conscience unions watch dog whistle blower

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