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Civic Engagement in an Older America E-Newsletter August, 2007 CONTENTS • Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life • Great Expectations: Boomers and the Future of Volunteering • Volunteering in America's Largest Cities • New Grant Competition to Reinvent Volunteering • Gov. Schwarzenegger Launches EnCorps Program ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life
Baby boomers are inventing a new phase of work. It’s one of the most significant trends of the new century, and the biggest change in the American workforce since the women’s movement. In his new book Encore, Civic Ventures CEO Marc Freedman tells the stories of these encore career pioneers, who are working not only for continued income but for the promise of more meaning and the chance to do work that matters. As their numbers begin to swell, these individuals hold the potential to transform work in America—and create a society that works better for everyone. Note: Marc will be part of a panel presentation at The Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco, November 17-21. For more information about GSA’s Annual Meeting, click here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Great Expectations: Boomers and the Future of Volunteering
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volunteering in America's Largest Cities
To help government and community leaders increase volunteering
levels in their cities, the Corporation for National and Community
Service (CNCS) has produced a first-ever report that takes a detailed
look at volunteering habits and trends in America’s largest
cities. Volunteering in America: 2007 City Trends and Rankings includes
rankings of 50 of the largest metropolitan areas on their volunteer
rates and the average number of hours each resident volunteers.
It also analyzes social and demographic trends that affect city
volunteer rates and finds that there are four key drivers of volunteering:
community attachment; commuting times, high school graduation levels
and poverty; and the prevalence of nonprofits and their capacity
to retain volunteers from year to year. The report is available
here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Grant Competition to Reinvent Volunteering CNCS has announced the availability of up to $800,000 for grants
to support the efforts of national and statewide nonprofit organizations
to increase volunteer retention and expand the use volunteers to
address societal challenges. The purpose of this grant competition
is to assist national, regional, and statewide nonprofit organizations
in planning for and implementing activities within their networks
and communities to: increase volunteer retention; expand current
use of volunteers by creating new volunteer roles and recruiting
the appropriate volunteers to fill them; improve both the impact
of volunteers’ activities and how that impact is measured;
and, develop strategies that sustain the impact and results associated
with the project after the conclusion of funding. Applications are
due September 6, 2007. The full grant notice and application instructions
are available here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gov. Schwarzenegger Launches EnCorps Program
Working to offset California’s teacher shortage, Governor Schwarzenegger kicked off the EnCorps (pronounced “encore”) Teachers Program, an initiative to partner with businesses to encourage retirees to join the teaching workforce in math, science and career technical education. The Governor has asked noted philanthropist and former head of Paramount Pictures Sherry Lansing to lead EnCorps, which will start by recruiting 2,000 teacher candidates over the next two years. EnCorps recruits will go through the same credentialing as any other new teacher, including passing the California Basic Education Skills Test (CBEST), demonstrating subject matter competence, passing a background check, and completing an internship program or traditional teacher preparation program. For more information on the Governor’s Initiative, click here. More information about the program can be found here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Two of Canada’s leading experts on volunteering and community participation have released a unique analysis about the about the state of volunteerism in Canada. Summarizing some of the most extensive data ever assembled anywhere in the world about volunteering, charitable giving, and civic participation, Linda Graff and Paul Reed offer observations and insights that are both startling and troubling, and a clear wake up call for Canada’s communities and leaders. The Graff-Reed “Who Cares?” conversations have been released as a free download and are available here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Positive Aging Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The CE-Newsletter is the E-Newsletter of GSA’s Civic Engagement
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