Written by Rick Smith with some content from an earlier edition by Cheryl Gage.
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Established in 1956, The Foundation Center is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Through data, analysis, and training, it...
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Giving Circle: a collaborative philanthropic tool that leverages small amounts of money to make a more substantial cumulative impact. Related to investment clubs, frequently...
Biographical Highlights
Vine Deloria Jr. is one of the best-known American Indian activists of the 20th century. A member of the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, Deloria came...
Biographical Highlights
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, Russell Means and Leonard Peltier were extremely active in efforts to address the treatment of Native Americans in the United States. They are controversial...
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Hispanic is the term used by the U.S. Bureau of the Census to describe persons in the United States who were born in a Spanish-speaking country (including Spain) or who can trace...
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by Corey Watt
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Service-Learning is a teaching/ learning method that connects meaningful community service experiences with academic learning, personal growth, and civic responsibility (North Carolina Public Schools...
Learners explore what it means for responsible citizens to demonstrate civic virtues of justice, kindness, peace, generosity, and inclusion.
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Young people are making a difference for the issues they care about in big and small ways every day. Learners read stories of young people who are taking action through philanthropy and discuss the attributes of youth philanthropists. They reflect on their own power and potential to make a difference.
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Youth identify motivations for giving and social action in the community. They compare research-based motivations of adults and youth. They write a persuasive call to action for an issue of their choice based on the motivations they learned.
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