Service Year Alliance

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Service Year Alliance
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Website www.serviceyearalliance.org

Service Year Alliance is an American nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. [1]

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History

The organization was formed in 2016 through the merging of three historical national service efforts (the Franklin Project at the Aspen Institute, Service Nation, and the Service Year Exchange project of the National Conference on Citizenship [2] ).

In March 2018, the organization acquired the AmeriCorps Alums program from Points of Light. [3]

Campaigns

Stop National Service Extinction

In 2017, Service Year Alliance launched a campaign to save funding for national service. The campaign culminated on August 30, with over one hundred volunteers dressed in inflatable dinosaur costumes across Washington, D.C. [4]

Let National Service Soar

In 2018, Service Year Alliance launched a campaign to grow funding for national service. The campaign culminated on May 7, with over one hundred volunteers dressed in inflatable eagle costumes across Washington, D.C. [5]

Serve America Together

Serve America Together was a campaign connected to the 2020 United States presidential election in an effort to make national service more prominent. Its coalition partners included the Student Veterans of America, The Mission Continues, the National Peace Corps Association, YouthBuild and Teach for America. The co-chairs of the campaign were Stanley McChrystal, Arianna Huffington, Robert Gates, Laura Lauder, Andrew Hauptman and Deval Patrick. [6] On July 8, 2019, Pete Buttigieg became the first candidate to accept the Serve America Together challenge; [7] on August 27, 2019, Kirsten Gillibrand became the second candidate; [8] and on September 17, 2019, Tom Steyer became the third candidate. [9]

Initiatives

National Service and American Democracy

In 2019, Service Year Alliance partnered with Arizona State University to create a three-credit online and in-person course called National Service and American Democracy about American democracy and civic engagement. [10]

Service + Tech

Service Year Alliance launched the Service + Tech initiative on December 11, 2018. [11] with funding provided by Schmidt Futures, SAP, and Cisco. [12] The founding corporations were the Corporation for National and Community Service, AmeriCorps, Teach For America, City Year, Reading & Math Inc., Public Allies, the National Peace Corps Association, and Citizen Schools. The founding training partners were Per Scholas, Make School, General Assembly, Northeaster's Align Program, Code for America, and LinkedIn. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mission". Service Year Alliance. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Sagawa, Shirley. "Nonprofit Mergers: The Missing Ingredient". Stanford Social Innovation Review. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "AmeriCorps Alums Join Service Year Alliance". The Non-Profit Times. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Shes green, Deirdre (30 August 2017). "Dinosaurs proclaim: 'Stop national service extinction'". USA Today. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Pompo, Stephen (7 May 2018). "Group marches in inflatable eagle suits to protest Trump cutting national service programs". ABC7 WJLA. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Schindel Heim, Ramona (26 June 2019). "New campaign calls on all young Americans to complete a national service year". Working Nation. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Buttigieg, Pete (8 July 2019). "Pete Buttigieg accepts #ServeAmericaTogether challenge". Twitter. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  8. ↑ Gillibrand, Kirsten (27 August 2019). "Kirsten Gillibrand accepts #ServeAmericaTogether challenge". Twitter. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  9. ↑ Klar, Rebecca (17 September 2019). "Steyer eyes largest peacetime expansion of public service". The Hill. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "National Service and American Democracy - CPP 194". Arizona State University. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Service Year Alliance Launches New Service Tech Initiative to Increase Underrepresented Groups in Technology Sector". PR Newswire. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  12. ↑ Brenna, Susan (27 February 2019). "Build Your Tech Skills and Networks". One Day Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Service Tech". Service Year Alliance. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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