ServiceWire Scan 1.14.09

ServiceWire Scan is a listing of stories (press releases, blog postings, job opportunities, etc.) featured on YSA's ServiceWire: News that Serves that YSA staff has reviewed and recommends.

16,000 College Students to Volunteer Nationwide on MLK Day of Service 2009 (CNCS News Release)
"Over 16,000 college students from 130 campuses in 28 states, plus the District of Columbia, are expected to engage in volunteer service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/states_news_detail.asp?tbl...

New Learn and Serve America Grantee Produced Materials (National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Resource Update)
"In this booklet on reflection, readers will find: ideas to use for a variety of reflection activities; templates to copy for use in a service-learning project; a brief summary of research and theory about reflection; and resources for more ideas." http://www.servicelearning.org/rss/2009/01/new-learn-and-serve-america-g...

Combining Grad School & Citizen Service (The New Service Blog)
"Last week I wrote about choosing between grad school and service if you are a rising college senior and facing the worst job market of your lifetime. Some programs are specially designed to let you participate in both, simultaneously."
http://thenewservice.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/serviceandschool/

Service as Stimulus (ServiceNation Blog)
"Service is critical to getting our economy moving again, and employing Americans in productive work during difficult times. So more than one thousand non-profit and service leaders sent a letter to President-elect Obama and Congressional leaders, calling for a nonprofit stimulus package to be added to the economic stimulus package." http://www.bethechangeinc.org/changewire

Summer of Service Fellowship (Job Opportunity)
Innovations in Civic Participation is searching for a 2009 Service Fellow to work on ICP's "Summer of Service" project. (Washington, DC)
http://www.icicp.org/ht/a/GetDocumentAction/i/4602

IFYC Fellows (Job Opportunity)
"The Fellows Alliance is a year-long paid fellowship program open to current undergraduates committed to building religious pluralism and organizing interfaith activities on campus." http://ifyc.org/programs/leadership