Resources and Links
Interim Related
Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, San Francisco, California
www.glide.orgHostelling International, USA
www.hiusa.orgThe Foundation for Sustainable Development
www.fsdinternational.orgWorld Endeavors
www.worldendeavors.orgHERO Knowledge Network
www.heroknowledge.net
Service-Learning
Youth Service America
www.ysa.org
Provides a variety of information on fundraising, recruiting volunteers, and well as awards and grants, and a guide for developing a service-learning curriculum.ServeNet
www.servenet.org
Resources for volunteers and nonprofit organizations, as well as job-listings in the non-profit sector and an exhaustive list of grant providers.National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
www.servicelearning.org
Resources for those involved in service learning events, links, ideas for curriculum building and various projects related to service-learning.Learn and Serve
www.learnandserve.org
Information and resources in service-learning, grant and employment information, as well as research and statistics.
Organizations
First Light Women’s Shelter
www.firstlightshelter.org/Outreach, Inc.
www.inoutreach.org
Nonprofit devoted to strengthening affordable housing and reducing substandard housing. Founder is a BSC alum!Urban Ministry
www.urban-ministry.comTeaching Tolerance
www.tolerance.org
Offers information for teachers and students about creating programs which encourage and value diversity. Small grants available. Read “10 Ways to Fight Hate on Campus” and learn about the “Mix it up at Lunch” program.United Way of Central Alabama
www.uwca.org/
Obtain information on many different non-profit organizations in central Alabama.Alabama Arise
www.alarise.org
A coalition of 150 religious, community and civic organizations which work on poverty issues by promoting state policies to improve the lives of low-income people.Hands on Birmingham
www.handsonbirmingham.org
Maintains a calendar of community activities and volunteer opportunities.Impact Alabama
www.impactalabama.org/
Impact is Alabama's first statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and implementing substantive service-learning projects in coordination with select universities, junior colleges, and technical schools throughout the state.
Research, Information, and Statistics
National Coalition for the Homeless
www.nationalhomeless.org/
Fact sheets and general information about homelessness in AmericaU.S. Department of Education Research and Statistics
www.ed.gov/rschstat/landing.jhtml?src=rt
Links to various research findings and statistics about education in America.Alabama Department of Education School Reports
www.alsde.edu/html/reports_menu.asp
Select any school in the state and see how it’s doing.Voices for Alabama’s Children
www.alavoices.org
An advocacy group working to “insure a decent childhood for every Alabama child.” This site also provides access to current KidsCount data.
Jobs and Postgraduate Programs
International Partnership for Service-Learning
www.ipsl.org/
A semester abroad experience which incorporates service-learning.Teach for America
www.teachforamerica.org
Spend two years teaching school in an under-resourced area.City Year
www.cityyear.org
Spend a year serving communities in Boston, D.C., Chicago, Philadelphia and many other cities.Americorps
www.americorps.org
A network of national service programs which engages citizens in intensive service to meet critical needs in education, public health, etc.Peace Corps
www.peacecorps.comAppalachian Service Project
www.asphome.comWider Opportunities for Women
www.wowonline.org
Works nationally and in its home community of Washington D.C. to achieve economic independence and equality of opportunity for women and girls.Congressional Hunger Fellows Program
www.hungercenter.orgIdealist.org
www.idealist.org
Extensive job listings in the nonprofit sector; listings come from all over the U.S.