Resources and Links

Interim Related

Woodlawn Housing Initiative Community Information System
http//www.uab.edu/woodlawn/woodlawn_history.html

Glide Memorial United Methodist Church, San Francisco, California
www.glide.org

Hostelling International, USA
www.hiusa.org

The Foundation for Sustainable Development
http://www.fsdinternational.org

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
http//firstlight.digitrends.com/shelter/

Outreach, Inc.
www.inoutreach.org
Nonprofit devoted to strengthening affordable housing and reducing substandard housing. Founder is a BSC alum!

Urban Ministry
http//www.urban-ministry.com

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham
http//www.bbbsbhm.org

Teaching 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
http//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
http://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
http//www.nationalhomeless.org/
Fact sheets and general information about homelessness in America

U.S. Department of Education Research and Statistics
http://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
http//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
http//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.com

Appalachian Service Project
www.asphome.com

Wider 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.

Mickey Leland Congressional Hunger Fellows Program
http//www.hungercenter.org/international/welcome.htm

Opportunity Knocks, Idealist.org
http://www.opportunitynocs.org/index.jsp
www.idealist.org
Extensive job listings in the nonprofit sector; listings come from all over the U.S.