Selected
Web Resources
"Justice and Civil Society" students are encouraged to
seek outside resources to enhance their classroom and
service-learning experiences. The Jepson faculty has
collaborated to compile a list of useful web resources
for students interested in learning more about civic
engagement and issues they may be addressing in class.
Local Resources
Center for Civic Engagement
helps students take their service learning into
the greater Richmond community, offers grants and summer
fellowships, and brings in weekly speakers with a wide
range of expertise.
Connect Richmond
collects reports and data on local, state and national
organizations and serves as an information clearinghouse for
metro Richmond
nonprofit organizations and offers an email list, a job
finder, and a volunteer opportunity search engine.
Generation
Engage and
Generation Engage Virginia are youth
civic-engagement initiatives.
Activate
Richmond gathers information about group volunteer
projects
Publications
Good Magazine
is a cutting-edge magazine focused on "creating dialogue
around things that matter." All of its readers'
subscription money goes to charity.
The Journal for Civic Commitment is an online journal
dedicated to service learning and civic engagement.
Research, Figures and Data about Issues
United
Nations Statistics Division compiles demographic information
and social statistics from all over the world.
The
Fast Data section of Connect Richmond
Virginia, National and Local Data on issues is
compiled by Connect Richmond
U.S. Census Bureau
compiles facts, figures, and reports about disability, education,
employment, health insurance, immigration,
minority groups, poverty, voting, and more in the United
States.
Sources for More
Information on Civic Engagement
The U.S.
Department of Education’s Character Education and Civic
Engagement Technical Assistance Center
The National
Service Learning Clearinghouse
Sustainable Communities Network’s resource page for
civic engagement and community building
The Center for
Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement
National Urban League’s civic engagement page
Pew Partnership
for Civic Change
The
American Psychological Association’s take on service
learning and civic engagement
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