Youth Service America was founded by _________ in November, 1986 in Washington, DC as a resource hub for the youth service movement.
Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 195,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 139 countries all over the globe. They've been teachers and mentors to countless children. They've helped farmers grow crops, worked with small businesses to market products, and shown women how to care for their babies. More recently, they've helped schools develop computer skills and educated entire communities about the threat of HIV/AIDS. read more »
In 2000, National Youth Service Day began the change to a global movement of youth changing the world with a name change - it became National and Global Youth Service Day, and in 2008 completed the transition to simply "Global Youth Service Day" Learn more at http://gysd.org/about
Youth Service America launches "A Day in the Life of Youth Service" to spotlight the year-round contributions of youth volunteering to change the world. This program grew into National and finally Global Youth Service Day. Learn more at http://gysd.org/about
In 1993, President Bill Clinton signed the National and Community Service Trust Act, which established the Corporation for National and Community Service and brought the full range of domestic community service programs under the umbrella of one central organization.
This legislation built on the first National Service Act signed by President H.W. Bush in 1990. It also formally launched AmeriCorps, a network of national service programs that engage Americans in intensive service to meet the nation’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. read more »
City Year was founded by Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, then-roommates at Harvard Law School, who felt strongly that young people in service could be a powerful resource for addressing our nation's most pressing issues.
Since 1988, City Year has been built on the belief that one person can make a difference, and with the vision that one day service will be a common expectation – and a real opportunity – for citizens all around the world.
Learn more at http://www.cityyear.org/history.aspx read more »
From http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/09/04/21/A-Call-to-Service/ :
We need your service, right now, at this moment in history. I'm not going to tell you what your role should be; that's for you to discover. But I'm asking you to stand up and play your part. I'm asking you to help change history's course. Put your shoulder up against the wheel. And if you do, I promise you - your life will be richer, our country will be stronger, and someday, years from now, you may remember it as the moment when your own story and the American story converged, when they came together, and we met the challenges of our new century. read more »
YSA inaugurated the first class of its new Fund for Social Entrepreneurs in 1995, a venture that provided start-up financial support and three years of professional development to entrepreneurial young adults with powerful program and organizational concepts to expand youth service.
YSA and YVCA amicably part ways. read more »
The NSB begins as a faxed newsletter, now it is a popular weekly email newsletter.
YSA launches http://SERVEnet.org as an AOL keyword site in 1996, with a prescient "Web 2.0" tagling of "Our Content Is Your Info." SERVEnet has since grown to be an award-winning resource site for volunteers and organizations and is a launch partner with AllForGood.org
National Youth Service Day grew out of "A Day in the Life of Youth Service"
In 2000, National Youth Service Day began the change to a global movement of youth changing the world with a name change - it became National and Global Youth Service Day, and in 2008 completed the transition to simply "Global Youth Service Day" Learn more at http://gysd.org/about
