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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 142896729X
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book The United States: A Nation of Volunteers written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John M. Bridgeland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442220619
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Heart of the Nation written by John M. Bridgeland and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heart of the Nation traces America's volunteer tradition--the golden thread of American democracy--and how Presidents from Washington to Obama have called on citizens to serve neighbor and nation. From the bunker below the White House on 9/11 to villages in Africa, John Bridgeland shares his own experiences inside and outside of government to spark more Americans to volunteer to meet urgent needs. He compellingly argues that such service is fundamental to our own happiness and to what the Founding Fathers envisioned when they talked about the "pursuit of Happiness" in the Declaration of Independence. Bridgeland helps the reader discover their own volunteer service mission and issues a rallying cry to the nation to heal our partisan divisions by joining together across party lines to address our toughest challenges.
Author : Seung-Kyung Kim
Publisher : Center for Korea Studies Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780295748122
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States written by Seung-Kyung Kim and published by Center for Korea Studies Publications. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Among the scholars who have built the field of Korean studies are former Peace Corps volunteers who served in South Korea in the 1960s and 1970s before pursuing advanced degrees in anthropology, history, and literature. These scholars, who formed the core of the second generation of Korean Studies scholars in the US, reflect in this volume on their personal experience of serving during Korea's period of military dictatorship, on issues of gender and the Peace Corps experience, and on how random assignment to Korea sparked fascination and led to lifelong professional involvement with the country. Two chapters by Korean studies scholars who were not Peace Corps volunteers (one American and one Korean) assess how Peace Corps volunteers have influenced development of the field"--
Author : Shirley Sagawa
Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470618655
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The American Way to Change written by Shirley Sagawa and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-09 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How ordinary citizens dedicated to service can change the face of America's most critical issues What if the nation were able to capitalize on the energy of Americans willing to serve and volunteer for a year or more? This inspirational book tells the stories of real people who have dedicated themselves to service and the nonprofits that engaged them. It shows how selflessness and service have transformed lives and communities, and can address similar problems throughout the country. The author profiles successes, demonstrates measurable effects, and shows how impact is made. This book describes how we can achieve change, through action at both the community and organizational level. Filled with illustrative examples and key lessons Highlights programs such as Teach for America, City Year, and Community Health Corps Shows how nonprofits can create successful service programs to tackle different issues The book shows what America would look like if programs like these operated at scale across the country not just in one or two neighborhoods, but wherever they were needed.
Author : Elizabeth McKenna
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199394598
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Groundbreakers written by Elizabeth McKenna and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has been written about the historic nature of the Obama campaign. The multi-year, multi-billion dollar operation elected the nation's first black president, raised and spent more money than any other election effort in history, and built the most sophisticated voter targeting technology ever before used on a national campaign. What is missing from most accounts of the campaign is an understanding of how Obama for America recruited, motivated, developed, and managed its formidable army of 2.2 million volunteers. Unlike previous field campaigns that drew their power from staff, consultants, and paid canvassers, the Obama campaign's capacity came from unpaid local citizens who took responsibility for organizing their own neighborhoods months--and even years--in advance of election day. In so doing, Groundbreakers argues, the campaign engaged citizens in the work of practicing democracy. How did they organize so many volunteers to produce so much valuable work for the campaign? This book describes how. Elizabeth McKenna and Hahrie Han argue that the legacy of Obama for America extends beyond big data and micro-targeting; it also reinvigorated and expanded traditional models of field campaigning. Groundbreakers makes the case that the Obama campaign altered traditional ground games by adopting the principles and practices of community organizing. Drawing on in-depth interviews with OFA field staff and volunteers, this book also argues that a key achievement of the OFA's field organizing was its transformative effect on those who were a part of it. Obama the candidate might have inspired volunteers to join the campaign, but it was the fulfilling relationships that volunteers had with other people--and their deep belief that their work mattered for the work of democracy--that kept them active. Groundbreakers documents how the Obama campaign has inspired a new way of running field campaigns, with lessons for national and international political and civic movements.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Nation of Givers written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernard D. Rostker
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833040685
Total Pages : 833 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)
Download or read book I Want You! written by Bernard D. Rostker and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006-09-08 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As U.S. military forces appear overcommitted and some ponder a possible return to the draft, the timing is ideal for a review of how the American military transformed itself over the past five decades, from a poorly disciplined force of conscripts and draft-motivated "volunteers" to a force of professionals revered throughout the world. Starting in the early 1960s, this account runs through the current war in Iraq, with alternating chapters on the history of the all-volunteer force and the analytic background that supported decisionmaking. The author participated as an analyst and government policymaker in many of the events covered in this book. His insider status and access offer a behind-the-scenes look at decisionmaking within the Pentagon and White House. The book includes a foreword by former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird. The accompanying DVD contains more than 1,700 primary-source documents-government memoranda, Presidential memos and letters, staff papers, and reports-linked directly from citations in the electronic version of the book. This unique technology presents a treasure trove of materials for specialists, researchers, and students of military history, public administration, and government affairs to draw upon.
Author : Rosalie Rosso King
Publisher : University Press of Amer
ISBN 13 : 9780819175373
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (753 download)
Download or read book Volunteers written by Rosalie Rosso King and published by University Press of Amer. This book was released on 1990 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An informal introduction to volunteering in the United States with a concentration on arts volunteerism. Includes the history of volunteerism and the rationale behind and the current demographics of today's volunteer. Written by two volunteers in a user friendly manner, its purpose is to applaud and lend support to today's volunteer and the contributions they make to better our country. Contents: America's Hidden Resource-Us!; Historical and Current Information on the Arts; Profiles of Volunteers for the Arts; Successful Volunteers and Endeavors; The Basics of Organizing a Volunteer Project; and Future Trends and Emerging Roles.
Author : Angene Hopkins Wilson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813129753
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Voices from the Peace Corps written by Angene Hopkins Wilson and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2011-04-08 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on more than one hundred oral history interviews, [this title] follows the the experiences of Kentuckians who chose to live and work in other countries around the world, fostering close, lasting relationships with the people they served. -- jacket.
Author : Volunteers in Service to America
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book VISTA written by Volunteers in Service to America and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kirstin Hallmann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030023540
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Sports Volunteers Around the Globe written by Kirstin Hallmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of perspectives and approaches to the cultural meaning of sport volunteering in different countries. The main objective is to reflect on the diversity of meanings with regard to volunteering in different cultures and societies. Additionally, this book will shed light on volunteering practices and the impact of volunteering from both an economic and a sociological perspective. The book begins with an introductory section that gives an overview of the rationale of the text and the diversity of sport volunteers in general. From there, the book's 25 chapters each discuss a specific country case study provided by researchers from the respective country. These studies provide a comprehensive overview of volunteering in each country, such as motivations of volunteers, satisfaction of volunteers, their perceived cost and benefits, and many other areas related to the overall study. By having twenty-five different countries represented and a native of each country authoring the respective chapters, this book serves as a comprehensive and diverse review of sports volunteering around the world and can be incorporated into courses in economics - particularly those dealing with sports economics - and can also be used as a reference for volunteer organizations and sports economists worldwide.
Author : Arthur Blaustein
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1616080620
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport written by Arthur Blaustein and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A blueprint and a guidebook to help us all get involved.Senator John...
Author : Beth Bailey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674035364
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book America's Army written by Beth Bailey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... the story of the all-volunteer force, from the draft protests and policy proposals of the 1960s through the Iraq War"--Jacket.
Author : Michael Shoulders
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1585366269
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (853 download)
Download or read book V is for Volunteer written by Michael Shoulders and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2010-11-12 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From A to Z, you'll discover Tennessee's mountains, music, and mammals. V is for Volunteer stimulates children to learn about their state through familiar Tennessee icons like the Grand Ole Opry and Graceland. And even lifelong Tennesseans may learn something new about the Jubilee Singers and W.C. Handy. Illustrator Bruce Langton captures the beauty, natural wonder, and history of the Volunteer state through his colorful paintings. With poetry for younger children and expository text for older readers, author and Tennessee educator Mike Shoulders shares the important lessons of the Trail of Tears, Sequoyah and his alphabet and so much more. V is for Volunteer will intrigue and charm readers and Tennesseans of all ages!
Author : Maddalena Marinari
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252050959
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered written by Maddalena Marinari and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars, journalists, and policymakers have long argued that the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act dramatically reshaped the demographic composition of the United States. In A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered, leading scholars of immigration explore how the political and ideological struggles of the so-called "age of restriction"--from 1924 to 1965--paved the way for the changes to come. The essays examine how geopolitics, civil rights, perceptions of America's role as a humanitarian sanctuary, and economic priorities led government officials to facilitate the entrance of specific immigrant groups, thereby establishing the legal precedents for future policies. Eye-opening articles discuss Japanese war brides and changing views of miscegenation, the recruitment of former Nazi scientists, a temporary workers program with Japanese immigrants, the emotional separation of Mexican immigrant families, Puerto Rican youth's efforts to claim an American identity, and the restaurant raids of conscripted Chinese sailors during World War II. Contributors: Eiichiro Azuma, David Cook-Martín, David FitzGerald, Monique Laney, Heather Lee, Kathleen López, Laura Madokoro, Ronald L. Mize, Arissa H. Oh, Ana Elizabeth Rosas, Lorrin Thomas, Ruth Ellen Wasem, and Elliott Young.
Author : Beth Bailey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674053524
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book America's Army written by Beth Bailey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1973, not long after the last American combat troops returned from Vietnam, President Nixon fulfilled his campaign promise and ended the draft. No longer would young men find their futures determined by the selective service system; nor would the U.S. military have a guaranteed source of recruits. America’s Army is the story of the all-volunteer force, from the draft protests and policy proposals of the 1960s through the Iraq War. It is also a history of America in the post-Vietnam era. In the Army, America directly confronted the legacies of civil rights and black power, the women’s movement, and gay rights. The volunteer force raised questions about the meaning of citizenship and the rights and obligations it carries; about whether liberty or equality is the more central American value; what role the military should play in American society not only in time of war, but in time of peace. And as the Army tried to create a volunteer force that could respond effectively to complex international situations, it had to compete with other “employers” in a national labor market and sell military service alongside soap and soft drinks. Based on exhaustive archival research, as well as interviews with Army officers and recruiters, advertising executives, and policy makers, America’s Army confronts the political, moral, and social issues a volunteer force raises for a democratic society as well as for the defense of our nation.
Author : Jerad W. Alexander
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1643752189
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (437 download)
Download or read book Volunteers written by Jerad W. Alexander and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Riveting and morally complex, Volunteers is not only an insider’s account of war. It takes you inside the increasingly closed culture that creates our warriors.” —Elliot Ackerman, author of the National Book Award finalist Dark at the Crossing As a child, Jerad Alexander lay in bed listening to the fighter jets take off outside his window and was desperate to be airborne. As a teenager at an American base in Japan, he immersed himself in war games, war movies, and pulpy novels about Vietnam. Obsessed with all things military, he grew up playing with guns, joined the Civil Air Patrol for the uniform, and reveled in the closed and safe life “inside the castle,” within the embrace of the armed forces, the only world he knew or could imagine. Most of all, he dreamed of enlisting—like his mother, father, stepfather, and grandfather before him—and playing his part in the Great American War Story. He joined the US Marines straight out of high school, eager for action. Once in Iraq, however, he came to realize he was fighting a lost cause, enmeshed in the ongoing War on Terror that was really just a fruitless display of American might. The myths of war, the stories of violence and masculinity and heroism, the legacy of his family—everything Alexander had planned his life around—was a mirage. Alternating scenes from childhood with skirmishes in the Iraqi desert, this original, searing, and propulsive memoir introduces a powerful new voice in the literature of war. Jerad W. Alexander—not some elite warrior, but a simple volunteer—delivers a passionate and timely reckoning with the troubled and cyclical truths of the American war machine.
