New NSLC Produced Materials - August 12, 2009

General/Cross-Sector

AmeriCorps and Service-Learning 101
This fact sheet highlights some of the emerging knowledge in this field based on theory, process evaluations, and field wisdom—knowing that more rigorous research is needed.
www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/cb_facts/americorps_and_service-learning_101

AmeriCorps, Service-Learning, and Community: Working to Address Community Needs and Strengths
This fact sheet introduces community assessment to AmeriCorps members working in educational settings and looking to enhance their experience of learning through service, and for anyone interested in finding a way to increase civic engagement, academic, personal, and social outcomes of youth and students.
www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/cb_facts/americorps_service-learning_and_community

Community Gardens
Like the plants cultivated within them, community garden projects are springing up all across the nation. They are being used to address a wide range of issues including environmental and economic concerns. They also allow participants to get their hands dirty while learning about the biology of nutrition. Included is a sampling of project descriptions from our library collection and lesson plans and syllabi from SLICE.
www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/community_gardens

Energy & Climate Change
Climate change is a serious problem facing all of us. Service-learning provides opportunities for youth and students to address this global need in meaningful ways starting in their own homes, schools, and communities. These resources provide ideas for energy-related projects and include NSLC library items and service-learning lesson plans.www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/energy_and_climate_change

Hunger
The following resources have been selected to help provide inspiration and/or guidance in developing service-learning projects that address the issue of hunger, whether at a global or community level.
www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/hunger

Make the Case: Tools for Telling Your Service-Learning Story
The tips and tools on these pages will help you make the case for service-learning and help your project mobilize volunteers, access funding and support, develop partnerships, and build organizational visibility.
http://www.blogger.com/www.servicelearning.org/communications

New and Improved A-Z Topics
The landing pages in our A-Z topics allow you to browse key resources or search the entire site on important and frequently searched topics. To make browsing easier, topics are arranged in four major groupings: Area of Service, Demographics & Setting, Organization & Management, and Theory & Practice
https://www.servicelearning.org/explore-az-topics

New Initiatives and Programs Created by the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (H.R. 1388)
This page gives basic information about this Act, which takes effect on October 1, 2009 expanding opportunities for all Americans to serve, and provides links to resource pages on four initiatives addressed in the Act: Campuses of Service, Semester of Service, Summer of Service, Youth Engagement Zone.
www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/new_initiatives

Resources for AmeriCorps Members
This fact sheet includes resources for those who are interested in finding a way to increase civic engagement, academic, personal, and social outcomes of youth and students.
www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/cb_facts/resources_for_americorps_members

United We Serve
See how service-learning can provide meaningful ways to meet the important community needs being addressed by the United We Serve initiative.
www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/hot_topics/united_we_serve