AmeriCorps Essays

  • AmeriCorps

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    Abstract AmeriCorps is a good program to be in. It trains you on how to help people with different health and mental issues. The program is based upon a non-profit organization. They can participate in many charitable events to raise fund for the less fortunate. Therefore it’s a good program to have on your side as you can see the program is worldwide and it is bigger and they are standing strong. They are in the process of developing an alumni group to allow former participate to maintain active

  • Analysis Of Bandow's Essay 'Americorps Be Eliminated'

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    “Should AmeriCorps be eliminated” is an issue that authors Doug Bandow and Shirley Sagawa address separately for CQ researcher. In the essays, Bandow starts off presenting his argument by saying “Americans always have organized to help their neighbors. The government should stop paying for service through AmeriCorps.” Within his introduction and the following points in his essay, Bandow, represents how the government should stop paying for help. Bandow starts off by mentioning how having AmeriCorps

  • Breaking the Cycle of Poverty

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    Status in 1999 of Families and Nonfamily Householders: 2000." U.S. Census Bureau. 2000. 16 Oct 2007 . Shriver, Mark K. “It’s Time to End the Debate on AmeriCorps and Get Back to Investing In Our Country’s Children.” U.S. Newswire. 22 July, 2003. Strengthening the Front Lines in the Fight Against Poverty: Results of the 1999 AmeriCorps VISTA Accomplishments Survey. Washington D.C.: Office of Education Corporation for National Service, 1999.

  • Why I Volunteer

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    with. One major group is the AmeriCorps. Each year, AmeriCorps has more than 40,000 members serve with programs in every state nation wide. Groups such as American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, and Boys and Girls clubs are a few out of the thousand different programs that make up the AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps offers many different fields of volunteering from teaching kids how to read to building homes for low-income families. You do not have to be a part of the AmeriCorps to make a difference; there

  • Case Study: Chicag Chicago

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    Chicago. This year, and previous years, we have worked with organizations that primarily serve Spanish speakers in Chicago and organizations that focus on arts-based programming. However, just as we recruit AmeriCorps members for our program we also recruit organizations to host our AmeriCorps members. The specific organizations with whom we partner changes year-to-year. Therefore, we cannot promise that you'll be able to serve with an organization that works in either of those areas. Every year

  • Mandatory Community Service In The United States

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    Americans And Community Service Americans should have to do one year of mandatory community/volunteer service. Community service and volunteer service would both be beneficial so if all legal citizens did a year worth of service then we would see a boost in a lot of the major and minor pieces,parts,and core functions of america like schools and the educational system could be boosted by volunteer teachers so they wouldn't have to pay schools as much so then the government benefits from community

  • Speech Language Pathologist Essay

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    attentiveness to my job, and inspire such traits in every one of my students. The experiences I have attained have helped me realize that there are guardians and parents seeking special educational services for their children. My involvement in UECC AmeriCorps has provided me with essential learning techniques and patience. I know that not every student learns the same way and there are various students that have different methods of learning. My observations with the speech-language pathologist have

  • Americoprs Observation In Education

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    Originally, I had learned about the mentor position offered by Americoprs through one of my Education classes at Marshall University. I was intrigued by Americoprs’ purpose to serve as a program to meet community needs since I have found compassion through serving others myself. As both a member of a community in West Virginia and a secondary science education major, I am aware of what my community lacks in through both living in a low income county and clinical based observation as well as tutoring

  • Association Membership Recruitment and Retention

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    Step one to take an assessment of your situation is an extremely important step that is often disregarded. Organizations often look at the challenges they face but they don’t necessary identify membership opportunities. While working for AmeriCorps I was a part of the team that worked with state commissions to help their state nonprofit programs run well. This position also required that I participate in the yearly grant review process. Basically we would read through all the applications and

  • Summary Of Malcolm X

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    My initial reactions to this movie were inspired and enlightened. Malcolm, like any young African-American boy in a time of racial hatred, did not have it easy growing up. In fact, he did not have it easy when he was in his teens to early twenties either. Nor did he have it easy when he was an adult. Yet, at least by his adult age he understood this and what his father had been fighting for. Therefore, with his Islamic conversion in prison, he set out to change the world as best as he sought. Thanks

  • Civic Engagement

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    correlating to the decrease in volunteerism between generations is of personal value relating to my desire to be a community leader and non-profit owner. Additionally, as an Americorps applicant, I found the lack of community project engagement versus individual volunteering of concern, since the foundation of the Americorps program is based on impact through group collaboration. In relation to group collaboration, Putin posed the lack of volunteer participation stemming from a decrease in establishing

  • The Reflection Of The Misconceptions Of Social Work

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    Misconceptions of social work are rampant. Social workers are often portrayed in television shows as underpaid workers that split families apart. Regardless, following three years of working closely with these specialists, I have picked up a more profound comprehension of how critical their work is. I am at a stage in my career where I am searching out instruction that will make me more efficient in creating plans and providing services for vulnerable people. I am confident that the skills I will

  • Personal Statement to Study Law

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    I view my life as a puzzle; picking up pieces through my beliefs, experiences and passions and placing them in their designated positions. It is not until I created the border and most of the middle that I can began to see what my puzzle is meant to become. My picture is starting to show that I am meant to help people, specifically through the legal capacity. Author Jen Leaman wrote, “The human race is like a puzzle: Everyone fits in somewhere, it just takes a while to figure it out”. Raised in

  • Apa Personal Statement

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    Nadia’s Personal Statement for Graduate School Application My passion for the field of communication sciences and disorders can be attributed to a lifelong connection that began during the beginning stages of my childhood development that continues to grow now as an adult. …. Prior to kindergarten, my parents stressed the importance of education by limiting my television intake and constantly engaging my preschool mind with books, educational programming, art, puzzles and other learning games.

  • Marine Science Personal Statement

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    community managed area and gives them the tools and knowledge to do so. I participated as a trainee since I was a co-founder of this community group, and also as a trainer since TNC had me lead one of the projects. I also did an internship with AmeriCorps (summer 2013) on various conservation projects. In the summer of 2014 I was a joint inter for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative doing a variety of projects in the office and in the field. This internship

  • Organizational Culture in the Workplace

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    Introduction Organizational culture is becoming increasingly understood as an important element in the establishment of high performance workspaces (Carroll, 2010). The organization’s prevailing behaviors, artifacts, beliefs, attitudes, as well as values all make up its culture and help in creation of a sense of commitment, continuity, and order. Culture applies to the organization as a whole as well as numerous subcultures within the departments. Development of a diagnostic instrument with demonstrated

  • Social Work Philosophy

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    adolescent homelessness and mental health were a national, and even universal issue, I realized that I may want to go into advocacy, to help push these issues further into the limelight. After I complete my bachelors, I hope to apply and get accepted to AmeriCorps or another similar organization, where I can put my love for community service first, and focus on the community projects we are sent on. After I hopefully obtain my masters, and further myself in the field, I hope to go into advocacy in the government

  • Psychology Internship Personal Statement

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    As a senior, my current post-graduation plan is to participate in a service program such as AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, Teach for America, and Teaching English Abroad for a year or two before moving on to a graduate program. I am interested in participating in this type of program because it will provide me with a unique opportunity to serve others, develop leadership skills, build my personal brand, and also further explore my career interests that will influence my thereafter graduate school plans

  • Personal Statement: A Career In Public Health

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    22 years ago, there was a girl born in a village in Faridpur, Bangladesh. Like most babies born in that area, her mother did not receive any form of prenatal care and neither did she have an ultrasound. When this little girl finally came into the world, both of her knees had formed backwards. Since her mother had her husband nearby, they were able to take the baby girl to the hospital to get her legs fixed, and thankfully she is able to walk and run just like everyone else. Unlike most infants who

  • Civil Service Mandatory

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    support children in understanding and learning better while also teaching the volunteers how to be prepared for any bumps in their life that they may encounter. For example, these volunteers surrender a year of their time to assist in the military or Americorps. There they will learn how to get better prepared for their next step in life, including getting jobs, communicating with children, and preparing for school. To add, college involves a lot of money and having to get student