MSA
Welcomes New Board Members
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The
Mass Service Alliance Board of Directors welcomes new members Lily
Mendez-Morgan and Curran Raclin.
Lily Mendez-Morgan
has over 17 years of experience in the nonprofit and government
sectors. She is currently the Deputy Secretary for Interagency
Reform in the Executive Office of Transportation and Public Works.
Previously she was the Senior Director of Appointments and Civic
Engagement in the Office of Governor Deval Patrick where she was
instrumental in the creation of the Commonwealth
Corps.
Curran Raclin has a background in marketing and data analysis as
well as a passion for service. He currently is a Market Research
and Data Analyst for The Boston Red Sox. He brings direct service
experience to MSA having served for a year with City Year where he
helped develop curriculum for and tutored 2ndand
3rd graders and was site Director for City Year for
Kids.
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SAVE THE DATE!
Massachusetts AmeriCorps
Opening Day
November 5,
2010
Join
us for a day of Celebration, Networking & Service!
When:
Friday, November
5, 2010
Where:
Reggie
Lewis Track & Athletic Center
1350 Tremont
Street, Boston
Invitation and online registration will follow.
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AmeriCorps*VISTA
member joins the MSA team |
We would like to
welcome Alicia Newton, AmeriCorps VISTA member serving with
MSA.
Alicia
completed one year of service as a Massachusetts Campus Compact
AmeriCorps*VISTA in July and recently received her
MBA.
As External
Relations Coordinator, she will help launch a statewide public
awareness campaign to promote and expand service and volunteerism
across the Commonwealth.
This outreach will
help to increase opportunities for people engaged in service to
meet critical needs in the Commonwealth, help provide support to
underserved communities, and better use service to address the
needs of vulnerable
populations.
To contact Alicia,
call 617-542-2544 ext. 212 or email
anewton@mass-service.org.
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Save the Date!
"Best in Class" 2010
Student
Leadership Conference
Best in Class:
Building Skills, Changing Communities
The goals of the conference are to strengthen the network
of New England Campus Compacts, provide students with increased
leadership skills and kickoff a year of student outreach and
programming. The interactive, skills-focused workshops will address
new and innovative ways to increase civic participation on
campuses.
Date:
October 1-2, 2010
Location:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
For
more information, click here.
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MSA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brendan
Coughlin
Devonshire
Investments
Chair
Dr.
Larry Bailis
Brandeis
University
Vice
Chair
Gregg
Carman
eLoyalty
Treasurer
Barbara
Campanella
Western
New England College
Secretary
Emily
Haber
Chief
Executive Officer
Gretchen
Arntz
Emmaus,
Inc.
Barbara
Canyes
Massachusetts
Campus Compact
Sally
Fuller
Irene
E. and George A. Davis Foundation
Alice
Jelin Isenberg
Kimberly
Jones
Athena
Legal Strategies Group
Nancy
Korman
760
Associates
Sherry
McClintock
Corporation
for National & Community Service
Kristen
McKinnon
MA
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Lily
Mendez-Morgan
MA Department of Transportation
Anne Messier
Sturdy
Memorial Hospital
G.
Curran Raclin, Jr.
The Boston Red Sox
Daniel Rivers
Morgan
Stanley Smith Barney
Karen
Watkins-Watts
Brockton
Public Schools |
Massachusetts
Service Alliance
100 N. Washington St., 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02114
P 617. 542. 2544
F 617. 542. 0240
www.mass-service.org
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Dear
Friends,
This spring we
celebrated the one year anniversary of the signing of the Edward M.
Kennedy Serve America Act. With this Act, the seeds were sown for
growth in service and volunteerism; we are now starting to enjoy
the harvest. We are very excited to be starting the AmeriCorps year
off with 26 MSA funded programs, a record number, six of which are
new programs. Over 1,400 members will be serving in Massachusetts
in a myriad of ways, including tutoring children, mentoring at-risk
young people, caring for our natural resources, providing legal
services to low-income families, providing older adult wellness
training, and helping prepare residents for the job market. The
Serve America Act challenged us to engage people of all ages as
AmeriCorps members, and we have two programs this year that will
engage 120 older adult AmeriCorps members. We are looking forward
to expanding our support of the volunteer connector organizations
and we are proud to be one of the States that received a first ever
Volunteer Generation Fund grant which will allow MSA to continue to
build and support a statewide infrastructure for service and
volunteerism. Massachusetts residents care about their
neighborhoods, their communities, and the world around them. One
million, three hundred thousand Massachusetts residents stepped up
last year to volunteer their time to meet critical needs in the
Commonwealth. We at the Massachusetts Service Alliance applaud them
and are here to support their efforts and the organizations in
which they serve.
Best regards,
Emily Haber Brendan Coughlin
CEO Chairman of the Board
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In The News
Massachusetts Service Alliance Awarded $150,000 in Volunteer
Generation Fund Grant
The Corporation for National and Community Service
awarded its Volunteer Generation Fund grants totaling $4 million to
19 U.S. state service commissions to better recruit, manage, and
retain volunteers to address pressing social challenges.
The Massachusetts Service Alliance (MSA) was awarded $150,000 to
undertake a four-part coordinated effort to increase the number of
people engaged in meaningful volunteer opportunities in MA
including:
- a statewide awareness campaign and launch of MassVolunteers.org
with an expansion of Connect and Serve, MSA's statewide online
volunteer connector tool;
- support for MLK Day of Service initiatives that will engage
large numbers of volunteers;
- continued support for Higher Impact, their Volunteer Impact
Retention and Expansion (VIRE) initiative engaging Baby Boomers;
and
- technical assistance and support to launch new volunteer
connectors in underserved areas of the state.
"MSA
is excited to collaborate with the volunteer connector
organizations across the state to ensure there are quality
volunteer opportunities to engage residents in addressing our
communities' pressing needs," stated Emily Haber, CEO of the
Massachusetts Service Alliance.
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MSA Announces 2010-2011 AmeriCorps
Grantees
MSA is excited to announce that
our organization
received over $10 million in
competitive and formula funding to support 26 AmeriCorps programs in the
coming year. These programs will support over 1,400 members serving
in all areas of the state.
Massachusetts was extremely successful in
the AmeriCorps grants process, receiving the third highest number
of competitive programs in the country. This is due
in part to the hard work and dedication that staff, members, and
volunteers bring to their programs every day.
National Service continues to be a
strategy to address unmet community needs. MSA looks
forward to working with these organizations to help improve the
lives of youth, families, and residents of the
Commonwealth.
To view the full list of 2010-2011 AmeriCorps grantees, please
click here. Click here for
more information about AmeriCorps.
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National Service Budget
Update - FY11 Appropriation for CNCS and its
Programs
Highlights:
- President
Obama's Request
On February 1, 2010, President Obama released his Administration's
budget for FY2011, including $1.416 billion for the Corporation for
National and Community Service (CNCS). This is an increase of $266
million above the FY2010 enacted level
- House
Subcommittee's Request
On July 16, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health
and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies released their
version of the FY11 budget, which includes $1.305 billion for CNCS.
This is $155 million more than last year and $111 million below the
President's request.
- Senate
Subcommittee's Request
On July 27, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health
and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies released their
version of the FY11 budget, which recommends $1.366 billion for
CNCS. This is an increase of $215.9 million over last year's
funding level but $51 million below the President's
request.
- Next
Steps & How We Can Advocate for a Robust National Service
Budget
As the bill moves through the legislative process, MSA will
continue to push for full funding of the President's FY 2011
request ($1.416 billion). As many of our AmeriCorps programs have
experienced, the demand to serve in AmeriCorps is greater than the
number of available positions. While this is a "good problem," it
is important to convey to Congress that this is a critical,
cost-effective investment that engages citizens in tackling our
most serious challenges in education, health, clean energy,
economic opportunity, veterans, disaster response, and other
critical issues.
For more
information, visit the CNCS budget
page.
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Funding & Resources
2011-2012 AmeriCorps Request for
Proposals
MSA is pleased to release the
2011-2012 AmeriCorps Request
for Proposals. The application and
supporting documents are now available at www.mass-service.org or by
clicking here.
Applications
due:
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 (by
12:00pm)
2011 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service RFP
January 17,
2011
MSA
has released a Request for Proposals for its 2011 Martin Luther
King Jr. Day of Service Project Initiative. MSA seeks to award
grants to support projects in conjunction with the King Day of
Service that 1) include meaningful service that meets an identified
community need; 2) recruit a diverse cross-section of the community
as volunteers; 3) incorporate education on the life and work of Dr.
King; and 4) provide opportunities for sustained service and
ongoing community involvement.
For
a copy of the RFP, click here.Applications
must be received by 12:00pm on
Friday, September 24,
2010.
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is:What are you doing for
others?"
--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cities of Service Youth Service Institute Grants Deadline: September
10
Young
people are critical assets for community change and helping mayors
achieve their vision of a stronger community through service. Youth
Service America (YSA) invites Cities of Service to engage youth
volunteers through Global Youth Service Day and/or Semester of
Service. To support Cities of Service in engaging youth, YSA is
offering up to 30 Cities of Service $1,000 grants to cover
registration, travel, and lodging for one staff member to attend
its annual Youth Service Institute on October 13-15 in Detroit. In
addition to this opportunity, applications from groups affiliated
with a City of Service will receive preference for YSA's other
grant programs throughout the year. (YSA will distribute over $1
million in grants for Semester of Service and Global Youth Service
Day 2011.) The application deadline is Friday, September 10. Learn
more about Youth Service America, and access the short, three
question online application at:
www.YSA.org/institute/citiesofservice.
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Events
9/11 National Day of Service &
Remembrance
A powerful coalition representing
the
9/11 community, the federal government,
and the nonprofit sector recently announced a comprehensive program
to promote widespread participation this year on the September 11
National Day of Service and Remembrance. Among the new resources
announced for this year:
- A new and highly
innovative website (911dayofservice.org) that helps
individuals quickly connect with and support charitable causes, as
well as post their personal good deeds.
- A new logo
mark, developed by theaward-winningLandor & Associates design firm, that
will become the official identity for the 9/11 National Day
of Service.
- A first-ever
comprehensive 9/11 education resource that includes 18 different
lesson plans and supporting elements to help teachers instruct
students in age appropriate and constructive ways about the events
of 9/11, and inspire them to pay tribute voluntarily through
charitable service and good deeds. Available at: scholastic.com/911dayofservice.
- Television and radio
public service advertisements, featuring actors Gary Sinise and
Denis Leary, which will be aired nationwide this year for the first
time thanks to the support of the National Association of
Broadcasters, Clear Channel, and many of the major networks and
cable channels.
- Community service
projects for 9/11, which the organizers will oversee directly, in
six major cities this year including New York, Washington, Boston
and Philadelphia.
- Outreach to more than
50,000 nonprofits, employers and faith-based
organizations.
Highlights from the National
Conference
The 2010 National
Conference on Volunteering and Service was held in New York City on
June 28-30. Convened by the Corporation for National and
Community Service and Points of Light Institute, the
annual conference is the world's largest gathering of service and
volunteer leaders. The conference attracted record attendance of
more than 5,000 people. Attendees included volunteer coordinators
and supervisors; non-profit professionals; workplace volunteer
managers; leaders in corporate social responsibility; AmeriCorps,
Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve America program directors and
staff; social entrepreneurs; funders and philanthropists; and
AmeriCorps Alums.
The annual event
provided attendees with an opportunity to learn, connect, and be
inspired through a wide range of exciting and informative plenary
sessions, workshops, special events, service projects, exhibits,
specialized corporate tracks and more. It challenged service
leaders to increase the impact of their programs, and for all
Americans to roll up their sleeves and participate in rebuilding
our country. Click
here for more conference highlights. For those
who could not attend, replay webcasts at VolunteeringandService.org.
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