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Guides
for Getting Involved
Make
a Difference: Your Guide to Volunteering and Community Service
by Arthur I. Blaustein
This guide includes over 140 national, nonprofit organizations that
use volunteers of all ages to make a difference where it counts.
Make a Difference also lists 30 organizations that give
up-to-date information on critical issues and policies.
Invest
Yourself: A Guide to Action. Edited by Susan G. Angus
Comprehensive information about thousands of non-governmental volunteer
opportunities throughout North America and the rest of the world,
including full- and part-time, long- and short-term commitments.
Inspirational
Books and Quotes
Testament
of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Edited by James M. Washington
This collection of the major speeches, writings, interviews, and
autobiographical reflections of the great Martin Luther King, Jr.
reflect his views and opinions on religious nonviolence, social
integration, and much more.
Mother
Teresa: In My Own Words. Compiled by Jose Luis Gonzalez-Balado.
A collection of the quotes, stories, and prayers that helped strengthen
and inspire the poor, the dying, the suffering, and the doubting
who Mother Teresa met during her lifetime. These words will cocntinue
to strengthen and inspire all who read them.
Special
Issues
What's
Love Got to Do with It? A Critical Look at American Charity
by David Wagner.
David Wagner argues that while the United States prides itself on
being one of the most generous nations, it provides its citizens
with the lowest public benefits of any Western society and has rates
of poverty and inequality among the highest in the industrialized
world. He states that these two facts are not unrelated, and discusses
the idea that independent philanthropy actually provides a cover
for the harshness of America's free-market capitalism.
More
Than Houses: How Habitat for Humanity is Transforming Lives and
Neighborhodds by Millard Fuller.
The founder of Habitat for Humanity, Millard Fuller, tells true
stories of how owning a home has inspired many families with hope,
given confidence to the children, and brought communities together
through hard work, thus breaking down denominational, political,
and racial barriers.
Healing
the Heart of the Cities: Young Voices Speak Out. Edited by
Sean Dennis Cashman.
After the Los Angeles rebellion of 1992, Campus Outreach Opportunity
League organized a special summer project to hear the views of young
people on urban poverty. While these young voices confront searing
poverty and its ills - crime, drug addiction, and a sense of hopelessness
among the disadvantaged - their approach is optimistic.
Community-Building
Re-building
the Front Porch of America: Essays on the Art of Community Making
by Patrick Overton.
Partick Overton disucsses the development of rural communities through
community arts development, as community arts bring people of all
ages, genders, races, religions, and economics together for the
common good of the community.
Building
Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing
a Community's Assets
by John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight
A guide to "asset-based community development." The book
outlines how communities can rediscover and mobilitze the assets
to build stronger, more self-reliant communities.
Leadership
in Service
Principle-Centered
Leadership by Stephen R. Covey
A detailed book with information on personal and interpersonal effectiveness
and managerial and organizational development. Insight and guidelines
are offered on how to apply these principals both at work and at
home.
Service-Learning
Where's
the Learning in Service-Learning? by Janet Eyler and Dwight
E. Giles, Jr.
Both authors are pioneers and leaders in the field of service-learning.
This book helps define learning expectations, presents data about
learning, and links program characteristics with learning outcomes.
Service
and the Government
The
Will to Empower: Democratic Citizens and Other Subjects by
Barbara Cruikshank
Drawing on theories of power and the creation of subjects, Cruikshank
argues that individuals in a democracy are made into self-governing
citizens through the small-scale and everyday practices of voluntary
associations, reform movements, and social service programs. She
demonstrates how social mobilization, from welfare rights struggles
to philanthropic self-help schemes to the organized promotion of
self-esteem awareness, reshapes the political in ways largely unrecognized
in democratic theory.
American
Philanthropy by Robert H. Bremmer
This book provides a social history of American philanthropy from
colonial times to the present, showing the ways in which Americans
have sought to do good in such fields as religion, education, humanitarian
reform, social service, war relief, and foreign aid. An interesting
read for persons interested in these issues.
Service
and Education
One
Day, All Children... An Unlikely Triumph of Teach for America and
What I learned Along the Way
by Wendy Kopp, Founder and President of Teach For America.
This book tells the inspirational story of Wendy Kopps' "tenacious
grasp" on a seemingly impossible dream that all children across
the nation will have the opportunity to receive an excellent education.
It reveals the struggle of this organization that has had more than
9000 individuals join in teaching in under-resourced schools to
impact the lives of over 1 million children.
International
Opportunities
How
to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas by Joseph Collins,
Stefano DeZerega, & Zahara Heckscher.
This book, beyond discussing the different types and reasons for
volunteering abroad, gives over 200 pages of honest, valuable evaluations
of many of the programs and agencies with whom one could go abroad.
This is an excellent resource for anyone who is considering a volunteer
abroad experience.
At
Home in the World: The Peace Corps Story by past Peace Corps
Workers
A compilation of the experiences, stories, and opinions of thirty
different Peace Corps workers, as well as information on the history
of the program and application process.
Volunteering
Worldwide edited by Margriet-Marie Govaart, et al.
This publication focuses on voluntary work in 21 different countries
around the world. It examines cultural and historical roots to analyze
the manner in which these diverse backgrounds influence and determine
the activities, the history, and the organizational forms of voluntary
work.
Service-Related
Careers
Making
a Living While Making a Difference by Melissa Everett.
As business and society increasingly emphasize social and environmental
respnosibility, opportunities for career seekers with a conscience
have never been better. This book discusses ways to incorporate
your values into your career.
Careers
for Good Samaritans & Other Humanitarian Types by Marjorie
Eberts and Margaret Gisler.
This book discusses many careers that allow you to make a contribution
to your community, the environment, or the world through work in
social service jobs, government organizations, medical opportunities,
religious organizations, volunteering, and more. It briefly describes
each category mentioned above, and tells stories of people who have
made a difference in this area before.
Making
a Difference: College and Graduate Guide
This resource describes the different colleges and graduate
schools with programs which prepare you to "make a difference."
Programs include nonprofit management, environmental programs, and
more.
Non-Profit
Resources
Profiles
of Excellence: Achieving Success in the Non-Profit Sector
By E. B. Knauft, Renee A. Berger, and Sandra T. Gray
Profiles of Excellence shows how nonprofit organizations
can achieve excellence by applying four basic principles of outstanding
nonprofit leadership. Beyond this, the authors provide ten detailed
case studies which portray the qualities that distinguish excellent
nonprofit organizations.
Managing
a Non-Profit Organization in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas
Wolf.
In an easy-to-understand manner, Thomas Wolf takes the reader through
the management of a nonprofit organization, from understanding the
organization to managing staff, trustees, and volunteers, to financial
procedures. He also addresses how to cope with the changes that
have come about in the non-profit sector in the past twenty years.
Volunteer
Business and Management
Leadership
and Management of Volunteer Programs: A Guide for Volunteer Administrators
by James C. Fisher and Kathleen M. Cole
This book describes the knowledge, skills, and abilities required
of professional managers to effectively involve volunteers in the
work of organizations. Each chapter offers insight into a particular
functional area within volunteer administration, and guidance on
performing key tasks such as staffing, recruitment, motivation,
program evaluation, and the management of relationships between
paid and volunteer staff is provided.
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