Martin Luther King Day of Service: A Day ON

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MLK Day of Service--Corp for National and Community Service

As an undergraduate, I took a class on peace studies and got to spent some time with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a way that most people never do.  His writings on nonviolence and peace are timeless and eloquent.  One of my favorite quotes comes from an essay he wrote called “Facing the (...)

My Project at the MCE Summit

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Miami, Fl is the city in the United States with the lowest civic health score. It is a city in which it is common for people to be inconsiderate and develop tunnel vision. On any given day in Miami, it would be considered awkward or strange--and even discouraged, to say hello to a person walking (...)

Election Season 365: Episode 7 (Volume 24)

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Dear Millennial Generation: The Presidential Campaigning and debates have ceased. The absentee ballots have been counted. The voting booths have been stored away. The 2012 presidential election has concluded with a frontrunner. That doesn’t mean our vote stops there. In order for us to be (...)

Pew Report on Social Media and Political Engagement

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The new Pew Internet report on Social Media and Political Engagement starts out with a huge statement: “66% of those social media users—or 39% of all American adults—have done at least one of eight civic or political activities with social media.” If you’ve ever had doubts about (...)

Making Politics Make Sense for Us

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90 million. In 2008, President Obama won the election by approximately 9,522,083 votes.  Of the 153 million people registered to vote, right around 129 million Americans actually cast votes that year.  (Check out the Wikipedia article for those stats, if you’re interested…) So what about (...)

Global Engagement: Peace of Me

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In light of all of this civic engagement excitement, I was reminded of my own brush with community engagement. It was not my own community, however--though it quickly became such--it was a small orphanage in India. I went there to teach English; however, in a cliched paradox, I learned much more (...)

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