Youth Service America
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 Logo of YSA | |
| Formation | 1986 |
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| Type | Youth organization |
| Legal status | Non-profit organization |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC |
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| Membership | Young people ages 5-25 |
President & CEO | Steve Culbertson |
| Website | YSA.org |
Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center that partners with many other organizations who are committed to increasing the quantity and quality of volunteer opportunities for people that are currently between 5 and 25 years of age. Their aim is to serve both nationally and internationally.[1] The purpose of the YSA is to support and promote youth voice, youth service, and service-learning through advocacy and resource sharing activities. Steve Culbertson was appointed to the role of President and CEO in 1996.[2][3][4]
Programs
[edit]Programs include:
- Technology: YSA.org to support the organization's outreach to partners; and GYSD.org to support Global Youth Service Day;
- Microfinance grants that use a teaching application process to encourage hundreds of high quality, measurable, service-learning projects by young people around the world;
- Government relations to encourage an ongoing Federal and State investment in national service programs such as AmeriCorps;
- Youth Voice initiative to help young people influence adults and contribute to policies and problems that affect them;
- Communications to spread the word to media about young people as assets and resources.
YSA has also been a long-time partner supporting the National Service Learning Conference, co-sponsored by the National Youth Leadership Council.
See also
[edit]- One World Youth Project
- Youth service
- National service
- Community service
- National Service Learning Conference
- Service-learning
- Youth activism
- Civic engagement
- List of awards for volunteerism and community service
References
[edit]- ^ About Us YSA website
- ^ "Youth Service America Mobilizes Young People". Volunteer Management Report. 20 (9): 6. September 2015. doi:10.1002/vmr.30194.
- ^ "The Youth Service America Working Group on Youth Service Policy: Issue Papers". 1989-01-01.
- ^ Antonio, Josiah (2021-02-19). "Filipino student recognized by US-based organization for leading literacy program". news.abs-cbn.com.
External links
[edit]- Youth Service America website
- Global Youth Service Day website