Ready to Volunteer? Community Partner Highlight: Mid-Iowa Community Action

Mid-Iowa Community Action, or MICA, is our community food bank, but also so much more than that! From emergency assistance with heat, energy, water, or food to intensive one-on-one home visiting and early childhood education, MICA has touched the lives …

By Guinevere Wallace
Guinevere Wallace AmeriCorps Coordinator for Community Engaged Learning Partnerships
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Alumni Guest Blog: What is climate justice?

Climate justice is a branch of the environment justice movement which addresses disparate social, economic, physical, and psychological impacts of global climate disruption.  Adverse impacts stem directly from climate change (e.g. sea level rise, extreme weather events, flooding), and indirectly …

By Keith Kozloff '73
Keith Kozloff '73
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Ready to Volunteer? Community Partner Highlight: Connections Support Center

As the weather slowly, hopefully ever so slowly, turns to winter, we are highlighting the Connections Support Center. Winter assistance is very appreciated to combat the winter blues, as it is hard for members to get out.  Connections is located …

By Guinevere Wallace
Guinevere Wallace AmeriCorps Coordinator for Community Engaged Learning Partnerships
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Advocates, child care professionals call for sustainable change to support industry

By Michael Crumb, Senior Staff Writer, Business Record October 26, 2022

“Iowa is No. 1 in the country in two-parent working households, at 75%. There are 519,713 children in Iowa between birth and 12 years old and only 173,481 available …

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Class Act: Why a career in education might just be right for you

Wednesday, October 26th 2022

4:00 pm PDT – 5:00 pm PDT

Virtual Event

https://joinhandshake.zoom.us/j/93453952804

Hosted by Handshake
Speaker/Panel

Any Handshake student with a link to this event can view and RSVP

Right now, the United States is facing a nationwide …

By Chad Berman
Chad Berman Lawrence S. Pidgeon Director, Education Professions Career Community
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Creating a Network for Good: The Grinnell College Center for Careers, Life, & Service Civic Activity Database

I have had the honor to serve in an Americorps Campus Compact position working with the Service and Social Innovation team in the Center for Careers, Life, & Service at Grinnell College.  While I’ve had great opportunities to support the …

By Guinevere Wallace
Guinevere Wallace AmeriCorps Coordinator for Community Engaged Learning Partnerships
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Ready to Volunteer? Community Partner Highlight: Poweshiek County Soil & Water Conservation

Poweshiek County Soil and Water Conservation District needs your help in protecting land and water resources in our county! The office is located less than 10 miles from Grinnell College, and while there is plenty of hands-on work, hybrid in-person/virtual …

By Guinevere Wallace
Guinevere Wallace AmeriCorps Coordinator for Community Engaged Learning Partnerships
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Your Network for Good: The Grinnell College Center for Careers, Life, & Service Civic Activity Database

What is the database?

We should have a contest to name this database, as it has been the Community Partner Service Database, the Civic Activity Database, the Community Partner Search, the Community Partner Civic Activity Service Database Search…okay, well, not …

By Guinevere Wallace
Guinevere Wallace AmeriCorps Coordinator for Community Engaged Learning Partnerships
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Ready to Volunteer? COMMUNITY PARTNER HIGHLIGHT: Four Oaks Family & Children Services

Four Oaks exists to help Iowa’s children and families, and it provides a wide range of services to support community members and assure children become successful adults.  Four Oaks trains, teaches, and helps others learn how they can more effectively expect …

By Guinevere Wallace
Guinevere Wallace AmeriCorps Coordinator for Community Engaged Learning Partnerships
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Meet Jai Bharathi — World Class Social Innovator & 2022 Grinnell Prize Winner

 Students, faculty, staff, and guests will have the opportunity to celebrate and interact with our 2022 Grinnell Prize winner Jai Bharathi (she/her), Founder and CEO of MOWO Social Initiatives. Bharathi, through her work with MOWO Social Initiatives, disrupts systems of …

By Susan Sanning
Susan Sanning Associate Dean and Director of Civic Education & Innovation
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