Volunteerism       

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Volunteerism

Are You Into It?
Working together and having a good time is what 4-H and volunteering are all about. Find your local 4-H contact.
Peace Corps
The Peace Corps is fulfilling its promise by sharing America's most precious resource with the rest of the world: its people. 
Twenty Ways for Teenagers to Help Other People by Volunteering
One of the hardest parts of volunteering can be finding a volunteering opportunity that fits your personality. This site will give you lots of different ideas and will show you many different possibilities.

Activism

Activism.net Insightful, annotated links to information categorized by area of activist interests. http://www.activism.net/ Activists E Z.com Do it yourself resources for activists with annotated links and tools to speak up. http://activistse-z.com/ BeFearless Offers tools and resources to inform, empower and inspire women to get active in their communities, including "act kits" that assist women in tasks like starting a petition or running for office as well as coverage of political races and issues pertinent to women. Also highlights noteworthy grassroots organizations. http://www.befearless.com Center For Creative Learning Publishes pages for nonprofit organizations, artists, and other "social threats." http://www.cclearn.com/index.shtml Chardon Press - Resources for Social Change Fundraising, nonprofit and community organizing resources. Publishers of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal. Free articles and advice online. Books, magazines, more. Secure online ordering. http://www.chardonpress.com/titles/index.html EmpowermentResources.com Tools for Personal Growth, Social Change, and Ecology. Over 700 links and over 420 recommended empowerment resource books for sale. http://www.empowermentresources.com/ FlyingFish Seeing through the mists of the media with links to alternative news/media http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/links/index.htm Free Radical Dispatches from the burgeoning radical activist scene, in L.A. Kauffman's weekly chronicle of the "new unrest." http://www.free-radical.org Grassroots Political Newsletter Monthly political newsletter covering the nuts and bolts of political campaign techniques, psychology, and philosophy. http://www.grassrootscampaigning.com/ Information Leaflets for Activists A coalition of 500 European organizations working against racism, has put together a series of short practical tip-sheets on Fundraising, Electronic Action (using email and the internet), Communication and Networking, and other issues of interest to grassroots organizations everywhere. Use the tip sheets online, or print out as handouts. http://www.united.non-profit.nl/leaflets.html

The ACLU Freedom Network
The main site of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression in the arena of computers and the Internet.
E The People
A nonpartisan site that works with over 300 online newspapers, television stations and Internet portals to help bring government closer to the people.
Global Youth Village
A summer program, Legacy's Global Youth Village has dramatically influenced the lives of young people in more than 95 different countries. Activities evoke creativity, dialogue, cross-cultural competency, and flexibility.
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is one of the world’s foremost environmental activist organizations.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat builds houses for people in need. Find a student chapter to help out in your area here.
National Wildlife Federation
The National Wildlife Federation is the nation's largest member-supported conservation group, uniting individuals, organizations, businesses and government to protect wildlife, wild places, and the environment.
Rainforest Action Network
All kinds of rainforest information is here including what you can do to help save it.
Scorecard
This site allows you to enter your zip code and find out what pollutants are being released into your community.
Unicef Voices of Youth
This is where you can find about what affects children in today's world. It is also where you can speak your mind, share what you think with other young people and read what they have to say.
WePrevent
Crime doesn't have to be a fact of life. Community and commonsense precautions cut crime and counter fear. Browse this site for ideas for way to get involved.
Young Democrats of America
YDA is a nationwide grassroots organization of the Democratic Party with 42 chartered states and 780 local chapters.
Youth In Action Network
Discuss important issues with students from around the world. Make the world a better place!
YROCK
The Young Republicans Online Community Network.
ZNet
Link to information on a politically and socially progressive range of topics.