Some reflections on Martin Luther King and non-profit leadership

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Raj Melville

After spending some time on the production line at the Greater Boston Food Bank, and given the past weekend celebrating Martin Luther King, one reflects on what Martin Luther King might have done in light of what we had seen and experienced, at the Greater Boston Food Bank as well as the larger set of social issues that we are exposed to in our daily lives.

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Obama’s effort to address Social Innovation

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Raj Melville

A new White House Office of Social Innovation has been created with Sonal Shah, most recently heading Google.org’s global development programs tapped to head it. Its focus is on identifying innovation in the social sector, providing funds to innovative startups and promoting volunteerism.

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A new era of service by Barack Obama

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Raj Melville

I am reproducing the entire text of an editorial by President Barack Obama that appeared on TIME Magazine’s website today. It was a precursor to the news later in the day that one of the two pieces of Service based legislation – the GIVE Act – was passed with a strong bi-partisan majority of 321 to 105 in the House.

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An opportunity of a lifetime

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Raj Melville

An interesting side effect of the global recession on graduating college students – more are considering taking time to get engaged in public service.

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Updated location for Sept 27 ServiceNation Day of Action

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Raj Melville

Updated news on change of location for Boston’s Day of Action on September 27th. Please see the message below from Katie Visco one of the organizers.
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Saturday’s predicted rain will not hinder the power of service, so…
The Boston Day of Action will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, just 2 blocks from the Common! [...]

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September 27 ServiceNation Day of Action

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Raj Melville

Twenty years ago, Alan Khazei started a youth movement in Boston called City Year, a service corps that helped inspire Americorps. Alan has since moved on to take his passion for citizen engagement forward and started another organization, Be the Change, Inc that strives to get citizens participating in the conversations, discussions and debates that affect us as a democracy. One of the initial programs of this organization is ServiceNAtion.org – a movement to promote a culture of service among Americans

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