PACE produced publications to promote the value of citizen service, volunteerism and civic engagement under its former name of the Grantmaker Forum on Community & National Service. These publications are available to read and download. Select the publication you wish to read from the list below and the document can be read, printed, or saved to your computer in Adobe Acrobat format.
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Bridging the Divide to Promoting Active Citizenship (November 2003)
Report from the November 2003 Wingspread Conference on developing a common framework for advancing active citizenship.
Six Practitioners’ Perspectives on Building Civic Engagement (November 2003)
A quick glimpse into how six program leaders think about how their work advances the goal of active citizenship and civic engagement.
Service to Civics (October 2003)
This publication examines the link between service and civic engagement. What are the ingredients of a service experience that leads volunteers to vote or write letters to their congressional representatives or choose careers in public service? Do all service experiences increase one’s skills and inclinations for active participation in the processes of democracy? With assistance from Innovations in Civic Participation and the expertise of Susan Stroud and Shirley Sagawa, we assembled a snapshot of twelve programs and their approaches to building active citizenship through service.
Dear Mr. President (July 2003)
The issue brief features the comments and recommendations made by those attending the Kansas City Regional Forum on Service and Volunteerism in May 2003. Leaders from Kansas and Missouri representing foundations, nonprofits, businesses, government agencies, schools and universities gathered to discuss President Bush’s call to the nation to increase its commitment to service, volunteering, and civic engagement and how such a call is received and acted upon at the community level.
Leadership and Service in Times of National Crisis (August 2002)
A summary of a conversation sponsored by the Grantmaker Forum at the Council on Foundations’ Annual Conference in Chicago in April 2002. Dot Ridings, President and CEO of the Council on Foundations; Leslie Lenkowsky, President and CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service; and Paul Glastris, Editor of the Washington Monthly, share their perspectives on national service in a post September 11th America, and debate the merits of universal service as a strategy to increase Americans’ civic engagement.
Calling the Nation to Serve: A Philanthropic Perspective (March 2002)
The Grantmaker Forum’s response to President George W. Bush’s national call to service and his proposed national service expansion, the USA Freedom Corps, which he introduced in his State of the Union address on January 29th, 2002.
From Inspiration to Participation: A Review of Perspectives on Youth Civic Engagement (November 2001)
A result of a unique collaboration between the Grantmaker Forum on Community & National Service and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, this paper, authored by Cindy Gibson, Program Officer, Strengthening U.S. Democracy Program of the Carnegie Corporation, provides an insightful analysis of the ‘paths’, including service, that are employed to encourage active citizenship among youth in America. Gibson examines how those paths compete with and complement one another, and makes some practical suggestions for those who wish to advance youth civic engagement.
NATIONAL SERVICE
Building a Partnership for National Service (November 2003)
A result of a unique collaboration between the Grantmaker Forum on Community & National Service and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, this paper, authored by Cindy Gibson, Program Officer, Strengthening U.S. Democracy Program of the Carnegie Corporation, provides an insightful analysis of the ‘paths’, including service, that are employed to encourage active citizenship among youth in America. Gibson examines how those paths compete with and complement one another, and makes some practical suggestions for those who wish to advance youth civic engagement.
National Service in the Next Century: Taking it to Scale (May 1999)
Monograph based on a policy forum co-sponsored by the Grantmaker Forum at City Year’s 1998 Annual Conference.
VOLUNTEERING
Volunteers in the 21st Century (February 2003)
In December 2002, the Grantmaker Forum in partnership with the Independent Sector, Northern California Grantmakers, Southern California Association for Philanthropy, and the California Association of Nonprofits sponsored two California forums on volunteerism and service. This brief summarizes the conversation and general themes that arose during the conversations on the value and future of service and volunteering.
The Cost of a Volunteer: What It Takes to Provide a Quality Volunteer Experience (March 2003)
This new publication summarizes the findings from an examination of 21 volunteer programs nationwide. The study attempted to ascertain the true financial cost of organizing a high quality volunteer program and to better understand the implications for the nonprofit sector of the President’s call to service. Read the results of the review and find out what it really takes to provide high quality volunteer experience.
SERVICE-LEARNING
Profiles of Success: Engaging Young People’s Hearts and Minds Through Service-Learning
Summary of recent research on the impact of service-learning, a teaching strategy that links community service experiences to classroom instruction.
Civil Society and Educational Renewal: Service Learning in the 21st Century (January 1999)
Summary of recent research on the impact of service-learning, a teaching strategy that links community service experiences to classroom instruction.