Press announcement that went out today from Project Cornerstone in San Jose, CA:
Project Cornerstone is pleased to announce that Representative Mike Honda of California’s 15th Congressional District has secured funding from the United States Department of Education to support a Santa Clara County-wide survey of developmental asset levels in youth in grades 4-12. During fall [...]
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US Department of Education to Fund Countywide Developmental Assets Survey
White House Launches ‘Let’s Move’
Today, First Lady Michelle Obama is launching ‘Let’s Move’, a national campaign to end childhood obesity.
Big Apple
I took the 6:00am JetBlue shuttle to New York City on Friday to make a presentation to the government relations committee of the YMCA of Greater New York. Much of the discussion focused on the economic recovery bill that Congress passed Friday and the President is expected to sign into law tomorrow. Here is [...]
3 Youth-Related Grants at Dept. of ED
I sent an email this morning to a person who works in the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools at the U.S. Dept. of Education. She is out of the office for several days, but her auto-reply message was chock full of useful information related to 3 different grants that have upcoming deadlines. [...]
Come and get it!
House Democrats released their version of the economic stimulus package yesterday. It is a $825 billion smorgasbord of spending and tax cuts. View the bill language and summary at the House Appropriations Committee website.
Geoffrey Canada
Watch this 5 minute clip of Geoffrey Canada speaking recently at the Center for American Progress in Washington DC. Geoffrey is the president of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), an ambitious effort to break the cycle of poverty in a 97 block area of New York City. He exudes PYD. Notice how he doesn’t focus [...]
Begging for Change
A recent survey conducted by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies asked charity executives what a new presidential administration could do to help nonprofit groups. According to these nonprofit leaders, their No. 1 priority for a new administration is the ”growth of federal funds” for ‘their’ cause. How uninspiring!
Other priorities on the list include [...]
3 Cheers for 4-H
Holy Cow! The National 4-H Council issued a great PYD-related report back in May and it is just now making its way across my desk. The report, entitled The Positive Development of Youth: Findings from the First Four Years of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, was written by Richard Lerner and his colleagues [...]
Step Up for Kids
Today is Step Up for Kids Day. The event, spearheaded by the Every Child Matters Education Fund, is a national effort to encourage policy makers to pay attention to the needs of U.S. children. Every Child Matters is urging that the candidates address—and that the news media cover—the following key issues and questions:
More than 8 [...]
President Bush Discusses Volunteerism
President Bush hosted a White House event this afternoon highlighting the accomplishments of USA Freedom Corps, the volunteer initiative launched as part of a national Call to Service after the attacks of 9/11 to help more Americans connect with opportunities to serve their neighbors in need. The President repeated his call for Americans to devote [...]
