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How to Help the 20 Million Flood Victims In Pakistan
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on August 25, 2010
Since early August, unprecedented flooding has devastated much of Pakistan. Despite the urgent need described by aid workers and government officials, international aid for victims of the devastating flood has gotten off to a slow start. Read More »
Charity:Water: Committed to Clean Water
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on August 13, 2010
Charity: Water is bravely tackling a fundamental obstacle to global health and development: clean drinking water. Read More »
New Film Documents Doctors Without Borders’ Amazing Work
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on July 30, 2010
An inspirational film that chronicles the incredible work of Doctors without Borders has just been released. Read More »
VolunteerMatch: Where Active Citizens Find Their Passion
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on July 23, 2010
VolunteerMatch exposes active citizens to a new world of potential change-making opportunities. Read More »
Kiva: Delpoying the Internet to End Poverty
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on July 19, 2010
Kiva is a groundbreaking organization that facilitates micro-loans from anyone with an Internet connection to people with great business ideas living in the developing world. Read More »
Jonathan Tisch Featured at National Service Conference
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on June 30, 2010
Jonathan Tisch joined civic and business leaders yesterday from around the country at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New York City. Read More »
Rubicon: A Bridge to Self-Sufficiency
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on June 24, 2010
After the mass closure of California’s state-owned psychiatric hospitals in the early 1970s, a few active citizens jumped in to help fill the gap. Read More »
Public Allies: Cultivating New Leadership Across America
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on June 23, 2010
Public Allies caught the eye of Michelle Obama in 1993, and for good reason. Read More »
Vanity Fair Features Jonathan Tisch and Citizen You
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on June 16, 2010
NBC’s Brian Williams recently profiled Jonathan Tisch for Vanity Fair. Read More »
Five Citizen You Tips on Oprah.com
posted by The Citizen You Blog Team on June 03, 2010
Jonathan Tisch and Citizen You are proud to be featured on Oprah.com! Read More »
Jonathan Tisch Talks Social Entrepreneurship and Active Citizenship with the Tufts Journal
posted by The Citizen You Blog Team on June 01, 2010
Jonathan Tisch recently sat down with the Tufts Journal to discuss Citizen You and the movement to reinvent volunteerism. Read More »
Your Stories: Bruce Wang and One Brick, making a difference in Florida
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on May 26, 2010
When CitizenYou.org launched, we asked you to tell us about the new ways you have been finding to make a difference in your community. The response we've gotten has been amazing. Bruce Wang from Florida wrote to tell us about the non-profit chapter of One Brick that he founded. Read More »
Jonathan Tisch Discusses Citizen You on Morning Joe!
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on May 22, 2010
Jonathan Tisch joined Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe yesterday Read More »
Jonathan Tisch Talks About Citizen You on the Early Show
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on May 19, 2010
On the Early Show yesterday, Jonathan Tisch talks to Harry Smith about what Citizen You is all about: finding ways to use your skills and experience to make the world a better place. Read More »
Active Citizenship: How to Cultivate Change in Our Communities
posted by Jonathan Tisch on May 18, 2010
In the business world, a talented, ambitious person can build lucrative new markets through sheer force of will. There's a direct parallel in the world of advocacy and volunteering: A talented, ambitious person with a big heart and a big idea -- or even a seemingly small one -- can build a support network that improves the daily lives of thousands of citizens. Read More »
Citizen Schools: Bringing professional passion to the classrooms
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on May 12, 2010
In a new video CEO Eric Schwartz cites the importance of skilled and passionate volunteers who are dedicated to using their personal experience to enrich the education of children. Read More »
New Video: Gerald Chartavian talks about Mentoring
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on May 07, 2010
In this new Citizen You video, Gerald Chartavian of Year Up tells a story about mentoring. It shows how enlightening the mentoring process can be not only the mentee but also the mentor. Read More »
Experience Corps: Leveraging the Skills of Older Adults
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on May 05, 2010
CEO Lester Young talks with Citizen You about Experience Corps, a program that places adults 55 years of age and older in urban classrooms around the country. Read More »
Citizen You Book Launches Today!
posted by Citizen You Blog Team on May 04, 2010
Today is the official launch of Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World. Order your copy today! Read More »
Get Active: Become an Entrepreneurial Volunteer
posted by Jonathan Tisch on May 04, 2010
Let's say you live in a major American city, and you notice that there's no safe way to cross a certain major highway on your bike. Problems like this are a matter of both safety and convenience, and you know that fixing them will benefit your entire community. Who do you tell? How do you get involved? Read More »
