Posted on 11/09/2008 9:57:13 AM PST by Dead Dog
The name “City Year” reflects the idea that just as young people enroll in a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior year at school, so too should they be challenged to dedicate themselves to a “city year” of full-time service, idealism, civic engagement, and leadership development.
(SNIP> Twenty years ago, City Year was founded by Michael Brown and Alan Khazei, then-roommates at Harvard Law School, who felt strongly that young people in service could be a powerful resource for addressing our nation's most pressing issues.
Since 1988, City Year has been built on the belief that one person can make a difference, and with the vision that one day service will be a common expectation – and a real opportunity – for citizens all around the world.
Since its founding in 1988, City Year has:
graduated more than 11,400 alumni; served 1,060,000 children; completed more than 18 million hours of service; and engaged more than 1,000,000 citizens in service.
The pedigree (Harvard Law) is definately what we would expect.
Folks, what do we know about what they teach? On the surface, these organizations can do great things. However if they are Commie Scouts/Obama Youth, they need to be in the public spotlight....before they are backed by the full force of government.
"I am change" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH0P3NIGMrs
"What I wear" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46mKNvbGVDw
I’ve heard one of their major missions is to fight crime in the cities. I wonder if this is trues and how they would accomplish this.
It’s called “involuntary servitude.” For those of you in Rio Linda, that’s “slavery.”
I just saw their commercial on The Cartoon Network. Did you ever find out anything more about them?
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