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"Service is the rent that each of us pays for living."
-Mariam Wright Edelman


URI Resources:
Academic Alternative Spring Break (AASB) (www.uri.edu/women_center/aasb)
Campus Life (www.uri.edu/student_affairs/campus_life)
Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies (www.uri.edu/nonviolence)
Center for Student Leadership Development (www.mu.uri.edu/leadership)
Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America (www.uri.edu/endhunger)
Multicultural Center (www.uri.edu/mcc)
Office of Internships & Experiential Education (www.uri.edu/univcol/internships)
University College (www.uri.edu/univcol)
URI Chaplains Association (www.uri.edu/chaplains)
Women’s Center (http://www.uri.edu/women_center/)
Civic Engagement: Stay informed!
Below are some resources to get informed and engaged in our democracy (and register to vote). Make sure your voice in heard!
RI Board of Elections (http://www.elections.ri.gov/default.htm)
Service Vote (www.servicevote.org)
Rock the Vote (www.rockthevote.org)
Online Resources to become inspired, engaged and active:
Campus Progress (www.campusprogress.org)
CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) (www.civicyouth.org)
Echoing Green (www.echoinggreen.org)
The Foundation for a Better Life (www.forbetterlife.org)
Good Magazine (www.goodmagazine.com)
Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org)
Idealist on Campus (http://www.idealist.org/if/IOC/en/Home/default)
http://servicelearning.org/images/1dot.gifNational Coalition for the Homeless (www.nationalhomeless.org)
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (www.servicelearning.org)
National Student Campaign Against Hunger & Homelessness (www.studentsagainsthunger.org)
Oxfam America (www.oxfamamerica.org)
ServeNet (www.servenet.org)
Tolerance.org (www.tolerance.org)
United States Student Association (www.usstudents.org)
Youth Noise (www.youthnoise.com)
Great Books (These and many others are accessible in the Clearinghouse for Volunteers):
Be the Change! Change the World. Change Yourself. Edited by Michelle Nunn
Be Bold: Create a career with impact. By Cheryl L Dorsey & Lara Galinsky (www.bebold.org)
Our Time is Now: Young people changing the world. By Sheila Kinkade & Christina Macy

Check out the Careers for Common Good Page for even more resources!

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Feinstein Center for Service Learning
90 Lower College Road, Suite 12
Kingston, Rhode Island 02881

Sarah Miller, Coordinator
Roosevelt Room 127
401-874-7422
Email: sgmiller@mail.uri.edu

Clearinghouse for Volunteers
Roosevelt Room 125
AmeriCorps*VISTA
Marcy LaBossiere
401-874-2568
Email: cfv@etal.uri.edu or urivolunteers@gmail.com

Jumpstart URI
Roosevelt Rooms 133 &135

Senior Site Manager
Lynne Finnegan
401-874-2090
jstart@etal.uri.edu

Senior Site Manager
Catherine Cutlip
401-874-5539
jstartpv@etal.uri.edu