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VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT Continued from page 36 paign pushing for the passage by Congress of a Voluntary National Service Act. There has long been some controversy between the stipended “volunteers” and those who work in their communities for no financial compensation. Independent Sector, the Washington, D.C.-based advocacy organization is one of the more than 100 organizations involved. Diana Aviv, chief executive officer of Independent Sector, said that there is common ground. “Though there are differences between national service and volunteerism, what’s most important is what they share: a commitment to mobilizing individuals to address the important issues facing our communities and our world,” said Aviv. “The nonprofit community and the nation as a whole would be well served to foster both of these types of activities.” Key financial sponsors for the summit include Time magazine, AARP, The Case Foundation, the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund and philanthropist James J. Jensen. Other prominent funders include the Amelior Foundation in Morristown, lasting impact. Many of the people involved with the new summit were involved with the 1997 event. Khazei is not one who wants the old summit at arm’s-length saying that anything that brings recognition to volunteerism is a good thing. The organization lists 13 objectives: 1 Enroll 500,000 Americans annually in a revitalized AmeriCorps national service program, which focuses on key areas such as education, the environment, public health and disaster relief; 2 Send 100,000 Americans overseas each year through the Peace Corps,Volun- teers for Prosperity and Global Service Fellowships; 3 Engage students in service learning op portunities by expanding Learn and Serve America to reach 3 million students; 4 Engage teenagers in a “Summer of Service” to address problems in their own communities; 5 Provide opportunities to returning war veterans who want to continue to serve their country through a civilian service opportunity at home or abroad; 6 Make permanent the Citizen Corps and engage 500,000 Americans; 7 Create a new initiative of “Encore Ser- vice Careers”for baby-boomers and seniors; Offer new support and performance standards for 400 volunteer centers; 9 Create the permanent National Service Council to play a similar role as the National Security Council and National Economic Council; 10 Establish a U.S.Public Service Academy; 11 Convene new Citizen Congresses; 12 Create regular Youth Constitutional Conventions at the National Constitution Center; and, 13 Launch a debate about why and how America should become a nation of universal national service by 2020. NPT 8 There has long been some controversy between the stipended “volunteers” and those who work in their communities for no financial compensation N.J., headed by financier Ray Chambers who has bankrolled volunteer efforts, such as the former Points of Light Foundation, for more than a decade. The ServiceNation movement is comprised of prominent military, civic, academic, and social justice leaders. Among the leaders are: R. Sargent Shriver, Alma Powell, former senators Harris Wofford and Gary Hart, former Montana Gov. Mark Racicot, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, and former Surgeon General Richard Carmona. John Dilulio, the first head of President George W. Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, is also involved, as are other former members of both Republican and Democratic administrations. Some of the organizers don’t want the event compared to the Presidents’ Summit in 1997, during which all the former Presidents of the United States (Ronald Regan was represented by Nancy Reagan) descended on Philadelphia to push for volunteerism. It was a call to service that spawned organizations such as the America’s Promise Alliance, but had little long- AUGUST 1, 2008 THE NONPROFIT TIMES www.nptimes.com 39 http://www.multicastmedia.com/nonprofit http://www.multicastmedia.com/nonprofit http://www.nptimes.com

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