Here are some links to Web resources that may be useful to PBHA visitors.

AmeriCorps

When faced with challenges such as illiteracy, poverty, crime, and environmental problems, our nation has always relied on the dedication and action of citizens. Today, the Corporation for National and Community Service carries on that tradition by working with governor-appointed state commissions, local and national nonprofits, faith-based groups, schools, and other civic organizations to provide opportunities for Americans of all ages to serve their communities. The Corporation for National Service works through three major service initiatives: AmeriCorps, Learn and Serve America, and the National Senior Service Corps.

Dwight Hall

The Center for Public Service and Social Justice at Yale. Founded by undergraduates in 1886 as the Young Men's Christian Association at Yale, Dwight Hall has evolved into a nonsectarian, independent, non-profit umbrella organization with a strong history of social justice work in New Haven and beyond. The website serves as an introduction to Dwight Hall Member Organizations, Dwight Hall Associate Member Organizations, and community agencies affiliated with Dwight Hall. Dwight Hall has numerous resources available to its Member Organizations including funding, transportation, resource rooms, a kitchen, audio-visual equipment, photocopies, faxes, experienced and accessible staff members, strong ties to the New Haven community, and over a century of history and commitment.

Harvard Public Service Network (PSN)

PSN is the umbrella organization for all student-led public service on campus. We also produce the Annual Report on Public Service, the Public Service Directory, and Focus on Service, a database of classes related to public service offered through the University. PSN assists with a series of career conferences and workshops and coordinates the Annual Public Service Leadership Summit. Staff provide advice to students pursuing public service internships and careers. A number of grants and fellowships relating to public service are available through PSN.

Heads Up (D.C.)

Founded in 1996, Heads Up is a nonprofit organization that runs education and enrichment programs for children and families living in the most under-resourced parts of Washington, D.C. A unique type of organization, Heads Up draws particularly on the untapped potential of the city’s college students as its tutors, teachers, and mentors. At the same time, Heads Up helps these college students understand their social responsibilities and trains them in the leadership skills to carry them out.

Peace Corps

The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then-Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries. From that inspiration grew an agency of the federal government devoted to world peace and friendship.

Peace Games

Peace Games is an innovative violence prevention program that empowers elementary school students to be peacemakers. The unique Peace Games approach uses cooperative games and community service activities to teach students how to create their own safe schools. Peace Games has opportunities for volunteers and AmeriCorps members to teach.

Stiles Hall

Stiles Hall founded in 1884, is a private, nonprofit agency dedicated to serving the broader community while enriching the lives of U.C.B. students. Today, its mission is to help low income, inner city youth to stay in school, to engage University of California students in meaningful community service, to promote lasting interracial understanding, especially among future community leaders, and to remain a center for real community, hope and democratic values.

World Teach

WorldTeach is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based at the Center for International Development at Harvard University which provides opportunities for individuals to make a meaningful contribution to international education by living and working as volunteer teachers in developing countries. WorldTeach was founded by a group of Harvard students in 1986, in response to the need for educational assistance in developing countries. It also addressed a growing interest among people in the U.S. and elsewhere to serve, teach and learn as volunteers overseas. Since its inception, WorldTeach has placed thousands of volunteer educators in communities throughout Asia, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe.