National Civic Review articles from September 1997

National Civic Review archives from September 1997

The war against apathy: four lessons from the front lines of youth advocacy.
September 22, 1997... We are living at what the Greeks called kairos - the right moment for a metamorphosis of the gods. Coming generations will have to take account of this . . . if humanity is not to destroy itself. So much is at stake and so much depends on the...

Citizenship and young people's role in public life.
September 22, 1997... Young people play many roles in public life. They are activists and entrepreneurs, officeholders and voters, taxpayers and consumers, advocates and beneficiaries. They are also, first and foremost, citizens. In its narrowest, most technical...

A case for professional corps.
September 22, 1997... Teach For America, the national teacher corps, has inspired almost four thousand outstanding recent college graduates over the last eight years to commit two years to teaching in urban and rural public schools. Known in the national service...

Why the environment needs national service
September 22, 1997... "Houston, we have a problem. . . ." On July 20, 1969, when "man" landed on the Moon, the United States achieved a remarkable scientific and technological breakthrough. "One small step for . . . man; one giant leap for mankind"; Neil...

Latino leadership development: beginning on campus.
September 22, 1997... Latinos are a unique population in the United States. They are one of the largest minority groups and growing. Latinos themselves are made up of descendants from more than nineteen different countries; they comprise every major racial group. In...

Hip-hop nation: the undeveloped social capital of Black urban America.
September 22, 1997... Observers of public life and civil society agree that the civic health of a community is largely determined by the availability and abundance of its "social capital." Used in this context, social capital refers to both the informal and formal...

Instructions included: an open letter to future change agents.
September 22, 1997... In a world of devolution, welfare reform, and an expanding global economy, emerging leaders must work to bridge the gap between the haves and have nots - a gap often caused by racism, ageism, classism, and sexism. Deciding which issue to tackle...

Policy leadership, gen x style.
September 22, 1997... For years, Generation X (Americans born between 1961 and 1981) has been broadly characterized as a group of unfocused, apathetic slackers, while the roots of this characterization have been ignored. In fact, many "Gen Xers," determined to...

When CEO precedes Ph.D. (or MBA, or J.D....). (managing a nonprofit organization)
September 22, 1997... If I had known eight years ago what I know now, I'm quite certain I would not have taken the job I did at Student Pugwash. But ignorance was bliss, and I had no idea how difficult it would be, or what I was getting myself into. I accepted the...

Meeting America's diversity challenge through community service and regional cooperation: the Greater Philadelphia High School Partnership.
September 22, 1997... Two demographic projections loom large over America's future. In the year 2020, 45 percent of the nation's youth under eighteen years of age will be nonwhite. And in 2050, almost half the nation's population will be nonwhite. America faces a...