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Foster 21st Century Learning

Editor's Note: As students head back to school, YSA is highlighting education and service in our Back to School Education blog series.

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Integrating College and Community

Editor's Note: As students head back to school, YSA is highlighting education and service in our Back to School Education blog series.

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Happy International Youth Day!

Editor's Note: Michael Boampong is the Founder of the Ghanaian-based NGO Young People We Care (YPWC) where he currently serves as Board Member and Advisor. He is pursuing a Masters Degree in Development Studies at Uppsala University. He is passionate about social entrepreneurship, social networks for development, youth development, migration and development, imagination, and making a difference. To learn more about Michael, visit: www.michaelboampong.com

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Garden of Youth Leaders

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Hugh O’Brian Youth: Leadership through Service

Editor’s Note: Chelsey Baturin is an intern associate at America’s Promise Alliance working on the 100 Best Communities for Young People program. In her role, she helps prepare community summaries and will compose a 100 Best final report. She will be a sophomore at Wellesley College this fall and plans to major in Peace and Justice Studies. In this blog post, read about her aha moment in service.

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Bringing Youth On Board

Editor’s Note: Alex Wirth is currently a member of Youth Service America’s (

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Something to Tweet About

Editor’s Note: Simone Bernstein is Co-Founder of St Louis Volunteen.com a youth-led volunteer, intern & scholarship resource for students, families, schools, and nonprofits. St Louis Volunteen.com Organizes & hosts an annual spring STL Youth & Family Volunteer Fair. Find them on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/stlvolunteen @stlvolunteen and on the web at http://www.stlouisvolunteen.com. Simone is a student at St Bonaventure University in Olean, NY.

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Compost: For a Greener Community!

Editor’s Note: YSA’s official GYSD Bloggers shared several great blog posts about their projects and this post provides a great example how to engage community partners in your GYSD project. Woubzena Jifar is the Volunteer Coordinator at Youth Serve, a division of the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County, California. For more info about how to effectively engage partners, please download the newly revised GYSD Toolkit: http://gysd.org/toolkit.