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Access Colorado
strives to increase student retention and access
through integrated P-20 collaborations,
community discourse, and school-based civic
engagement and retention programs. |
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AmeriCorps*VISTA team members participated in
their team orientation in August 2008. |
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Fact: Research shows that
participation in service learning/civic
engagement improves students’ interest in
learning, and therefore leads to increased
academic performance and retention.
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Community Maps Created by VISTA Members
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AmeriCorps* VISTA members have been
assigned to support several Colorado regions, in
which they have identified academic and
community resources. |
Click on a region to see assets
identified in each area.
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VISTA Members in the News
June 12, 2008
The Daily Camera explores a
visitation program coordinated by
AmeriCorps*VISTA member Janel
Chin at the University of Colorado at Boulder
with I Have a Dream Foundation program
participants
http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/jun/11/cu-hosts-dreamers-for-a-week/
November 20, 2007
The Greeley Tribune covers University
of Northern Colorado VISTA Member Trevor Ammons's
college visitation program for middle school
students in Weld County. "We
want them to realize that school is
something that they can do, and it's cool,"
said Trevor Ammons, "They can interact with students
who go here and ask them questions."
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20071120/NEWS/111190158
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Our
Community Partners
Public Achievement
Founded in 1990, at the Center for
Democracy and Citizenship in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Public Achievement is an international youth civic
engagement initiative focused on the most basic concepts
of citizenship, democracy and public work.
www.publicachievement.org
ACCESS Colorado AmeriCorps*VISTA Member Sarah
McCauley lent her writing skills at the University of
Denver Center for Community Engagement and Service
Learning to help publish a PA Coach Handbook. This
Handbook is a collection of written reflections and
experiences from DU Public Achievement coaches and aims
to share their lessons, struggles and successes with PA
coaches everywhere. To access this handbook please click
on the link below. If you have experiences and
reflections of your own to share, please email engage@du.edu
for more information on submitting your own stories to
this Handbook.
Public Achievement PDF
PeaceJam
The mission of the Peace Jam
Foundation is to create a new generation of young
leaders committed to positive change in themselves,
their communities and the world through the inspiration
of Nobel Peace Laureates.
www.PeaceJam.org
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Get Engaged:
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Serve
as a coach
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Join our leadership committee
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Donate time and/or money
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Support our community mapping project
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Support outreach and
recruitment efforts
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For more information about the
ACCESS Colorado initiative, please
contact Jessica Adams at
cccvista@regis.edu, (303)
562-6652 |
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