The site now had additional information about community organizing and voter registration strategies. With Washington, D.C. as the backdrop, join the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness and its the 13th Annual Conference, Oct.26-29 at the University of Maryland, College Park. Author and activist Jonathan Kozol, will be the keynote speaker. The deadline for submitting a workshop proposal is October 1. This fee includes all conference sessions, materials, floor housing, and at least five meals.
Some scholarships are available.
YSA's mission is to strengthen the Effectiveness, Sustainability, and Scale of the youth service movement. YSA envisions a powerful network of organizations committed to making service the common experience and expectation of all young Americans. A strong youth service movement will create healthy communities, and foster citizenship, knowledge, and the personal development of young people. An alternative news source on the Web, Connect for Kids provides solutions-oriented coverage of critical issues for children and families, with the goal of going far beyond the personal stories that dominate family coverage in most news outlets by bringing together meaningful information, success stories and ideas for action.