Civic Summit Press Roundup

The Civic Engagement Summit was featured in an article in Saturday's Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Here's an excerpt:

Sara K. Kilroy, an adviser with Worcester-based Dynamy, an internship organization, said she had been completely unaware civic engagement was one of the governor’s priorities. “I think it’s much needed,” she said after his speech. “He’s an extremely motivating and powerful speaker.”

Dynamy offers an internship year for recent high school graduates and a youth academy for 13 high school students. Youth academy graduates are eligible for a full-tuition scholarship from Colleges of Worcester Consortium schools.

Also, Chris McCue of Mass Mentors forwards this front-page article from the MetroWest Daily News and Milford Daily News.

Gov. Deval Patrick spoke passionately about reviving volunteerism in Massachusetts at the first state-organized civic engagement summit yesterday.

"I wish you would take a look at yourselves. Your presence confirms what I've suspected for a long time ... people are hungry to reconnect," Patrick told a crowd of 700 at the DCU Center in Worcester, many from local nonprofits, universities and businesses.

Less than a third of all adults volunteered nationwide last year, and a third of those didn't return to service in 2007, according to the Corporation for National & Community Service, the organization that runs AmeriCorps and other service programs.

A few people at the Summit on Friday were disappointed at the lack of media coverage. Indeed, even these two articles, you will notice, focus almost entirely on the Governor.

Have you found any other press coverage? Post them to your blog (registered users only), or as a comment to this post.

Update: David Crowley forwards this article from massnonprofit.org. This article is more substantive than the above two, and focuses on the Business Partnerships track. Here's an excerpt:

November 19, 2007— Nonprofit organizations looking to develop a
partnership with a business should emphasize how the relationship can
help the company improve employee morale and retention, a Fidelity
Investments executive told nonprofit leaders at the first Massachusetts
Civic Engagement Summit held last week in Worcester.

In addition, Dennis Duquette, vice president for community relations
for Fidelity Investments, advised that nonprofits should ask
corporations what their criteria are for engaging in a partnership and
then make a proposal along those lines.

Duquette was one of three business executives who, along with their
nonprofit partners, offered tips and guidance on how to develop
mutually beneficial business partnerships.

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