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Financial Literacy Education and Free Tax Preparation

clamo88 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:34:22 -0600

Here's a great way to make a big difference in the lives of low-income residents in your own community. As a tax volunteer, you can help low-income residents get their refund quickly through e-filing, including special tax credits, without paying a cent! Become an IRS-certified Tax Prepare at a VITA Site in your community. VITA stands for Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and it's a program established and supported by the IRS to ensure that low-income residents do not have to pay to get their income taxes prepared professionally. read more »

Mini-Grants Available to Youth Groups

Christine Ellersick — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:35:42 -0500

World Harmony Mini-Grants read more »

Boston Summit is May 3rd

Mike Sances — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:20:17 -0600

More details are emerging about Boston City Councilor Maureen Feeney's plans for a civic enagement summit in Boston.

This morning's Boston Globe has an article about the planned event, set for May 3. read more »

Operations Associate

molly.hurt — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:20:39 -0600

Operations Associate Job Description
(Temporary)

Generations Incorporated is Boston’s host to Experience Corps, a national
movement to mobilize older adults. Our
older adult members serve as volunteer literacy tutors and mentors for students
in grades K-5 in the Boston Public Schools.
Over the last five years, we’ve grown from 40 to over 300 members. We will continue to grow as we are looking to read more »

MassCivicAction Conference Call Notes

Mike Sances — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:25:10 -0600

Yesterday we had a conference call to discuss the future of this website. There were a few people who couldn't make the call but were interested in staying involved, and a request to post the call minutes to the site. Here are my notes, including a list of participants. read more »

Help Shape the Future of MassCivicAction.org!

Mike Sances — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:58:53 -0600

Update: Notes from the call have now been posted. Click here to read.

We'd like to invite all site users to participate in the discussion of how the site is used moving forward.

SCI will be holding a meeting via conference call Monday, 12/17 at 3pm to discuss how to maximize use of http://masscivicaction.org. Long term, having a small committee that works with SCI to provide input on the site content, features, etc. will help to ensure the tool read more »

Telling Our Story

kboss — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:28:43 -0600

What are the results of the Massachusetts Civic Engagement Summit? What did people take away from the Summit that has motivated them as they move forward in their communities, neighborhoods, and workplaces? What did people write on the postcards about what they would do and how have they done on these points? read more »

IMPACT National Student Conference on Service, Advoacy, and Social Action

jsarve — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:03:17 -0600

Mass.gov Highlights the Summit

Mike Sances — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:20:47 -0600

We recently learned that mass.gov has a page up with some pictures and media from the Summit. Click the picture below, or just go to http://mass.gov and search for "civic summit".

Audio of Gov. Patrick's Keynote Speech

Andrew — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:36:54 -0600

Below is Governor Patrick's full speech in a flash player for everyone's enjoyment.

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Special Thanks to Tom Sander for the audio of the speech. Visit his blog here: Social Capital Blog read more »