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The
Roadmap to Civic Engagement program was created in response to
growing evidence that young people in this country have become
increasingly disconnected from their communities and civic duties.
Beginning in 2003, all AmeriCorps programs in Washington State were
instructed to include training for their members on the rights and
responsibility of citizenship. The Roadmap uses the cross-age
tutoring structure as well as the six-step model for service-learning
methodology to help members walk youth
through
the entire process of developing a project to meet a genuine community
need. Through this service learning process, members and youth learn
the skills, behaviors, knowledge and values necessary to become
effective, engaged members of their communities and our democracy.
Moreover, results have shown that the empowerment that participants gain
through successfully implementing a service project is a motivating
force for positive involvement in the future.
VISTA members implemented this program with
over 25 students in five area middle schools in Spokane Public
Schools in 2007-2008.
Information obtained from Washington Service Corps
Roadmap to Civic
Engagement
Evaluation Executive Summary 2003-2004.
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