From writing clear, descriptive event listings that give volunteers the context they need, to choosing and communicating about accessible venues, to crafting thoughtful sign-up forms that ask the right questions, we’ll cover the full volunteer journey through an accessibility lens.

Whether you’re just starting to think about inclusion or looking to strengthen practices you already have in place, you’ll walk away with concrete strategies and tools to create volunteer experiences where everyone feels informed, included, and empowered to participate.

Date and Time: May 14, 2:00 PM

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In a year when democratic engagement feels more important than ever, how are colleges and universities helping students practice democracy in meaningful ways? Join us to explore how higher education institutions are practicing democracy on campus through student engagement, civic learning, nonpartisan voter participation, and constructive dialogue. Experts from guides.Vote, ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, Unify America, and GivePulse will kick off the conversation with their perspectives and resources, followed by an open, community-driven dialogue focused on ideas, challenges, and opportunities—building momentum toward the nation’s 250th anniversary and midterm elections.

The purpose of this study was to explore what programmatic aspects of a nonformal service-learning and community engagement (SLCE) program contributed to youth being authentically engaged in their communities and how youth participants define engagement. The program investigated was a high school leadership program for students who self-identified as women. Using a sequential explanatory mixed methods design, data was collected via surveys and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data found that components of the Emergent Theory of the Role of Context in Service-Learning Practice Model (Fox & LaChenaye, 2016) were positively associated with participants’ engagement. Additionally, four interview themes emerged about what authentic engagement means to participants: applying learned materials, community and connections, empowered to make a difference, and unique times of COVID-19. Based on these findings and past research, three recommendations were created: the power of empowerment, community, and youth voice.

Date and Time: Thursday, May 14, 2026, 2-3:30pm (CT)

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Date and Time: Tuesday, February 24, 12:00 PM

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Date and Time: Wednesday, July 30, 2:00 PM

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Join us for a higher education overview webinar highlighting how Benedictine College and Marquette University—two Catholic institutions—leverage GivePulse to support and scale their service-learning and community engagement efforts. Learn how these campuses streamline impact tracking, foster student involvement, and build meaningful community partnerships using the GivePulse platform. Not able to join us, no worries, register and we will be sure to send you the recording. Please feel free to forward this to your colleagues who may be interested.

While the full implications are still unfolding, these changes could affect operations and support structures across national service programs. We recognize the uncertainty this creates for many in our network and are committed to keeping you informed as more details emerge.

For now, AmeriCorps programs—including State and National—remain active, and education award processing is not affected. We will continue to monitor the situation and share updates relevant to our community of partners, nonprofits, campuses, and volunteers.

America’s Service Commissions has created a FastAction center, allowing you to easily contact your senators and representatives of Congress to sustain AmeriCorps Funding.

Discover how GivePulse can be used to track student participation and engagement, providing data that supports credit-bearing courses, service-learning programs, and co-curricular activities.

You’ll also hear how Miami Dade College developed and implemented their Civic Action Scorecard to measure and motivate meaningful civic learning and participation leveraging both GivePulse and Unify America.

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Date and Time: Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 2:00 PM

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Complete the #GiveTogether grant application and share how $500 can support your National Volunteer Week events! And/or submit a #GiveJoy video on social media, telling us what volunteering means to you and the impact your organization makes in the community!

Everyone is welcome to participate—don’t miss your chance to be part of this exciting challenge!

P.S. #GiveJoy and #GiveTogether submissions are due by April 8. 

Questions? Reach out to us at nvw@givepulse.com!

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Date and Time: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 2:00 PM

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Hear the latest 2024 top trends shared by experts around what shaped corporate engagement and nonprofit impact last year. Don’t miss the opportunity to get ahead of the curve and make 2025 your most impactful year yet!

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This session highlights the benefit of providing a shared community engagement platform for all stakeholders through the experiences of our 2024 Partnership Pulse Award recipients, the University of Texas at El Paso and El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank. They will share how their collaboration leverages GivePulse as a community engagement ecosystem to make a positive impact in addressing food insecurity in El Paso.

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This webinar considers why rhetoric and convictions often fall short of practice, and what we can do . It will explore:

1. Barriers that institutions face in pursuing reciprocity;
2. the benefit of focusing on “partnerships” rather than “projects” to achieve reciprocity; and
3. insights from experts who will share best practices in how to share authority, responsibility and accountability with community partners.

Additionally, the webinar will provide key tips on how to weave the community’s voice throughout the application and how to prepare your partners for the application partner survey.

Date and Time: November 19, 2024, 2:00 PM

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Join us for an insightful webinar to discover how to secure leadership buy-in, reinforce community engagement as central to your campus identity, and leverage the self-study process to drive impactful change from a panel of leaders from Bard College, Sam Houston State University and Rutgers University-Camden.

Date and Time: Thursday, September 12, 2024, 2:30 PM

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This webinar is one in a two-part webinar series titled, The Process is the Prize, facilitated by the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement team and featuring a panel of campuses to share their thoughts and reflections on the application process. The second webinar, High Quality Community-Engagement Partnerships and The Carnegie Community Engagement Application, will be in November.

Date and Time: July 30, 2024, 2:00 PM

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We’ll explore the initial steps taken to establish the partnership, the strategic goals that guided their collaboration, and the innovative approaches that have driven their joint efforts. Attendees will gain insights into the measurable outcomes that highlight the impact of their work together.

Date and Time: July 24, 2024, 2:00 PM

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We will be sharing a brief overview of the GivePulse platform for Higher Education users, with the majority of our time dedicated to exploring ways to engage and empower your students. Our presenters include representatives from the University of Lynchburg and High Point University. Also, we will be answering your questions. Not able to join us, no worries, register and we will be sure to send you the recording.

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The Elective Classifications serve as a tool for people-centered systems change in higher education. Utilizing self-study as a tool for institutional reflection and ritual, the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement assesses institutional principles and practices of public purpose to promote transformation through the co-defining challenges, identifying promising practices, and co-creating goals and outcomes for partnership with communities and campuses that demonstrate the legitimacy of community-engaged practices, partnerships rooted in reciprocity, and outcomes in which the knowledge(s) of those in the community are validated and legitimized.

The Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement framework reflects ongoing transformative shifts within our institutions, communities, and how we come together to address institutional- and community-based problem solving for the public good.

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Date and Time: February 21, 2024, 2:00 PM

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We will be sharing a brief overview of the GivePulse platform for Higher Education users, with the majority of our time dedicated to learning from Chandler-Gilbert Community College and GivePulse staff. We also will be answering your questions. Not able to join us, no worries, register and we will be sure to send you the recording.