Service For Peace

7 membersService For Peace - Louisville Service for Peace Louisville is the lead organizer for the 8th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Season of Service.

3 membersMLK Community Coalition of LebanonThe mission of the MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, Ohio is to honor Dr. King’s vision of justice by building an inclusive network of individuals and organizations that work toward empowerment for all people.

9 membersServe YavapaiServe Yavapai's mission is to help build and sustain the efforts of Yavapai County service providers and community members to continually improve the quality of life across the region. We work to support efforts in creating a just and healthy community. As a National Service project of Prescott College, Serve Yavapai is an inherently volunteer-based program. We recruit, train and place AmeriCorps VISTA members to not only serve our community themselves but to also recruit community members to serve alongside them. On National Days of Service: Serve Yavapai partners with the Yavapai County AmeriCorps Project, of Community Counts, to address community needs.

2 membersPennsylvania Family CoalitionThe Pennsylvania Family Coalition serves as the state commission on community service and volunteerism. Its mission is to catalyze the innovation and growth of service and volunteerism by creating partnerships that maximize resources, expertise, capacity, and impact. Toward this end we: invest public and private funds in community-based organizations in a fair and equitable manner; convene and mobilize individuals, nonprofits, corporations and government entities to link strategies related to service and volunteerism; build capacity of programs and agencies through training and technical assistance; and advocate for the development and promotion of public policies and private intiatives that incorporate service and volunteerism as effective strategies to addresss community needs.

35 membersMLK Day of Service - Bay AreaThis will be the10th year that Service For Peace has been a key organizer to promote the MLK Day of Service and organize projects in Oakland, and around the Bay Area. We continue to spread awareness by making it a day on, not a day off. Our mission for the MLK Season of Service is to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King by recruiting volunteers from diverse backgrounds to help organizations that help at risk youth and to involve those youth in community service.

2 membersService For Peace - SeattleThis will be the sixth year that SFP Seattle has been the lead organizer for the MLK Day/Season of Service in Seattle/King County. Our mission is to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King by recruiting volunteers from diverse backgrounds to help organizations that help at risk youth and to involve those youth in community service. Our goals are to expand MLK Season of Service each year so that more volunteers commit to ongoing volunteer opportunities during MLK Season of Service and throughout the year.

11 membersUnited Way of the Greater TriangleThe United Way of the Greater Triangle (UWGT) brings together local partner agencies, nonprofits, government volunteers and experts to focus on lasting changes to key issues. In 2009, the Triangle United Way merged with Johnston County United Way to create the United Way of the Greater Triangle. Triangle United Way was originally formed in 1998 as a result of the merger of three United Ways, each representing Orange, Durham, and Wake Counties. The organization is located in the center of the geographic region represented by all four North Carolina counties that make up the heart of the region known as the Research Triangle. UWGT’s mission is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community.

8 membersService for Peace - Washington, D.C.Service for Peace's Washington D.C. chapter.

4 membersCity of Bloomington MLK, Jr. CommissionThe Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission (MLK Commission) was established in 1993 for the purposes of celebrating Dr. King’s birthday and promoting the acceptance of diversity. The commission is part of the City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources Department, which was created in 1983 as the Human Resources Department and renamed in 1997. The mission of the department is to serve as a resource to individuals, families and organizations in the Bloomington community. It coordinates services, programs and activities that promote an enhanced quality of life and help build a strong, vital community.

2 membersNature ConsortiumNature Consortium is a grassroots, community-based organization whose mission is to connect people, arts and nature. We create opportunities for people to connect to themselves, to each other, their community and the natural world. We foster a journey of discovery for people to find their individual passion, empowerment and action. We believe that by creating awareness individuals will change their behavior in interacting with the world