Indiana AmeriCorps State/National programs, through the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, offer part and full time opportunities for members at nonprofits and colleges and universities. State/National programs focus on direct service to the community through members who want to make a real difference in the world.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Take Ten - Violence Prevention & Conflict Resolution
Take
Ten Program at Robinson Community Learning Center
By
Lauren Kross
In 2011, Robinson
Community Learning Center received an AmeriCorps grant. All programs housed at
the Robinson Center received at least one full time member as well as part time
members in addition to the volunteers they already have. Ellen Kyes, Director of Take Ten, said: “AmeriCorps has allowed the
Take Ten program to experience tremendous growth and bring projects to
fruition."
Take Ten AmeriCorps
members serve in various areas of the program. All members teach the program in at least one
classroom of students and assist with one major project. These projects include
curriculum update, volunteer evaluation, social media, training videos, and the
production of the Take Ten comic book.
Take Ten is a violence
prevention and conflict resolution program.
Anne Perry launched “Take Ten: Talk it out, Walk it out, Wait it out” as
a slogan campaign to end violence in urban Chicago schools in 1995.
Today, over 125 volunteers and AmeriCorps members
from Notre Dame, Holy Cross College, Saint Mary’s College, Indiana University
South Bend, Bethel College, and the South Bend Community teach Take Ten at the
various elementary, middle, and high schools as well as Center for the
Homeless, Boys and Girls Club, Robinson Community Learning Center, and South
Bend Juvenile Correctional Facility. In
addition to teaching the curriculum, volunteers and members assist with various Take Ten
projects including the annual poster contest, t-shirt contest, and Take Ten festival.
The Robinson Community Learning Center (RCLC) AmeriCorps program strives
to provide low-income, minority youth with the educational support and
healthy community they need in order to thrive. The RCLC offers a multifaceted approach to addressing these needs, with programs
including tutoring, conflict resolution, and entrepreneurship.
AmeriCorps members support the goal of improving educational
outcomes for those in poverty by coordinating a range of educational
programs, recruiting volunteers, expanding outreach, and developing curricula to respond to community needs.
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