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Shirley Sagawa

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Chevy Chase, MD  20815

301.657.7722

ssagawa@sagawajospin.com

 

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Chevy Chase, MD 20815
301.718.1864
fax: 301.718.0180
djospin@sagawajospin.com


 

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AmeriCorps Alums

www.lifetimeofservice.org
AmeriCorps Alums is the national alumni association for AmeriCorps, which engages Americans of all ages and backgrounds in a year or more of intensive service in exchange for educational awards.

Annie E. Casey Foundation
www.aecf.org
The Casey Foundation's mission is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.

Asian American LEAD

www.aalead.org

AALEAD seeks to promote the well-being of Asian American youth and families through education, leadership development, and community-building, focusing on immigrant and refugee communities in Washington, DC.

 

The Case Foundation

www.casefoundation.org

The Case Foundation's mission is to achieve sustainable solutions to complex social problems by investing in collaboration, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

 

Center for Arts and Culture

www.culturalpolicy.org

The Center for Arts and Culture is an independent think tank that aims to broaden and deepen the national conversation on culture and cultural policies.
 

Citizen Schools

www.citizenschools.org

Citizen Schools operates a national network of apprenticeship programs for youth that connects middle school students with adult volunteers in hands-on learning with lawyers, web designers, architects and other skilled community leaders. 

 

City Year
www.cityyear.org
Over 1000 City Year corps members, ages 17 to 24, unite from diverse racial, educational and socio-economic backgrounds for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development and civic engagement in sixteen cities in the United States and South Africa.

 

The William J. Clinton Foundation

www.clintonfoundation.org

The mission of the William J. Clinton Foundation is to strengthens the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence.  

 

The Dutko Group

www.dutkogroup.com

The Dutko Group provides its corporate and nonprofit clients with comprehensive public policy management in the area of Federal Government Relations.

 

Equal Justice Works
www.equaljusticeworks.org
Equal Justice Works (formerly the National Association for Public Interest Law) is the country's leading organization engaged in organizing, training and supporting public service-minded law students, and is the national leader in creating summer and postgraduate public interest jobs.

 

Experience Corps®

www.experiencecorps.org

More than 1,500 Experience Corps members, aged 55 and over, serve as tutors and mentors to children in urban public schools and after-school programs where they help teach children to read and develop the confidence and skills to succeed in school and in life.

 

Florida Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service

www.volunteerflorida.org

The Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service funds Florida AmeriCorps and National Service programs; encourages volunteerism for everyone from youths to seniors to people with disabilities; promotes volunteerism in emergency management and preparedness; and helps to strengthen and expand Volunteer Centers in Florida.

 

Harvard University, Institute of Politics

www.iop.harvard.edu

A memorial to President John F. Kennedy, the Institute of Politics' mission is to unite and engage students, particularly undergraduates, with academics, politicians, activists, opinion leaders and policymakers on a non-partisan basis; to stimulate and nurture their interest in public service and leadership; and to inspire them to become engaged in civic and political life. The Institute strives to promote greater understanding and cooperation between the academic world and the world of politics and public affairs.

 

Innovations in Civic Participation

www.icicp.org

Innovations in Civic Participation is a non-profit social change organization that provides expertise, ideas, information and advocacy support in the United States and around the world to develop and strengthen policies and programs that promote political and civic engagement through service.

 

Institute for Higher Education Policy

www.ihep.org

The Institute for Higher Education Policy is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mission is to foster access and success in postsecondary education through public policy research and other activities that inform and influence the policymaking process.

 

International Centre for Healing and the Law

www.healingandthelaw.org

The International Centre for Healing and the Law promotes a legal profession dedicated to healing and peace in our society, and provides opportunities for law professionals to explore and reflect upon the deeper meaning of their vocation. Founded in 2002, the Centre offers educational programs to promote law and lawyers as agents of healing social conflict.

 

Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative

www.jimcaseyyouth.org

The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative is a nonprofit organization formed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Casey Family Programs to help youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood. The Initiative brings together the people and resources needed to help youth make the connections they need to education, employment, health care, housing, and supportive personal and community relationships.

 

John F. Kennedy Library Foundation

http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, a non-profit organization, was established in 1984 to advance the Kennedy Library’s mission of capturing, preserving, and exhibiting for present and future scholars and visitors the history and essence of President Kennedy’s life and career and encouraging an understanding, respect for, and participation in public service.

 

Learning In Deed
www.learningindeed.org
Learning In Deed is an initiative that aims to make service-learning – a teaching strategy that integrates service to others into classroom learning – part of every K-12 student’s experience.

 

National Alliance to End Homelessness

www.naeh.org

The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to mobilize the nonprofit, public and private sectors of society in an alliance to end homelessness.

 

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
www.nachc.org
NACHC promotes the provision of high quality, comprehensive health care that is accessible, coordinated, culturally and linguistically competent, and community directed for all underserved populations.

 

National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA)
www.naccrra.org
NACCRRA provides national leadership to building quality child care systems, community by community and neighborhood by neighborhood. It is a membership association providing vision, leadership, and support to community childcare resource and referral agencies - the state and local organizations that help parents find quality child care that meets their needs.

 

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

www.teenpregnancy.org

The goal of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is to reduce the rate of teen pregnancy by one-third between 1996 and 2005.

 

National Service Learning Partnership

www.service-learningpartnership.org

The Partnership is a national network of members dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person’s education. The network consists of more than 8,500 members in all 50 states, including young people, teachers, parents, administrators, policymakers, education leaders, community partners, businesspeople, and researchers. 

 

National Women's Law Center
www.nwlc.org
The National Women's Law Center has worked since its inception in 1972 to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives.

 

New Profit

www.newprofit.com

New Profit is a national venture philanthropy fund designed to provide the necessary resources for social entrepreneurs to achieve their visions.

 

Philanthropix Partners

Philanthropix Partners, Inc. is a nonprofit public benefit organization whose mission is to create a field-changing impact on the philanthropic sector by providing the first national, fully-scaled source of neutral, trusted, objective research analytics and evaluative information about the key participants in the field of philanthropy. 

 

Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org
Save the Children works to make lasting, positive change in the lives of children in need in the US and around the world.

 

Scholarship America

www.scholarshipamerica.org

Scholarship America's mission is to expand access to educational opportunities by involving and assisting communities, corporations, foundations, organizations and individuals in the support of students and in the encouragement of educational achievement.  Founded in 1958, Scholarship America has distributed more than $1billion to more than one million students.  It is the nation’s largest nonprofit, private sector scholarship and educational support organization.

 

Schweitzer Fellowship

www.schweitzerfellowship.org

The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship develops Leaders in Service by offering community service fellowships to graduate students in health and human services.

 

Share Our Strength
www.strength.org
Share Our Strength is one of the nation's leading anti-hunger, anti-poverty organizations. To bring resources to the fight against hunger and poverty, SOS builds creative partnerships with a range of industries, including retail, financial services and music -- and creates community wealth, resources generated through profitable enterprise to promote social change.

 

Sports4Kids

www.sports4kids.org

Sports4Kids’vision for the future is that all children enjoy the full emotional, social, and health benefits of play and physical activity. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play. Its entrepreneurial insight is that play is the single most effective strategy for increasing physical activity, and in turn physical activity is a powerful strategy for engaging kids in play.

   

The Stargazer Group
www.stargazergroup.com
Stargazer™ invests in organizations, endeavors and people that embody the entrepreneurial spirit. Stargazer creates collaborative environments, in real space and in cyberspace, for people and organizations to support and learn from one another. StargazerNET is a not-for-profit based Internet platform and portal designed to facilitate and support the activities of individuals and organizations working to better society.

 

United Way of America 2-1-1 Initiative

http://national.unitedway.org/211/

2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number that connects people with important community services and volunteer opportunities. While services that are offered through 2-1-1 vary from community to community, 2-1-1 provides callers with information about and referrals to human services for every day needs and in times of crisis.

 

Washington Scholarship Fund

www.washingtonscholarshipfund.org

The Washington Scholarship Fund provides scholarships for low-income children to attend private schools.

 

The Wetzel Group

http:/wetzelgroup.com

The Wetzel Group offers customized creative ideas and dynamic alliances to help clients realize their particular and special community and promotional goals.
 

The Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/wlppfp/

Since 1983, the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program has enabled law graduates with a special interest in women's rights to work in the nation's capital on legal and policy issues affecting women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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