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A key part of the Public Allies program is our Team Service Projects (TSP). Our Allies are placed into three small groups, given a neighborhood and some resident contacts, and asked to work with the neighborhood to create a project during their 10-month service term. Three projects were completed by our current Public Allies.
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Renee never stops pushing towards improvement, whether in herself, her career, or her community. Read how Public Allies is helping her achieve her goals and what Public Allies means to her.
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Again this year, Public Allies (PA) hosted our Conversations With a Dream. This is an open mic community event. Each year we are fortunate enough to have folks share their poetry, song, and stories and this year was no different.
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At the Indianapolis Cultural Trail Inc., I am developing a program named EveryBody Rides to ensure everyone has accessibility to Pacers Bikeshare; specifically, the Indianapolis Housing Agency properties in the downtown Indianapolis area. With EveryBody Rides, IHA residents are able to receive a $10 annual membership to Indiana Pacers Bikeshare....
Jess is an Indianapolis native and recent graduate of IUPUI with a Bachelor’s of Social Work. During her term with Public Allies she is serving at Christel House DORS as the Resource Coordination, AmeriCorps Public Ally. Christel House DORS is a tuition free high school for adults 18 and older....
My name is Megan Haines. I am an AmeriCorps Public Ally serving at the Edna Martin Christian Center on the near-eastside of Indianapolis. The Center, in my eyes, is the heart of the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood it stands in. While working at the Center I have the daily pleasure of mentoring...
Serving in the Martindale Brightwood area as a community mobilizer for ten homes built called The Centennial Village. I am currently working with the Centennial Village Committee to help coordinate efforts to bring the community and churches together under one scope to fight the issues of crime, unemployment, among others...
An easy to follow guidebook full of practical tools to help you and your neighbors organize.
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Most recently I have been inspired by the book A Child Shall Lead Them: Martin Luther King Jr., Young People, and the Movement, by Dr. Rufus Burrow. The book highlights youth and young adult involvement during the civil rights movement and the impact they had in changing their communities and...
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