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THE CITIZEN SERVICE SUMMIT
April 27-29, 1997
Philadelphia
The two-day Summit is being designed to build on steps already being taken in
communities all across America to produce -- by the year 2000 -- a quantum leap in
effective community volunteering and citizen service focused on the most critical problems
of children and youth. This Summit of Presidents of the United States and citizen leaders
from all around the country will be an historic call to action.
With the support of President Clinton and President Bush, and the urging of George
Romney shortly before his death, this Summit was initiated by The Points of Light
Foundation and The Corporation for National Service. It will consist of more than 1,000
citizens in teams from some 100 communities, and 500 representatives of partner
organizations from the private, public, and non-profit sectors at the national and state
levels. The 1,500 participants are being invited to Philadelphia to launch a strategy for
citizen service and community leadership to "turn the tide" by the turn of the century on
many of the challenges facing so many young people today.
Organizations and institutions invited to the Summit will be asked to come with a tangible
commitment to new action that will help create the conditions for the success of American
youth. These conditions include but are not limited to:
Caring and supportive mentoring relationships in the life of every young person.
Education that prepares the coming generation for productive employment,
economic fulfillment and good citizenship.
A healthy start in life and encouragement of healthy behavior.
Safe and decent places to gather, learn, work, play and live.
Inspiration and opportunities for everyone -- young and old -- to give back to
others through service and to contribute to the common good.
Bold but reachable targets will be proposed at the Summit to offer a national vision of
how these conditions can be advanced through expanded and more effective volunteer and
citizen service. As a start for this process of target-setting the following examples for
national targets to be achieved by the year 2000 are proposed:
2,000,000 additional mentors
2,000,000 additional students reading at grade level
2,000,000 additional children having access to health care
2,000,000 additional children and youth engaged in safe group activities
2,000,000 additional youth engaged in community service
Following the Summit, community teams and local summits will further develop and refine
the measurable targets.
Young people will be key participants at the Summit, and youth will be recognized not as
"problems" but as resources and talent to be tapped. In challenging society to better serve
youth, an equally important challenge will be for youth themselves to serve.
The Summit should be seen as the beginning of an on-going process through the year
2000. It will provide an organizing model both for the communities represented at the
Summit and for many others who will find this model an impetus to new action. To
advance such action, each of the community delegations will be expected to develop local
initiatives launched at their own "summit". In addition, State level participants will have a
special responsibility to promote this process in other communities not represented at the
National Summit.
The Summit is not to be focused on legislation or government policy relating to the
problems of children and youth. Instead, it aims to expand and strengthen the power of
citizen service to solve these problems.
The convening of a national summit with the President of the United States, former
Presidents and the First Ladies, is without precedent. That itself will enhance the
importance of voluntary citizen action and national service but the aim is to prove that this
strategy of service can " turn the tide" and actually connect Americans to solve some of
the most serious social problems facing the coming generation and thus the nation as a
whole. In doing so, Americans will feel a new sense of faith and hope that the great
challenges facing our country can be successfully met by citizens working together.
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The Citizen Service Summit
The aim - and ultimate outcome - of the Citizen Service Summit is to "turn the tide" for children
and youth -- to improve the quality of life and chances of success of those most affected by
serious social problems. This will happen by drawing new energy and leadership into the
mobilization of Americans and their organizations for expanded, more effective service for youth
with a special emphasis on engaging more young people themselves in service.
A. General Goals:
1) Caring and supportive mentoring relationships in the life of every young person.
2) Education that prepares the coming generation for productive employment,
economic fulfillment and good citizenship.
3) A healthy start in life and encouragement of healthy behavior.
4) Safe and decent places to gather, learn, work, play and live.
5) Inspiration and opportunities for everyone young and old to give back to
others through service and to contribute to the common good.
B. Examples of targets by the year 2000 to be set and announced at the Summit:
1) two million mentors;
2) two million additional students reading at grade level;
?
3) two million additional children having access to health care;
?
4) two million additional children and youth engaged in safe group activities; ?
defined community in - schools
5) two million additional youth engaged in community service.
C. The Summit will be held in Philadelphia on the evening of Sunday, April 27 and on Monday
and Tuesday, April 28-29. Function space is confirmed at the Philadelphia Convention Center
and at Independence Hall. The Wyndham Franklin Plaza will be the headquarters hotel with
additional space available at other downtown hotels.
D. Participation Fifteen hundred national, state, and community leaders will participate in the
Summit.
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2
1. Presidential involvement. President Clinton and President Bush have agreed to come together
for the first time to convene a major national event. President and Mrs. Carter and Ford have
been invited, and all First Ladies -- Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Reagan, Mrs. Carter, Mrs.
Ford, and Mrs. Johnson are also being invited to participate.
2. Other national leaders. General Colin Powell has been asked to play a leadership role at the
Summit. Chief Executive Officers of major corporations and not-for-profit organizations, in
addition to key leaders in the educational, religious, social service, media, sports, and other fields,
will be asked to secure invitations by making a measurable commitment to new action that will
help achieve the Summit goals and targets. Congressional and executive branch leaders also will
be asked to participate.
3. Governors. All fifty Governors and their spouses will be invited to lead state delegations [of
their own design?]. The state delegations will make commitments [at the Summit?] based on the
overarching goals and targets of the Summit and the needs of the state. The state delegations will
assist the community delegations and work together at the Summit and in the follow-up phase.
The state delegations will also develop strategies to involve communities not represented at the
Summit.
4. Community delegations. One thousand representatives from one hundred communities will be
invited to the Summit. The communities will be selected through one of the following processes:
1) by nomination of the governor-appointed state commissions on national and
community service;
2) in states that have no commissions, by nomination of the governor,
3) in any state where the commissions elect not to participate, by nomination of leading
service organizations, such as the state volunteer action center, Leadership 18 members in
the state; or,
4) through an at-large nomination process, which will be used to select a portion of the
1,000 community delegates.
A convenor of a proposed community delegation will be asked to describe the composition of the
delegation, which may range from 5 to 12 members, indicate the strength of commitment among
the delegates to the Summit process, and make a pledge to execute a local summit and encourage
peers in nearby communities to replicate their undertakings. The attendance of community
delegations may be subsidized by scholarships to ensure diverse participation.
5. Youth. To make clear the important role of youth leadership in any undertaking directed at
solving the problems of the young, each delegation will be asked to include participants under age
25. National participants will include CEOs of youth-led organizations and governors will be
encouraged to include young people on the state delegations.
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3
E. The Summit program will consist of the following primary elements:
a major ceremonial event, designed to attract significant media coverage, in which
President Clinton, the former presidents and first ladies, the Governors and all
participants will join together to publicly affirm their commitments to future action,
with Independence Hall as the site for some aspect of the public and media events;
plenary sessions that will emphasize the national goals and targets and the roles to be
played by each major sector in achieving those targets;
opportunities to showcase "best practices" already underway toward meeting the
targets;
working break-out sessions of local and state delegations to help them prepare
coordinated follow-up plans for local/state summits within six months.
The final program design will be built around the schedules of the Presidents and other principals.
F. The Summit will be supported by an extensive communications effort which will include the
following elements:
public announcement of the Summit in mid-January;
sustained outreach to national opinion leaders in the media;
outreach to local media in each of the 100 participating communities;
media support for announcement of major commitments prior to and at the Summit;
an intensive media blitz during the week of the Summit targeting major broadcast and
print outlets;
sustained post-Summit communications to broadly disseminate the messages coming
from the Summit.
G. The Summit will be financed primarily through grants from major private foundations.
Leadership commitments have been received from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Pew
Charitable Trusts and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation with several additional proposals
outstanding.
H. Governance. The steering committee of the boards of the Corporation for National Service
and the Points of Light Foundation will provide oversight, with the executive committee of the
steering committee providing day to day guidance. The Chief Executive Officer of the Summit
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4
will manage the day-to-day operations of the Summit team and will be accountable to the steering
committee for carrying out the strategic plan for the Summit.
The operations of the Summit will be carried out by functional teams:
1. Event team (responsible for agenda, logistics and host committee)
2. Communications team (responsible for developing and executing a strategy to bring the
Summit to the attention of the American public)
3. Community team (responsible for recruiting and proposing (to the steering committee)
community delegations to be invited to participate)
4. State team (responsible for serving as a liaison with the governors and managing the
state delegation process)
5. National team (responsible for securing commitments from national organizations and
Commitments
leaders and managing the national delegate process)
Indiansing
6- - 10. Goals and targets teams (responsible for developing a cross-sector board for each
of the five goals/targets to refine the targets, create a national strategy for achieving the
goal, and measure progress)
Each team will be directed by an executive staff person and high-level volunteer leader and will
conduct its activity based on the approved strategic plan. Oversight will be provided by an
oversight board assembled for each team, to be composed of partner organizations and individuals
recruited to play a leadership role at the Summit and by members of the Steering committee.
Staff support for teams will be provided by the Corporation for National Service and the Points of
Light Foundation and the special project staff of the Summit.
The structure for post-Summit activities will evolve over the next five months, incorporating
those portions of the above structure most appropriate for sustained action.
SUMMIT ORGANIZATION
D 6/
Corporation for National Service Board
Points of Light Foundation Board
Joint Steering Committee
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Executive Committee
Harris Wofford
Bob Goodwin
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National
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Team
Team
Commitments
Teams
Team
CEO
Each team will be lead by an executive staff member and a high-level volunteer leader.
Each team will have an oversight board comprised of Steering Committee members and
representatives from partner organizations and other leaders in the field. Each team will
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be staffed by staff of the Corporation for National Service, the Points of Light Foundation,
and staff of the Summit.
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The Citizen Service Summit
The aim - and ultimate outcome - of the Citizen Service Summit is to "turn the tide" for children
and youth -- to improve the quality of life and chances of success of those most affected by
serious social problems. This will happen by drawing new energy and leadership into the
mobilization of Americans and their organizations for expanded, more effective service for youth
with a special emphasis on engaging more young people themselves in service.
A. General Goals:
1) Caring and supportive mentoring relationships in the life of every young person.
2) Education that prepares the coming generation for productive employment,
economic fulfillment and good citizenship.
3) A healthy start in life and encouragement of healthy behavior.
4) Safe and decent places to gather, learn, work, play and live.
5) Inspiration and opportunities for everyone, young and old to give back to
others through service and to contribute to the common good.
B. Examples of targets by the year 2000 to be set and announced at the Summit:
1) two million mentors;
2) two million additional students reading at grade level;
?
3) two million additional children having access to health care;
?
4) two million additional children and youth engaged in safe group activities; ?
defined community in nelloss schols
5) two million additional youth engaged in community service.
C. The Summit will be held in Philadelphia on the evening of Sunday, April 27 and on Monday
and Tuesday, April 28-29. Function space is confirmed at the Philadelphia Convention Center
and at Independence Hall. The Wyndham Franklin Plaza will be the headquarters hotel with
additional space available at other downtown hotels.
D. Participation Fifteen hundred national, state, and community leaders will participate in the
Summit.
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;11-22-96 ; 17:38 ;
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14146813359;# 37 D
2
1. Presidential involvement. President Clinton and President Bush have agreed to come together
for the first time to convene a major national event. President and Mrs. Carter and Ford have
been invited, and all First Ladies -- Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Reagan, Mrs. Carter, Mrs.
Ford, and Mrs. Johnson are also being invited to participate.
2. Other national leaders. General Colin Powell has been asked to play a leadership role at the
Summit. Chief Executive Officers of major corporations and not-for-profit organizations, in
addition to key leaders in the educational, religious, social service, media, sports, and other fields,
will be asked to secure invitations by making a measurable commitment to new action that will
help achieve the Summit goals and targets. Congressional and executive branch leaders also will
be asked to participate.
3. Governors. All fifty Governors and their spouses will be invited to lead state delegations [of
their own design?]. The state delegations will make commitments [at the Summit?] based on the
overarching goals and targets of the Summit and the needs of the state. The state delegations will
assist the community delegations and work together at the Summit and in the follow-up phase.
The state delegations will also develop strategies to involve communities not represented at the
Summit.
4. Community delegations. One thousand representatives from one hundred communities will be
invited to the Summit. The communities will be selected through one of the following processes:
1) by nomination of the governor-appointed state commissions on national and
community service;
2) in states that have no commissions, by nomination of the governor,
3) in any state where the commissions elect not to participate, by nomination of leading
service organizations, such as the state volunteer action center, Leadership 18 members in
the state; or,
4) through an at-large nomination process, which will be used to select a portion of the
1,000 community delegates.
A convenor of a proposed community delegation will be asked to describe the composition of the
delegation, which may range from 5 to 12 members, indicate the strength of commitment among
the delegates to the Summit process, and make a pledge to execute a local summit and encourage
peers in nearby communities to replicate their undertakings. The attendance of community
delegations may be subsidized by scholarships to ensure diverse participation.
5. Youth. To make clear the important role of youth leadership in any undertaking directed at
solving the problems of the young, each delegation will be asked to include participants under age
25. National participants will include CEOs of youth-led organizations and governors will be
encouraged to include young people on the state delegations.
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4/ 0
3
E. The Summit program will consist of the following primary elements:
a major ceremonial event, designed to attract significant media coverage, in which
President Clinton, the former presidents and first ladies, the Governors and all
participants will join together to publicly affirm their commitments to future action,
with Independence Hall as the site for some aspect of the public and media events;
plenary sessions that will emphasize the national goals and targets and the roles to be
played by each major sector in achieving those targets;
opportunities to showcase "best practices" already underway toward meeting the
targets;
working break-out sessions of local and state delegations to help them prepare
coordinated follow-up plans for local/state summits within six months.
The final program design will be built around the schedules of the Presidents and other principals.
F. The Summit will be supported by an extensive communications effort which will include the
following elements:
public announcement of the Summit in mid-January;
sustained outreach to national opinion leaders in the media;
outreach to local media in each of the 100 participating communities;
media support for announcement of major commitments prior to and at the Summit;
an intensive media blitz during the week of the Summit targeting major broadcast and
print outlets;
sustained post-Summit communications to broadly disseminate the messages coming
from the Summit.
G. The Summit will be financed primarily through grants from major private foundations.
Leadership commitments have been received from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Pew
Charitable Trusts and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation with several additional proposals
outstanding.
H. Governance. The steering committee of the boards of the Corporation for National Service
and the Points of Light Foundation will provide oversight, with the executive committee of the
steering committee providing day to day guidance. The Chief Executive Officer of the Summit
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14140010005,A D/ 0
4
will manage the day-to-day operations of the Summit team and will be accountable to the steering
committee for carrying out the strategic plan for the Summit.
The operations of the Summit will be carried out by functional teams:
1. Event team (responsible for agenda, logistics and host committee)
2. Communications team (responsible for developing and executing a strategy to bring the
Summit to the attention of the American public)
3. Community team (responsible for recruiting and proposing (to the steering committee)
community delegations to be invited to participate)
4. State team (responsible for serving as a liaison with the governors and managing the
state delegation process)
5. National team (responsible for securing commitments from national organizations and
Commitments
leaders and managing the national delegate process)
Indians
6- - 10. Goals and targets teams (responsible for developing a cross-sector board for each
of the five goals/targets to refine the targets, create a national strategy for achieving the
goal, and measure progress)
Each team will be directed by an executive staff person and high-level volunteer leader and will
conduct its activity based on the approved strategic plan. Oversight will be provided by an
oversight board assembled for each team, to be composed of partner organizations and individuals
recruited to play a leadership role at the Summit and by members of the Steering committee.
Staff support for teams will be provided by the Corporation for National Service and the Points of
Light Foundation and the special project staff of the Summit.
The structure for post-Summit activities will evolve over the next five months, incorporating
those portions of the above structure most appropriate for sustained action.
SUMMIT ORGANIZATION
D 6
Corporation for National Service Board
Points of Light Foundation Board
Joint Steering Committee
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Executive Committee
Harris Wofford
Bob Goodwin
Gregg Petersmeyer
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Event
Communications
Community
Governors
National
Goals 1-5
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Team
Team
Commitments
Teams
Team
CEO
Each team will be lead by an executive staff member and a high-level volunteer leader.
Each team will have an oversight board comprised of Steering Committee members and
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representatives from partner organizations and other leaders in the field. Each team will
be staffed by staff of the Corporation for National Service, the Points of Light Foundation,
and staff of the Summit.
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The Citizen Service Summit
The aim - and ultimate outcome - of the Citizen Service Summit is to "turn the tide" for children
and youth -- to improve the quality of life and chances of success of those most affected by
serious social problems. This will happen by drawing new energy and leadership into the
mobilization of Americans and their organizations for expanded, more effective service for youth
with a special emphasis on engaging more young people themselves in service.
A. General Goals:
1) Caring and supportive mentoring relationships in the life of every young person.
2) Education that prepares the coming generation for productive employment,
economic fulfillment and good citizenship.
3) A healthy start in life and encouragement of healthy behavior.
4) Safe and decent places to gather, learn, work, play and live.
5) Inspiration and opportunities for everyone, young and old to give back to
others through service and to contribute to the common good.
B. Examples of targets by the year 2000 to be set and announced at the Summit:
1) two million mentors;
2) two million additional students reading at grade level;
?
3) two million additional children having access to health care;
?
4) two million additional children and youth engaged in safe group activities; ?
defind community in - schools
5) two million additional youth engaged in community service.
C. The Summit will be held in Philadelphia on the evening of Sunday, April 27 and on Monday
and Tuesday, April 28-29. Function space is confirmed at the Philadelphia Convention Center
and at Independence Hall. The Wyndham Franklin Plaza will be the headquarters hotel with
additional space available at other downtown hotels.
D. Participation Fifteen hundred national, state, and community leaders will participate in the
Summit.
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:11-22-96 ; 17:38 ;
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14146813359:# 3/ 0
2
1. Presidential involvement. President Clinton and President Bush have agreed to come together
for the first time to convene a major national event. President and Mrs. Carter and Ford have
been invited, and all First Ladies -- Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Reagan, Mrs. Carter, Mrs.
Ford, and Mrs. Johnson are also being invited to participate.
2. Other national leaders. General Colin Powell has been asked to play a leadership role at the
Summit. Chief Executive Officers of major corporations and not-for-profit organizations, in
addition to key leaders in the educational, religious, social service, media, sports, and other fields,
will be asked to secure invitations by making a measurable commitment to new action that will
help achieve the Summit goals and targets. Congressional and executive branch leaders also will
be asked to participate.
3. Governors. All fifty Governors and their spouses will be invited to lead state delegations [of
their own design?]. The state delegations will make commitments [at the Summit?] based on the
overarching goals and targets of the Summit and the needs of the state. The state delegations will
assist the community delegations and work together at the Summit and in the follow-up phase.
The state delegations will also develop strategies to involve communities not represented at the
Summit.
4. Community delegations. One thousand representatives from one hundred communities will be
invited to the Summit. The communities will be selected through one of the following processes:
1) by nomination of the governor-appointed state commissions on national and
community service;
2) in states that have no commissions, by nomination of the governor,
3) in any state where the commissions elect not to participate, by nomination of leading
service organizations, such as the state volunteer action center, Leadership 18 members in
the state; or,
4) through an at-large nomination process, which will be used to select a portion of the
1,000 community delegates.
A convenor of a proposed community delegation will be asked to describe the composition of the
delegation, which may range from 5 to 12 members, indicate the strength of commitment among
the delegates to the Summit process, and make a pledge to execute a local summit and encourage
peers in nearby communities to replicate their undertakings. The attendance of community
delegations may be subsidized by scholarships to ensure diverse participation.
5. Youth. To make clear the important role of youth leadership in any undertaking directed at
solving the problems of the young, each delegation will be asked to include participants under age
25. National participants will include CEOs of youth-led organizations and governors will be
encouraged to include young people on the state delegations.
SENT BY:EXEC. OFFICE
:11-22-96 ; 17:40 ;
2026820798-
4/ 0
3
E. The Summit program will consist of the following primary elements:
a major ceremonial event, designed to attract significant media coverage, in which
President Clinton, the former presidents and first ladies, the Governors and all
participants will join together to publicly affirm their commitments to future action,
with Independence Hall as the site for some aspect of the public and media events;
plenary sessions that will emphasize the national goals and targets and the roles to be
played by each major sector in achieving those targets;
opportunities to showcase "best practices" already underway toward meeting the
targets;
working break-out sessions of local and state delegations to help them prepare
coordinated follow-up plans for local/state summits within six months.
The final program design will be built around the schedules of the Presidents and other principals.
F. The Summit will be supported by an extensive communications effort which will include the
following elements:
public announcement of the Summit in mid-January;
sustained outreach to national opinion leaders in the media;
outreach to local media in each of the 100 participating communities;
media support for announcement of major commitments prior to and at the Summit;
an intensive media blitz during the week of the Summit targeting major broadcast and
print outlets;
sustained post-Summit communications to broadly disseminate the messages coming
from the Summit.
G. The Summit will be financed primarily through grants from major private foundations.
Leadership commitments have been received from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Pew
Charitable Trusts and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation with several additional proposals
outstanding.
H. Governance. The steering committee of the boards of the Corporation for National Service
and the Points of Light Foundation will provide oversight, with the executive committee of the
steering committee providing day to day guidance. The Chief Executive Officer of the Summit
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14140010035,# D/ 0
4
will manage the day-to-day operations of the Summit team and will be accountable to the steering
committee for carrying out the strategic plan for the Summit.
The operations of the Summit will be carried out by functional teams:
1. Event team (responsible for agenda, logistics and host committee)
2. Communications team (responsible for developing and executing a strategy to bring the
Summit to the attention of the American public)
3. Community team (responsible for recruiting and proposing (to the steering committee)
community delegations to be invited to participate)
4. State team (responsible for serving as a liaison with the governors and managing the
state delegation process)
5. Commitments National team (responsible for securing commitments from national organizations and
leaders and managing the national delegate process)
Indraws
6- - 10. Goals and targets teams (responsible for developing a cross-sector board for each
of the five goals/targets to refine the targets, create a national strategy for achieving the
goal, and measure progress)
Each team will be directed by an executive staff person and high-level volunteer leader and will
conduct its activity based on the approved strategic plan. Oversight will be provided by an
oversight board assembled for each team, to be composed of partner organizations and individuals
recruited to play a leadership role at the Summit and by members of the Steering committee.
Staff support for teams will be provided by the Corporation for National Service and the Points of
Light Foundation and the special project staff of the Summit.
The structure for post-Summit activities will evolve over the next five months, incorporating
those portions of the above structure most appropriate for sustained action.
SUMMIT ORGANIZATION
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Corporation for National Service Board
Points of Light Foundation Board
Joint Steering Committee
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Team
CEO
Each team will be lead by an executive staff member and a high-level volunteer leader.
Each team will have an oversight board comprised of Steering Committee members and
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representatives from partner organizations and other leaders in the field. Each team will
be staffed by staff of the Corporation for National Service, the Points of Light Foundation,
and staff of the Summit.
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The Citizen Service Summit
The aim - and ultimate outcome - of the Citizen Service Summit is to "turn the tide" for children
and youth -- to improve the quality of life and chances of success of those most affected by
serious social problems. This will happen by drawing new energy and leadership into the
mobilization of Americans and their organizations for expanded, more effective service for youth
with a special emphasis on engaging more young people themselves in service.
A. General Goals:
1) Caring and supportive mentoring relationships in the life of every young person.
2) Education that prepares the coming generation for productive employment,
economic fulfillment and good citizenship.
3) A healthy start in life and encouragement of healthy behavior.
4) Safe and decent places to gather, learn, work, play and live.
5) Inspiration and opportunities for everyone young and old to give back to
others through service and to contribute to the common good.
B. Examples of targets by the year 2000 to be set and announced at the Summit:
1) two million mentors;
2) two million additional students reading at grade level;
?
3) two million additional children having access to health care;
?
4) two million additional children and youth engaged in safe group activities; ?
defined community neiloss schools
5) two million additional youth engaged in community service.
C. The Summit will be held in Philadelphia on the evening of Sunday, April 27 and on Monday
and Tuesday, April 28-29. Function space is confirmed at the Philadelphia Convention Center
and at Independence Hall. The Wyndham Franklin Plaza will be the headquarters hotel with
additional space available at other downtown hotels.
D. Participation Fifteen hundred national, state, and community leaders will participate in the
Summit.
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1. Presidential involvement. President Clinton and President Bush have agreed to come together
for the first time to convene a major national event. President and Mrs. Carter and Ford have
been invited, and all First Ladies -- Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Reagan, Mrs. Carter, Mrs.
Ford, and Mrs. Johnson are also being invited to participate.
2. Other national leaders. General Colin Powell has been asked to play a leadership role at the
Summit. Chief Executive Officers of major corporations and not-for-profit organizations, in
addition to key leaders in the educational, religious, social service, media, sports, and other fields,
will be asked to secure invitations by making a measurable commitment to new action that will
help achieve the Summit goals and targets. Congressional and executive branch leaders also will
be asked to participate.
3. Governors. All fifty Governors and their spouses will be invited to lead state delegations [of
their own design?]. The state delegations will make commitments [at the Summit?] based on the
overarching goals and targets of the Summit and the needs of the state. The state delegations will
assist the community delegations and work together at the Summit and in the follow-up phase.
The state delegations will also develop strategies to involve communities not represented at the
Summit.
4. Community delegations. One thousand representatives from one hundred communities will be
invited to the Summit. The communities will be selected through one of the following processes:
1) by nomination of the governor-appointed state commissions on national and
community service;
2) in states that have no commissions, by nomination of the governor,
3) in any state where the commissions elect not to participate, by nomination of leading
service organizations, such as the state volunteer action center, Leadership 18 members in
the state; or,
4) through an at-large nomination process, which will be used to select a portion of the
1,000 community delegates.
A convenor of a proposed community delegation will be asked to describe the composition of the
delegation, which may range from 5 to 12 members, indicate the strength of commitment among
the delegates to the Summit process, and make a pledge to execute a local summit and encourage
peers in nearby communities to replicate their undertakings. The attendance of community
delegations may be subsidized by scholarships to ensure diverse participation.
5. Youth. To make clear the important role of youth leadership in any undertaking directed at
solving the problems of the young, each delegation will be asked to include participants under age
25. National participants will include CEOs of youth-led organizations and governors will be
encouraged to include young people on the state delegations.
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E. The Summit program will consist of the following primary elements:
a major ceremonial event, designed to attract significant media coverage, in which
President Clinton, the former presidents and first ladies, the Governors and all
participants will join together to publicly affirm their commitments to future action,
with Independence Hall as the site for some aspect of the public and media events;
plenary sessions that will emphasize the national goals and targets and the roles to be
played by each major sector in achieving those targets;
opportunities to showcase "best practices" already underway toward meeting the
targets;
working break-out sessions of local and state delegations to help them prepare
coordinated follow-up plans for local/state summits within six months.
The final program design will be built around the schedules of the Presidents and other principals.
F. The Summit will be supported by an extensive communications effort which will include the
following elements:
public announcement of the Summit in mid-January;
sustained outreach to national opinion leaders in the media;
outreach to local media in each of the 100 participating communities;
media support for announcement of major commitments prior to and at the Summit;
an intensive media blitz during the week of the Summit targeting major broadcast and
print outlets;
sustained post-Summit communications to broadly disseminate the messages coming
from the Summit.
G. The Summit will be financed primarily through grants from major private foundations.
Leadership commitments have been received from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Pew
Charitable Trusts and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation with several additional proposals
outstanding.
H. Governance. The steering committee of the boards of the Corporation for National Service
and the Points of Light Foundation will provide oversight, with the executive committee of the
steering committee providing day to day guidance. The Chief Executive Officer of the Summit
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will manage the day-to-day operations of the Summit team and will be accountable to the steering
committee for carrying out the strategic plan for the Summit.
The operations of the Summit will be carried out by functional teams:
1. Event team (responsible for agenda, logistics and host committee)
2. Communications team (responsible for developing and executing a strategy to bring the
Summit to the attention of the American public)
3. Community team (responsible for recruiting and proposing (to the steering committee)
community delegations to be invited to participate)
4. State team (responsible for serving as a liaison with the governors and managing the
state delegation process)
5. National team (responsible for securing commitments from national organizations and
Commitments
leaders and managing the national delegate process)
Indrawing
6- - 10. Goals and targets teams (responsible for developing a cross-sector board for each
of the five goals/targets to refine the targets, create a national strategy for achieving the
goal, and measure progress)
Each team will be directed by an executive staff person and high-level volunteer leader and will
conduct its activity based on the approved strategic plan. Oversight will be provided by an
oversight board assembled for each team, to be composed of partner organizations and individuals
recruited to play a leadership role at the Summit and by members of the Steering committee.
Staff support for teams will be provided by the Corporation for National Service and the Points of
Light Foundation and the special project staff of the Summit.
The structure for post-Summit activities will evolve over the next five months, incorporating
those portions of the above structure most appropriate for sustained action.
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Each team will be lead by an executive staff member and a high-level volunteer leader.
Each team will have an oversight board comprised of Steering Committee members and
representatives from partner organizations and other leaders in the field. Each team will
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be staffed by staff of the Corporation for National Service, the Points of Light Foundation,
and staff of the Summit.
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The Citizen Service Summit
The aim - and ultimate outcome -- of the Citizen Service Summit is to "turn the tide" for children
and youth -- to improve the quality of life and chances of success of those most affected by
serious social problems. This will happen by drawing new energy and leadership into the
mobilization of Americans and their organizations for expanded, more effective service for youth
with a special emphasis on engaging more young people themselves in service.
A. General Goals:
1) Caring and supportive mentoring relationships in the life of every young person.
2) Education that prepares the coming generation for productive employment,
economic fulfillment and good citizenship.
3) A healthy start in life and encouragement of healthy behavior.
4) Safe and decent places to gather, learn, work, play and live.
5) Inspiration and opportunities for everyone young and old to give back to
others through service and to contribute to the common good.
B. Examples of targets by the year 2000 to be set and announced at the Summit:
1) two million mentors;
2) two million additional students reading at grade level;
?
3) two million additional children having access to health care;
?
4) two million additional children and youth engaged in safe group activities; ?
defined community in neiloss schools
5) two million additional youth engaged in community service.
C. The Summit will be held in Philadelphia on the evening of Sunday, April 27 and on Monday
and Tuesday, April 28-29. Function space is confirmed at the Philadelphia Convention Center
and at Independence Hall. The Wyndham Franklin Plaza will be the headquarters hotel with
additional space available at other downtown hotels.
D. Participation Fifteen hundred national, state, and community leaders will participate in the
Summit.
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1. Presidential involvement. President Clinton and President Bush have agreed to come together
for the first time to convene a major national event. President and Mrs. Carter and Ford have
been invited, and all First Ladies--- Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Reagan, Mrs. Carter, Mrs.
Ford, and Mrs. Johnson are also being invited to participate.
2. Other national leaders. General Colin Powell has been asked to play a leadership role at the
Summit. Chief Executive Officers of major corporations and not-for-profit organizations, in
addition to key leaders in the educational, religious, social service, media, sports, and other fields,
will be asked to secure invitations by making a measurable commitment to new action that will
help achieve the Summit goals and targets. Congressional and executive branch leaders also will
be asked to participate.
3. Governors. All fifty Governors and their spouses will be invited to lead state delegations [of
their own design?]. The state delegations will make commitments [at the Summit?] based on the
overarching goals and targets of the Summit and the needs of the state. The state delegations will
assist the community delegations and work together at the Summit and in the follow-up phase.
The state delegations will also develop strategies to involve communities not represented at the
Summit.
4. Community delegations. One thousand representatives from one hundred communities will be
invited to the Summit. The communities will be selected through one of the following processes:
1) by nomination of the governor-appointed state commissions on national and
community service;
2) in states that have no commissions, by nomination of the governor,
3) in any state where the commissions elect not to participate, by nomination of leading
service organizations, such as the state volunteer action center, Leadership 18 members in
the state; or,
4) through an at-large nomination process, which will be used to select a portion of the
1,000 community delegates.
A convenor of a proposed community delegation will be asked to describe the composition of the
delegation, which may range from 5 to 12 members, indicate the strength of commitment among
the delegates to the Summit process, and make a pledge to execute a local summit and encourage
peers in nearby communities to replicate their undertakings. The attendance of community
delegations may be subsidized by scholarships to ensure diverse participation.
5. Youth. To make clear the important role of youth leadership in any undertaking directed at
solving the problems of the young, each delegation will be asked to include participants under age
25. National participants will include CEOs of youth-led organizations and governors will be
encouraged to include young people on the state delegations.
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E. The Summit program will consist of the following primary elements:
a major ceremonial event, designed to attract significant media coverage, in which
President Clinton, the former presidents and first ladies, the Governors and all
participants will join together to publicly affirm their commitments to future action,
with Independence Hall as the site for some aspect of the public and media events;
plenary sessions that will emphasize the national goals and targets and the roles to be
played by each major sector in achieving those targets;
opportunities to showcase "best practices" already underway toward meeting the
targets;
working break-out sessions of local and state delegations to help them prepare
coordinated follow-up plans for local/state summits within six months.
The final program design will be built around the schedules of the Presidents and other principals.
F. The Summit will be supported by an extensive communications effort which will include the
following elements:
public announcement of the Summit in mid-January;
sustained outreach to national opinion leaders in the media;
outreach to local media in each of the 100 participating communities;
media support for announcement of major commitments prior to and at the Summit;
an intensive media blitz during the week of the Summit targeting major broadcast and
print outlets;
sustained post-Summit communications to broadly disseminate the messages coming
from the Summit.
G. The Summit will be financed primarily through grants from major private foundations.
Leadership commitments have been received from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Pew
Charitable Trusts and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation with several additional proposals
outstanding.
H. Governance. The steering committee of the boards of the Corporation for National Service
and the Points of Light Foundation will provide oversight, with the executive committee of the
steering committee providing day to day guidance. The Chief Executive Officer of the Summit
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4
will manage the day-to-day operations of the Summit team and will be accountable to the steering
committee for carrying out the strategic plan for the Summit.
The operations of the Summit will be carried out by functional teams:
1. Event team (responsible for agenda, logistics and host committee)
2. Communications team (responsible for developing and executing a strategy to bring the
Summit to the attention of the American public)
3. Community team (responsible for recruiting and proposing (to the steering committee)
community delegations to be invited to participate)
4. State team (responsible for serving as a liaison with the governors and managing the
state delegation process)
5. commitments National team (responsible for securing commitments from national organizations and
leaders and managing the national delegate process)
Indrawing
6 - 10. Goals and targets teams (responsible for developing a cross-sector board for each
of the five goals/targets to refine the targets, create a national strategy for achieving the
goal, and measure progress)
Each team will be directed by an executive staff person and high-level volunteer leader and will
conduct its activity based on the approved strategic plan. Oversight will be provided by an
oversight board assembled for each team, to be composed of partner organizations and individuals
recruited to play a leadership role at the Summit and by members of the Steering committee.
Staff support for teams will be provided by the Corporation for National Service and the Points of
Light Foundation and the special project staff of the Summit.
The structure for post-Summit activities will evolve over the next five months, incorporating
those portions of the above structure most appropriate for sustained action.
SUMMIT ORGANIZATION
D à
Corporation for National Service Board
Points of Light Foundation Board
Joint Steering Committee
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Team
Commitments
Teams
Team
CEO
Each team will be lead by an executive staff member and a high-level volunteer leader.
Each team will have an oversight board comprised of Steering Committee members and
representatives from partner organizations and other leaders in the field. Each team will
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be staffed by staff of the Corporation for National Service, the Points of Light Foundation,
and staff of the Summit.
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MEMORANDUM
TO:
Gregg, Shirley, and Kenn
FOR:
Harris and Bob
CC:
Stuart
FROM:
Melinda and Virginia
RE:
Commitments issues for the decision meeting
As the Commitments Team begins its outreach, there are a handful of start-up
ambiguities and inconsistencies we'd like to clear up with your help. The following are
the processes and products on which we need your thinking:
Process:
The commitments team is actually two tiers. Staff from all three organizations target,
research, and prepare for a commitment from a particular sector or client. "Big Shots",
for lack of a better phrase, do the pitching with staff support and follow-up. For instance,
Leadership 18 was "pitched" by the three of you, but Virginia and Melinda follow-up,
attend meetings, push for clarity, etc.
Each organization starts by working with their twenty-five major partners, securing these
old friends as supporters of the Summit. But the bulk of the energy will go towards new
partners and new approaches open only through some big idea like the Summit.
Attached is the start of our commitments grid which will track the target, the subsectors,
the commitments by community goal, the Big Shot pitcher and the support staff. This
needs amplification by the steering committee and both Boards, but it is a start it
demonstrates our process, and it will track our progress.
Questions that arise from the process:
1. How do we evaluate a commitment and judge its value? The team is planning a
"certification" process for commitments --- are they big/interesting/important/creative
enough to warrant an invitation or recognition at the Summit? In addition to ensuring
some sense of equity among the committers, this will help us create a sense of
competition as well. The criteria include:
New action of some sort
can be an expanded effort to another level of service
One of the three kinds of commitments
goals, policies, post-Summit
Big in some relative way --- a first for a sector or impressive in its reach
Quantifiable - driving toward goals and getting things done
Sizzle - must tell a story, be interesting, raise eyebrows
Service of some sort expanding active duty citizens
Credible leader in the sector
2. Do you have to have a commitment to come? It can be in support of the goals, some
policy that unleashes citizens for service, or some support for the post-process, but a
group or its leader must have one. The only exception we can come up with is
Governors. But as CEO's of a state, should they not be committing resources to
service? Will not the ones that would come be already hip-deep in service?
3. If you have made a commitment, are you automatically invited? Communities are
coming forth: Gary, Indiana, Riverside, California, Tucson, Arizona, Springfield,
Massachusetts, and St. Louis, Missouri are on the radar screen. If they are 'certified',
will they be a community delegation? Or do we have a "set-aside" for commitments
delegations?
Product
4. Are the subsectors about right? Are there any you favor more or less than the others?
Any obvious omissions? We are seeking a broad representation of the:
Private Sector:
Business, Foundation, Labor, Media, Philanthropists,
Entertainment/Sports
Public Sector:
Local, state, federal government, Legislative branch,
Military
Nonprofit Sector:
Youth-led, Service Delivery, Faith, K-12, Higher Ed,
Civic/Fraternal, Associations, Healthcare
5. Do we have the content about right? Attached is the latest version of the "public"
commitments piece. This is our "approved" text that we have shared with potential
commitments. It will be re-crafted by the communications team at some point with
the other documents, but it is the only "leave behind" besides the two-pager at the
moment.
6. Will the Points of Light Foundation and the Corporation make commitments? Should
they be stand-alone or collaborative?
7. The lead commitments are a crucial piece of the communications strategy and help us
set the standards for future commitments. Following are brief descriptions of the
existing or developing commitments with some 'pros' and 'cons' to help us tease out
your thinking on the content and standards of future commitments. Let's discuss:
Lens Crafters: one million eyeglasses for children by 2,000
cons: not service, old commitment, already in process
pros: quantifiable, big, dramatic, existing partner, health goal
Big Brothers/Big Sisters: 100,000 existing matches with incorporate service.
Will double matches to 200,000 by 2,000.
Cons: doesn't roll off the tongue yet
pros: service, big, quantifiable, youth serving
Communities in Schools: bring schools to the students, in the malls
cons: needs more definition, numbers
pros: new partners in mall owners, service, education and safe places goal, could
be big, replicable
Prudential: expand their high school service program to middle and elementary
cons: needs crafting
pros: brings in more student servers, good partner
Tucson: ensure that every youth that needs a mentor gets one
cons:
pros: quantifiable, mentor goal, replicable
Shell: we don't know but they are donors to Connect America
cons: don't mix fundraising for C.A. with commitments
pros: big, fine company with enormous reach and new resources, credible
National Council of Volunteer Centers: a million mentors/tutors by the year 2000
cons:
pros: quantifiable, education/mentor goals, credible, important partner
Leadership 18: committing one collective delegate to each community team and
will perpetuate goals post-summit
cons: processy, cliquish, "of course you should be working together"
pros: enormous reach through affiliates
Leadership 18 raises a lot of questions for the team:
a. Are they sponsoring 100 delegates? Money and all?
b. Why are they guaranteed attendance?
c. What is their local role post-summit?
d. It's those 400 million folks, not the Leadership 18
e. Must have commitment from each of the 18
Next set of questions
These are bubbling to the surface:
8. Budget: will the Foundation get its commitments expenses reimbursed? Travel?
9. Consultants: we're ready to go. And we have to get started. Set a price and do a
contract before we lose them.
10. What do you get for making a commitment? Hang with the Presidents? The
Commitments Team is working up a draft "pyramid" for your review, but your early
thoughts are needed now to drive the process.
11. What does my CEO actually do? Part of the agenda puzzle.
12. How many people can come from my company/organization?
13. What happens after the summit?
Commitments
The Citizen Service Summit
Connecting Americans to Get Things Done
for the Next Generation
April 27-29, 1997
Philadelphia
The Citizen Service Summit begins a three year process to produce a quantum leap in effective
community volunteering and citizen service focused on the most critical problems of children and
youth. This Summit of the Presidents of the United States and citizen leaders from all around the
country will be a historic call to action to achieve goals for the future that are shared by
communities across the nation. Following the Summit, these citizens will return to their own
communities and organizations and launch plans to increase citizen involvement to achieve these
goals.
Summit Commitments
The Citizen Service Summit will call for commitments that serve as models for increasing the
volume and effectiveness of citizen action. Organizations and institutions invited to the Summit
will be asked to come with a tangible commitment to new action that will help create the
conditions for the success of American youth. Commitments are, in fact, a requirement for
attendance.
At the Summit, a set of leadership commitments will be highlighted from foundations, businesses,
state and local government, educational institutions, religious organizations, nonprofits, and
community delegations that will commit their time, resources, and skills to turn the tide against
serious social problems. Following the Summit, and over the next eighteen months, a
concentrated effort will be made to acquire commitments from a wide range of communities,
organizations, and institutions and support a continuing process of local summits and follow-on
initiatives.
The Summit will propel three kinds of commitments to increase the volume and effectiveness of
citizen action. Commitments that:
Achieve one or more of Summit's five goals for the future, especially those that focus on the
needs of America's young people from birth through their entry into active duty citizenship
Change organizational policies or systems to unleash the power of citizen action and remove
the barriers to sustained and effective citizen engagement.
Support community delegations in carrying the summit process forward, extending their reach
and engaging more citizen power at the local and neighborhood level.
Model Commitments for the Future
Commitments made by organizations at the Summit must be bold, national in scope, and local and
profound in their impact. The nature and scope of commitments is very important for two reasons:
first, the scale of the country's serious social problems demands that every institution and
individual play a role in addressing them; however, the current volume of effective work is not
sufficient to change these problems. Second, these commitments will serve as examples to others,
and, therefore, must be bold and far reaching so that other organizations nationwide will be
inspired to make their own commitments in their own communities.
All of the commitments made by the private, public, and nonprofit sectors will increase the
volume and effectiveness of citizen action in one of three ways: through the Summit's goals,
through changes in organizational policies, or through committing to support post-summit work in
the local communities.
The following are examples of the kind of commitments the Summit will catalyze:
I. To Achieve a Summit Goal:
Caring and supportive mentoring relationships in the life of every young person.
A business could establish a mentoring program at all of its work sites.
A national organization could pledge to fulfill a commitment for mentors for every child
that needs one in a community or state, or for a model national number by the year
2,000.
A religious organization matches every family in its parish, synagogue, church, mosque,
or temple with a family in need.
A community could pledge to find a mentor for every young person in need.
A civic organization offers a citizen service scholarship to a student in every high school
in America.
Education that prepares the coming generation for productive employment, economic
fulfillment, and good citizenship.
A college or university commits its work-study funds to community service.
A nonprofit locates its services in the school, anchoring after-school tutoring and child
care programs.
An employer provides Saturday Academies designed to pair corporate volunteers with
students in a comprehensive school-to-work program.
A computer company puts schools and nonprofits online, with hardware, training, and
technical assistance.
A governor declares zero tolerance for illiteracy, and leverages all the public assets to
support volunteers in teaching all who want to read.
A healthy start in life and encouragement for healthy behavior.
A company could pledge that its primary product be provided for free to all children who
need it in a community or to a national target number by the year 2,000.
Retirees from a union or company or public employer could band together to provide
services that support donations of a private sector product.
A medical or dental school could commit to having a certain percentage of residencies
conducted in low income clinics.
A health care provider uses senior citizen volunteers and retirees to help the frail elderly
live independently and avoid nursing homes.
Safe and decent places to gather, learn, work, and play and live.
Financial institutions commit a percentage of community reinvestment funds to programs
and approaches that engage citizens in active duty service.
A civic organization guarantees a safe place for youth from the close of the school day to
early evening in every community in which it has a facility.
A company adopts everything within one mile of its headquarters, renovating every public
space within its circumference and restoring every ecosystem.
A religious organization could offer its facilities daily as a safe place or a safe corridor
for children after school.
A real estate firm donates housing for those who commit to do full-time service in the
community.
Inspiration and opportunities for everyone - young and old - to give back to others
through service and to contribute to the common good.
A newspaper could commit to running, on the front page, one story each week about what
is working in communities through citizen action.
An employer integrates service into its hiring, evaluation, and retirement systems.
A company supports a youth service program in every elementary school in America.
An employer integrates service into its apprenticeship programs, building leadership and
management skills.
An employer devotes a percentage of its summer jobs tasks to support community service
projects.
A city pledges to organize public-private funds for summer jobs for every youth, a good
percentage of those in service to the community.
A university commits a fixed number of volunteer hours from its students, pledging that on
any given day there will be a certain, reliable number of volunteers for a project.
II. To Change Organizational Policies in order to Support Citizen Service:
A foundation could make citizen service a criterion for all of its grantmaking.
A civic organization that serves youth could turn the tide by engaging youth in service to
others, integrating service into its strategy.
An employer could incorporate citizen service into its hiring criteria, employee
evaluation, and other personnel policies.
A television network could agree to carry regular and prominent programming related to
service.
An employer could integrate service into its apprenticeships programs, building
leadership and management skills.
An employment agency could deploy its clients in nonprofit community organizations
during between placements and during extended job searches.
A business could provide service sabbaticals or community leave for skilled employees
and engage their retirees in community service.
A college or university could integrate service-learning into every class and the entire
curriculum.
An employer hires, trains, and mentors those transitions out of welfare.
III. To Support the Work of Community Teams During and Following the Summit:
A foundation could support the local summit.
A company could underwrite the participation of a community delegation.
A national nonprofit could pledge its affiliates as partners in the post-summit delegations
and other initiatives.
Commitment Criteria
While each commitment will be unique, depending upon the interests, skills, and experiences of
the organization making the commitment, the Summit has defined criteria that all commitments
must share:
Each commitment must be significant enough to serve as model for other organizations across
the country. The commitment will be valued for the projected impact it hopes to make on the
country and on communities.
Each commitment should represent "new" action for an organization. Although it could be
build on something it already does, the organization should "stretch beyond" its current
activities and ask how it could make the greatest impact.
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The Citizen Service Summit
The aim - and ultimate outcome -- of the Citizen Service Summit is to "turn the tide" for children
and youth -- to improve the quality of life and chances of success of those most affected by
serious social problems. This will happen by drawing new energy and leadership into the
mobilization of Americans and their organizations for expanded, more effective service for youth
with a special emphasis on engaging more young people themselves in service.
A. General Goals:
1) Caring and supportive mentoring relationships in the life of every young person.
2) Education that prepares the coming generation for productive employment,
economic fulfillment and good citizenship.
3) A healthy start in life and encouragement of healthy behavior.
4) Safe and decent places to gather, learn, work, play and live.
5) Inspiration and opportunities for everyone young
and
old
to
give
back
to
others through service and to contribute to the common good.
B. Examples of targets by the year 2000 to be set and announced at the Summit:
1) two million mentors;
2) two million additional students reading at grade level;
?
3) two million additional children having access to health care;
?
4) two million additional children and youth engaged in safe group activities;
?
defined -
5) two million additional youth engaged in community service.
C. The Summit will be held in Philadelphia on the evening of Sunday, April 27 and on Monday
and Tuesday, April 28-29. Function space is confirmed at the Philadelphia Convention Center
and at Independence Hall. The Wyndham Franklin Plaza will be the headquarters hotel with
additional space available at other downtown hotels.
D. Participation. Fifteen hundred national, state, and community leaders will participate in the
Summit.
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1. Presidential involvement. President Clinton and President Bush have agreed to come together
for the first time to convene a major national event. President and Mrs. Carter and Ford have
been invited, and all First Ladies -- Mrs. Clinton, Mrs. Bush, Mrs. Reagan, Mrs. Carter, Mrs.
Ford, and Mrs. Johnson are also being invited to participate.
2. Other national leaders. General Colin Powell has been asked to play a leadership role at the
Summit. Chief Executive Officers of major corporations and not-for-profit organizations, in
addition to key leaders in the educational, religious, social service, media, sports, and other fields,
will be asked to secure invitations by making a measurable commitment to new action that will
help achieve the Summit goals and targets. Congressional and executive branch leaders also will
be asked to participate.
3. Governors. All fifty Governors and their spouses will be invited to lead state delegations [of
their own design?]. The state delegations will make commitments [at the Summit?] based on the
overarching goals and targets of the Summit and the needs of the state. The state delegations will
assist the community delegations and work together at the Summit and in the follow-up phase.
The state delegations will also develop strategies to involve communities not represented at the
Summit.
4. Community delegations. One thousand representatives from one hundred communities will be
invited to the Summit. The communities will be selected through one of the following processes:
1) by nomination of the governor-appointed state commissions on national and
community service;
2) in states that have no commissions, by nomination of the governor,
3) in any state where the commissions elect not to participate, by nomination of leading
service organizations, such as the state volunteer action center, Leadership 18 members in
the state; or,
4) through an at-large nomination process, which will be used to select a portion of the
1,000 community delegates.
A convenor of a proposed community delegation will be asked to describe the composition of the
delegation, which may range from 5 to 12 members, indicate the strength of commitment among
the delegates to the Summit process, and make a pledge to execute a local summit and encourage
peers in nearby communities to replicate their undertakings. The attendance of community
delegations may be subsidized by scholarships to ensure diverse participation.
5. Youth. To make clear the important role of youth leadership in any undertaking directed at
solving the problems of the young, each delegation will be asked to include participants under age
25. National participants will include CEOs of youth-led organizations and governors will be
encouraged to include young people on the state delegations.
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E. The Summit program will consist of the following primary elements:
a major ceremonial event, designed to attract significant media coverage, in which
President Clinton, the former presidents and first ladies, the Governors and all
participants will join together to publicly affirm their commitments to future action,
with Independence Hall as the site for some aspect of the public and media events;
plenary sessions that will emphasize the national goals and targets and the roles to be
played by each major sector in achieving those targets;
opportunities to showcase "best practices" already underway toward meeting the
targets;
working break-out sessions of local and state delegations to help them prepare
coordinated follow-up plans for local/state summits within six months.
The final program design will be built around the schedules of the Presidents and other principals.
F. The Summit will be supported by an extensive communications effort which will include the
following elements:
public announcement of the Summit in mid-January;
sustained outreach to national opinion leaders in the media;
outreach to local media in each of the 100 participating communities;
media support for announcement of major commitments prior to and at the Summit;
an intensive media blitz during the week of the Summit targeting major broadcast and
print outlets;
sustained post-Summit communications to broadly disseminate the messages coming
from the Summit.
G. The Summit will be financed primarily through grants from major private foundations.
Leadership commitments have been received from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Pew
Charitable Trusts and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation with several additional proposals
outstanding.
H. Governance. The steering committee of the boards of the Corporation for National Service
and the Points of Light Foundation will provide oversight, with the executive committee of the
steering committee providing day to day guidance. The Chief Executive Officer of the Summit
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will manage the day-to-day operations of the Summit team and will be accountable to the steering
committee for carrying out the strategic plan for the Summit.
The operations of the Summit will be carried out by functional teams:
1. Event team (responsible for agenda, logistics and host committee)
2. Communications team (responsible for developing and executing a strategy to bring the
Summit to the attention of the American public)
3. Community team (responsible for recruiting and proposing (to the steering committee)
community delegations to be invited to participate)
4. State team (responsible for serving as a liaison with the governors and managing the
state delegation process)
5. National Commitments team (responsible for securing commitments from national organizations and
leaders and managing the national delegate process)
6- - 10. Goals and targets teams (responsible for developing a cross-sector board for each
of the five goals/targets to refine the targets, create a national strategy for achieving the
goal, and measure progress)
Each team will be directed by an executive staff person and high-level volunteer leader and will
conduct its activity based on the approved strategic plan. Oversight will be provided by an
oversight board assembled for each team, to be composed of partner organizations and individuals
recruited to play a leadership role at the Summit and by members of the Steering committee.
Staff support for teams will be provided by the Corporation for National Service and the Points of
Light Foundation and the special project staff of the Summit.
The structure for post-Summit activities will evolve over the next five months, incorporating
those portions of the above structure most appropriate for sustained action.
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Each team will be lead by an executive staff member and a high-level volunteer leader.
Each team will have an oversight board comprised of Steering Committee members and
representatives from partner organizations and other leaders in the field. Each team will
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In your comments
To:
Melinda and Shirley
From: Sylvia & Gene
Aglin
Re:
Congressional Commitments
Date: November 19, 1996
Below are several options for commitments from members of Congress for your consideration.
It is important to find the kind of commitment that is realistic for Members to be able to make and
keep, and roles for them that are appropriate given their time constraints.
1. Individual Commitment
All or targeted Members of Congress are invited by the President to make an individual
commitment to a regularly scheduled service project involving children and youth in
Washington or in their District, (eg. Sen. Jeffords' weekly tutoring engagement) which we
could help publicize. If Members already have an ongoing commitment, like Senator
Jeffords, we could ask them to expand or we could include it
We could open the commitment challenge to the staffs of Members. We could hold a
competition to see which offices pledge the most time to community service. Roll Call
and the Hill could mention the top offices and Members.
We could ask Members to regularly devote a portion of their newsletter to promoting
volunteer opportunities in their community in their newsletter on a regular basis.
The Representatives and Senators of the 100 communities chosen could be approached to
commit themselves and the resources of their state/district office staffs to help fulfill the
commitment put forward by their community. Members could be asked to profile the
summit and the community leaders chosen to participate as a way of building support for
the community's commitment after the Summit.
We could help arrange a day of service just for Members of Congress and highlight what
they are doing. It could be here in Washington or in their districts. The day could fall in
National Volunteer Week, April 13 - 19 as a build-up to the Summit. Or, we could just
ask that members commit to a service activity at some time during the week. It would be
especially helpful to get the leadership of both parties behind this and promote it as a
bipartisan activity. In the past Minority Leader Gephardt and Speaker Gingrich have co-
sponsored fundraisers for Horton's Kids here in Washington, so there is some precedent
for such an approach. It would be good to approach leadership now to get their agreement
to promote participation in the Summit. We could also seek a resolution proclaiming
National Volunteer Week.
Con: It may be difficult to get Members (and/or staff) to make and keep such commitments. We
would have difficulty compiling, tracking and verifying all these committed hours and it would
require a significant investment of staff time to coordinate the commitments of 535 individual
offices. Even with the support of the Congressional leadership there is no guarantee that
Members will participate and we can't predict how the bipartisan message will play in April
because events will influence the climate. Given the peculiarities of Congress, consideration
should be given to inviting Members of Congress with no commitment in return.
2. Summit Commitment
Commitment to bi-partisan televised town meeting with the participation of Gingrich,
Gephardt, Lott and Daschle and/or other Members of Congress to discuss service,
citizenship and kids; service as a strategy to solve problems; promoting volunteerism; civic
renewal, etc. which would also include listening to community leaders participating in the
Summit. Members who participate should be aware that this is not at all about
"AmeriCorps" but much broader, addressing the themes of the Summit. This could be
worked into the Forum/Town meeting part of the Summit Agenda as it is developed.
Members of Congress who have been supportive of community service/civic renewal will
be invited to participate in public events of the Summit such as an appearance with the
Presidents or the signing ceremony and not make a formal commitment.
3. Institutional Commitment - A Community Service Caucus could be established through the
leadership of such members as Tim Roemer and Chris Shays in the House and Dan Coats and Ted
Kennedy in the Senate which would work to encourage community service, in particular, service
targeted toward children and youth. The caucus could study various legislative proposals related
to service (volunteer liability, reuathorization of the National and Community Service Act) and
use resolutions and proclamations to help raise the profile of service
4. Combination of All of the Above - Depending on the Member and the past involvement in
community service issues and present willingness to make a commitment they could be
approached to do different things. All members would be sent a letter which would include a
menu of options of how they could participate.
Con: Makes the commitment more diffuse, but could increase the number of Members
involved.
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THE CITIZEN SERVICE SUMMIT
April 27-29, 1997
Philadelphia
The two-day Summit is being designed to build on steps already being taken in
communities all across America to produce by the year 2000 -- a quantum leap in
effective community volunteering and citizen service focused on the most critical problems
of children and youth. This Summit of Presidents of the United States and citizen leaders
from all around the country will be an historic call to action.
With the support of President Clinton and President Bush, and the urging of George
Romney shortly before his death, this Summit was initiated by The Points of Light
Foundation and The Corporation for National Service. It will consist of more than 1,000
citizens in teams from some 100 communities, and 500 representatives of partner
organizations from the private, public, and non-profit sectors at the national and state
levels. The 1,500 participants are being invited to Philadelphia to launch a strategy for
citizen service and community leadership to "turn the tide" by the turn of the century on
many of the challenges facing so many young people today.
Organizations and institutions invited to the Summit will be asked to come with a tangible
commitment to new action that will help create the conditions for the success of American
youth. These conditions include but are not limited to:
Caring and supportive mentoring relationships in the life of every young person.
Education that prepares the coming generation for productive employment,
economic fulfillment and good citizenship.
A healthy start in life and encouragement of healthy behavior.
Safe and decent places to gather, learn, work, play and live.
Inspiration and opportunities for everyone -- young and old to give back to
others through service and to contribute to the common good.
Bold but reachable targets will be proposed at the Summit to offer a national vision of
how these conditions can be advanced through expanded and more effective volunteer and
citizen service. As a start for this process of target-setting the following examples for
national targets to be achieved by the year 2000 are proposed:
2,000,000 additional mentors
2,000,000 additional students reading at grade level
2,000,000 additional children having access to health care
2,000,000 additional children and youth engaged in safe group activities
2,000,000 additional youth engaged in community service
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Following the Summit, community teams and local summits will further develop and refine
the measurable targets.
Young people will be key participants at the Summit, and youth will be recognized not as
"problems" but as resources and talent to be tapped. In challenging society to better serve
youth, an equally important challenge will be for youth themselves to serve.
The Summit should be seen as the beginning of an on-going process through the year
2000. It will provide an organizing model both for the communities represented at the
Summit and for many others who will find this model an impetus to new action. To
advance such action, each of the community delegations will be expected to develop local
initiatives launched at their own "summit". In addition, State level participants will have a
special responsibility to promote this process in other communities not represented at the
National Summit
The Summit is not to be focused on legislation or government policy relating to the
problems of children and youth. Instead, it aims to expand and strengthen the power of
citizen service to solve these problems.
The convening of a national summit with the President of the United States, former
Presidents and the First Ladies, is without precedent. That itself will enhance the
importance of voluntary citizen action and national service but the aim is to prove that this
strategy of service can " turn the tide" and actually connect Americans to solve some of
the most serious social problems facing the coming generation and thus the nation as a
whole In doing so, Americans will feel a new sense of faith and hope that the great
challenges facing our country can be successfully met by citizens working together
Summit Commitments
updated 11/19/96
DRAIT
Sector:
Subsectors:
Sector:
Subsectors:
Sector:
Subsectors:
Private
Foundation
Media
Public
Local Gov't
Federal Gov't
Nonprofit
Youth-led
Higher-Ed
Business
Philanthropist
State Gov't
Military
Service Delivery
Civic/Fraternal
Labor
Entertainment/
Legislative
Faith
Associations
Sports
K-12
Healthcare
Organization
Name
Title
Phone
Fax
Sector
Subsector
Scope
Pitch
Goal
Staff
Commitment
Aid Assoc. for Lutherans
Private
Service
National
Allstate
Private
Business
National
AMBUCS
J. Joseph Copeland
Exec. Director
American Airlines
Bob Crandall
Private
Business
National
American Association of Univ Students
Nonprofit
Higher Ed
National
American Express
CEO
Private
Business
National
Gregg
American Red Cross (L18)
Gene Dyson
Nonprofit
Service
National
AmeriCorps Leaders Alumni
Meri Ames
Director
Nonprofit
Service
National
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Ralph Smith
Director/Planning
410/547-6600
Private
Foundation
National
2,3
Harris/AMC/Rennie
ASPIRA
Nonprofit
Service
National
Baltimore Sun
Mary Junck
Publisher
Private
Media
Local
6
Jim
Bank of America
Private
Business
National
Gregg or Pat
Best Buddies
Nonprofit
Service
National
Big Brothers/Big Sisters (L18)
Tom McKenna
Nonprofit
Service
National
1
Harris
100k matches in service, 200,000 matches by 2,000
Black Student Leadership Network
Nonprofit
Association
National
Boys and Girls Clubs (L18)
Roxanne Spillett
Nonprofit
Service
National
Boys Scouts of America (L18)
Jere Ratcliffe
Nonprofit
Service
National
Camp Fire Boys and Girls (L18)
Russ Weathers
Nonprofit
Service
National
Catholic Charities USA (L18)
Nonprofit
Service
National
Center for Sports in Society
Don McPherson
Director
Nonprofit
Sports
National
Center for Youth as Resources
Nonprofit
Service
National
Child Welfare League (L18)
David Liederman
Nonprofit
Service
National
Children's Express
Nonprofit
Media
National
City Cares of America
Nonprofit
Service
National
Ann Maura
Claire Danes
Actress
Private
Entertainment
National
oalition for Community Foundations for Youth
Private
Foundation
National
Coca Cola Company
Roberto Goizuetta
Chairman
404-676-2121
Private
Business
National
2
Gregg/Pat
Education, children, families
Coca Cola Company
Don Green
President
Private
Foundation
National
2
Pat
Education, children, families
Communities In Schools
Bill Milliken
President
Nonprofit
k-12
National
2,3,6
Pat
Schools/Literacy to the Malls
Council of Jewish Federations (L18)
* = Goals: 1-Caring Adult, 2-Education, 3-Safe Clean, 4-Work, 5-Healthy, 6-Serve
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Council on Foundations
Dot Ridings
President
202/467-0443
Private
Association
National
2
Harris/AMC
Disney University
Jeff Hollman
Private
National
Pat
Do Something
Michael Sanchez
Director
Nonprofit
Service
National
Echoing Green
Private
Foundation
National
EDS
Private
Business
National
Gregg/Bob
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Bob Rogers
President
816/932-1000
Private
Foundation
National
2,6
Harris/AMC
Family Service America (L18)
GE
Clifford Smith
President
Private
Business
National
General Mills
Reatha Clark King
President
Private
Foundation
National
Ann Maura
General Motors
CEO
Private
National
Gregg
Georgetown University
Rev. William Byron
Nonprofit
Higher Ed
National
Girls Scouts (L18)
Mary Rose Main
Nonprofit
Service
National
Girls, In (L18)
Isabel Stewart
Goodwill Industries (L18)
Fred Grandy
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families
Mary Bogle
Exec. Director
202/393-6714
Private
Foundation
National
1,3
AnnMaura
Grantmakers in Health
Catherine McDermott
Exec. Director
202452-8331
Private
Foundation
National
5
AnnMaura
Grantmakers/Natl & Community Service
Jill Blair
415/522-5400
Private
Service
National
Ann Maura
Policy change, include service as a criterion
IBM
Lou Gerstner
CEO
Private
Business
National
6
Harris
Connect service world through net
IBM Foundation
Stanley Litow
President
Private
Foundation
National
2,6
AnnMaura
Independent Sector
Sara Melendez
President
202/223-8100
Nonprofit
Association
National
2,6
Harris/AMC
JC Penney
Private
Business
National
Johnson Publishing Co
Private
Business
National
6
Karl Kani Infinity
Private
Business
National
1
Kiwanis International
Dirk Bannister
Chairman
La Raza
Latter Day Saints
Nonprofit
Faith
National
6
Don Staheli
Family volunteering as a church practice
Leadership 18
Nonprofit
Service
National
6
Harris
Local summits/national collaborations
LensCrafters
Dave Brown
CEO
Private
Business
National
5
Bob
Glasses for one million children in next 12 mo./eye van
Lions Clubs International
Nonprofit
Civic
National
Marriott Corps
Private
Business
National
Metters Industries
Private
Business
National
Microsoft
Bill Gates
CEO
Private
Business
National
6
Gregg or CNS
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Joel Crammer
Publisher
Private
Media
Local
6
Jim
Civic journalism/corporate volunteerism
N.A. Partners in Education
Jim Pitofsky
Nonprofit
k-12
National
Melinda
has a company partner ready to "do something big"
NAACP
Kweisi Mfume
President
Nonprofit
Service
National Urban League (I18)
Hugh Price
Nonprofit
Service
National Urban/Rural Fellos
Nonprofit
Higher Ed
National
2
Gwen
Nationsbank
Vickie Tassan
Senior VP
Private
Business
National
3
AnnMaura
Natl Council of Negro
Dorothy Height
President
Nonprofit
Service
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Natl Mental Health (L18)
Mike Faenza
NBA
Private
National
Northern CA Grantmakers
Caroline Tower
Exec. Director
Private
Foundation
State/Local
6
AnnMaura
One Hundred Black Men
Tom Dortch
Pillsbury
Paul Walsh
CEO
Private
Business
National
1
Pat
Mentoring: build on KAPOW Kids&Power of Work
Pillsbury
Rebecca Ernhardt
Private
Foundation
National
Pat
Pillsbury
Susan Enright
Private
Foundation
National
Pat
Prudential
Urbano Venero
201-802-2559
Private
Foundation
National
6
Gregg/Pat
K-12 Service program, post summit in 24 communities
Quality Ed. for Minority
Shirley McBay
Robert R. McCormick Fdn
Gen. Neal Creighton
CEO
Private
Foundation
National
6
Harris/AMC
Robert Wood Johnson Fdn
Steven Schroeder
President
Private
Foundation
National
5
Gregg/AMC
Russell & Co
Private
Business
National
3
Salvation Army (L18)
Robert Watson
Shell
Phil Carroll
CEO
Private
Business
National
Jeff
Soft Sheen
Private
Business
National
1
Staples
Private
Business
National
Gregg
Target
Private
Business
National
6
Virginia
Family volunteering
The Benton Foundation
Charles Benton
President
202/638-5770
Private
Foundation
National
3,5,6
Harris/AMC
The Hitachi Foundation
Delwin Roy
President
202/457-0588
Private
Foundation
National
6
AnnMaura
The Home Depot
Private
Business
National
Melinda
The James Irvine Foundation
ennis Collins/Nick Bollma
President
415/777-2244
Private
Foundation
State/Nat'l
6
AnnMaura
The Meadows Foundation
Eloise Meadows Rouse
Vice President
214/826-9431
Private
Foundation
State/local
6
Gregg/Pat
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation
William Richardson
President
616/968-1611
Private
Foundation
National
6
Harris/AMC
Time Warner
Dick Monroe
Chairman
Private
Media
National
Bob
TLC Beatrice
Private
Business
National
5
United Neighborhood Centers of America
Fred Isaacs
United Way of America
UPS
Private
Business
National
Melinda
Visiting Nurse Assoc.
Bill Varnell
Volunteers of America
Denny Barnett
Nonprofit
Service
National
Pat
Walt Disney
Michael Eisner
CEO
Private
Media
National
Gregg
YMCA
Ron Kinneamon
Nonprofit
Service
National
3
Y's as the places in every community
YWCA (L18)
Prema Mathai-Davis
Hillel
Nonprofit
Faith/Service
National
Jesuit Volunteer Corps
Nonprofit
Faith/Service
National
Kaboom!
Daryl Hammon
Director
Nonprofit
Youth-led/Service
National
Lead...or Leave
Nonprofit
Youth-led/Service
National
Lutheran Volunteer Corps
Nonprofit
Faith/Service
National
Music Television
Private
edia/Entertainme
National
* = Goals: 1-Caring Adult, 2-Education, 3-Safe Clean, 4-Work, 5-Healthy, 6-Serve
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NAACP Youth and College Division
Nonprofit
K12/HE
National
National Assn for Public Interst Law
Nonprofit
Association
National
National Collaboration for Youth
Nonprofit
Service
National
National Indian Youth Leadership
Nonprofit
Service
National
National PTA
Nonprofit
Civic
National
National Student News Service
Private
edia/Entertainme
National
National Youth Leadership Council
Nonprofit
Association
National
New York Yankees
Private
Sports
Local
Nickelodeon
Private
edia/Entertainme
National
Public Allies
Chuck Supple
President
Nonprofit
Service
National
Rock the Vote
Nonprofit
Civic
National
Sierra Club
President
Nonprofit
Youth-led/Service
National
Student Coal for Action in Literacy Ed
Nonprofit
Youth-led/Service
National
Teach for America
Wendy Kopp
Founder
Nonprofit
Youth-led/Service
National
US Student Association
Nonprofit
Association
National
Fidel Vargas
Mayor
Public
Local
National
Who Cares Magazine
Heather McLeod
Founder
Nonprofit
Youth-led/Service
National
YES Ambassadors
Jennifer Gilligan
Nonprofit
Service
National
YouthBuild USA
Nonprofit
Service
National
Youth on Board
Nonprofit
Association
National
Youth Service America
Roger Landrum
Nonprofit
Service
National
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Faye Z. Dissinger
President
Nonprofit
Association
National
Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Canada
Robert Elliot
Exec. Director
Nonprofit
Association
National
Optimist Clubs International
Stephen P. Lawson
Exec. Director
Nonprofit
Association
National
Delta Sigma Theta
Rose Kennedy
Exec. Director
Nonprofit
Association
National
Pilot International Foundation
Cynthia Mills
Exec. Director
Nonprofit
Association
National
Civitan International
John Rynearson
VP
Nonprofit
Association
National
Association of Junior Leagues International
Holly Sloan
Exec. Director
Nonprofit
Association
National
Soroptimist International
Leigh Wintz
Exec. Director
Nonprofit
Association
National
Quota International
Kathleen Wright
Exec. Director
Nonprofit
Association
National
US Jaycees
Tim Jackson
Exec. Director
Nonprofit
Association
National
Allstate Foundation
Laurie Stinson
Exec. Director
Private
Business
National
Amelior Foundation
Raymond G. Chambers
Chairman
Private
Business
National
American Express Foundation
Mary Beth Salerno
President
Private
Business
National
Amoco Corporation
H. Laurance Fuller
Chairman
Private
Business
National
AMR/American Airlines
Robert L. Crandall
Chairman
Private
Business
National
Anheuser Busch Companies
Anthony Jones
Director
Private
Business
National
AT&T
Robert E. Allen
hairman and CEO
Private
Business
National
Bank of America
Ronald Biagi
CEO
Private
Business
National
* = Goals: 1-Caring Adult, 2-Education, 3-Safe Clean, 4-Work, 5-Healthy, 6-Serve
Page 4
Summit Commitments
updated 11/19/96
BellSouth Corporation
Jim Breedlove
Dir. Ext. Affairs
Private
Business
National
Chrysler Corporation
Robert J. Eaton
hairman and CEO
Private
Business
National
Communication Workers of America
Morton Bahr
Private
Business
National
Fannie Mae
James A. Johnson
hairman and CEO
Private
Business
National
Farmers Group
Jeff Beyer
VP
Private
Business
National
General Electric Company
John F. Welch
hairman and CEO
Private
Business
National
General Mills
Stephen W. Sanger
hairman and CEO
Private
Business
National
Hallmark Cards
Irvine O. Hockaday
President
Private
Business
National
Honeywell Inc.
Michael R. Bonsignore
CEO
Private
Business
National
IBM Corporation
Louis Gerstner
hairman and CEO
Private
Business
National
Johnson and Johnson
Ralph Larsen
hairman and CEO
Private
Business
National
Levi Strauss & Co.
Bob Adas
Private
Business
National
SC Johnson Wax
Sam Johnson
Private
Business
National
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Arthur C. Martinez
hairman and CEO
Private
Business
National
Valero Energy Corporation
Private
Business
National
Walt Disney Company
Michael Eisner
hairman and CEO
Private
Business
National
American Cancer Society
Ruth Corcoran
VP
Nonprofit
Healthcare
National
Eli Lilly & Company
Steven E. Twait
Manager
Private
Business
National
Elks Club
Nonprofit
Service
National
Rotary Club
Nonprofit
Service
National
Church Women United
Nonprofit
Faith
National
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Nonprofit
Fraternal
National
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Nonprofit
Fraternal
National
Alpha Phi Alpha
Nonprofit
Fraternal
National
Essense Communications
Private
Business
National
BET Holdings, Inc.
Private
Business
National
Assn. of Volunteer Administrators
Nonprofit
Service/Assn.
National
Child Advocates
Nonprofit
Service
National
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Nonprofit
Service
National
Students Against Drunk Driving
Nonprofit
Service
National
American Association of Retired Persons
Nonprofit
Association
National
United Negro College Fund
Nonprofit
Education
National
Pepsi-Cola (of Wash DC)
Private
Business
National
* = Goals: 1-Caring Adult, 2-Education, 3-Safe Clean, 4-Work, 5-Healthy, 6-Serve
Page 5
Bob-
Seen this
Ray Chanberg
Claim
4219.14
7.96%
3769.79
4366.76
3696.83
98.89
8.14
93.72
99.81
93.66
662.75
8.09
592.74
697.13
589.72
New Charity Fund Puts Its Bets
Adjusti
Biggest chang
94-27
6.84
92-5
97-6
91-5
567.50
8.37
501.57
569.17
500.22
Fulton Prebon)
-0.11
In Cutthroat Commodity Pits
4.03%
INDUS
9.00%
5.50%
WSJ 4/6/92
1 By GEORGE ANDERS
advantaged backgrounds to stay in school
8.00
UPWARD RI
5.00
And STANLEY W. ANGRIST
and pick up business skills.
7.00
Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
The notion of trying to further social
6.00
4.50
NEW YORK-A little bit of charity is
justice by trading in cutthroat markets
Auto Manua
5.00
creeping into the rough-and-tumble com-
such as soybeans or stock-index futures
Chrysier
4.00
modity pits.
strikes some as odd. As veteran Chicago
4.00
Ford Motor
3.50
A top U.S. futures trader, Paul Tudor
commodity trader Mark Ritchie observed
3.00
D J F MA
F M T W T F
Jones, and one of the most successful spon-
in his autobiography: "There is a stunning
General MA
1992
sors of leveraged buy-outs in the mid-1980s,
lack of sportsmanship in the way that this
Advertisis
THU
YEAR AGO
12-MO HIGH
12-MO LOW
Raymond Chambers, are teaming up to
game is played. I got the feeling I was
form a $125 million commodity fund that
being trained as a socially sanctioned
Omnicom
4.02%
5.71%
5.75%
3.72%
3.73
5.95
5.95
3.51
plans to hand over most of its profit to
bookie."
Aerospac
6.20
charity.
Sponsors of the One to One fund, how-
4.26
6.12
3.94
Capital for the new fund, known as the
ever, say they are totally serious about
Grummand
4.31
6.19
6.25
4.00
One-to One Charitable Fund Inc., will
their new charitable mission. "The prob-
DOWNWAI
come from founda-
lems in our inner cities are so severe,"
vs. 15 Currencies
86.1
-0.6
93
tions, other institu-
says Mr. Chambers. "This isn't a silver
Blotechne
89
tional investors and
bullet that will solve everything, but it's an
Chiron
90
88
wealthy individuals.
opportunity to help people feel connected
to the mainstream."
Building
87
It will be managed
84
87
by Mr. Jones and
So far, major investors have tentatively
Armstron
three other veteran
committed about half the $125 million tar-
81
commodities
get, according to executives working with
Manville
86
78
traders.
the fund. These executives add that they
Owens-Com
75
85
F M T W T F
Over the past five
hope to have the fund fully raised by June,
N D J F MA
at which time it will start operations.
Sherwing
1992
years, Mr. Jones
DAY'S
12-MO HIGH
and the other
As spelled out in its offering circular,
Vulcan
LATE
DAY'S
12-MOLOW
THU
HIGH
LOW
LATE NY
traders have been
the One to One fund would try to line up
volunteers nationwide to serve as mentors
OII Drill
1.7305
1.7475
1.7252
1.8855
1.6010
some of the top per-
0.8389
0.8421
formers in their
for students. from disadvantaged back-
Helmering
0.8392
0.8928
0.8343
Paul Tudor Jones II
1.5014
1.4860
1.5035
field, averaging an-
grounds. Students periodically would get
1.3405
1.5903
small cash awards-drawn from the fund's
Rowan
nual returns of 36% to 71% on their portfo-
133.73
133.07
134.30
123.35
141.59
lios, according to futures industry publica-
commodities trading profits-if they
Heavy
1.6440
1.6225
1.6475
1.5075
1.8356
tions.
stayed in school, avoided drugs and crime,
Most of any profit realized by the One
and picked up business skills.
Caterpine
Index (1967=100)
210.14
+1.12
250
218
to One fund will be channeled toward so-
At age 23, or perhaps earlier, students
Harnison
cial programs picked by Mr. Chambers
who completed the program would each
240
Nacco
214
and a group of advisers. The advisers'
get a $10,000 grant designed to help them
230
main goal: encouraging children from dis-
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Source:
220
210
210
206
200
Bond Market
Treasury Yield Curve
Yields as of 4:30 p.m. Eastern time
Ea
190
202
ONDJFMA
F M T W T F
8.50%
1992
12-MO HIGH 12-MO LOW
Faces Pressure
8.00%
Friday
CHANGE
THU
YRAGO
AT CLOSE
7.50%
1 week ago
Bro
, st 0.30
$340.90
$359.80
$373.70
$338.20
7.00%
4 weeks ago
+ 0.50
19.80
19.95
24.15
17.85
$
+ 0.03
4.10
2.98
From Supply
6.50%
4.77
2.74
6.00%
+ 0.50
78.75
81.75
81.75
64.00
5.50%
scept for Federal Funds, which are weekly average rates.
CREDIT
5.00%
HT
MARKETS
4.50%
4.00%
By CONSTANCE MITCHELL
3.50%
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
3
6
1
2
3
5
7
10
30
Staff
Jones Utilities
NEW YORK-Grab your flak jacket.
mos.
yr.
maturities
The
The bond market is in for a tumultuous
Source: Technical Data's Bond Data
ports
0
Consolidated Natural Gas
second quarter.
are
DJUA
That warning comes from economists
In response to the employment report,
straint
and bond market analysts who believe in-
bond prices took off. The best performer:
estimate
vestors should proceed cautiously in the
two-year Treasury notes. In the past two
whose
months ahead. They expect yields on short-
weeks. the yield on the two-year securi-
cycle.
term securities, which have declined
ties has declined about 0.5 percentage
sharply since March 24. to move even
point to 5.35%. Analysts say buyers of the
optimate
Dist
vields
on
two-year notes believe the Federal Re-
shave
(C10 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1992
New Commodity Fund Formed
Goldman Sachs
To Give Profit to Social Programs
Gets Commitments
Continued From Page C1
lar grant," says David White, the founda-
For New Fund
start their own business. While program
tion's treasurer. Mr. White says his foun-
sponsors say it is too early to tell how
dation hasn't yet decided whether to help
finance the One to One fund. But he adds:
By RANDALL SMITH
many students might ultimately benefit,
they indicate that if the futures-trading op-
"It's definitely a live issue for us. The pro-
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNA
eration does well, it could support several
gram has a tremendous amount of ap-
NEW YORK - Goldman, Sachs & Co
has obtained commitments for a $1 billion
thousand students.
peal."
Helping channel money to various men-
merchant-banking fund after only a few
According to the offering circular, part
toring programs will be Mr. Chambers and
months of fund raising, according to people
of the One to One fund will be kept in cash
reserves, while the rest is divided among
a panel of experts led by Leroy Keith,
on Wall Street.
four futures advisers. They are: Mr.
president of Morehouse College, and Sybil
William Benedetto, chairman of Bene
Jones's Tudor Investment Corp., Blenheim
Mobley, business school dean at Florida
detto Gartland & Greene Inc., which spe
Investment Inc., J.W. Henry & Co. and
A&M University. Organizers of the One to
cializes in finding investors for such funds
Moore Capital Management Inc. Execu-
One fund say they plan to work mostly
said it was highly unusual for any firn
with existing mentoring programs, such as
"to be able to raise this much money SI
tives at J.W. Henry confirmed their partic-
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, but
quickly."
ipation; executives at the other three firms
may help develop some new programs,
A spokesman for Goldman declined to
declined to comment.
comment, citing rules limiting promotio
All four futures managers are waiving
too.
Mr. Chambers is best known on Wall
of such private equity partnerships. How
the usual money-management fees that
they charge-which typically amount to
Street as a founding partner of Wesray
ever, the same people on Wall Street sai
Capital Corp., the leveraged buy-out bou-
the securities firm plans to close the fun
about 3% of funds under management plus
15% to 30% of any profits earned. That will
tique that earned big riches from its acqui-
raising process within the next fe
sitions of Gibson Greetings Corp. and the
weeks.
leave more money for charity.
Avis car-rental business in the 1980s. Since
Mr. Benedetto said one way Goldma
Investors in the fund are being offered
only modest returns. Merrill Lynch & Co.
1987, though, Mr. Chambers has withdrawn
obtained the investor commitments was t
is providing a guar-
from active work at Wesray and spends
promising to put $300 million of the firm
most of his time on social programs in the
own money into the fund, meaning the fin
antee that investors
needed only $700 million from outside i
will get back at least
Newark, N.J., area.
vestors. "This is an example of mone
their initial capital
after five years,
Huntway Partners LP.
talks and big money talks loudly,"
said.
though without any
interest. If the fund
A Brookline, Mass., investor who owns
The Goldman fund, GS Capital Partne
makes money, in-
a 6.5% stake in Huntway Partners L.P. re-
L.P., plans to make private equity inves
vestors will get in-
quested a seat on the board and cash dis-
ments, taking minority stakes in comp
terest income com-
tributions to holders of preference units.
nies with clients as partners.
Andre Danesh made the requests in let-
This is Goldman's first big fund-raisi
parable to the rate
ters sent last month to Juan Y. Forster,
effort since its controversial $783 milli
on similar-maturity
Huntway president. The letters were in-
Water Street Corporate Recovery Fun
Treasury securi-
cluded in a Securities and Exchange Com-
which invested in junk bonds of financial
ties-currently
mission filing last week by Mr. Danesh.
distressed companies. That fund generat
about 6.85% annu-
ally.
Additional
Raymond Chambers
The company "currently [has] no open-
so many protests from clients over Go
gains go to charity.
ings or any anticipated openings in the
man's role in the companies' debt restri
near term," Mr. Foster responded in a let-
turings that Goldman last year announc
"This isn't an investment vehicle," says
ter that also was attached to the filing.
plans to shut down the fund.
William Crerand, chairman of Evaluation
Goldman was also able to raise the fu
Associates Inc., a pension consulting firm
Doug Hansen, Huntway chief financial
by touting a 30.6% annual return on SOI
that will monitor the fund's performance.
officer, said he was aware of the corre-
$1.23 billion in investments since 1983. C
Rather, he says, potential investors are be-
spondence, but declined to comment fur-
of those investments was a $12 mill
ing asked to think of their contribution to
ther.
stake in the 1986 leveraged buy-out of R
the fund as a form of philanthropy on their
Huntway, based in Valencia, Calif., is a
Macy & Co., which sought bankruptcy-l
part, with a potentially modest financial
partnership that produces liquid asphalt
protection from creditors earlier t
return.
for road construction. It suspended distri-
year.
One prospective investor, the $2 billion
bution to preference unit holders in No-
Although the Macy stake may curren
Rockefeller Foundation, says the mix of
vember 1990. In August 1990, the partner-
have little value, that loss was dwarfed
charity and finance sounds intriguing.
ship slashed the distribution to 10 cents a
profits on Goldman's $25 million stake
"This is better for us than [making ] a regu-
unit from 34.5 cents.
the 1989 buy-out of Hospital Corp. of Am
ica, which Goldman valued at $162.5 bill
last December, just before a recent pul
DIGEST OF EARNINGS REPORTS
offering of Hospital Corp. shares.
The people on Wall Street said the s
million in commitments from outside
ACKERLEY COMMUNICATIONS (A)
FREDERICK'S OF HOLLYWD (N)
ABBREVIATIONS
Year Dec 31:
1991
1990
13 wk Feb 29:
1992
1991
A partial list of frequently used
vestors came from wealthy individuals
Revenues $182,200,000
$183,100,000
Sales
$34,654,000
$34,085,000
abbreviations: Acctg adi (Ac-
institutional investors, foreign and
Net Inco
a(39,100,000)
(14,500,000)
Net income
2,583,000
2,475,000
counting adjustment); Extrd chg
Shr earns:
Shr earns:
(Extraordinary charge); Extrd
mestic. Goldman had set out to raise
Net inco
(2.54)
(.94)
Net income
.29
a.28
cred (Extraordinary credit): Inco
Quarter:
26 weeks:
cnt op (Income from continuing
least $500 million, with 30% coming fr
Revenues
51,400,000
52,000,000
Sales
60,327,000
59,677,000
operations): Inco dis op (Income
the firm itself, but received expression
Net inco
a(24,300,000)
(2,100,000)
Net income
3,092,000
3,084,000
from discontinued
Shr earns:
Shr earns:
interest for a fund roughly three times
Net inco
(1.58)
(.14)
Net income
34
a.35
NOV-25-96 MON 14:03
AMELIOR FOUNDATION
FAX NO. 12015400958
P.02
MEMORANDUM
November 25, 1996
TO:
Stuart Shapiro
FROM:
Ray Chambers
RE:
Conversation with Bill Richardson
Bill strongly suggested that the communities being represented
at the Summit be provided with a menu of entities to whom each
community could report in its representative State, as well as
those entities who could be helpful to each community.
He also stressed the need to make sure all those in our country
understand the strong bi-partisan nature of the Summit.
RGC: fm
14022
CC:
Bob Goodwin
Harris Wofford
Gregg Petersmeyer
Kenn Allen
Shirley Sagawa
NOV-25-96 MON 13:10
AMELIOR FOUNDATION
FAX NO. 12015400958
P.02
MEMORANDUM
November 25, 1996
TO:
Bob Goodwin
Harris Wofford
Gregg Petersmeyer
Kenn Allen
Shirley Sagawa
Stuart Shapiro
FROM:
Ray Chambers
RE:
2,000,000 Mentors by the year 2000
Jay Winsten called after our National Mentoring Partnership
Board Meeting and requested a "battle plan" as to how we are
going to get the 2,000,000 mentors by the year 2000. The
attached represents a response from Tony Robbins' organization.
Do you think this could be the skeletal outline for Jay's
requested "battle plan"?
RGC:fm
14023
CC:
Geoff Boisi
Gail Manza
Robin Smith
Christine Gilfillan
NOV-25-96 MON 13:11
AMELIOR FOUNDATION
FAX NO. 12015400958
P.03
MENTORING PROGRAM & SUMMIT
NOVEMBER 20, 1996
UI TIMATE OUTCOME
Produce two million mentors by the year 2000 and through their efforts transform
The lives of two million additional young people through a connection to
community service, creating access to health care and 3 safe environment, and
connecting them to economic opportunities.
ULTIMATE PURPOSE
To produce a caring and supportive mentoring relationship in the life of every
young person and offer them an opportunity to give back through service.
To provide our youth with a healthy environment with quality role models and
safe places to learn, work and play.
To transform the quality of life for all Americans by taking care of the foundation
of the community structure: our youth.
To produce hope, opportunity, and a compelling future for not only young people,
but all those who interact with them.
To gain a sense of contribution and impact beyond imagination.
See mend
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NOV-25-96 MON 13:11
AMELIOR FOUNDATION
FAX NO. 12015400958
P. 04
MAJOR OUTCOMES
Produce an outstanding Mentoring Summit in Philadelohia SIS April
27-29, 1997-one that produces an army of more than 1,000 committed
players who are now inspired and committed to a common vision with a
goal of 2 million mentors by the year 2000. Have these players experience
an amazing emotional intensity and leave with an absolute commitment to
make this happen.
2.
Recruiting plan for two million mentors by the year 2000 is created,
refined, published, and distributed.
3.
An outstanding training plan is created for mentors that inspires them to
maintain and grow a long-term relationship with the youth.
4.
Brainstorm, evaluate and establish an effective plan for accessing and
inspiring two million youth for participation and linkage with mentors.
5.
Establish the communication and reinforcement systems that cause
mentors to continue to participate and to commit to Constant And Never-
ending Improvement (CANI!).
6.
Create a system for evaluating the impact of the mentoring program
so that these results will reinforce mentors and will teach people in the
culture the value of this system of creating change.
7.
Brainstorm and establish a plan for the cultural promotion of
mentoring on an ongoing basis by creating it as an established value
system that is appreciated, respected, pursued and expected of those
individuals who achieve significantly within the culture, as well as those
who wish to significantly contribute to society as a whole. This plan should
be media driven.
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NOV-25-96 MON 13:12
AMELIOR FOUNDATION
FAX NO. 12015400958
ACTION
OUTCOME
PURPOSE
1.
Brainstocm
outcomes
of
io:
aligning
2.
the
available.
Philadelphia April
3.
design
29, 1997-one that
program.
produces an anny of more
4. in the event.
than 1,000 committed
minds and resources
5. Confirm speakers and resources including:
players who are now
make this goal 3
1. President Clinton
inspired and committed to
To
create
b. President Bush
a common vision with goal
momenain
c. General Colin Powell
of 2 million mentors by
d. President Carter
the year 2000. Have these
e. President Ford
players leave experience
6. Select the Master(s) of Ceremony
an amazing amount of
7. Brainstorm resources and potentials for
emotional intensity and
video-social proof of impact and emotional
leave with an absolute
movement of the crowd at strategic times
commitment to make this
throughout the weekend.
happen.
8. Design the system for creating a plan within
each community that produces a sense of
ownership and yet a consistent, easily
duplicated, and synergistic pattern that
causes the ultimate outcome to be achieved
in the shortest period of time with the
maximum amount of impact and enjoyment
for those participating in the process.
1. Brainstorm the options for the finest tools
2. Recruiting plan for two
Turn the dream into a
for recruiting mentors.
million mentors by the
reality; have people leave
2. Evaluate group mentoring vs. Individual
year 2000 is created,
with certainty that this can
mentoring.
refined, published, and
and will be done; give
3. Brainstorm the obstacles that prevent
distributed.
people a sense of
mentors from committing.
ownership of the process;
4. Brainstorm the solutions to these obstacles
make it real; transform our
and the practical action steps to make this
world through attaining the
work.
key resources that every
5. Design the system that will guide people
child needs; engage
through the weekend to refine this system
mentors in the ongoing
and once again produce a sense of ownership
process of caring for,
within them that they have created this.
sharing with, and
6. Interview and model the most successful
transforming our youth.
recruiters of mentors to find out their
influencing and recruitment strategy.
7. Mismatch recruiting strategy to make sure
that the strategy doesn't just produce two
million mentors, but keeps them. I.e.
interview and evaluate the length of time a
mentor will commit to a child
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AMELIOR FOUNDATION
FAX NO. 12015400958
06
LACTION
OUTCOME
that
2
that inspires them and
keeps them CA long-term.
therefore
3. Videotage and/or capture the training program(s) to
to relax more with those
as examples to show a variety of ways to
that they are mentoring;
the impact with the common themes that
programs
effective.
provide a totally enjoyable
youth
is
process that makes
what
doest't
mentoring part
5. Develop the primary tool(s) that each mentor needs
mentor's identity and gives
and S system for teaching it in an entertaining way.
them a sense of ongoing
6. Develop syntax and training format for providing
pride. It's one thing to
both the certainty, the tools, and the effective
have mentors, it's another
training of mentors at various stages.
to have effective mentors
2 Resolve mentoring certification program?
that are truly maximizing
8. Schedule first mentoring conference to actually
their time with kids to
train mentors. Include inspirational speakers
enjoy themselves and
such as General Schwarzkopf, etc. And make
make an ongoing
the event itself transformational giving the
measurable difference. To
mentors an identity they will be proud of for
the rest of their lives and a mindset of Constant
have kids enjoy their lives.
And Never-ending Improvement.
To point kids in a
9.. Brainstorm a list of the core mentoring training
direction that provides
products necessary to expand our reach audio
maximum opportunity for
tapes, video tapes, etc.
the development and
10. Develop a training program for people who will
unfolding of their souls and
train the mentors.
their lives.
11. Brainstorm the quality control and evaluation
systems for mentoring trainers and for mentors.
12. Establish communication links for ongoing
training support of mentors, i.e. create mentoring
internet site, segments for stories of inspiration and
success, coaching corner (where mentors can write
and receive answers about how to deal with
challenges), bulletin board, dialogue/chat sessions,
scheduled ongoing training, etc.
13. Establish utilization of Internet for the delivery of
television quality video to key regional sites where
training can occur simultaneously across the nation.
14. Establish levels of mentoring or acknowledgment
systems for mentors including pin system, or some
other symbol of a person who touches the future,
who is a developer of human potential.
15. Establish who the ultimate person responsible for
designing the mentoring program, managing the
process and quality control.
16. Establish 4 syntax and a timeline for mentors to
build relationships.
17. Establish what obstacles occur in the relationship
and how to deal with them as well as rapport
building skills.
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P.07
ACTION
OUTCOME
PURPOSE
the
Ideal
youth
to
pursue
are.
4. Brainstorm, evaluate
Mentors don't
2.
establish
how
10
best
access
and establish an effective
distribution
systems
that
plan for accessing and
inspiring two million youth
3. Develop & plan to inspire youth to desire a
for participation and
is to enroll them in
mentoring relationship (i.e. how do we make
linkage with mentors.
relationships with
results-oriented, but also "cool")
to provide community
% Establish Initial contacts.
services giving them access
5. Measure and model those accessing programs
to the resources necessary
that already exist.
to transform the quality of
6. Implement timelines and deadlines for initial
their lives, and the lives of
goals of breaking down two million youth to
all those within the
the numbers for this year in specific
communities they live; and
communities in a specific time.
to touch the future like no
7. Establish the person ultimately responsible
other project that exists
for driving this system, developing the plan
and managing the process.
1. Access the most important things that would
5. Establish the
In order to maintain
reinforce the mentors to continue to
communication and
momentum, you must
participate.
reinforcement systems
reinforce approximately
2. Brainstorm and establish the systems for
that cause mentors to
right behavior, not only
continually inspiring mentors to become
continue to participate and
perfect behavior. Through
more, learn, grow, and give more based on a
to commit to Constant
reinforcement the system
promotional program that will ensure their 6
And Never-ending
will expand gcometrically.
Human Needs are met.
Improvement (CANI!).
Through reinforcement we
3. Establish the necessary systems for
will establish an identity
communication (i.e. Internet site, bulletin
within mentors that will
boards, success stories, newsletters, audio
cause them to be the
coaching tape of the month/quarter, etc.)
recruiting system that
4. Establish a meeting time (annually, semi-
brings others to the table
annually, or quarterly) in one city as the
(especially if we use a teen
annual conference. This annual event will
mentoring format). This
become a place of inspiration, results
is how we reach beyond the
sharing, modeling of systems that work,
year 2000 to have an
celebration of the current results, and a re-
ongoing impact rather
focusing of what needs to be done to take
than just achieving a goal
things to the next level. It will have great
with temporary results.
media coverage and focus that gives people
Most mentors traditionally
reinforcement for being there.
do not last and through
5. Establish mentoring links where mentors are
reinforcement we can
coached by other top mentors on an ongoing
maintain the mentoring
basis.
relationships through the
years.
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ACTION
Outcome
PURPOSI
: Review avaluation systems that already
S. Create a system for
You can't
exist.
evaluating the impact of
you don't measure.
2. Utilize resources of government and private
the mentoring program so
Without measurement, this
foundations to establish clear consequences
that these results will
will be just seen as another
to the mentoring relationship.
reinforce meators and will
way of making a difference
S. Develop promotional campaign to teach
teach people in the culture
instead of one of the finest
these about the impact of mentoring.
the value of this system of
ways for making
creating change.
measurable difference
Measurement will show US
that we are (or are not)
truly achieving our goals
and give us the
opportunity to make
immediate changes to
accomplish our higher
purpose.
1. Establish the core team who will promote
7. Brainstorm and
Rule structures drive
this.
establish a plan for the
society and through the
2. Establish specific goals for numbers of shows
cultural promotion of
media new rule structures
and targeted shows to produce results.
mentoring on an ongoing
of what is "cool" and what
3. Execute the plan.
basis by creating it as an
makes a difference in how
4. Create a video/audio/brochure package that
established value system
we spend our time can
would be so emotionally moving that anyone
that is appreciated,
clearly be established,
who views it would immediately want to
respected, pursued and
therefore creating a change
become a mentor and would be willing to
expected of those
of not only two million
commit the time, energy and resources to be
individuals who achieve
mentors initially, but also
an effective mentor. The video would cause
significantly within the
establishing an ever-
people to see the emotional gains and believe
culture, as well as those
growing number of
with a sense of certainty that they could be
who wish to significantly
mentors and a standard by
trained to be effective.
contribute to society as a
which successful individuals
whole. This plan should be
in our society define
media driven.
themselves in the future
and how they pursue a
sense of fulfillment.
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SUMMARY
had
this
key
meating
on
memoring,
schedule
mentering
where
people
are
wained.
The
curcents
for
the
that at the end of the three days the people have tremendous mentoring skills. In addition,
would have major players there so that individuals want to come. This convention needs
be large, something done with 3,000 - 5,000 people initially and then grow this through
satellite linkage, etc. But, it should become and event SC that when people leave they are
inspired, ready and trained. It's one thing to have two million mentors; it's another to have
two million trained mentors who are competent, excited, effective and have a plan.
2. A communication system for ongoing coaching of mentors and the sharing of success
stories is critical. An internet site that includes bulletin boards, success stories, a coaching
corner; a fax-based news-letter, etc. are critical for this process to have a synergistic impact.
3. There must be a brochure/video that is incredibly emotionally moving that shows what
the mentoring relationship really is and that would allow you to promote mentoring
in mass to people.
4. Establishing the right players-entrepreneurs, rather than 'maintenance'
individuals-will be critical within each of the categories of leadership, whether it be
the recruitment of mentors, the training or mentors, the recruitment and inspiration
of mentees, the reinforcement systems, and the cultural promotion. This would ensure
that we have an organization that is dynamically expanding, growing, and utilizing all its
resources as opposed to an organization of maintenance which can quickly become a
bureaucracy which slows rather than enhances the process of reaching the ultimate goals and
vision of this coalition.
5. It's not enough to get two million mentors. What we must produce is two million
trained mentors who are reinforced and develop the certainty, skills, and emotional
preparation so that they remain mentors and assist us in geometrically expanding
that number in the future.
6. It's critical for us to figure out how to convert this mentoring relationship as much as
possible into youth becoming economically productive. This will allow them to have an
alternative to some of the destructive economic alternatives that already exist, such as drugs,
etc. How we implement this in a way that is perceived as appropriate in the coalition of
those participating in the process of mentoring is critical. We need to discuss what this plan
might look like as well.
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