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Massachusetts Promise Fellowship

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Massachusetts Promise Fellowship (MPF) is a non-profit AmeriCorps organization that places Fellows who commit to a year of service at non-profit organizations, schools, and city agencies across Massachusetts to create, lead, and manage youth development projects. [1]

Mission

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The Massachusetts Promise Fellowship provides leadership training to young adults who commit to one year of service to the State's Commonwealth. [2]

The 5 Promises

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Massachusetts Promise Fellows work to deliver the 5 Promises to youth and their communities.[3] These are well-defined objectives developed in partnership with host sites and funders. All Fellow projects align with at least one of these five promises:

Marketable Skills: Fellows will work closely with and support emerging youth leaders as the young people develop and implement a variety of activities, programs, and projects that benefit their community.[4]

Caring Adult: Fellows will develop new mentoring programs and expand upon current mentoring programs in an effort to establish and support new mentor/mentee matches.[5]

Safe Place: Fellows will develop and lead out-of-school enrichment activities (i.e., adventure programming, service-learning projects, tutoring, athletics) for young people.[6]

Healthy Start: Fellows will coordinate and lead education and outreach efforts (i.e., newsletters, web sites, seminars, summits, workshops, dances) to inform and educate young people on a variety of issues and topics (i.e., sex education, health care access, nutrition, substance abuse prevention, diversity awareness, conflict resolution, HIV/AIDS, legal rights, mental health).[7]

Opportunity to Serve: Fellows will actively recruit, train, and manage volunteers that will serve to support their project and the mission of their host organization.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Community Service > AmeriCorps Partnerships > Massachusetts Promise Fellowship". Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  2. ^ "Massachusetts Promise Fellowship—About". Archived from the original on 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
  3. ^ "The Five Promises".
  4. ^ http://www.americaspromise.org/About-the-Alliance/Five-Promises/Effective-Education.aspx[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Caring Adults".
  6. ^ "New Orleans, LA Gradnation Community Summit".
  7. ^ "Fresno, CA Gradnation Community Summit".
  8. ^ http://www.americaspromise.org/About-the-Alliance/Five-Promises/Opportunities-to-Help-Others.aspxx[permanent dead link]
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