{"id":276622,"date":"2010-02-04T12:58:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T17:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compact.org\/?p=9575"},"modified":"2010-02-04T12:58:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T17:58:43","slug":"macc-americorpsvista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/276622","title":{"rendered":"MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA program was created to pursue the potential for institutions of higher education to more responsibly address the local needs of low-income communities and be responsible mechanisms for community change.   MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA members are tools for this change.<\/p>\n<p>Through unique campus-based placements, AmeriCorps*VISTA members will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>bridge the gap between campuses and communities<\/li>\n<li>break down barriers to access and success in higher education<\/li>\n<li>develop students as engaged citizens<\/li>\n<li>build, support, and develop capacity for campus-community partnerships and civic engagement programs<\/li>\n<li>connect community-based organizations with campus resources<\/li>\n<li>remain connected to network of peers all year<\/li>\n<li>participate in significant training and professional development opportunities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/ase.tufts.edu\/macc\/\">Massachusetts Campus Compact <\/a>for more information at 617\/627-3889.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA program was created to pursue the potential for institutions of higher education to more responsibly address the local needs of low-income communities and be responsible mechanisms for community change. MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA members are tools for this change. Through unique campus-based placements, AmeriCorps*VISTA members will: bridge the gap between campuses and communities break [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-276622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}