development. She later went to work for
Durham’s Self-Help Credit Union and
started law school at Carolina to learn more
about both education law and community
development law. Her service with Teach
For America, she said, will continue to have
an impact throughout her career. “I
remember in a public policy class at UNC
looking at the welfare system. It was
informative but abstract. I’d never known
anyone actually affected by the system,”
Flowe said. “As a teacher, most of my students were fourth-generation welfare recipients. I learned that the rules that govern
my life are not the rules that govern low-income, inner-city kids’ lives.”
Where to Find Service
Opportunities
UNC resources:
■ Carolina Clubs nationwide sponsor
annual Tar Heel Service Days and
other projects that serve their local
communities.
alumni.unc.edu/clubs
■ University Career Services has tools
for finding volunteer service opportunities in the U.S. and abroad.
Much of the site is open, while some
areas are restricted to students or
registered alumni.
careers.unc.edu
National and international resources:
■ USA Freedom Corps serves as a
national clearinghouse for volunteer
opportunities, including initiatives
such as the Martin Luther King Day
of Service and such programs as
AmeriCorps, Citizen Corps and the
Peace Corps; it’s searchable by inter-
est or location.
usafreedomcorps.gov
■ Volunteer Match, sponsored in part
by the William Randolph Hearst
Foundations.
volunteermatch.org
■ Volunteer Solutions, sponsored by
United Way.
volunteersolutions.org
■ The Points of Light Foundation and
the Volunteer Center National Net-
work.
1-800-Volunteer.org
■ Working with the U.N., Global Volunteers runs “volunteer vacations”
with community development programs in host communities on six
continents.
globalvolunteers.org
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