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Schools and service -- partnership on purpose: Jim Kielsmeier at TEDxBurnsvilleED

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Jim Kielsmeier, NYLC

As founder of the National Youth Leadership Council, Jim Kielsmeier has committed his life to transforming the roles of young people in society — building youth-adult partnerships that help young people grow from recipients of information and resources to valuable, contributing members of a democratic society. In the process, he has woven concepts of national service and experiential learning to pioneer service-learning, an educational approach that has benefited countless young people.

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