Tag: Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA

  • Making Change & Taking Stock: How the Maker VISTA Program Impacted Schools & Communities

    Making Change & Taking Stock: How the Maker VISTA Program Impacted Schools & Communities

    After five inspiring and challenging years, we have concluded our Americorps Maker VISTA program. Each of our VISTA members, working at various partner sites nationwide, came to this program with different perspectives, and focused on different projects—yet they all remain connected by a steadfast commitment to service and community. In the last two years, Maker…

  • Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Salmon Public Library

    Jesse Hunt, who recently completed his Americorps Maker VISTA year of service at a public library in Salmon, Idaho, reflects on the unique achievements and challenges of teaching making in a rural community. “Over the course of my VISTA year, what I have found in making is an antidote to helplessness, and a way to…

  • Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Making it Happen!

    Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Making it Happen!

    After five inspiring and challenging years, we will be concluding the Maker VISTA program in Fall 2018. To celebrate the impact of this work, we’ve asked our amazing Maker VISTA members […]

  • Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Leadership Growth!

    Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Leadership Growth!

    After five inspiring and challenging years, we will be concluding the Maker VISTA program in Fall 2018. To celebrate the impact of this work, we’ve asked our amazing Maker VISTA members […]

  • Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: A Fantastic Big Risk!

    After five inspiring and challenging years, we will be concluding the Maker VISTA program in Fall 2018. To celebrate the impact of this work, we’ve asked our amazing Maker VISTA members to reflect on their experiences and accomplishments this school year. In this post, Trina Lafata, a VISTA member who recently completed her year serving…

  • Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Looking to the Future!

    Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Looking to the Future!

    Maker VISTAs Anna Milada Grossi and Claire Tiffany-Appleton found it difficult to put their year as VISTAs into words, not because of a lack of projects, events, or tasks, but from the challenge of categorizing the relationships they’ve established and the future outcomes of all their work at Lighthouse and Lodestar. Read more…

  • Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Inspiring Passion and Confidence!

    Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Inspiring Passion and Confidence!

    After five inspiring and challenging years, we will be concluding the Maker VISTA program in Fall 2018. To celebrate the impact of this work, we’ve asked our amazing Maker VISTA members to reflect on their experiences and accomplishments this school year. In this post, Carey Habiger, a VISTA member who recently completed her year serving…

  • Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Bigger and Better Than Ever Before!

    Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Bigger and Better Than Ever Before!

    After five inspiring and challenging years, we will be concluding the Maker VISTA program in Fall 2018. To celebrate the impact and success of this work, we’ve asked our amazing Maker VISTA members to reflect on their experiences and accomplishments this school year. In this post, Khalil Pettway, a VISTA member serving at Drew Charter…

  • Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Stories and Gratitude from Our 5th and Final Year of Programming

    Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Stories and Gratitude from Our 5th and Final Year of Programming

    Since fall of 2013, Maker Ed has had the honor of running the Maker VISTA program in partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). Through the incredible and enduring work of partner sites and members within their respective communities, we have carried forth the mission of the AmeriCorps VISTA program by using…