Oregon Campus Compact - Promoting the Civic Responsibility of Higher Education

AmeriCorps*VISTA is a full-time national service program intended to develop lasting solutions to the problems of poverty in America. AmeriCorps*VISTA members build the capacity of non-profit organizations to meet the needs low-income individuals in their communities.

Oregon Campus Compact VISTAs develop service-learning programs, build relationships and partnerships between their institution and the surrounding community, implement campus-wide service days, coordinate programs that engage students in community service, and increase the level of civic engagement on their campuses. Established in 2007 through a partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, the ORCC VISTA program enables colleges and universities to address issues facing low-income communities through high quality service-learning and community service programs that empower students to be change agents in their communities.

ORCC AmeriCorps*VISTA Program