Building Bridges Coalition
The Building Bridges Coalition (also referred to as the BBC) is a project of The Brookings Institution’s Initiative on International Volunteering and Service. It is a consortium of leading international volunteer organizations, universities and colleges, corporations, and government agencies working collaboratively to increase the number of volunteers from 50,000 to 100,000 by 2010. Sample members include Global Citizen Network, Partners of the Americas, Globe Aware, and Washington University.
The Coalition began in 2006 as one of three key components of the Brookings Institution’s Initiative on International Volunteering and Service. It currently comprises a coalition of more than 70 groups. These include corporations, non-governmental organizations, leading universities, and government agencies. All work in partnership to encourage more Americans to volunteer internationally.
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