The Campus Compact AmeriCorps*VISTA Program
Since 1997, Campus Compact VISTA programs have grown to more than 400 VISTA members working on campuses and in communities across 26 state Campus Compact programs.
Campus Compact is a coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents who are committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education. AmeriCorps*VISTA helps individuals and communities implement grassroots solutions designed to alleviate poverty. Founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, the program places individuals at nonprofit organizations and public agencies that are fighting illiteracy, improving health services, reducing unemployment, increasing housing opportunities, reducing recidivism, and expanding access to technology for those living in rural and urban areas of poverty across America.
Campus Compact VISTA programs join the mission of Campus Compact and AmeriCorps*VISTA through projects that build campus-community partnerships to fight poverty. Through the Campus Compact VISTA program, we alleviate poverty by strengthening communities and developing leaders. Our state programs:
- Improve college access and success
- Bring community voice to campus
- Empower students to be community advocates
- Improve service-learning courses that address local, national, and global community issues
- Build the capacity of higher education institutions to strengthen communities
- Develop the skills of VISTA members and students in community organizing, volunteer management, and community partnership development
Contact Us
To learn more about any specific state's Campus Compact VISTA program, please contact the state VISTA project supervisor.
For more information about specific VISTA projects, and hear about the VISTA experience from Campus Compact VISTAs, go to VISTA Voices.
Being a part of Campus Compact has let us touch the heart and soul of building better communities while improving teaching and learning for faculty and students. James A. Drake, President, Brevard Community College
