Ambassador League Resources

Volunteer Opportunities

For the MISSION: TAKE ACTION assignment, you have to complete ten hours of volunteer work for a community service non-profit organization. Check your local shelter/soup kitchen and volunteer on Christmas and New Year's, as they often need help this time of year. You can also use online resources like www.christianvolunteering.org and www.volunteermatch.org to find information on organizations and volunteer opportunities in your area.

SSI is hosting OnSites throughout the school year at various locations around the state. We are in need of volunteers to assist first-time students in caucus meetings and other various duties. Please email Jeff Visscher at jeff@ssi-online.org if you are able to help. You can see the list of scheduled OnSites here.

There’s always some project going on around our office; preparing Onsite materials, preparing mailings, helping at an event. If you want to get in your volunteer hours for a non-profit organization this would work great. Email or call Sherrel at 877-464-6388 to find out what times and dates work best.

Highlighted Resource

For the MISSION: OBSERVE tasks, you have to watch a local meeting of some sort: school board, city/village/town council, trial, library board, etc. Here is a collection of links to help you find local meetings.

Michigan Trial Court Directory by County
Find contact information and Judge listings for every court in Michigan, so you can find out what trials are open for you to observe.

Michigan School Districts
This is NOT a complete list, but it's the most extensive list that we could find easily in one place. If what you're looking for isn't here, just google your school name and you should find a website that will lead you to school board contact and meeting info.

Michigan Libraries
Search for your city or county to find any libraries in your area. Clicking on a link for one of the results will get you contact information for that library, so you can find out if they have board meetings.

Michigan Counties
Find your county website to track down a list of your county commissioners and their meeting schedule.

Michigan Townships
Find your Town's contact information and website here, so you can contact a town councilperson or find out when town meetings will be held.

Michigan Cities and Villages
Find your Village's or City's contact information and website here, so you can contact a councilperson or find out when council meetings will be held.

Mission Hints

Legislative Session: To find out when the House and Senate are in session, visit www.legislature.mi.gov and click on the Session Schedules link in the left-hand column. When you plan your visit, call ahead and see if you can meet with your Representative or Senator or even job-shadow them. Even if you don’t job-shadow them, you could interview them and complete a different assignment.

Observe a Local Meeting & Interview a Local Leader: Most school boards, city councils and county commissions have regular monthly meetings. Why not set aside one evening to attend a meeting? You can also interview one of the members and complete two assignments on the same night.

Agent Reports

All 2008 Agent reports are now available here.

Web Sites

Michigan Trial Court Directory by County

Michigan School Districts

Michigan Libraries

Michigan Counties

Michigan Townships

Michigan Cities and Villages

Volunteer Match - A great resource to find volunteering opportunities where you live.

Christian Volunteering - A resource to find volunteering opportunities.

Michigan Legislature Schedule - Use this to help schedule interviews or shadowing sessions with Michigan Legislators.

Michigan Newspapers and News Stations Listing

Student Statesmanship Institute

Citizens For Traditional Values

Michigan House Civics Commission

Michigan Supreme Court

Michigan Legislature

Michigan Legislative Council

The Federalist Papers

U.S. Historical Documents

Leadership University

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Library of Congress Exhibition)

Center For the American Idea

U.S. Library of Congress on the Internet

U.S. House of Representatives

My Government

Ask the Experts Reference Desk.com

GoVote.com - Politics, Elections and Government!

World Net Daily - A Free Press for a Free People

Project Vote Smart

Books

How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, 1976

A Christian Manifesto, Dr. Francis Schaeffer, 1982

How Now Shall We Live, Charles Colson, 1999

Love Your God With All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul, J.P. Moreland, 1997

Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties, Paul Johnson, 1992

A History of the American People, Paul Johnson, 1997

Understanding the Times, Dr. David Noebel, 1991

Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Grave, David Breese, 1996

God’s Politician: William Wilberforce’s Struggle, Garth Lean, 1989

Roaring Lambs, Bob Briner, 1993

Our Sacred Honor, William J. Bennett, 1997

The Case For Faith, Lee Strobel, 2000

Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Volumes 1 and 2 Revised, Josh McDowell, 1999

The Light and the Glory, Peter Marshall and David Manuel, 1980

From Sea to Shining Sea, Peter Marshall and David Manuel, 1986

What if Jesus Had Never Been Born, Dr. D. James Kennedy, 1994

Masters of the Dream, The Strength and Betrayal of Black America, Alan Keyes, 1995

Defending the Founders, Race, Sex, Class and Justice in the Origins of America, Thomas G. West, 1997

Defending the Declaration, How the Bible and Christianity Influenced the Writing of the Declaration of Independence, Gary Amos, 1989

America’s Real War, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, 1999

The Myth of Separation, David Barton, 1989

America’s God and Country: Encyclopedia of Quotations, William J. Federer, 1994

Biblical Principles and Public Policy: The Practice, Richard C. Chewning, Editor, 1991

The Tragedy of American Compassion, Marvin Olasky, 1992

America’s Providential History, Stephen McDowell and Mark Beliles, 1989

Roots of American Order, Russell Kirk, 1992

Rediscovering the Ideas of Liberty: The Foundations of America’s Greatness, W. David Stedman and LaVaugn G. Lewis, 1994

The Theme is Freedom: Religion, Politics and the American Tradition, M. Stanton Evans, 1996

Organizations

Student Statesmanship Institute
PO Box 80108
Lansing, MI 48908-0108
877-464-6388
517-321-6233
Fax: 517-321-6077
ssi@ssi-online.org
www.ssi-online.org

Citizens For Traditional Values
PO Box 80295
Lansing, MI 48908
517-321-1390
ctv@ctvmichigan.org
www.ctvmichigan.org

Michigan Family Forum
611 S. Walnut
Lansing, MI 48933
517-374-1171
info@michiganfamily.org
www.michiganfamily.org

Family Research Council
801 G. Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
1-800-225-4008
www.frc.org

Wallbuilders
PO Box 397, Aledo, TX 76008
817 441 6044
www.wallbuilders.com

Summit Ministries
PO Box 207
Manitou Springs, CO 80829
719-685-9103
www.summit.org

Nehemiah Institute, Inc.
3575 Harrodsburg Rd Suite 150
Lexington, KY 40513
800-948-3101
info@nehemiahinstitute.com
www.nehemiahinstitute.com

Coral Ridge Ministries, Dr. D. James Kennedy
PO Box 40
Ft Lauderdale FL 33302
800-229-9673
letters@coralridge.org
www.coralridge.org

The Heritage Foundation
214 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington DC 20002-4999
202.546.4400
www.heritage.org

Thomas More Law Center
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
P.O. Box 393
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
734.827.2001 www.thomasmore.org

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