Center for Social Development

The Global Service Institute (GSI) has been created to study, inform, and assist in the development of civic service worldwide. Specifically, GSI's mission is to increase research, establish a worldwide information network, and promote policy and program development in civic service.

Civic Service is defined as:

"an organized period of substantial engagement and contribution to the local, national, or world community, recognized and valued by society, with minimal monetary contribution to the participant." (Sherraden, 2001)

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Center for Social Development
George Warren Brown School of Social Work
Washington University
Campus Box 1196
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899
tel: (314) 935-7433
fax: (314) 935-8661
csd@wustl.edu