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b'Corporate social responsibility and citizen service are increasingly\\nbecoming two sides of the same coin, as more business-sector employees\\nand clients demand opportunities to improve their communities as part\\nof their workplace culture. Exemplifying the beneficial opportunities\\nof cross-sector alliances is the new national partnership between the\\nnonprofit Be The Change, Inc., and the business network Pricewaterhouse\\nCoopers (PwC).
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Today\\u2019s guests on The New Service podcast from Idealist.og are Be the Change, Inc\'s Alan Khazei and PwC\'s Shannon Schuyler.

Alan Khazei is the founder and CEO of Be the Change, Inc, the lead organizer of the Service Nation campaign that has galvanized support throughout the country for passage of the Kennedy Serve America Act. Alan is Co-Founder & former CEO of City Year, the youth service corps that helped to inspire the development of AmeriCorps.
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\\nShannon Schuyler is the Managing Director responsible for PwC\'s U.S. Corporate Responsibility.\\nAs such she is responsible for fostering meaningful partnerships with\\nnational non-profits, including a new national relationship with Be the\\nChange, Inc.
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The collaboration between Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Be the Change\\nInc is aimed at inspiring a new era of voluntary citizen service. PwC\\nwill also serve as a Lead Sponsor for ServiceNation\'s participation in\\nthe upcoming National Conference on Volunteering and Service.\\xa0
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Amy Potthast spoke with Alan and Shannon about their evolving\\npartnership, about how corporate responsibility strengthens\\ncommunities, and about how groups can \\u2014 and must \\u2014 come together across\\nsectors to solve our most pressing social problems.


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