Americans All, a 36-year-old nonprofit membership organization, is ready to begin a virtual one-year pilot program in Howard County, MD. We previously ran nine projects across the country and, with the help of Houghton Mifflin, sold our supplemental social studies resources to more than 2,000 schools and libraries nationwide. Those resources are still on our website.
Today, we are a community outreach and empowerment program. Our revenue-generating multipurpose storytelling tool helps leaders, at all levels, improve the mental, social, and economic health of their constituents.
All high-school-level students and community members receive a free lifetime membership in Americans All, which enables them to publish stories on our Heritage Honor Roll. That membership also includes a free trial subscription to our Social Legacy Network, which enables its members to get discounts on goods and services from our program’s business partners.
For students, creating and publishing a story helps them develop skills in researching, critical thinking and, especially, writing—skills needed to help ensure their success in postsecondary institutions and/or the workforce in our increasingly global economy. Moreover, students can use their stories to create virtual yearbooks for all the organizations in which they participate.
Extensive research confirms that life stories are central to people’s sense of self and the social world they inhabit. It also asserts that intergenerational knowledge of one’s family history is associated with positive mental health, wholeness, well-being, and a sense of belonging. When people belong, they feel emotionally connected and welcomed.
Businesses and professional service providers pay a membership fee of $49 every six months to create a marketing-based landing page, and 77 percent of the membership fee goes to a school (homeschool family) or an umbrella group of their choice.
Click here to view program highlights for homeschool families, students, and the Howard County pilot.
Click here to learn how to register an individual or a family group for Americans All.
Click here to learn how to register a nonprofit organization for Americans All.