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In the fall of 2000, C.O.O.L. relocated to Boston, MA. Its 2001 National Conference returned to Harvard with a theme of "The Path of Service Leads from Charity to Justice," signaling a recommitment of C.O.O.L.'s vision of bringing about a more just society through many avenues of student involvement. At Dartmouth College in 2002, we began the C.O.O.L. Movement Summit: Learning the Lessons from Social Movements, which was replicated in 2003 in partnership with Campus Compact's Raise Your Voice Campaign.

C.O.O.L. also deepened its commitment to serving as a resource to the widespread array of campus-based and student-led programs. In partnership with the Bonner Foundation, C.O.O.L. began work on creating the extensive Civic Engagement Curriculum and Train-the-Trainers Program that we now offer to campuses nationwide. With our partnership with Action Without Borders/Idealist.org, these and many resources will now be available to students and others on the web for free.

After 20 years, we have still not abandoned our original passion - supporting students and other young people to have a voice and take action to make the world a better place. Over the past few years, we have continued to involve students in national leadership roles, including through our fellowship, C.O.O.L. City program, Advisory Board, and Union. Reaching out to find ways to bolster our work, we found a partner in the form of Idealist.org and its amazing work and resources. Now, as we merge with Idealist.org, our new Idealist On Campus program will have a key focus on supporting students to do the cutting-edge work of building coalitions and alliances on campus and in their communities that support the growth, deepening, and quality of civic engagement.