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First Lady Visits Corporation for
National and Community Service
On May 12, 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to over 500 employees of the Corporation for National and Community Service, addressing the important role that service has played in her life as well as its crucial place in the agenda of the Obama Administration. The First Lady was introduced by Acting CEO Nicola Goren and was joined on stage by 22 of the longest-serving employees of the agency.
- Click here for the complete text of the First Lady’s remarks.
- Click here for a press release and photos from the event from the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Mrs. Obama was formerly the Executive Director of Public Allies in Chicago, Illinois. Public Allies is an AmeriCorps program that places young leaders in nonprofits, where they create, improve, and expand critical community services in education, public health, economic development, youth development, and the environment. |
President Obama Signs
Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
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Congress Votes to Expand
National Service Programs
Click on the articles below to read more about Congress’ passage of H.R. 1388, The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act.
The following are a sample of the numerous editorials and opinion pieces written in support of the Serve America Act. Please browse our news archive for more from newspapers across the country.
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President Obama on Service in TIME
March 19, 2009
- Click here to read from TIME’s second annual National Service issue.
- Click here to read from TIME’s first annual National Service issue.
- To read further coverage of National Service in TIME, click here.
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National Service in the News
April 2009
March 2009
For more articles and opinion pieces from March 2009, including extensive coverage the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act as it progressed through Congress, please browse the National Service News Archive.
February 2009
January 2009
For news articles from 2008 and earlier, click here. |
Gov. Schwarzenegger Creates A Cabinet Position For Service And Volunteering
Karen Baker Appointed the First Secretary
On February 26, 2008, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order to create a Governor's Cabinet position for Service and Volunteering. This first-in-the-nation action will elevate the profile of citizen service in California and across the nation, help encourage more citizens to serve, and improve coordination of volunteer activities to meet community needs. The announcement of a cabinet-level position for service sets an example for other states and the federal government to follow.
Karen Baker, Executive Director of the state service commission CaliforniaVolunteers, has been appointed the first Secretary of Service and Volunteering. Ms. Baker first served with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps before holding leadership positions at several nonprofit organizations and government agencies during her career. Ms. Baker is a Steering Committee Member of Voices for National Service.
Before signing the executive order at an event attended by Director of the USA Freedom Corps Henry Lozano, Senator Harris Wofford, First Lady Maria Shriver, and current service participants, Governor Schwarzenegger told the audience that the idea for a cabinet-level position first came from First Lady Maria Shriver who serves as the honorary chair of CaliforniaVolunteers. To hear their remarks and watch video of the signing click here.
- Click here to read a progress report on the Cabinet from GovernmentTechnology.com (12/07/2008).
- Click here to read coverage by Amanda Ripley of TIME ("The Moment" 03/10/2008).
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National
Service Responds to
Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast
Click here to read from about the national service response to devastating hurricanes along the Gulf Coast.
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National Service News Archive
AARP
ABC News
Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA)
All American Patriots
All Headline News
American Interest, The
American Spectator, The
Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Republic, The
Army Times
Associated Press, The
Arkansas Times
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The
Baltimore Sun
- Pitch
in
Editorial, Baltimore Sun, 07/23/2003
Bangor Daily News (ME)
Battle Creek Enquirer
Beaumont Enterprise, The (TX)
Benton Spirit (MI)
Boston Globe, The
Boston Phoenix, The
Brookline Tab (MA)
Buffalo News, The
Burlington Free Press, The (VT)
Capital Times, The (Madison, WI)
CBS News
Center for American Progress
Centre Daily Times (PA)
Charleston Gazette, The (WV)
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune
Christian Science Monitor, The
Chronicle of Higher Education, The
Chronicle of Philanthropy, The
Cincinnati Post, The
Clarion-Ledger, The (Jackson, MS)
CNN
Columbus Dispatch, The
Congressional Quarterly
Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Daily and Sunday Review, The (Towanda, PA)
Daily Ardmoreite, The (Ardmore, OK)
Daily Camera, The (Boulder, CO)
Daily Free Press, The (Boston University)
Daily Herald, The (Everett, WA)
Daily Home, The (Talladega County, AL)
Daily Journal, The (Vineland, NJ)
Daily News, The (Longview, WA)
Daily Reflector, The (Greenville, SC)
Daily Southtown, The (Tinley Park, IL)
Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS)
Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY)
Denver Post, The
Des Moines Register, The
Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT)
Detroit Free Press
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Education Week
Erie Times-News (PA)
- Corps Values
Jessica Ladow, Erie Times-News (PA), 07/10/2008
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK)
Financial Times
Fox News
Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Galveston County Daily News, The (TX)
Government Technology
Hartford Courant, The
Harvard Crimson, The
Herald-Tribune, The (Sarasota, FL)
- The
core issue
Editorial, The Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, FL), 07/24/2003
Hill, The
Houston Chronicle, The
Huffington Post, The
Ideas Primary
Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA)
- Money
for Good
Editorial, Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), 12/04/2003
Jackson Sun, The (TN)
Join Together
Journal Gazette, The (Fort Wayne, IN)
Journal News, The (Westchester, NY)
Kansas City Star, The
Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME)
KIRO-TV Seattle
Las Vagas Sun
Los Angeles Times
LeRoy Independent (MN)
Marin Independent Journal (CA)
Mercury News, The (San Jose, CA)
Miami Herald, The (FL)
Middletown Journal (OH)
Minnesota Daily, The (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
MinnPost
Modesto Bee, The (CA)
Morning Call, The (Allentown, PA)
Morning Sentinel (Waterville, ME)
MSNBC
National Press Club
Navy Times
NBC
Newsblaze.com
News Journal, The (Wilmington, DE)
Newsday
Newsweek
New York Times, The
- Doing
Well and Doing Good
Christopher Marquis, The New York Times, 07/13/2003
(also in the International Herald Tribune, 07/14/2003)
News & Observer, The (Raleigh, NC)
NonProfit Times, The
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (Tupelo, MS)
NPR
Olympian, The (Olympia, WA)
OMB Watch
Oregonian, The (Portland, OR)
Orlando Sentinel
PBS
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Inquirer, The
Philanthropy News Digest
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Plain Dealer, The (Cleaveland, OH)
PNN Online
Politico
Portland Press Herald (ME)
Post-Crescent, The (Appleton, WI)
Post-Standard, The (Syracuse, NY)
Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA)
Record, The (Troy, NY)
Republican, The (Springfield, MA)
Republican-American (Waterbury, CT)
Reuters
Richmond Register (KY)
Roll Call
RTT News
Sacramento Bee, The
Salt Lake Tribune, The
San Antonio Express-News
San Francisco Chronicle
Santa Monica Daily Press
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Times, The
Sheboygan Press, The (WI)
South Bend Tribune (IN)
Spokesman-Review, The (Spokane, WA)
Springfield Republican
Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN)
State, The (Columbia, SC)
Stateline.org
Statesman Journal (Salem, OR)
Sun Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, MS)
Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME)
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Temple News, The (Temple University)
Tennessean, The (Nashville, TN)
TIME
Times Herald, The (Port Heron, MI)
Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)
Times Record, The (Brunswick, ME)
Times-Standard (Eureka, CA)
Times Union (Albany, NY)
Tuscaloosa News, The (AL)
UPI
Utne Reader
U.S. Mayor Newspaper
U.S. News & World Report
USA Today
Virginian-Pilot, The (Hampton Roads, VA)
Wall Street Journal, The
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH)
Washington Monthly
Washington Post, The
Washington Times, The
- Civic
priorities
Johns M. Bridgeland and Peter Levine, The Washington Times,
10/04/2006
Click
here, to read the report on Civic Health referenced
in the Op-Ed.
Wilmington Star News (NC)
Winston-Salem Journal
Young People Now
Youth Today
York Weekly, The (ME)
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