This op-ed was originally published on TIME.com on Thursday, October 26, 2023. You can see the original post here. — BY RYE BARCOTT AND ANNMAURA CONNOLLY Rye Barcott is the author of the memoir It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path...
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TIME: On AmeriCorps’ Thirtieth Anniversary, Congress Considers Gutting National Service
This op-ed was originally published on TIME.com on Thursday, October 26, 2023. — BY RYE BARCOTT AND ANNMAURA CONNOLLY Rye Barcott is the author of the memoir It Happened on the Way to War: A Marine’s Path to Peace and co-founder...
Read More »6 Steps Every Advocate Can Take to Support AmeriCorps
Congress is fielding many urgent priorities, and it feels like fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations aren’t high on the list of priorities for some politicians. But if Congress doesn’t pass all twelve FY24 funding bills by January 1st, all federal...
Read More »Congress Enacts CR, Maintains FY23 Funding Levels Through Mid-November
On September 30, the last day of fiscal year (FY) 2023, Congress averted a government shutdown by enacting a temporary stop-gap funding bill. The bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) was passed by the majority of both chambers and maintains current FY23...
Read More »Voices for National Service Statement on the creation of the American Climate Corps
Voices for National Service applauds President Biden’s creation of the American Climate Corps, particularly after a summer of devastating weather events during which AmeriCorps service members have been on the front lines repairing communities. The American Climate Corps demonstrates an increased commitment from the...
Read More »CBS Sunday Morning: Gen. Stanley McChrystal on what would close the divide in America
Their greatest contribution was not any physical structure; it was in shaping themselves into what Tom Brokaw so aptly described as the "Greatest Generation." I might simply call them good citizens. We can, and must, do that again, by harnessing...
Read More »The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Want to Solve Polarization? Encourage More People to Volunteer
By Eboo Patel, the founder and president of Interfaith America. If you came of age in the late 1980s and early 1990s, you heard President George H.W. Bush talk about American volunteerism as “a thousand points of light” and President...
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