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...
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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...
Read More »Senate Appropriations Committee Recognizes the Value of AmeriCorps
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Senate Appropriations Committee Recognizes the Value of AmeriCorps Bill Acknowledges the Impact of AmeriCorps, But Falls Short of Funding Needed to Ensure Communities Can Meet Demands Washington, DC (July 28, 2023) – On Thursday, the Senate...
Read More »Twenty Years of Advancing AmeriCorps
From the beginning, AmeriCorps was designed to be a national service program rooted in communities, and run by community, faith-based and nonprofit organizations. Over its first decade, communities came to rely on AmeriCorps to address their most pressing challenges. But...
Read More »Congressional Champions Urge Appropriators to Invest in AmeriCorps
This spring, a bipartisan group of 100+ members of Congress signed letters to the leaders of the Appropriations Committees urging them to invest in AmeriCorps in fiscal year (FY) 2024. The letters were led by the co-chairs of the National...
Read More »National Service Caucus Announces Expanded Bipartisan Leadership Team
The National Service Congressional Caucus announced expanded bipartisan leadership in both the House of Representative and the Senate on Friday, March 17th. The caucus is a bipartisan group of legislators dedicated to raising awareness of national service and expanding service...
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