FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com House of Representatives Continues on Path of Cutting AmeriCorps to Lowest Level in 30 Years Voices for National Service thanks Reps. Matsui and Kilmer for their efforts to save AmeriCorps Washington, DC (November...
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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 »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...
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...
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