This op-ed was originally published on TheHill.com on Thursday, December 7, 2023. — By David Price Former Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) helped to create AmeriCorps thirty years ago, and he has been a staunch supporter of AmeriCorps and its immense impact in...
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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 »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 »The Boston Globe: Putting the public service back in public servants
Moulton believes those who serve their country and fellow citizens are predisposed to finding compromise, to get the mission done. There’s some evidence backing his view.
Read More »Morning Joe: How voluntary national service could break down barriers
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss how AmeriCorps and voluntary national service can break down barriers. Watch here.
Read More »Comstock’s Magazine: A Call to Service Summons Young Americans to Sacramento
Tucked away between housing developments just west of where the Sacramento and American Rivers merge sits New Roots Farm. As joggers and dog walkers glance down from the nearby levee, 19 young adults haul compost on a sunny Saturday in...
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