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...
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GazetteXtra: AmeriCorps Funding Slashed in Proposed Federal Budget
This LTE was originally published on GazetteXtra.com on August 16, 2023. — By Yolanda Shelton-Morris, Madison More than 8,000 AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers make a difference in Rock County and communities across Wisconsin, making a positive impact through...
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...
Read More »The Washington Post: Civilian Climate Corps programs take off in states across the country
President Biden took office with grand plans to launch the first-ever Civilian Climate Corps, a federally funded initiative aimed at employing tens of thousands of young people to fight climate change.
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