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Answering the Call from Citizens Who Want to Serve

These days the fate of national service seems tied more than ever to the greater economic struggles our nation is facing. Citizens want to serve in their communities, and this week the Senate is debat… more →

The New Service

Michelle Obama Greets Tacoma Goodwill YouthBuild Participant

ourgoodwillstore wrote 2 months ago: Tacoma Goodwill YouthBuild participant Deontee Bovan received national coverage last week when he w … more →

Tags: Stories, News

Answering the Call from Citizens Who Want to Serve — 2 comments

Amy Potthast, Idealist.org wrote 3 months ago: These days the fate of national service seems tied more than ever to the greater economic struggles … more →

Tags: Resources & Advice, AmeriCorps, AmeriCorps NCCC, Education Award, Edward Kennedy, Encore Fellowships, Kennedy-Hatch Serve America Act, Orrin Hatch, Pell Grant

YouthBuild Shines

adamcmahon wrote 3 months ago: Originally posted on the Green For All blog- 3/19/09 YouthBuild USA must be feeling pretty good … more →

Tags: Economics, efficiency, Global Warming, green for all, Jobs, Energy efficiency, green jobs, economic stimulus, Weatherization

Infrastructure spending for families — 1 comment

Bob Massie wrote 6 months ago: This is an op-ed that appeared in several forms on the Internet and was published in the Boston Glob … more →

Tags: Things I Wrote Before, Politics, Business and Sustainability, obama, Energy efficiency, housing, somerville, Green Justice Coalition, Saving Money

A work in progress

nkcac1 wrote 6 months ago: One of the newest services at Northern Kentucky Community Action is our YouthBuild program. It is p … more →

Tags: Employment, Job Training, Education, GED, Youth

The Plan – Big Brother Ideas for America

skinsdeep wrote 7 months ago: Is this our new America? Forced enlistment of our youth in civil or military service? Obama has been … more →

Tags: Politics, obama, Rahm Emanuel, youth brigade, mandatory enlistment, Civil Service, draft

White House Office of Social Entrepreneurship? — 3 comments

Amy Potthast, Idealist.org wrote 8 months ago: Citing the model of City Year and the success of AmeriCorps as examples, two think tanks call for a … more →

Tags: Service News, A Progressive Blue-Print for the 44th President, AmeriCorps, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Change for America, city year, Corporation for National and Community Service, Michele Jolin, New Democracy Fund