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What NOT to do on 9/11
Submitted by servicewire on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:24
I’ve been asked by a number of people in the past week, “What are you doing for 9/11?” To me and many of you that means, how am I going to serve others and use the day to remember the lives of the men and women who perished during the 9/11 tragedies? I’ll tell you what I’m [...]
A Year of Service: How Far I’ve Come
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 13:53
By Kyle F. Washington DC is a city of networking, business, politics, and power. I came to this city as a twenty-two year old graduate of Ball State University with a degree in elementary education and an interest in community service. My previous job involved teaching fourth graders long division, adverbs, and Indiana history. I had [...]
Hurricane Katrina: Then and Now
Submitted by servicewire on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 12:56
By Greg Heinrich, Mobilization Manager – AmeriCorps Alums (originally published in the HandsOn Blog) It’s been five years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, and as a person who was born and raised in the region, it has been five years of ups and downs. As a native of the New Orleans metro area, [...]
Nonprofits Rule
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 12:42
Robert Egger shared this today on Facebook saying, “Here’s a great video that details the nonprofit sector’s amazing impact in America. It’s powerful, it’s smart…and it’s G rated.” Nonprofits in the U.S. generate $1.1 trillion every year, which is more than the entire economies of Saudi Arabia and Sweden combined. “Know Your Sector” is intended [...]
Reflections on a Year of Service
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 10:39
By Nate Kieso, AmeriCorps VISTA – Community Organization Liaison for Volunteer San Diego This is my second year, well spent, with AmeriCorps VISTA. I began my work in Iowa in response to the historic floods of 2008. Working for AmeriCorps has been the most rewarding work I had ever done in my life, so I [...]
AmeriCorps and the 20-Something Phenomenon
Submitted by servicewire on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 12:20
As my college graduation neared, I started to feel scared. The claustrophobia of having my lifelong commitments begin at age 22 disturbed me and I needed a way out–but one that still made me feel productive and energized. Hello, AmeriCorps! It turns out I might not have been alone in my fears. Twenty-somethings in huge [...]
You’re Invited: The National Conference on Citizenship
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 11:28
I wanted personally to extend an invitation to join me and other AmeriCorps alums forthe 65th Annual National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), which will be held in Washington D.C. September 17, 2010 at the Library of Congress. Registration is available here. As you may know, the Conference is an annual event that focuses on the [...]
Tell AmeriCorps what you think
Submitted by servicewire on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 15:49
The Corporation for National and Community Service (the federal agency that manages AmeriCorps) is right now smack dab in the middle of planning what they will do and how they will do it for the next 4 years! PLEASE give them your thoughts and opinions… because frankly if alumni don’t speak up, they won’t get [...]
Building Community through Service and Play
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 12:05
By Amy Dickinson | AmeriCorps*NCCC (2002-2003)/AmeriCorps*State and National (2003-2004) If you have never herded a hundred boisterous elementary school kids half a mile through San Diego’s Barrio Logan—under I-5, past Chicano park, to the soccer field near the bay—I think you should. Or I think you should closely approximate such an experience. When I participated [...]
Resources Galore
Submitted by servicewire on Mon, 07/19/2010 - 16:57
I’ve been putting this off for awhile now, but now that I’ve started it might be hard for me to stop. I just got a slideshare account. Oh what has been missing! I can put all our presentations, videos, documents, and other training goodies up on the web and access it from anywhere (with an [...]
