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A National Service Corps Can Solve the Student Loan Crisis

Adam Levin | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: GI Bill, Federal Student Loans, Tuition, National-Service-Corps, Title IV, Student Loan Crisis, Job Market College Graduates, Progressive Politics, Cfpb, Student Loan Debt, Stafford Loans, Education, College, Banking, National Service Corps, Higher Education, Americorps, College Counselors, Politics News

People need to stop thinking of college as something they borrow for, and start thinking of it as something they work and save for. A National Service Corps could be the catalyst we need.

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National Service Ignored In 2012 Candidates' Discussion Of Jobs Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.30.2012

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WASHINGTON -- In July 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama promised that public service would be "a central cause" of his presidency. The pledge excited ...

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Crowdsourcing the Student Loan Mess

Adam Levin | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Peace Corps, Debt, G.I. Bill, Student Debt, Corporation for National and Community Service, National Service Corps, Americorps, Student Loan Debt, Students, Student Loans, Money News

For the record, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Hitler Youth. I point this out because based on the comments to my last few column...

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The Many Faces of Homelessness

Bobbie Ibarra | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Homeless Youth, Americorps, Homelessness, Homeless Families, Homeless Children, Impact News

Families are a newer face to homelessness that run the gamut, due to situations regarding financial instabilities, not having access to health care, unemployment, lack of affordable housing and the recent trend of foreclosures.

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It's Time to Solve the Student Loan Crisis

Adam Levin | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: College, Paying for College, Student Loan Crisis, Americorps, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, Peace Corps, Public Service, Class of 2012, College News

The time has come for the re-creation of AmeriCorps, and the rethinking of the government role in borrowing for education. Specifically, the country needs to address three major problems.

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AmeriCorps...Still Making a Difference

Charles Orgbon | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Americorps, Greening-Forward, Teen News

I only hope that stories of how AmeriCorps has impacted young people, like me as a student, will inspire decision-makers to continue supporting these programs.

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AmeriCorps Fosters The Next Generation Of Social Entrepreneurs

John Gomperts | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Spring Into Action, Shane Gring, Leed, Social Entrepreneurship, Boulder, Bould, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Spring-Into-Action, Habitat for Humanity, Elie Lowenfeld, Americorps, Jewish Disaster Response Corps, Home News

At a time of increasing social need and tight fiscal restraints across the country, we need more opportunities for service -- through programs like AmeriCorps or others -- to continue to foster the social entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

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A New Era Of Impact Volunteering

Michelle Nunn | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Volunteers in Service, Volunteering, Americorps, Points of Light, Volunteer Generation Fund, Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, National Service, Impact News

It is not often that presidents share a legacy. More typically, the history books and the leaders themselves prefer a unique stamp, a signature achiev...

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AmeriCorps: Developing the Next Generation of Public Servants

Bizunesh Scott | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Americorps Personal Story, Americorps Experience, Americorps, Joining Americorps, Americorps Story, Education News

I had not graduated from college. I was not top of my class in high school. I had not played sports, volunteered, or done any "resume-building" extracurricular activities. All I had, and all I needed, was a desire to lead through service.

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Celebrate AmeriCorps Week 2012: Submit Your Photos!

Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Environmental Stewardship, Disaster Services, Education, Economic Opportunity, AmeriCorps Week, Volunteering, Americorps, Slidepollajax, Impact News

When President Bill Clinton swore in the first class of AmeriCorps members in 1994, he asked them to reflect on the power of service: Service is a...

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Commemorating AmeriCorps Week: Expanding Opportunity Through Service

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Community Service, Fema, AmeriCorps Week, Americorps, Service Corps, Volunteerism, Service, Politics News

Last year, AmeriCorps received a record of more than 580,000 applications for just 80,000 positions. More than half a million people applied to join the program, not for financial gain, but because they were driven to make real community impact.

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The ONE Thing Top Presidential Candidates Agree On

HuffingtonPost.com | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Video, Americorps Budget Cuts, President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Rick Santorum 2012, Americorps Volunteers, Americorps, Barack Obama 2012, Americorps Applications, Presidential Election 2012, Impact News

The public service AmeriCorps can't accommodate a two-year surge of 62 percent in volunteer applications. But it may be able to count on the winner of...

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Too Many Volunteers And Not Enough Opportunities

Michael Brown | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Serve America Act, Americorps Funding, City Year, Obama Americorps, Service Organizations, Volunteering, Americorps Applicants, Teach for America, Americorps, Peace Corps, Impact News

A record-breaking number of young people are raising their hands to serve. Unfortunately, the overwhelming majority are being turned away.

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Make a Career of Humanity

Debra Eschmeyer | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Foodcorps, MLK Day, Mlk, Service, Hunger, Service Organizations, Martin Luther King Day, Americorps, Impact News

MLK recognized the importance of the right to knowledge, engagement, and access to healthy food. When FoodCorps asked its first class of service members what they believe in, the influence of MLK was reflected in their statements.

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Republican Reasoning: Why 2008 Was the Year for Occupying and Protesting Wall Street

Michael Shank | Posted 12.12.2011

I am surprised that they did not happen in 2008 at the height of the financial collapse. We've known the root of this discontent for years, if not decades. It has to do with America's growing poverty and income inequality rates.

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America's Early Childhood Education Crisis

Michael Yarbrough | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Read for the Record, Jumpstart, Education, College, Early Childhood Education, Childhood Literacy, Americorps, Literacy, U.S. Childhood Literacy, Education News

The fact of the matter is that early childhood, ages three to five, is not only an ideal time to build a solid foundation in literacy and critical thinking abilities, but a crucial one at that.

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Really, Have We No Faith In Our Young People?

Pamela Yellen | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: The Lost Generation, 7 Steps to Set Your Teens on a Lifelong Path to Financial Success, Really Have We No Faith in Our Young People?, Americorps, Youth Unemployment, Mission Not Impossible: You Can Teach Teens Financial Responsibility, College News

If you know young people who are currently without direction (or hope), then provide them a map. Let them know that America is a country that needs their unique energy, creativity, commitment and quest for purpose.

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Serving Others Makes America Great

Jim Gibbons | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Volunteering, Goodwill Industries, Americorps, September 11, 9/11, Goodwill, Goodwill Industries International, Volunteerism, September 11 Anniversary, Impact News

In honor of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Goodwills across the country who are involved in the AmeriCorps program will participate in a national pledge of service in remembrance of September 11.

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Heart of the Nation

John Bridgeland | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: 9/11 First Responders, 9/11, Americorps, 9-11 Anniversary, 9/11 Memorial, September 11th Anniversary, September 11 Anniversary, Decade After 9/11 - Remembering, 9/11 Anniversary Volunteer, September 11 Memorial, Politics News

September 11th prompted something else in the American psyche that reflected the heart of our nation -- our instinct to care for one another and to serve community and country.

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Creating Good Citizens

Peter Levine | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Americorps, Civic Engagement, Chicago, Chicago News

Teenagers become good citizens -- and improve their schools and communities -- when they are given the chance to contribute.

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Fully Fund AmeriCorps to Support Veterans and Military Families

Aaron Marquez | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Serve America Act, City Year, Community Service, Michelle Obama, serve.gov, Jill Biden, Veterans, Veterans Corps, Serve Next, Americorps, Military Families, Corporation for National and Community Service, Impact News

Despite the vision for a Veterans Corps, we have not moved aggressively enough to develop these types of programs. The primary challenge has been the uncertainty of Americorps funding.

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Help Save the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps

Levi Novey | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Community Service, Youth, Pennsylvania, Green Jobs, Budget Cuts, Save Service, Service, Green News, Green, Conservation Corps, Conservation, Jobs, Americorps, Pennsylvania Conservation Corps, Green News

The Pennsylvania Conservation Corps and career building jobs for Pennsylvania's youth are on the chopping block. The time is now to speak up on their behalf.

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Rebounding From Congressional Efforts to Eliminate it, AmeriCorps is Making a Difference in Joplin

Tamar Abrams | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Community Service, Bill Clinton, Goodrich Michigan, National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, Congress, St. Louis AmeriCorps Emergency Response Team, Missouri Southern State University, Americorps, Tornado, Joplin Missouri, Sen. Kit Bond, Politics News

Politics is probably the last thing on the minds of those of us watching the news over the past week with mind-numbing images of a leveled Joplin, Missouri. And yet there is a political subtext to these scenes.

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Let There Be Playgrounds

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: City Year, Community Service, KaBOOM Playgrounds, Play Deficit, Playgrounds, Greatest Person of the Day, Darell Hammond, Americorps, Child Obesity, kaBoom!, Impact News

Darell Hammond (not to be confused with the similarly named "SNL" alum) is very serious about playing around. He's spent more than 15 years establishi...

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Patrick Corvington Out As CNCS CEO: Who's Next?

Robert J. Rosenthal | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Social Innovation Fund, Americorps, Corporation for National and Community Service, Nike Foundation, Cncs, Patrick Corvington, Impact News

After a little more than a year on the job, Patrick Corvington, the new CEO of CNCS, is resigning soon to take an "opportunity in the nonprofit community."

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