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• Inspector General Walpin Cleared, Wants Job Back

  
  Bucks Right — Authority: 482
  Remember back in June when AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin was fired after exposing how an Obama crony “misused federal grants” for things like car washes and donations to political campaigns?The Obama administration initially said they had “lost confidence” in Walpin and basically accused him of ...
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• Is AmeriCorps a good lead-in for Peace Corps?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  (Inter)national service filter: Does an AmeriCorps stint make you a more attractive Peace Corps candidate? If what I really want to do is Peace Corps, would NCCC help me get there or be valuable of itself? Peace Corps fits into my goals, background, most intimate dreams and desires, etc. However, the application ...
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• Really? Another year?: Committing to Another Term of Service

  
  The New Service — Authority: 122
  This post was contributed by Kate Borman who is currently serving her second AmeriCorps VISTA term with ThreeSixty Journalism , a youth journalism program based at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Most people are shocked to hear that I chose to serve a second term as an AmeriCorps VISTA member. ...
  6 days ago

• Public interest lawyers as leaders

  
  Equal Justice Works Blog — Authority: 106
  On Tuesday night I was thrilled to be a part of the TEDx Potomac event in Arlington, VA. 160 Equal Justice Works Fellows and AmeriCorps Legal Fellows joined legal services professionals and staff for a week of intense substantive issue-area training and networking. But what was best about this conference was ...
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• Four-Year-Old Jack Asked Me to Draw Him a Dog

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  While working with four-year-olds as an AmeriCorps volunteer, I was once approached by Jack, who asked me to draw him a dog. And although my initial thought was "I cant draw!," I tentatively began my sketch. It was turning out to be an ok looking dog, but the inner critic was not satisfied, "The eye is not in the ...
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• Government Takeover of Charities Next

  
  Big Government — Authority: 805
  Lots of attention—appropriately—is being paid to the federal government’s new, extended reach into the private economy, setting salaries and owning auto companies.  But, beneath the radar, a combination of Obama Administration initiatives is  extending government influence over philanthropy and charitable ...
  1 week ago

• though i wish the ending were a little stronger, i do love the sentiment of the americorps oath

  
  mygorgeoussomewhere.org — Authority: 114
  I took this oath last week. I’m not so hot on the “America” part, since I would like to think more globally than that, but hey. It’s AmeriCorps. It’s not WorldCorps, after all. AmeriCorps oath of service I will get things done for America, to make our people safer, smarter, and healthier. I will bring ...
  2 weeks ago

• Not Hazy, Daisy, or Jay-Z… It’s Alan Khazei (Do You Know His Name?)

  
  Boston Blog — Authority: 146
  City Year founder and former Americorps CEO Alan Khazei is running for Ted Kennedy’s senate seat, and has been endorsed by Max Kennedy. Now, Khazei’s asking you to pick his campaign video . We kinda like the “I rhyme with Jay-Z platform,” but others may be more partial to this somewhat amazing take on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Paintings

  
  re/collections — Authority: 112
  During my Masters program in at Maryland Institute College of Art , I was also an Americorps member. As part of the program, Students are placed in various Community Organizations ( I was at the JCC of Baltimore ) and serve those organizations through Americorps while taking classes pertaining to Community Arts. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Make a Difference Day volunteers create rain garden

  
  MyMissourian.com — Authority: 137
  Shared by Julia Karll Karll is a Missouri Clean Water AmeriCorps member. Make a Difference Day is a national day of helping others, a call to each and every person to get involved and make a difference in their community, in whatever manner they can. USA WEEKEND Magazine created Make a Difference Day and is ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Volunteerism Scandals Hollywood Won’t Be Broadcasting

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 560
  By Michelle Malkin at Family Security Matters Hollywood hearts Obama. Obama hearts government-directed national service. That is why you won’t be able to change the TV channel all week without getting lectured about the need to get off the couch and Do Something. (After your favorite shows are over, of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Goats Recruited To Rid Long Island Parks of Vines

  
  New York Outdoors Blog — Authority: 139
  Click here to read the details & watch a video: Goats Recruited To Rid Long Island Parks of Vines
  3 weeks ago

• Etzionis idea for a White House Council for Social Advisers (CSA)

  
  Living Outside the Dialectic — Authority: 124
  Stayed up all night to be sure Id be awake for my interview this am. Thought Id make a mini to relax but here I am. Found this post Etzioni made in Jan 2009 about the visions for a White House Council for Social Advisors . Etzioni was on the Americorps Lauch Committee in 1994. He was on the Launch Committees for ...
  3 weeks ago

• "Oh, garsh!"

  
  Stronger Than Dirt — Authority: 116
  Last week, I found out that my friend Joyce passed away a few months ago. At Glacier National Park, June 2007. It seems like wed always e-mail each other a lot in the spring & fall...the last time we exchanged notes was in April, and then our communication fell off through the summer like it often ...
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• Obamas call to communitarian service

  
  Living Outside the Dialectic — Authority: 124
  My interview with George Butler last night was live from College station, Texas, where Obama and Bush are hosting this forum today. Hes a lovely man and for some reason his efforts give me hope. But wow, I still find it hard to believe that Americans dont know what Americorps is or where it originated. Its almost ...
  3 weeks ago

• Blog Action Day: Going Green

  
  Social Citizens Blog — Authority: 410
  Today is Blog Action Day , an annual event leveraging the power of blogs around the world to raise awareness and spark discussion on an issue and promote social change. This year, more than 9,000 bloggers are dedicating todays post to discussing climate change, and those posts are expected to reach more than 12 ...
  3 weeks ago

• Duluth LISC brings new AmeriCorps funding, service positions to Duluth

  
  Howie Blog — Authority: 143
  Duluth LISC has announced the first eight of fourteen 2009-2010 Duluth LISC AmeriCorps members:. Jessica Kershner, Duluth Energy Efficiency Program, Common Ground. Jacob Wagner, Neighborhood Housing Services. Angela Yoeckel, Lutheran Social Services. Jackie Bradley, Northern Communities Land Trust. Peter Jonas, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Kevin Johnson: Future neocon?

  
  The Other McCain — Authority: 753
  The Obama-emulating, AmeriCorps-defrauding Mayor of Sacramento got mugged by reality in Frisco -- and Red State blog-fu sensei Moe Lane has the video .
  4 weeks ago

• Congrats to Patrick Corvington on White House Nod

  
  Echoing Green Blog — Authority: 414
  Echoing Green would like to congratulate board member, Patrick Corvington, who, today, who was nominated by President Obama to the position of Chief Executive Officer at the Corporation for National and Community Service . For those of us in the world of social innovation, who have worked closely with Patrick over ...
  5 weeks ago

• Nonprofit Budgeting Scenario

  
  island94.org — Authority: 127
  While cleaning up some files, I came across this awesome scenario I wrote for our AmeriCorps*VISTA orientation last summer. I wrote it to give our new service members an idea of what it’s like to enter a small community nonprofit organization in contemporary times: under-staffed, under-resourced, broadly missioned, ...
  5 weeks ago

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