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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate

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AmeriCorps Coordinator. Reading about other social activists forces me to examine my own life. Tan is a Coordinator in ASU’s University Service Learning department, specializing in community partnerships and AmeriCorps programming. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man" by Michael Soto. Photo via Time.

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Finding Pride in American Service

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If they never travel abroad in their life, this will be all they know of the U.S. Not every country exports volunteers in the way our country does — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Cross Cultural Solutions, Atlas Corps, Global Leadership Adventures. culture to a generation of Thai youth. the list continues on ad infinitum.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: "If you have to leave, why did you.

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I live in New Jersey, and I have to go back," replied Shelina. Shelina was worried she had done more harm than good by coming into Zees life and leaving it just as abruptly. Posted by ASU Lodestar Center at 4:44 PM Labels: AmeriCorps , Laura Tan , Public Allies , United Way 8comments: Kayla said. countered Zee. "I

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