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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

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It has been reported that the virus is twice as deadly for Black and Latino people in New York City as compared to whites. Chris Coons, addresses this inequity by proposing an increase of the AmeriCorps living allowance to offer greater financial support to all who are willing to serve.

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Q&A with sgLEADERS: H. Beecher Hicks, III, National Museum of African American Music

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However, you actually began your career working in social good as a White House Fellow focused on the Corporation for National and Community Service and AmeriCorps Promise Fellows programs. What made you decide to take the helm at NMAAM and return as a social good leader in a professional capacity?

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Mixed Reality Learning Lab: @techsoup at NCVS

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For three days in New York City we experimented with new types of social media integration with Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS for short, which runs the AmeriCorps programs) and the Points of Light Foundation 's National Conference on Volunteerism and Service.

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Q&A with sgLEADERS: H. Beecher Hicks, III, National Museum of African American Music

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However, you actually began your career working in social good as a White House Fellow focused on the Corporation for National and Community Service and AmeriCorps Promise Fellows programs. What made you decide to take the helm at NMAAM and return as a social good leader in a professional capacity?

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Have Fun Do Good Link Love: Artists and Social Media, Be Bold Podcast, Miss Do-Gooder T-shirts and More!

Have Fun - Do Good

In Episode 13 we discuss starting a green jobs training program in your community and what other national, and regional agencies exist that are like AmeriCorps. SheSpotter New blog by Lisa Chen and Lisa Witter, the authors of The She Spot: Why Women are the Market for Changing the World and How to Reach Them. MadMenYourself.com

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

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Posted by ASU Lodestar Center at 4:44 PM Labels: AmeriCorps , Laura Tan , Public Allies , United Way 8comments: Kayla said. In the two that I have been on, one was over the weekend at an orphanage in Mexico and one was in Queens, New York and lasted a week. This is such a great perspective.

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