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Comfort vs. Action: The Internal Debate

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AmeriCorps Coordinator. He responded, “If I had health insurance, I’d be much less likely to agitate for change so that everyone can get it, too.”. If I’m comfortable, I feel much less urgency to try to change things.”. How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a better man" by Michael Soto. He shrugged. “If Get another!

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Learning in the White Space: 5 Unintended Lessons from a Marketing Class

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A couple of weeks ago, I stepped into my first marketing class excited to learn and meet some new people in my still-smells-like-new home base in New Jersey. I consider appropriate and strategically applied technology a great tool to help us change the world, but not the end in and of itself. And that's okay.

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Finding Pride in American Service

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Not every country exports volunteers in the way our country does — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, Cross Cultural Solutions, Atlas Corps, Global Leadership Adventures. I leave you with this thought and charge: So often in the nonprofit world, we hear the word change. Working for change! Agent for change!

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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. Posted by ASU Lodestar Center at 4:44 PM Labels: AmeriCorps , Laura Tan , Public Allies , United Way 8comments: Kayla said. If we discipline ourselves to ask those questions, we can create the kind of change that ensures we respect all people involved as well.

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