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

ASU Lodestar Center

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. And in Milwaukee, while Black Americans are only 26 percent of the population, they account for an astounding 81 percent of the deaths there.

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Thank You RCI Customers!

Tech Soup

We have a long history of championing electronics recycling. In addition to the RCI program, we have been involved in policy work to route used-yet-useful IT equipment from companies to nonprofits and libraries at the lowest cost we can manage. Waukesha is a suburb of Milwaukee and is the hometown of electric guitar pioneer, Les Paul.