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Arizona Republic: Service act will help unite country
Nov 26, 2008 Posted by Aaron Marquez
Nov. 23, 2008 12:00 AM
President-elect Barack Obama, the 111th Congress, our country and world face great challenges as we await Inauguration Day.
The economy, energy, climate-change and education inequity: these are just a few of the profound tasks that confront us. These challenges can only be solved with the sacrifice of every American working together - Democrats and Republicans. Nothing is more important than first uniting our country.
With Sen. John McCain's leadership, there's a piece of legislation the might lead the way to unity: The Serve America Act. Both McCain and Obama co-sponsored this bill during the midst of the heated presidential campaign.
Arizona Republic, Serve America Act, John McCain, ServeNext (all tags)
Three Ideas for McCain
Nov 21, 2008 Posted by Zach Maurin
As one of the leaders in the Senate, the country and his colleagues will be looking to Senator McCain for leadership and ideas. While there are a number of issues where he will take a lead, national service could be one of the best for America. Here are three suggestions.
Senator McCain, AmeriCorps, national service (all tags)
Very Well Said
Nov 21, 2008 Posted by Zach Maurin
We are facing rising unemployment rates, social service cuts, rising costs of college, and so much more. Particularly troubling is that there is not a clear solution. But there is one thing that is becoming increasingly necessary.
national service, Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post (all tags)
Michelle Obama Knows Her Stuff
Nov 20, 2008 Posted by Zach Maurin
The day after the historic victory of Barack Obama, the next First Lady answered questions from Newsweek's Richard Wolffe and said some fantastic things.
Michelle Obama, AmeriCorps (all tags)
A Story of a Little Charity
Aug 15, 2008 Posted by Kathy Obuszewski
Last week, Sports Illustrated magazine did a really nice highlight on a local native that is competing for in the Olympics. Lauryn Williams is a 100 meter track star who was part of the Share the Good section of SI. So why is Lauryn Williams mentioned in a blog that focuses on national service and service programs? It’s because she is an athlete who believes in giving back to the community. She works primarily with children charities.
Lauryn Williams has not lived in the Pittsburgh area all her life. She has moved around from Beaver County to Detroit to Rochester. While she has moved around, she considers herself to be Pittsburgh native. She has excelled at sprinting and came in third at the 2008 Olympic Trials. She was NCAA 100m champion.
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Counter Productive Efforts
Aug 08, 2008 Posted by Kathy Obuszewski
The Beijing Olympics are going to officially start today yet people are taking the stance saying China shouldn’t host the Olympics and want to protest. Just last night, Amnesty International held a vigil here in Pittsburgh to protest the Olympics. But I think people are missing the point about the Olympics and the reason China won the bid for the Olympics in the first place. In the end protests by agencies like Amnesty International undermine the whole purpose of the Olympics.
The goal of the Olympics is to unite the world for two weeks in the name of sports. It’s a once every four years (well two years now that they separated the summer and winter Olympics) where people from all over the world gather in the same buildings and really talk. Culture and ideas are shared between comrades in arms so to say. The location of the Olympics has been mobile since the Olympics were restarted and there has been a share of controversial sites over the years. But no site has been heavier contested as having the Olympics in Beijing.
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Experience Corps
Aug 06, 2008 Posted by Elysabeth Hahm
Experience Corps has flourished more recently than ever. With baby boomers looking for more service opportunities rather than retiring, it’s hard not to share the same enthusiasm and passion as associate director, Amy Zandarski-Pica, and director of communications, Sarah Priestman have.
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ServeNext In Action
Youth, Education & National Service
Road Trip With a Mission: Expanding National Service. AmeriCorps alumni and ServeNext.org members, are traveling the country by bus for the National Service Express Tour, hitting 30 cities in 60 days.
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