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AmeriCorp Community Green School
Apr 06, 2009 Posted by Susie Camel
The AmeriCorp Green Community School in Jackson, Mississippi mission is to utilize AmeriCorp students that are in Engineering, Science, Technology and Research fields etc.. I believe in the mentoring of our most promising students to encourage them to take on the challenge of of the green economy our Country need to free ourselves from being high-jacked of oil from Countries whom wish to do harm to our fellow citizens. These students and citizens will heed the call for their generation to make this endeavor possible. The Community Green School would love to partner with solar, home installation partners and citizens in the community to solve this problem. The School establishment will be a challenging endeavor but I am fired up and ready to go.
susiecamel@gmail.com. AmeriCorp Green Community Friends and Family Group
Jackson, Mississippi
The GIVE Act
Mar 17, 2009 Posted by Catherine Wright
My Generation’s Time to Shine.
Catherine Wright
3/17/09
As a twenty-year old coming into a political awareness during extremely tumultuous times, I look to the GIVE Act for inspiration and reaffirmation. The GIVE Act, which will significantly increase national service opportunities for my peers as well as people of all ages, demonstrates the government’s commitment to building community. As an Americorps alumnus, I understand the power of national service (national service is the name for government-funded volunteer programs, such as Peace Corps and Teach for America). I devoted a year to service after high school with a government-funded program called City Year. Through mentoring middle school students, I realized my potential to lead groups and work with organizations to effect positive change.
The GIVE Act stands for Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education and will create thousands more service opportunities—175,000 more volunteer positions, to be exact. It will increase scholarship money that is given to young adults who devote themselves to service. Along with expanding current programs, the GIVE Act will start new initiatives, two of which are: the Summer of Service program that will engage middle school and high school students in volunteering, and the Clean Energy Corps, which will encourage energy efficiency and conservation measures.
There is no doubt that our country is in the midst of a large economic struggle, but from the struggle comes a new resoluteness and new opportunity. Americans do not give up so easily; we ban together and build community. Service has always been a part of the American mosaic and increasingly so in recent years: the number of volunteers in the US increased by one million from 2001 to 2007. The GIVE Act that will be introduced in the House of Representatives tomorrow will reinforce America’s strong commitment to service. As a young adult who has witnessed the power of national service, I believe the GIVE Act will enable my generation and all Americans to shine!
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Long Term Recovery
Feb 20, 2009 Posted by clenistine fortune
I will be flying to Washington D. C. on Wednesday February 24 along with the Louisiana Disaster Recovery team to continue on with the discussion about rebuilding the Gulf Coast and Louisiana. Wish us Good Luck.
Clenistine
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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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Random Acts of Kindness
Jul 31, 2008 Posted by Kathy Obuszewski
While reading the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it was hard to find articles related to National Service going on here in Pittsburgh. But in the process of the research, I did discover something that I did see to be a nice thing for a large city paper to do. That was the section called Random Acts of Kindness.
Random Acts of Kindness is a neat little section where people write in and talk about how someone from the Pittsburgh area did something kind or just plain neat. It’s a way for people to publicly thank and recognize efforts of people. It’s the whole idea of paying it forward and showing thanks.
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