Entries from April 2008

April 20, 2008

Our Own Words: Dorothy Brown in Nashville, TN


April 19, 2008

Double Duty

Matt and I have split up for a couple days, covering 1607 miles to hold chapter launches in East Lansing, MI and Nashville, TN over the weekend.  I had a great meeting with the Michigan State University Forestry Club this afternoon, focusing on ways AmeriCorps programs are utilized to maintain our National Parks and natural [...]

April 18, 2008

Iowa considers making AmeriCorps living allowance and Segal Education Award tax-exempt

Yesterday, Sandra Hansen, Executive Director of Iowa Campus Compact, sent us an email with news of some exciting political happenings in the Hawkeye State!
Each year college students spend millions of hours volunteering to make their communities a better place to live. … Iowa has the chance to set a new precedent for National Service by exempting [...]

April 17, 2008

More Peace Corps on the trail in Minnesota!

The same day ServeNext left Minnesota, More Peace Corps arrived on the scene!
Doubling the size and budget of the Peace Corps by 2011 is what one man hopes to achieve.
Rajeev Goyal was in Austin today as part of the More Peace Corps Campaign.
Minneapolis has the highest density of return Peace Corps volunteers in the Country and Goyal [...]

April 17, 2008

Beautiful night at Wrigley Field…

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