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 This Independence Day, Make America Stronger Through National Service
    

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Wed, 06/30/2021 - 14:56Read moreabout This Independence Day, Make America Stronger Through National Service


                    *For more than two centuries, America has called on us to unite through service*

This month we mark America’s birthday. As Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, it is a good time to consider what’s at our core as a country, and how can we strengthen the spirt of service we hold dear.

This vision of service for the greater good is core to who we are as a nation. When we serve, with honor and in unity, we bring out the best of America—and find solutions to many of today’s biggest challenges.
 Celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month with a #MadeInAmeriCorps Story
    

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Thu, 06/24/2021 - 12:24Read moreabout Celebrate Immigrant Heritage Month with a #MadeInAmeriCorps Story


                    AmeriCorps and its members reflect the wide range of cultures found throughout America. Immigrant innovators, workers, entrepreneurs, and community leaders help us, feed us, and care for us, advance our thinking, and break new ground. These leaders are at the heart of AmeriCorps. These leaders are made in AmeriCorps.

"It was my dream that one day I could be here and help people.”
 AmeriCorps Members in the VISTA Program are Building a Better Future for Young Girls
    

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Fri, 03/19/2021 - 15:47Read moreabout AmeriCorps Members in the VISTA Program are Building a Better Future for Young Girls


                    For Christine, Mia, and Hannah the biggest benefit of participating in national service is the future they get to help build. Something they share with fellow AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serving for better tomorrow by building homes, rebuilding communities, restoring natural habitats (and the list goes on).

But their service doesn’t require a hardhat, steel-toed boots, or a shovel. That’s because instead of houses or parks, they’re helping build brighter futures.
 Recounting the Stories and Lives of Blacks Americans: One Member’s Pursuit of Social Justice
    

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Mon, 02/22/2021 - 12:18Read moreabout Recounting the Stories and Lives of Blacks Americans: One Member’s Pursuit of Social Justice


                    The death of George Floyd hit me incredibly hard. For me, it was the breaking point of years of unjust and racist treatment toward Black people. I wanted to do something. I wanted my voice, and other voices, to be heard, but I quickly realized that there weren’t any peaceful protests or demonstrations planned in my community.
 AmeriCorps Member in the VISTA Program uses her Voice to Empower Black Youth
    

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Thu, 02/11/2021 - 09:05Read moreabout AmeriCorps Member in the VISTA Program uses her Voice to Empower Black Youth


                    *tell me your names, tell me your bashful names, and I will testify*
Writes Lucille Clifton in her poem “at the cemetery, walnut grove plantation, South Carolina, 1989.”
 A Renewed Call to Service
    

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Mon, 02/01/2021 - 16:52Read moreabout A Renewed Call to Service


                    ***AmeriCorps is indispensable to meeting our nation’s challenges***

Watching President Biden take the oath of office last week reminded me of an inauguration from a different time. I was 15 years old when President John F. Kennedy became president. Growing up in Boston—the birthplace of our democracy and home to the Kennedys—this was a big moment for our community.

It was in his inaugural address that President Kennedy made his famous call to service: “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
 AmeriCorps Member Changes Career Aspiration after Moving Gap Year in VISTA
    

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Thu, 01/07/2021 - 14:21Read moreabout AmeriCorps Member Changes Career Aspiration after Moving Gap Year in VISTA


                    After his successful application to VISTA, Christian spent his first two assignments developing and implementing program lessons for afterschool programming with the Let’s Get Movin’ program at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center and creating resources and discount lists for veterans and military families during his service with the Veterans’ Holistic Healthcare Initiative.
 An AmeriCorps VISTA Taking On Poverty and Racial Injustice in Higher Education
    

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Tue, 11/10/2020 - 16:41Read moreabout An AmeriCorps VISTA Taking On Poverty and Racial Injustice in Higher Education


                    Emily Ward’s passion for serving her community began long before she made the decision to become an AmeriCorps member in the VISTA program. She served with friends and through church opportunities throughout middle and high school and continued volunteering while in college. The opportunity to begin her AmeriCorps journey came once she graduated from undergrad. She was set to attend graduate school for philosophy but decided that she wanted to do something more tangible and less removed from being helpful to others.
 Read moreabout AmeriCorps Launches $2 Million Hunger Pilot
 WASHINGTON, D.C. – AmeriCorps, the federal agency for volunteering and service, today announced the launch of a new food security initiative to create a comprehensive and collaborative approach to hunger. The four awards, totaling $2 million, will support 100 new AmeriCorps VISTA members in New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio, and Texas, which are launching new projects or expanding projects to combat the growing hunger crisis.
 Jessica Bulling: An AmeriCorps VISTA Using Her Passion for Education to Break the Cycle of Poverty
    

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Tue, 09/22/2020 - 16:53Read moreabout Jessica Bulling: An AmeriCorps VISTA Using Her Passion for Education to Break the Cycle of Poverty


                    When Jessica Bulling went for an interview at the Phenix City Housing Authority (PCHA), she felt completely out of her comfort zone. She hadn’t worked in housing before, and it wasn’t her goal to become an AmeriCorps VISTA, but a relocation to Benning, Georgia had made it necessary for Jessica to look for a new job. She was drawn to the description of the role at Phenix City Housing Authority. Her belief that education is the key to unlocking the chains of poverty fit perfectly with the work of PCHA’s Resident Services team.
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