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National Service and Youth Unemployment
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Strategies for job creation during economic recovery. (This article originally appeared in Campus Progress ) Federal investments in our national service programs are an important way for Congress and the Obama administration to tackle high unemployment...
Tags: youth corps, services programs, nonprofit organization, youth unemployment, YouthBuild, poverty services, employment opportunity, great recessions, unemployment rate, job creation, San Francisco, Unemployment benefits, Recessions, Unemployment, Social Issues, Late-2000s recession, Macroeconomics, AmeriCorps, Labor economics, Labor
Huråo hopes to place more teachers
Tamuning :: Guam | 5 days ago
Credibility A new Saint Francis School language class that teaches entirely in Chamorro could be the first of many at local private schools, thanks to grant funding and a local organization dedicated to preserving Guam's culture. Hur�o Inc. -- a local foundation...
Tags: Chamorro, private schools, Ann Marie Arceo, Guam, Tamuning, Education, ￃﾅ, Micronesia, AmeriCorps, Religion Belief, Hurao
The path to citizenship: Son of immigrant to help permanent residents make the leap
Seoul :: South Korea | 7 days ago
Credibility James Chung witnessed firsthand the difficulties his father faced immigrating in the mid-1960s to the United States from South Korea. His father had little money and could not speak English well, Chung said. But he learned the language, attended college,...
Tags: South Korea, Seoul, Government of the United States, Social Issues, Permanent residency, AmeriCorps, Nationality law, United States nationality law, Canadian nationality law
Fourth candidate enters the primary race for Salem mayor
Salem :: India | 11 days ago
Credibility Another mayoral candidate has thrown her hat in the ring, making it a four-person race for the primary election on May 18. Northeast Salem resident Shonda Colleen Kelley, 29, has never held elected office, but that didn't stop her from seeking the post....
Tags: Northeast Salem, Shonda Colleen Kelley, India, Salem, Marion County Oregon, Salem Oregon, Salem Tamil Nadu, Salem Massachusetts, AmeriCorps, Polk County Oregon, Salem Oregon metropolitan area, Salem witch trials
G.O.P. Report Connects Official to Fiancé’s Case
Hope :: AR :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility A report by Republicans in Congress about the Obama administration’s firing of a government agency’s internal watchdog suggests that the school chancellor in Washington intervened on behalf of her current fiancé, who was under investigation by the watchdog....
Tags: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Mayor Johnson, inspector general, Hope, Chuck Grassley, Kevin Johnson, Sacramento California, Gerald Walpin, Politics, Law Crime, Michelle Rhee, AmeriCorps, Darrell Issa, Barack Obama, Syngman Rhee, Bill Clinton, Opposition research
Community Garden Helps Locals Grow Fresh Food
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility A new outreach program teaches Ohio families how to grow their own food. (Randy Sarvis/Wilmington College) A new outreach program teaches Ohio families how to grow their own food. (Randy Sarvis/Wilmington College) As the situation in the community became...
Tags: Randy Sarvis/Wilmington College, community garden, Atlanta, Environmental design, Sustainability, Gardening, AmeriCorps, Wilmington College, Urban agriculture, Community building, Community gardening, Human Interest
Khazei’s outsider career taught deep political lessons
Washington :: DC :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility It was a daunting task for two inexperienced college interns to plan a legislative hearing on Capitol Hill. But Alan Khazei and Michael Brown had lobbied for the assignment. And they were going to make Washington sit up and take notice. To Brown and...
Tags: Alan Khazei, Michael D. Brown, Washington, Jeff Swartz, Stephen Spaloss, Peace Corps, Bill Clinton, City Year, AmeriCorps
Man hurt in Cedar Rapids garage collapse
Cedar Rapids :: IA :: USA | 19 days ago
Credibility Cedar Rapids fire officials say a garage collapsed on two workers, seriously injuring one of the men. Fire department spokesman Greg Buelow says emergency workers on Saturday used air bags to raise the roof and remove a 60-year-old man whose lower extremities...
Tags: Cedar Rapids, Siding, AmeriCorps, Firefighter, Disaster Accident
Parents mostly satisfied with DOE
Tamuning :: Guam | 19 days ago
Credibility Parents of Guam public school students interviewed Saturday said they were generally happy with the education that their children were receiving from the island's schools, but continued to cite concerns about a permanent John F. Kennedy High School campus,...
Tags: Guam, Tamuning, Guam Public School System, John F. Kennedy High School, Education, National Civilian Community Corps, Volunteers in Service to America, Sycamore Service Corps, AmeriCorps, Government of the United States, Corporation for National and Community Service
WSU Tri-Cities student hired for VetCorps
Pasco :: WA :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility Mike Luzzo, a first-year student in the environmental and natural resources doctoral program, will be a part of one-year AmeriCorps pilot program. VetCorps will serve veterans, current military personnel and their families, according to a press release.
Tags: VetCorps, cities student, Pasco, Washington State University, Whitman County Washington, Bioenvironmental Engineering, AmeriCorps, Tri-Cities Washington, Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, Pacific Ten Conference, Politics, Health Medical Pharma
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