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This week (Wednesday) were the Friends of National Service awards. Does your state or district have an honoree? Call them, congratulate them and encourage them to keep supporting AmeriCorps voicesforservice.org/news/press-r...

Bipartisan Group of Congressional Leaders to be Honored for Support of AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps Seniors - Voices for National ServiceFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ranit Schmelzer, ranit@schmelzerstrategies.com Washington, DC (April 24, 2025) – Voices for National Service announced today that it will honor 10 distinguished Congress...voicesforservice.org

AmeriCorps NCCC members who were demobilized are working to complete their projects on their own Blue 2: www.gofundme.com/f/help-blue-... Portland / Sabin: www.gofundme.com/f/support-am... Blue 8: www.gofundme.com/f/keep-team-...

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If you live in one of these states, call your governor and THANK THEM for fighting to Save AmeriCorps: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI + Mayor Bowser in DC Not on the list? Call your governor and ask them to join and Save AmeriCorps

US states sue to block Trump from dismantling AmeriCorpsDemocratic-led states on Tuesday filed a lawsuit alleging the Trump administration had effectively dismantled AmeriCorps by abruptly canceling grants and cutting 85% of the workforce of the federal agency for national service and volunteering.www.reuters.com

America's Service Commissions has started a donation drive for AmeriCorps members who today have been left jobless from the illegal cuts. Members don't even qualify for unemployment so many are left utterly unsupported onboarding.givepulse.com/donate/event...

>Impacted service roles include: >VISTAs helping distribute diapers >Corps members focused on food access >VISTAs helping high school students >Yet to be determined, is the impact of telling tens of thousands of Americans [...] that their expertise, dedication, and goodwill is not needed"

Service Year Alliance Statement on the Latest and Most Significant Cuts to AmeriCorps YetTogether with you, we have the potential to make a year of service a common expectation and opportunity for all young Americans.www.serviceyearalliance.org

California still believes in national service. What is your governor doing? www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/25/g...

Governor Newsom on new DOGE action to dismantle AmeriCorps: ‘We will serve the federal government with a lawsuit’ | Governor of Californiawww.gov.ca.gov

"All member activities should cease immediately" -- AmeriCorps CEO Jennifer Bastress Tahmasebi's letter to grantees whose funds are being illegally closed over the weekend Reports are coming in from national service members across the country that they are being unconstitutionally fired

Losing a job that you love is a potential cause of trauma Dial 988 if you need help for a mental health crisis Even if you don't feel like you need it now: Talk to a friend. Journal about the event in the past tense. Go for a walk. Cry. Yell. Howl 20 minutes of Tetris or another simple game

To the VISTA member who skipped meals to meet a grant deadline. To the NCCC member who was injured on spike. To the FEMA Corps member who mucked houses before knowing the status of their own. To the tutor who took a punch while breaking up a fight.

Only acts of Congress have the legal authority to change an agency's budget but Republicans are letting Trump & Musk get away with Constitution violations daily. Today AmeriCorps grants and funding are looking at 41% cuts ordered by DOGE We can reverse this! 5calls.org www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

On Thursday morning the hundreds of AmeriCorps staff members who were put on admin leave last week were illegally fired by DOGE by email

Restore Americorps Funding For Disaster Relief ⭑ 5 CallsOn April 16, Elon Musk’s DOGE moved to illegally dismantle Americorps’ National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), an independent federal agency created …5calls.org

Your 5calls.org today need to be fueled by white-hot rage? They did a proclamation for National Volunteer Week while dismantling AmeriCorps We did "pledge to make service a part of [our] daily lives." We also pledged to "fight all enemies foreign and domestic." www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

National Volunteer Week, 2025By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Every day, countless volunteers strengthen and enrich communities across the countrywww.whitehouse.gov

Peace Corps is our big sibling! John F. Kennedy said: we'll do it abroad and then we'll do it at home. We're in this fight together as family www.peacecorpsconnect.org/stand-up-for...

Stand Up for Service: Support AmeriCorps - National Peace Corps AssociationThe recent cuts to AmeriCorps have particularly impacted the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC)—a vital branch of the program that focuses on disaster relief. Although AmeriCorps offi...www.peacecorpsconnect.org

Today 149 lawmakers in Congress (44 Senators and 105 Representatives) sent a letter calling on the White House to protect AmeriCorps. Make sure that your's is supporting AmeriCorps, too! @altamericorps.bsky.social voicesforservice.org/news/americo...

AmeriCorps shaped these lawmakers’ careers. They’re fighting to save it. - Voices for National ServiceThis article was originally published in the Washington Post on April 23rd by Mariana Alfaro and Tobi Raji. Politicians and civil servants who served in AmeriCorps argue that the Trump administration’...voicesforservice.org