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San Francisco Takes Action for World Environment Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 7, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: Joyia Emard, (279) 220-3530, Joyia.Emard@cv.ca.gov San Francisco Takes Action for World Environment Day What you need to know:Hundreds of volunteers celebrate World Environment Day by planting trees, mulching,...
San Francisco toma medidas por el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente
Para Publicación Inmediata: 7 de junio de 2025Contacto de Prensa: Joyia Emard, (279) 220-3530, Joyia.Emard@cv.ca.gov San Francisco toma medidas por el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente LO QUE NECESITA SABER: Cientos de voluntarios celebran el Día Mundial del Medio...
Governor Newsom and Director Fryday’s Statements on Court Ruling Restoring AmeriCorps Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: Katie Vavao, Katie.Vavao@cv.ca.gov, (916) 584-3620 Governor Newsom and Director Fryday’s Statements on Court Ruling Restoring AmeriCorps Funding SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Governor Gavin Newsom and Governor’s Office of...
DOGE Is Costing Californians Money
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2025 MEDIA CONTACT: Katie Vavao, Katie.Vavao@cv.ca.gov, (916) 584-3620 DOGE Is Costing Californians Money What you need to know: For every federal dollar invested, AmeriCorps generates $17 in country-wide economic value through private...
Despite Attempts to Dismantle AmeriCorps, California Continues to Recruit Service Members
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2025MEDIA CONTACT: Cassandra Gonzalez-Kester, (279) 220-0688Cassandra.Kester@californiavolunteers.ca.gov Despite Attempts to Dismantle AmeriCorps, California Continues to Recruit Service Members What you need to know: As California...
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Grist.com: After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it’s gone?
IN THE NEWS Grist: After disasters, AmeriCorps was everywhere. What happens when it’s gone? By Kate Yoder - May 15, 2025 Elon Musk's DOGE has gutted the 30-year-old national service agency. After devastating fires tore through Los Angeles in January, a...
ByNature.com: Local AmeriCorps Fellows Lose Jobs, Leaving Oaks Unplanted and Career Prospects Unclear
IN THE NEWS ByNature.com: Local AmeriCorps Fellows Lose Jobs, Leaving Oaks Unplanted and Career Prospects Unclear By Kate Yoder - May 15, 2025 GrizzlyCorps fellow Emily Dewing and ecologists David Lumpkin and Scott Jennings prepare to tag dunlin at Tomales...
San Francisco Chronicle: The $1,000-a-month worker targeted by DOGE
IN THE NEWS San Francisco Chronicle: The $1,000-a-month worker targeted by DOGE By Joe Garofoli, Senior Political Writer - May 6, 2025 Alfanzo Rodriguez assists students during a seventh-grade science class at Coliseum College Prep Academy in East...
SacBee.com: Instead of ‘doomscrolling,’ volunteers fight climate gloom by planting 200 trees in Sacramento
IN THE NEWS SacBee.com: Instead of 'doomscrolling,' volunteers fight climate gloom by planting 200 trees in Sacramento By Ari Plachta - November 16, 2024 More than 200 volunteers participated in a community climate action event put on by the California...
After the Election, California (Yes, That Hellscape) Will Keep Moving the World Forward No Matter What
IN THE NEWS The state has been written off as a woke wasteland. But it’s still inventing the future on a bunch of frontiers nobody’s talking about. Even if Trump wins, it will remain a golden, global example.Thursday, October 31, 2024 - By James...
$10,000 for community service? How College Corps is helping Californians pay for school
IN THE NEWS SacBee.com: $10,000 for community service? How College Corps is helping Californians pay for school By Hannah Poukish, September 09, 2024 Three years ago, Drew Dailey felt stuck. Working as a full-time carpenter, he had only completed a few...
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