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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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Yahoo News: Newsoms celebrate Earth Day on California farm with mugwort, Alice Waters … and a rattler
IN THE NEWS Newsoms celebrate Earth Day on California farm with mugwort, Alice Waters ... and a rattler By Cathie Anderson, April 23, 2023 On Earth Day, labor leader Dolores Huerta trimmed back the withered blossoms of a mugwort at Rancho...
USA Today: California helps college students cut their debt by paying them to help their communities
IN THE NEWS California helps college students cut their debt by paying them to help their communities Gail Cornwall, The Hechinger Report, April 5, 2023 DAVIS, Calif. – Only streetlights cut the darkness as University of California, Davis...
La Opinion: Californians for All College Corps: una experiencia transformadora para los estudiantes universitarios
IN THE NEWS Californians for All College Corps: una experiencia transformadora para los estudiantes universitarios Por: Araceli Martínez Ortega Publicado 22 Mar 2023 A un año de su lanzamiento, el programa Californians for All College Corps que...
SF Examiner: Worried about tuition next year? Try the CA College Corps
IN THE NEWS Worried about tuition next year? Try the CA College Corps By Margaret Hetherwick | Examiner Staff Writer, Updated Feb 9, 2023 Earning a bachelor's degree has increasingly become a surefire pathway toward employment for American...
NYTimes: California Begins Service Program for College Students
IN THE NEWS NYTimes: California Begins Service Program for College Students By Soumya Karlamangla, New York TimesDecember 20, 2022 Students receive $10,000 from the state to pay tuition and living expenses in exchange for 450 hours of community...
College Corps could be the model for higher education America desperately needs
IN THE NEWS College Corps could be the model for higher education America desperately needs By Gavin Newsom, Governor of CaliforniaNovember 12, 2022 - USA Today Today, our country appears more divided than ever. College Corps is an antidote to this crisis...
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