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Who needs the precrime oracles from Minority Report when you have the Forbes 30 under 30? Add Nate Cavanaugh, 30 under 30 recipient + lead DOGE illegally dismantling AmeriCorps. Nate commits billion-dollar crimes alongside other infamous under 30ers like Sam Bankman-Fried and Elizabeth Holmes

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ICYMI - Democracy Forward and the AmeriCorps Employee Union are also suing Trump >"The wholesale dismantling of America’s flagship civic service Agency cannot be undertaken by unilateral executive overreach that disregards the law and lawmakers’ intent" democracyforward.org/updates/new-...

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More resources for impacted AmeriCorps members OR if you have resources that you can share such as career tips or housing assistance 💪🅰️ emwellness.org/americorps-s... #AmeriStrong #SaveAmeriCorps #AmeriFamily

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If you or someone you know is a terminated AmeriCorps member now struggling to afford food, Hunger Free America can help connect you with SNAP (formerly called food stamp benefits) and/or with food banks, food pantries, and soup kitchens near where you live findfood.hungerfreeamerica.org

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Did you make your 5calls.org today? 🥰 5calls.org/issue/americ...

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2024 was the 60th anniversary of AmeriCorps VISTA's founding legislation. Also in 2024: Elon Musk's businesses received $6.3 billion in state and federal taxpayer funding. $6.3 billion would fund AmeriCorps VISTA for another 60 years. No joke #saveAmeriCorps #AmeriCorpsVISTA

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Don't forget this Thursday! actionnetwork.org/events/recog... Celebrate our national service members. Be there or be square 🅰️

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Be sure to sign this Sierra Club petition! "Help reinstate AmeriCorps funding and ensure this critical workforce is rehired" act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati...

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www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Eliminates AmeriCorps, VISTA, NCCC, Senior Corps, RSVP, Foster Grandparents, & Senior Companions. Cruel!!! Fight to preserve national service. Thank you.

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CALL TO ACTION: Contact your Senator at 202-224-3121 and tell them to "VOTE NO on Bisignano" to prevent him from running Social Security into the ground through DOGE chaos!

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

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...

submitted 8 days ago • 3 comments

250 Maryland AmeriCorps workers were dismissed over the weekend but a bunch of them came back and volunteered: marylandmatters.org/2025/05/01/m...

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“I can’t think of anything more operationally inefficient or wasteful than throwing away almost a year’s worth of work just a few months before these projects are completed" - Mayor Gina Leichty of Goshen Indiana www.goshennews.com/news/from-am...

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Delaware joins the list of states to sue the Trump administration over #AmeriCorpsGrantCuts. With 200+ service sites statewide, AmeriCorps programs in Delaware brought in more than $2.4 million last year from local businesses, foundations, and public agencies — these cuts put all of that at risk!

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Colorado joins the list of states to sue the Trump administration over the #AmeriCorpsGrantCuts. Just last year, AmeriCorps and its partners brought in over $10.3 million from local businesses, foundations, public agencies, and more — funding that supports real work in Colorado communities!

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On April 14, 748 #AmeriCorpsNCCC members serving on projects across the nation were sent home. #DOGE wants to erase their service - we will not let that happen. Join us and recognize these young leaders for their accomplishments in service to our communities. actionnetwork.org/events/recog...

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STARTING NOW: KICK-OFF CALL TO STAND WITH SERVICE Join below 👇 zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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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

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🚨KICK-OFF CALL APRIL 30, 8 P.M.🚨 Join us TOMORROW, at 8 P.M. ET for our kick-off organizing call to STAND WITH SERVICE. Register Here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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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...

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How much of the US federal budget is allocated to AmeriCorps? 0.02% of the 13-digit budget goes to AmeriCorps. Every dollar invested turns into over $17 in economic and community benefits. But we guess DOGE considers that fraud, waste, and abuse.

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The smear campaign against AmeriCorps has begun. But we won’t forget the truth: ARP funds helped launch critical initiatives like Forest Corps and Public Health AmeriCorps, programs that directly tackled urgent national challenges—climate change and COVID-19. nypost.com/2025/04/24/u...

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Musk is destroying AmeriCorps. It looks like it’s RIP for AmeriCorps. The nonprofit that represents AmeriCorps’ state commissions which organize state-level community service programs funded by the federal agency announced that commissions in all 50 states,

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>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"

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

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"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

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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

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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.

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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/...

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In Senator Chris Coons' @coons.senate.gov impassioned plea to save AmeriCorps from DOGE, he cites that 'studies show that for every dollar we spend on AmeriCorps, the program returns $17 in benefits to society, our economy and the federal government.' New in Opinion: buff.ly/o7ShVn7

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