Posts Tagged ‘ Barack Obama ’
A first-hand account of meeting the First Lady. "I shook her hand." I can't recall the number of times I uttered or texted those words exactly a week ago today. "I...SHOOK...HER...HAND!" "I shook Michelle Obama's hand." I am still elated. But that's how the event ended. Let's start from the beginning. I arrived early to ensure a good seat. It was a closed affair, just for us—Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) employees, but that wasn’t going to guarantee prime seating, so I made my way to the venue, down 13th street as fast as my wedges would allow[ READ MORE ]
Update, April 21, 2009: President Obama signs the Serve America Act into law. To take effect October 1, 2009. In an address to a joint session Congress tonight, Feb. 24th, President Obama urged lawmakers to pass the Kennedy-Hatch Serve America Act which would expand funding for national service. The Serve America Act, co-authored by Senator [ READ MORE ]
Organized by the National Peace Corps Association (the independent group of Peace Corps alumni), the Peace Corps community participated in the Inaugural Parade for President Barack Obama, eliciting a huge smile from “the Service President.” According to blogs posted on PeaceCorpsConnect.org: Returned Volunteers, two currently serving Volunteers and current and former Peace Corps staff carried [ READ MORE ]
President-Elect Obama's Renew America Together campaign partners with Youtube to invite you to create a three-minute video about how you plan to volunteer for MLK Day. [ READ MORE ]
A new ad from President-Elect Obama inspires people to serve[ READ MORE ]
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