Posts Tagged ‘ President Obama ’
Today the Senate gave final congressional approval to a package of six appropriations bills to fund many government programs for Fiscal Year 2010, including 1.149 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service, and $400 million for the Peace Corps. President Obama is expected to sign the appropriations package into law shortly. The $400 million [ READ MORE ]
In June 2009, President Obama gave a speech in Cairo emphasizing the potential of young people to effect change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and shining a light on increased youth engagement interest there. “[ READ MORE ]
Beginning in early July, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will mark up the fiscal year 2010 Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education Appropriations bills. The Kennedy Serve America Act, enacted in April, authorized the expansion of national service, but offered no promises in terms of how much funding Congress would give the Corporation for National and Community Service to implement the Act. According to the organization Voices For National Service, President Obama's budget request for the Corporation for National and Community Service totaled $1.149 billion, including funding for: AmeriCorps: to create 10,000 new AmeriCorps positions (the first step towards the Serve America Act's goal of 250,000 annual members by the year 2017)[ READ MORE ]
The launch of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service Monday night brought a huge crowd of people out to hear First Lady Michelle Obama speak, among other familiar faces. When I arrived, the throngs of people waiting in line to go through security matched the throngs of people already inside the hall, and everyone was waiting for Michelle Obama. Helping the time fly was comic/emcee Wally Collins[ READ MORE ]
President Obama has asked everyone in the United States to heed the call of service – to pitch in and make their communities a better place. YouTube is stepping up to provide a very "21st century" way of doing just that: a new program called YouTube's Video Volunteers[ READ MORE ]
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