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I’m excited to share that I’ve been published in the National Civic Review, where I discuss how national service programs like Peace Corps and AmeriCorps are more than simply feel-good volunteerism — they’re vital infrastructure for maintaining a functioning democracy in the 21st century. A quick 🧵:
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I’m excited to share that I’ve been published in the National Civic Review, where I discuss how national service programs like Peace Corps and AmeriCorps are more than simply feel-good volunteerism — they’re vital infrastructure for maintaining a functioning democracy in the 21st century. A quick 🧵:
Attending next week's #AmeriCorps National Service Summit? We have a gift for you! Reserve your shirt today. DM us for a reservation link.
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Attending next week's #AmeriCorps National Service Summit? We have a gift for you! Reserve your shirt today. DM us for a reservation link.
Angered and saddened by today's #schoolshooting? Follow and join @marchforourlives.bsky.social. Channel those feelings into action, not thoughts.
August 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Angered and saddened by today's #schoolshooting? Follow and join @marchforourlives.bsky.social. Channel those feelings into action, not thoughts.
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Today, little kids at Annunciation Catholic School were forced into a club that no child should ever join. It’s a fucked up club, and it’s growing because our so-called leaders refuse to act.
August 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Today, little kids at Annunciation Catholic School were forced into a club that no child should ever join. It’s a fucked up club, and it’s growing because our so-called leaders refuse to act.
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters.
Join thousands of Americans calling on our elected officials to fully fund IMLS and protect the programs that empower millions every day.
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Join thousands of Americans calling on our elected officials to fully fund IMLS and protect the programs that empower millions every day.
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PETITION: Fund the Institute Of Museum and Library Services
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters
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August 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Congress is deciding right now how much funding IMLS will receive—and your voice matters.
Join thousands of Americans calling on our elected officials to fully fund IMLS and protect the programs that empower millions every day.
bit.ly/4m7g8h9 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Join thousands of Americans calling on our elected officials to fully fund IMLS and protect the programs that empower millions every day.
bit.ly/4m7g8h9 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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🗣️📣 #AZ07 TODAY is the last day to register to vote in Sept. 23 Special Election to replace Raul Grijalva ‼️‼️
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Arizona, the chalk doesn’t lie ⬇️
🚨FINAL CHANCE - get #VoteReady for the special election in #AZ07!
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🗳️ Sept 23, vote in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social Grijalva
💥Your voice matters, now make sure it counts!
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#AZ07Persists #TeamAdelita
🚨FINAL CHANCE - get #VoteReady for the special election in #AZ07!
✅REGISTER NOW! iwillvote.com
🗳️ Sept 23, vote in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social Grijalva
💥Your voice matters, now make sure it counts!
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#AZ07Persists #TeamAdelita
August 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
🗣️📣 #AZ07 TODAY is the last day to register to vote in Sept. 23 Special Election to replace Raul Grijalva ‼️‼️
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Some Texas Democratic women have torn up their permission slips and will now be hosting a “slumber party for Democracy” on the House floor.
August 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Some Texas Democratic women have torn up their permission slips and will now be hosting a “slumber party for Democracy” on the House floor.
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Texas Dem Rep. Nicole Collier held hostage at
Texas capitol by GOP
Texas capitol by GOP
August 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Texas Dem Rep. Nicole Collier held hostage at
Texas capitol by GOP
Texas capitol by GOP
Nope, it's not a headline from @theonion.com.
If lawmakers want kids off #TikTok, let’s give them something better to do.
Fund #AmeriCorps.
It’s the best offline program you've never heard of.
If lawmakers want kids off #TikTok, let’s give them something better to do.
Fund #AmeriCorps.
It’s the best offline program you've never heard of.
August 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nope, it's not a headline from @theonion.com.
If lawmakers want kids off #TikTok, let’s give them something better to do.
Fund #AmeriCorps.
It’s the best offline program you've never heard of.
If lawmakers want kids off #TikTok, let’s give them something better to do.
Fund #AmeriCorps.
It’s the best offline program you've never heard of.
As a new #AmeriCorps program year kicks off, we're feeling so inspired by the hundreds of organizations accepting grants -- stepping up not just to strengthen communities, but to strengthen and save AmeriCorps by doing so.
We're stronger than a #DOGE termination letter. #nationalservice
We're stronger than a #DOGE termination letter. #nationalservice
August 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As a new #AmeriCorps program year kicks off, we're feeling so inspired by the hundreds of organizations accepting grants -- stepping up not just to strengthen communities, but to strengthen and save AmeriCorps by doing so.
We're stronger than a #DOGE termination letter. #nationalservice
We're stronger than a #DOGE termination letter. #nationalservice
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Please Help Us Help Our Staff Find New Jobs!
We can’t say enough good things about our staff - although our COO Celia Meyer does her best! We hope the rest of the world will see how amazing they are and find them a place in their organization: www.linkedin.com/pulse/please...
#MentalHealthSupport
We can’t say enough good things about our staff - although our COO Celia Meyer does her best! We hope the rest of the world will see how amazing they are and find them a place in their organization: www.linkedin.com/pulse/please...
#MentalHealthSupport
Please Help Us Help Our Staff Find New Jobs!
That’s not exactly a headline any organization wants to write, is it? Unfortunately, the AmeriCorps funding that supported NMHC AmeriCorps member placements at 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline centers wi...
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August 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Please Help Us Help Our Staff Find New Jobs!
We can’t say enough good things about our staff - although our COO Celia Meyer does her best! We hope the rest of the world will see how amazing they are and find them a place in their organization: www.linkedin.com/pulse/please...
#MentalHealthSupport
We can’t say enough good things about our staff - although our COO Celia Meyer does her best! We hope the rest of the world will see how amazing they are and find them a place in their organization: www.linkedin.com/pulse/please...
#MentalHealthSupport
The Texas floods showed just how much we need #AmeriCorps #NCCC at full strength.
🧭 Recruitment for #FEMACorps opens Aug 1.
Serve Jan 2026. Ages 18–26.
Launch a career in disaster response:
👉 americorps.gov/serve/fit-fi...
#AmeriCorps #FEMACorps #NCCC
🧭 Recruitment for #FEMACorps opens Aug 1.
Serve Jan 2026. Ages 18–26.
Launch a career in disaster response:
👉 americorps.gov/serve/fit-fi...
#AmeriCorps #FEMACorps #NCCC
AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps
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July 28, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The Texas floods showed just how much we need #AmeriCorps #NCCC at full strength.
🧭 Recruitment for #FEMACorps opens Aug 1.
Serve Jan 2026. Ages 18–26.
Launch a career in disaster response:
👉 americorps.gov/serve/fit-fi...
#AmeriCorps #FEMACorps #NCCC
🧭 Recruitment for #FEMACorps opens Aug 1.
Serve Jan 2026. Ages 18–26.
Launch a career in disaster response:
👉 americorps.gov/serve/fit-fi...
#AmeriCorps #FEMACorps #NCCC
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A recent study published in the Journal of Cultural Economics examined what happened when a new library branch opened in Kansas City, Missouri. #TLsky #KentuckyLibraries
bit.ly/4o1YHQc Follow @everylibrary.bsky.social for more.
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Want Safer Neighborhoods? Invest in Libraries
When library funding goes up, crime tends to go down
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July 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A recent study published in the Journal of Cultural Economics examined what happened when a new library branch opened in Kansas City, Missouri. #TLsky #KentuckyLibraries
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President Trump’s efforts to target social safety net programs and vulnerable communities won’t save money, it’ll cost states millions in downstream impacts — from increased emergency room visits and homelessness to lost productivity.
It won’t just harm undocumented families. It’ll hurt everyone.
It won’t just harm undocumented families. It’ll hurt everyone.
July 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
President Trump’s efforts to target social safety net programs and vulnerable communities won’t save money, it’ll cost states millions in downstream impacts — from increased emergency room visits and homelessness to lost productivity.
It won’t just harm undocumented families. It’ll hurt everyone.
It won’t just harm undocumented families. It’ll hurt everyone.
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Round up at Macy's stores or donate online to bring books & mental health tools to kids who need them most. Support @readwithrif.bsky.social, @namicommunicate.bsky.social & Macy’s #MissionEveryOne because every student deserves to feel seen, supported, & equipped to thrive. nami.org/MissionEveryOne
July 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Round up at Macy's stores or donate online to bring books & mental health tools to kids who need them most. Support @readwithrif.bsky.social, @namicommunicate.bsky.social & Macy’s #MissionEveryOne because every student deserves to feel seen, supported, & equipped to thrive. nami.org/MissionEveryOne
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NEW CHALLENGE! We are collecting all of the USA Libraries in a new Bluesky challenge!
So far we have: ⬇️
So far we have: ⬇️
July 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
NEW CHALLENGE! We are collecting all of the USA Libraries in a new Bluesky challenge!
So far we have: ⬇️
So far we have: ⬇️
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This afternoon, the Trump administration officially shut down the LGBTQ Youth Specialized Services program within the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The program allowed callers under 25 to speak with counselors trained to support LGBTQ youth, an option that has now been eliminated.
July 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This afternoon, the Trump administration officially shut down the LGBTQ Youth Specialized Services program within the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The program allowed callers under 25 to speak with counselors trained to support LGBTQ youth, an option that has now been eliminated.
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Our final report from this summer's DataCorps--from our site visit with the LA Conservation Corps in Los Angeles last week.
Thanks to Kaitlin Dellaposta for her writing, and to the whole team at the LA Conservation Corps for hosting us! cece.american.edu/workforce-de...
Thanks to Kaitlin Dellaposta for her writing, and to the whole team at the LA Conservation Corps for hosting us! cece.american.edu/workforce-de...
Workforce Development & the 4Rs Wraps Up Site Visits in Los Angeles with the DataCorps - Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE)
The city of Los Angeles in southern California is well known for its glamour and beautiful scenery, but also for its dangerous wildfires. The Workforce Development & the 4Rs research team along with t...
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July 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Our final report from this summer's DataCorps--from our site visit with the LA Conservation Corps in Los Angeles last week.
Thanks to Kaitlin Dellaposta for her writing, and to the whole team at the LA Conservation Corps for hosting us! cece.american.edu/workforce-de...
Thanks to Kaitlin Dellaposta for her writing, and to the whole team at the LA Conservation Corps for hosting us! cece.american.edu/workforce-de...
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How are service corps programs supporting communities as they respond to and recover from disaster? Our new Whitepaper provides insights based on data collected from service corps programs working in the LA area after the California Wildfires in January 2025.
cece.american.edu/cece-whitepa...
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CECE Whitepaper No. 2: Mobilizing Young People to Help Communities Recover from Disaster-A Case Study of CALCC Programs after the LA Wildfires - Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE)
How are service corps programs supporting communities as they respond to and recover from disaster? This paper provides insights into who is working in such programs, what are their motivations for se...
cece.american.edu
July 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
How are service corps programs supporting communities as they respond to and recover from disaster? Our new Whitepaper provides insights based on data collected from service corps programs working in the LA area after the California Wildfires in January 2025.
cece.american.edu/cece-whitepa...
cece.american.edu/cece-whitepa...
We’re all family on this planet 🌎
July 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
We’re all family on this planet 🌎
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People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
June 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid
He grew up in #Oakland public schools. Faced homelessness. Then joined #AmeriCorps — giving him the stability to secure an apartment. Weeks later, the program was cut. Read why this isn’t just a story—it’s a warning: americalearns.com/americorps-i... #nationalservice #tutoring #saveservice
She Got Housing Thanks to AmeriCorps. Then Her Program Was Cut.
After overcoming homelessness, one Oakland AmeriCorps member finally found stability—only to lose it when her program was cut. $200M in national funds may now go unused. Here’s what’s at stake.
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June 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
He grew up in #Oakland public schools. Faced homelessness. Then joined #AmeriCorps — giving him the stability to secure an apartment. Weeks later, the program was cut. Read why this isn’t just a story—it’s a warning: americalearns.com/americorps-i... #nationalservice #tutoring #saveservice
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The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
June 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land