AmeriCorps

What is AmeriCorps? It's a commitment to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering.     During AmeriCorps' 30th anniversary, we’ve released our new animated video to share how members, volunteers, and more address our nation's most pressing challenges while creating pathways to transform the lives of those served and those who serve.    #AmeriCorps30 #Launch #Volunteerism 

AmeriCorps' 30th anniversary celebrations come to an end. AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith reflects on the yearlong celebrations:   It was an honor to join our members, volunteers, alums, partners, elected officials, and friends over the past year to celebrate 30 years of AmeriCorps!     In Sacramento, California, along with our partners at USDA Forest Service, we welcomed the first cohort the AmeriCorps NCCC Forest Corps, a key component of President Biden's American Climate Corps. These 80 young leaders are taking on forest management, wildfire prevention, and ecological restoration across the nation. These members demonstrate how our commitment to equipping the next generation with the skills necessary for climate careers will turn this moment into an even more unstoppable movement to fight climate change.   In New Orleans, I had the opportunity to see intergenerational service in action during the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the world's largest annual wheelchair rehabilitation sports event exclusively for veterans. During the event, we signed a new MOU with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which will mobilize members of AmeriCorps NCCC and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to support the National Veterans Wheelchair Games, Veterans Golden Age Games, and other VA-organized events for our nation’s veterans.   Just last week, in New York City, we celebrated promises kept and new partnerships launched. At Clinton Global Initiative, Pinterest CEO Bill Ready and I shared the commitment we made last year to tackle the youth mental health crisis is now the Youth Mental Health Corps, a bold new partnership between AmeriCorps, Pinterest, the Schultz Family Foundation, and America Forward that will place more than 500 AmeriCorps members to serve as mental health navigators while learning about related careers. Later, at a New York Climate Week event with Google, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan and I announced the creation of a new American Climate Corps program, the Environmental Justice Climate Corps. EJCC is the largest federal environmental partnership in AmeriCorps' history and the EPA's first nationwide service effort. Through the new partnership, hundreds of members in AmeriCorps VISTA will serve across the country, helping organizations in underserved communities address environmental justice and climate challenges while gaining the skills and experience for good-paying clean energy and climate careers.   While our thirtieth birthday celebration has come to an end, our commitment to bringing out the best of America to get things done for America is just as urgent and unstoppable as it has ever been. Whether it's helping students learn to read, rebuilding homes after disasters, or providing second chances through service, AmeriCorps members and volunteers commit to transforming lives – including their own – every day. Thank you for celebrating AmeriCorps with us. Bit.ly/30thRecap24 #AmeriCorps30

During National Recovery Month, Public Health AmeriCorps Director AJ Pearlman shares how #NationalService has been answering the call to address our nation's substance use disorder crisis:     The opioid epidemic is an ongoing crisis that affects hundreds of thousands of Americans and has devastating effects on individuals, families, workplaces, the health care system, and communities. For years, AmeriCorps has been at the forefront of addressing this challenge and helping our communities combat substance use disorder.     In 2022, AmeriCorps joined forces with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to launch Public Health AmeriCorps, which recruits, trains, and develops the next generation of public health leaders while supporting the nation's public health needs, including substance use disorder. Our members in Wisconsin demonstrate the power of national service in recovery. Julie, an AmeriCorps member navigating her recovery journey, is serving her second term with Public Health AmeriCorps. Julie created a peer-to-peer support program to help other women in her community facing the same struggles. Through the program, Julie offers weekly support meetings, group exercise classes, one-on-one recovery coaching, and a free clothing shop, changing the lives of women living in recovery.     I'm grateful to be a part of this fight and to hear from the public health community and program directors how essential AmeriCorps members' service is to increasing recovery efforts across the nation. During National Recovery Month, I thank our members of Public Health AmeriCorps, like Julie, who fight our country's ongoing public health crises. Thank you for your courage and your commitment to support individuals in recovery.     Bit.ly/RecoveryBlog24    #NationalRecoveryMonth #Careers #PublicHealth #Recovery

#Spotted: AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith in New York!   ☑️ AmeriCorps CEO joined leaders from private and nonprofit organizations at the #CGI2024 to discuss how #NationalService initiatives like the Youth Mental Health Corps - launched in partnership with Pinterest and Schultz Family Foundation - help improve the mental well-being of our youth while giving young adults on-ramps into behavioral health careers. Clinton Foundation ☑️ AmeriCorps CEO also joined US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional administrators, Fordham University, and our nation's young leaders Climate Group Climate Week NYC. AmeriCorps alums and members demonstrated how #NationalService helps build a climate-resilient, clean energy future while kickstarting their careers through initiatives like the #AmericanClimateCorps.  ☑️ During Climate Week, AmeriCorps CEO announced the Environmental Justice Climate Corps, a new initiative of the Biden-Harris administration to expand pathways into environmental justice careers, with US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan at the Solutions House hosted by Google and Futerra. Together, they discussed how the new initiative empowers young Americans to fight climate change and build pathways to the conservation, climate, and clean energy jobs of the future. #NewYork #ClimateWeek #NationalService #Volunteerism #ClimateChange

📢 Calling AmeriCorps Alums 📢 We're accepting applications for the next Segal Fellow at AmeriCorps. Segal Fellows have the opportunity to:   ☑️ Gain in-depth federal experience for professional development and networking opportunities.  ☑️ Receive mentorship and coaching.  ☑️ Support various agency-wide projects and help advance national service goals.    Apply by Friday, September 27: Bit.ly/EliSegalFellow24 #Careers #Fellowship #JobOpportunity #PublicSector #AmeriCorpsAlums

The AmeriCorps movement continues! For 30 years, members, volunteers, and alums wore the AmeriCorps 🅰 to commit to a lifetime of service. From expanding economic opportunities to promoting healthy futures, supporting student success, disaster recovery efforts, and more, the AmeriCorps movement will bring out the best of America for years to come. Read more about how AmeriCorps members commit to a lifetime of service: Bit.ly/Sept30thBlog24 #AmeriCorps30 #NationalService #Volunteerism #AmeriCorpsAlums #AmeriAlums

From the Sept. 11 National Day of Service to joining the Congressional Black Caucus and celebrating 30 years of the agency, AmeriCorps joined champions and our nation's leaders to demonstrate the strength of the national service movement. ☑️ On Sept. 11, AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith, AmeriCorps Seniors Director Atalaya Sergi, and AmeriCorps State and National Director Sonali Nijhawan served alongside our nation's leaders. AmeriCorps CEO was in Washington, DC, with the US Department of Veteran's Affairs National Cemetery Administration and AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps to help clean gravestones. He then joined elected officials to help 9/11 Day pack more than 450,000 meals. AmeriCorps Seniors and AmeriCorps State and National Directors were at the New York Stock Exchange to ring the opening bell, kicking off the day of service across the nation. ☑️ AmeriCorps CEO also joined the The George Washington University GW Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service to celebrate AmeriCorps' 30th anniversary. Alongside The State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr., he discussed how national service supports higher education and students to build academic, civic, and workforce success. #911Day #CEO #AmeriCorps30 #Events

On September 15, 2022, President Biden called upon Americans to unite through national service and volunteerism during the United We Stand Summit to put forward a shared vision for a more united America.    Through United We Serve, AmeriCorps joined national service champions from coast to coast to provide new ways for our nation to engage with our communities and foster a sense of constructive action, civic participation, and belonging. From recruiting volunteers to supporting new initiatives like the Team Up Project by Habitat for Humanity International, Catholic Charities USA, the The Y (YMCA), and Interfaith America , Americans continue to unite our communities to answer President Biden's call for unity and service.    Hear how AmeriCorps' Volunteer Generation Fund supports bridge-building efforts from Janele Nelson, the Association Mission Director at YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties. 

Happy 30th anniversary to the first class of AmeriCorps members! On September 12, 1994, more than 20,000 Americans raised their hands to serve our communities, leave a positive impact, and transform lives.     Thank you to these alums, like Laura, Philip, and Rob, for their dedication to service and for paving the way for millions more Americans to join the national service movement to address communities' most urgent needs. Hear more about their journey on AmeriCorps’ Unheard Voices of Service podcast: Bit.ly/UnHeardVoices    #AmeriCorps30 #NationalService #Volunteerism #AmeriCorpsAlums #AmeriAlums 

We are two days away from the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith remembers the day as a recent college graduate and discusses how national service unites Americans in times of tragedy and triumph. #911Day #NeverForget #NationalService #Volunteerism