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• “A Day On” or Off for Congress?
  If an MLK Day of Service project happened in the middle of the forest, would your members of Congress hear about it?  What about in their own districts?  National days of service like MLK Day are great times to plan service projects and mobilize members of the local community to come together in service but [...]
• Talking National Service with Presidential Hopefuls in the Granite State
  With 1 day to go until the first in the nation New Hampshire primary, all eyes are on the Granite State.  Of course that doesn’t count the thousands of eyes instead focused on tonight’s BCS Championship Game between Alabama and LSU in New Orleans, but everyone else. Over the last couple of months, ServeNext Organizer [...]
• ServeNext and ServiceNation Announce Merger!
  Dear ServeNext Community, When we started ServeNext five years ago, the details about how we were going to fight for national service were unclear.  But one thing was crystal clear: after four consecutive years of cuts in Congress, there needed to be a powerful grassroots army of advocates who would refuse to let this stand. [...]
• Details for AmeriCorps Funding in 2012 Budget Deal
  It looks like Congress has finally agreed on a FY 2012 budget for the country.   The agreement includes $1.05 billion for the CNCS (which includes AmeriCorps), roughly $25 million or 2.3% below current levels. While the deal has not yet been voted on, and will still need to be signed by the President once it [...]

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