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ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Ann OLeary (CN=Ann O'Leary/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:22-MAY-2000 15:42:10.00
SUBJECT: Re: White House Teen Conference
TO: Eric J. Morse ( CN=eric j. morse/OU=opd/O=eop@eop [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: MaryEllen C. McGuire ( CN=maryellen c. mcguire/OU=who/O=eop@eop [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa ( CN=shirley S. sagawa/OU=who/O=eop@eop [ WHO D
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: dkirschner ( [email protected] [ UNKNOWN ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: dlenhoff ( [email protected] [ UNKNOWN ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: EMGalinsky ( [email protected] [ UNKNOWN )
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: ljasher ( [email protected] [ UNKNOWN 1)
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TEXT:
My apologies for the delay in this list. Below please find confirmed
participants and folks we still need to invite to cover the bases. We
have 22 confirmed participants thus far and about 12 more that we are
planning to invite.
Time with Our Teens Initial Meeting
Confirmed Yes for 5-25 Meeting
Academics
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University
Larry Steinberg, Temple University
Business
Jacqueline Gates, Bell Atlantic
Civil Rights
Family-Work
Andrea Camp, Institute for Civil Society
Ellen Galinsky, Families and Work Institute
Donna Lenhoff, National Partnership for Women and Families
Lauren Asher
Diana Zuckerman, National Center for Policy Research for Women and
Families
Foundations
Lawrence Gianinno, William T. Grant Foundation
Labor
Parenting
Lisa Beneson, Working Mother Magazine
Ken Canfield, National Center for Fathering
Shirley Igo, National PTA
Kirsten Kingdon, PFLAG
Risk Prevention Campaigns
Sarah Brown, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Sally Sacher
Marisa Nightingale
Youth Groups
Patty Adcroft / Substitute *Seventeen Magazine
Eden Fisher Durbin, YMCA USA
Kristen Hurdle
Roxanne Spillet *Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Anthony Welch, Do Something
Rafhael Bemporad
Need to Invite
Civil Rights
William Spriggs,National Urban League
Anthony Colon, National Counil of La Raza
Leadership Council on Civil Rights
Faith Based
Catholic Charities
Labor
Chris Owens, AFL-CIO
Parenting
Sylvia Hewlett, National Parenting Association
Risk Prevention
Fight Crime Invest in Kids
Tobacco Free Kids
National Campaign Against Youth Violence
Federal Agencies
CNS, Kris Minor
HHS, Pat Montoya & Julie Bosland
OPM - Barry Price
Confirmed No
Janet Chan *The Parenting Group
Debra Delgado *Annie E. Casey Foundation
Judy Lichtman *NPR
Della Hughes *National Network for Youth
Michelle Kipke *Board on Children, Youth and Families
No Response
Janice LaChance *OPM
Barry Price
Catherine Milton *Save the Children
Stephanie Williams *Teen People
Ann O'Leary
05/16/2000 02:40:51 PM
Record Type: Record
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected]
cc: Shirley S. Sagawa/WHO/EOP@EOP, MaryEllen C.
McGuire/WHO/EOP@EOP, Eric J. Morse/OPD/EOP@EOP
bcc: Records Management@EOP
Subject: Re: White House Teen Conference
Thursday, May 25th at 2:00 p.m. is going to work for the public education
campaign on "Time with Your Teens." I have put together an initial list
of invitees. Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like me
to invite any additional folks.
Co-Sponsors:
Melanne Verveer, Office of the First Lady
Shirley Sagawa, OFL
Ann O'Leary, OFL
Ellen Galinsky, Families and Work Insitute
Donna Lenhoff, National Partnership for Women and Families
Lauren Asher, National Partnership
Invitees:
Patty Adcroft, Seventeen Magazine
Lisa Benenson, Working Mother Magazine
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University
Sarah Brown, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Ken Canfield, National Center for Fathering
Janet Chan, The Parenting Group
Debra Delgado, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Eden Fisher Durbin, YMCA
Kristin Hurdle, YMCA
Della Hughes, National Network for Youth
Shirley Igo, National PTA
Robert Jones, National Alliance of Business
Kristen Kingdon, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays
Catherine Milton, Save the Children
Roxanne Spillet, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Stephanie Williams, Teen People
Mildred Wurf, Girls Inc.
Diana Zuckerman, National Center for Policy Research for Women and Familes
Administration Reps
Andrea Kane, White House Domestic Policy Council
Sonia Chessen, White House Council on Youth Violence
Kris Minor, Corporation for National Service
Julie Bosland, HHS
Barry Price, OPM
ONDCP
Ann O'Leary
05/09/2000 07:03:55 PM
Record Type: Record
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: White House Teen Conference
Ellen, Donna, and Lauren -
Thank you all for your willingness to pull together a coalition on the
"Time with Your Teens" campaign. As an initial step, Shirley Sagawa and I
are following up with the co-sponsors of the WH Conference on Teenagers to
determine their interest and willingness to help with such a campaign.
And, as a second step I would like to propose that we set a date for a
meeting of potential coalition partners. Ellen mentioned that May 25th in
the afternoon would be best for her or alternatively May 26th.
Donna/Lauren -- Would this date work for the two of you and Judy? I would
like to do it her at the WH and have Melanne moderate the meeting to
demonstrate the First Lady's commitment to this public education campaign.
I will begin to develop a list of potential coalition members for the
participants at the conference. Would your organizations also generate
potential members and provide me with names and contact info. so that I
can invite them to the meeting?
Once we have a confirmed date and a list of participants lets touch base
by phone to discuss initial ideas for the campaign and what we hope to
gain from this first meeting.
Thanks again for your help!!
-Ann
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Malcolm Richardson ( (CN=Malcolm Richardson/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:23-MAY-2000 12:25:59.00
SUBJECT: Conference report
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa (CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
CC: MaryEllen C. McGuire ( CN=MaryEllen C. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
You will see that I caught a few minor typos and am still trying to get
the photos right. The xerox copies are possible inserts or cover art --
we've got an extra page as matters stand now, and the cover design is a
placeholder in the faint hope that we can get the designer to come up with
something slightly jazzier.
I've added a little bit on regional events/follow-ups, but I think you
were going to look at the follow-up section more closely and also think
about adding anything to the section on youth and Americorps.
Ellen probably won't have an opportunity to look at it today, so you
certainly have at least another day to think about changes, etc. Thanks.
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Gomperts, John ("Gomperts, John" [ UNKNOWN )
CREATION DATE/TIME:24-MAY-2000 17:15:32.00
SUBJECT: Approriations Update from Harris Wofford
TO: Anne W. Bovaird (CN=Anne W. Bovaird/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Carolyn T. Wu ( CN=Carolyn T. Wu/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Jennifer M. Palmieri ( CN=Jennifer M. Palmieri/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Matthew L. Nelson ( CN=Matthew L. Nelson/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
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TO: Shirley S. Sagawa ( CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Friends:
Harris sent this update on appropriations this morning and I want to make
sure you see it.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks. JG
TO:
National Service Colleagues
FROM: Harris Wofford
DATE:
May 23, 2000
Today the House VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Subcommittee once again
recommended a bill that does not include funding for AmeriCorps,
service-learning, and the Points of Light Foundation. This is just the
beginning of the long appropriations process. Failure to fund these
programs is out of step with the strong bipartisan support for national
service, and I am confident that in the end Congress will fund the
President's request for AmeriCorps and service-learning, as well as the
Points of Light Foundation and America's Promise.
The next step on the House side will be the full House Appropriations
Committee markup, and then the House vote. As usual, we do not expect
funding for the Corporation to be restored in those actions.
The Senate VA-HUD subcommittee is scheduled to begin work in the middle of
June, and we expect the final Senate bill will include funding for the
Corporation's programs.
Ultimately, a House-Senate Conference will work out the differences between
the two bills and seek a bill that the President will sign. As in the
past,
we expect that the Senate position on national service will prevail, and
that the Corporation's programs will once again be funded. You will recall
that Congress has increased the appropriations for national service
programs
in each of the last three years.
As you know, the Senior Corps and AmeriCorps*VISTA are funded from another
appropriations bill -- the Labor-Health and Human Services bill. This bill
has also moved through the House subcommittee. On the Senate side, both
the
subcommittee and the full Appropriations Committee have acted on the
Labor-HHS bill. As the bill currently stands, each of the senior service
programs -- Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions and RSVP - will receive
an increase, as will AmeriCorps*VISTA.
We will keep you posted as both appropriations bills make their way through
the process.
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Anne W. Bovaird (CN=Anne W. Bovaird/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-MAY-2000 11:43:27.00
SUBJECT: Re: Proposed Sequence of Events/Participants/Other Issues - Powell Meeting - FRIDAY
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa (CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Thanks Shirley. I had forgotten about Deb - she would have been a great
surrogate for Harris - we're actually not entirely sure whether it's
appropriate to have John G. in the room so Thurgood is going to ask Karen
T. for her thoughts. But, since Deb is out of town anyway, I guess that
idea is moot. Thanks again for looking this over.
Shirley S. Sagawa
05/25/2000 11:38:50 AM
Record Type: Record
To: Anne W. Bovaird/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject: Re: Proposed Sequence of Events/Participants/Other Issues
- Powell Meeting - FRIDAY
Looks fine to me. I would have pushed for the Director of AmeriCorps,
Debbie Jospin, to be there, but she is out of town. Agree with Powell on
the Stakeout issue.
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Anne W. Bovaird (CN=Anne W. Bovaird/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-MAY-2000 15:01:51.00
SUBJECT: FW: HW's revised statement on approps
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TO: thurgood marshall jr ( CN=Thurgood Marshall Jr/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
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TEXT:
FYI
Forwarded by Anne W. Bovaird/WHO/EOP on 05/25/2000
02:59 PM
"Scales, Melody" <[email protected]>
05/25/2000 02:55:58 PM
Record Type: Record
To: Anne W. Bovaird/WHO/EOP
cc:
Subject: FW: HW's revised statement on approps
I am also faxing this to you.
Original Message
From: Gomperts, John
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 2:36 PM
To: Scales, Melody
Subject: FW: HW's revised statement on approps
- Field Memo re FY01 appropriations.doc
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TO:
National Service Colleagues
FROM:
Harris Wofford
DATE:
May 23, 2000
Today the House VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Subcommittee once again
recommended a bill that does not include funding for AmeriCorps, service-learning, and
the Points of Light Foundation. This is just the beginning of the long appropriations
process. Failure to fund these programs is out of step with the strong bipartisan support
for national service, and I am confident that in the end Congress will fund the President's
request for AmeriCorps and service-learning, as well as the Points of Light Foundation
and America's Promise.
The next step on the House side will be the full House Appropriations Committee
markup, and then the House vote. As usual, we do not expect funding for the
Corporation to be restored in those actions.
The Senate VA-HUD subcommittee is scheduled to begin work in the middle of June,
and we expect the final Senate bill will include funding for the Corporation 's programs.
Ultimately, a House-Senate Conference will work out the differences between the two
bills and seek a bill that the President will sign. As in the past, we expect that the Senate
position on national service will prevail, and that the Corporation's programs will once
again be funded. You will recall that Congress has increased the appropriations for
national service programs in each of the last three years.
As you know, the Senior Corps and AmeriCorps* VISTA are funded from another
appropriations bill -- the Labor-Health and Human Services bill. This bill has also
moved through the House subcommittee. On the Senate side, both the subcommittee and
the full Appropriations Committee have acted on the Labor-HHS bill. As the bill
currently stands, each of the senior service programs -- Foster Grandparents, Senior
Companions and RSVP - will receive an increase, as will AmeriCorps VISTA.
You will be interested in the attached press accounts of statements by House VA-HUD
Subcommittee Chairman James Walsh (R-NY):
We will keep you posted as both appropriations bills make their way through the process.
Automated Records Management System
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Associated Press May 24, 2000
Subcommittee Chairman James Walsh, R-NY, said some of the cuts would be eased
before the bill is enacted. These included its elimination of the AmeriCorps national
service program, a Clinton initiative that Republicans try annually to cut, and its
omissions of any projects for lawmakers' home districts. Last year, such projects totaled
about $800 million, aides said.
"This is just the first of many steps we will take in moving this bill forward," Walsh said,
adding later, "The bill will have to have AmeriCorps money in it to be signed by the
president."
Reuters May 24, 2000
After years of House Republicans tangling with Clinton over AmeriCorps, in which
people who perform community services are rewarded with help toward college tuition,
Walsh also said money for that program likely will be restored later.
"I expect the bill will have the AmeriCorps program by the time the president signs it,"
he told reporters.
Chronicle of Higher Education May 24, 2000
The House subcommittee continued what has become an annual tradition in
recommending no money for the AmeriCorps program. The president asked for $563.3-
million for the program, which offers students vouchers of up to $4,725 for college
expenses in exchange for a year of community service. Mr. Walsh noted that it was the
third year in a row that Republicans have recommended killing funds for the program.
Mr. Walsh, a former Peace Corps volunteer, said that he supports AmeriCorps, but that
many of his Republican colleagues still bitterly oppose it. Nonetheless, Mr. Walsh
predicted that money for the program would be restored as it has been in previous years.
He said the president would not sign any spending bill that did not include funds for
AmeriCorps.
The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2000
On the domestic front, the legislation picks an old fight with President Clinton by
proposing to end funding for the AmeriCorps program.
The national service program is a signature initiative for Mr. Clinton - and a frequent
target of GOP budget cutters. GOP Rep. James Walsh of New York, chairman of the
House appropriations subcommittee on housing and veterans affairs, said the cut reflects
the will of a majority of House Republicans.
But he conceded that the election-year fight is in vain and that Congress likely will be
forced to add the money back. "I'm a realist," Mr. Walsh said.
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ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Laura_Efurd ([email protected] [ who ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:26-MAY-2000 19:23:35.00
SUBJECT: President's Remarks at the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Dinner
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TEXT:
From the White House Office of Public Liaison
Asian American and Pacific Islander Outreach
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 25, 2000
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT DINNER FOR ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN INSTITUTE
FOR CONGRESSIONAL STUDIES
Capitol Hilton
Washington. D.C.
9:20 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Good evening, ladies and
gentlemen. We had a wonderful day today at the White House. For all of
you who were there, I thank you for coming. I thank my good friend,
Norm Mineta. He thought he had retired from public life when he left
the Congress, and he found that there is life after politics, but
there's no life without politics. (Laughter.) I got him back in, and I
thank him for that. (Applause.)
I also want to thank the members of the United States House
who are here. I have no glasses and this list -- (laughter) -- so I'm
going to show my age here. But Chair of the APA Caucus, Bob Underwood;
Lane Evans; Shirley Burke; Julian Dixon; Donna Christianson Green; and
Phil Crane. Thank you all for being here. I'd also like to acknowledge
one member of Congress who is not here, who led our efforts on China
PNTR, Bob Matsui. I thank him as well for what he did. (Applause.)
Thank you all.
I want to thank our Assistant Attorney General for Civil
Rights, Bill Lann Lee, who is here. (Applause.) I had a lot of fun
today with Dolly Gee. I think she's still here, she's not on her
honeymoon yet. Thank you very much for being here. (Applause.) And I
want to thank all the people at the White House, but especially Laura
Efurd, in my Office of Public Liaison. (Applause.) The Director of our
office, Mary Beth Cahill, came over here with me tonight, and we were
laughing that -- you may know, I had to go to a memorial service for a
young friend of mine today in Rhode Island. That's why I'm a little
late. And when I leave you, I'm going to the Sons of Italy dinner.
(Laughter.) So I said to Mary Beth, here we are, two Irish going to the
Asian Pacific dinner and the Sons of Italy dinner -- is this a great
country or what? (Applause.)
Let me begin by just saying a heartfelt thank you to the
members of the Asian American Pacific Institute for the support you have
given to the efforts that Vice President Gore and I have made over these
last seven and a half years. It's meant more than you can possible
know. I was here five years ago, as Norm said, when you launched the
Institute. You've come a long way since then. You have embodied the
wisdom of the Chinese proverb that a journey of a thousand miles begins
with a single step. And you have taken a lot of steps in the last five
years.
You've gotten more Asian Pacific Americans interested,
informed and involved in the political process. You've had an impact on
a lot of vital issues. You've helped to form more unity among great
diversity of the Asian Pacific community in the United States.
When I was here in '95, I said, if we only understand what an
incredible resource our people are, we can have more opportunities than
any other country. I still believe that. I think no nation is so well
positioned for this new century, for a global economy and an
increasingly globalized society, as the United States -- if we are
prepared to make the most of our diverse talents, our heritage, our
contacts, what we know, what we feel, what we understand.
The first Japanese immigrants came here in 1843. Their spirit
helped to build this country. The people who came to build the
transcontinental railroad, over 130 years ago, and are still throughout
the Mississippi Delta and my home region, helped to build this country.
The people who helped to put the first Asian American in Congress in
1957 helped to build this country. And so have all of you.
Now there are more than 9 million Americans who trace their
roots to Asia and the islands of the Pacific; more than 25
nationalities, more than 75 languages, hundreds of different ethnic
groups, all with a long, rich legacy of working hard and overcoming
obstacles to pursue the American Dream. You have greatly enriched the
quality and the character of the United States. And for that I am
profoundly grateful.
You have strengthened our common values of family, faith and
work, and our common vision of a better future for our children. For
seven and a half years, I have tried to reenforce those values and
advance that future. I am grateful that we are in the longest economic
expansion in history, with the lowest unemployment rate in 30 years --
32 years now -- with the lowest female unemployment rate in 40 years,
the lowest African American and Hispanic unemployment rates ever
recorded, a 20-year low in poverty, over a 10 percent drop in poverty
among Asian Pacific Americans alone.
Last year the SBA approved loans to the Asian Pacific
community in America exceeding $2 billion, more than three and a half
times the amount approved in the year before I took office. I have
tried to make sure that we would go forward together.
I'm grateful that our social fabric is on the mend, something
of immense concern to all of you -- crime at a 25-year low; teen births
down seven years in a row; adoptions up 30 percent; welfare rolls cut in
half, to their lowest level since 1968; expanded Head Start; 90 percent
of our kids immunized against serious diseases for the first time in our
history; 21 million people took advantage of the Family and Medical
Leave law; 5 million families benefited by the HOPE Scholarships to send
their kids to college; 150,000 young Americans, many of them Asian
Pacific Americans, have served their communities in AmeriCorps. I am
grateful for all of that.
Our country, I believe, is moving to develop a national
security strategy for the 21st century which keeps a strong defense, but
relies on cooperation wherever possible. And I do believe that far more
important than the obvious economic benefits, it is the chance to have a
more secure future. That was the most important reason for the House of
Representatives adopting the Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China
yesterday, and I'm very, very grateful to them for doing that.
(Applause.)
Now, having said that, you may have noticed that this is an
election year. (Laughter.) Since it's the first time I haven't been on
the ballot in 26 years, I've hardly noticed it at all, but -- (laughter)
-- I understand -- most days I'm okay about it. And so I want to ask
you to do something that comes naturally to you, whether you're
Democrats or Republicans or independents. I want to urge you to use
this year to mobilize your communities and those beyond your communities
to have the right approach.
Because the great question here is, what are we going to do
with our prosperity? What are we going to do with our increasing social
harmony? What are we going to do with our relative security in a still
dangerous world? How are we going to make the most of a moment that
truly is unprecedented in the lives of all of us in this room?
And maybe it's never happened to you, but at least I can speak
for the Irish -- everyone I know over 30 has made a mistake in his or
her personal or professional life, not because things were going so
poorly, but because things were going so well. Sometimes when things
are going well, you break your concentration. You think there are no
consequences to taking the momentary benefit instead of the long-term
look.
And I have decided that I will try to devote myself this year
to getting the American people to take the long view -- to say, what are
we going to do with this magic moment. And I think we ought to say,
okay, we can do things now we couldn't do seven or eight years ago --
when I was preoccupied overwhelmingly with trying to turn the country
around and get people together, and go beyond the divisive politics that
had paralyzed us into a rhetoric in Washington that I sort of
characterized as "I've got an idea, you've got an idea, let's fight.
(Laughter.) And we're trying to move beyond that.
And that's how we balanced the budget and produced this
surplus. When I leave office, we will have paid off about $360 billion
of our national debt. (Applause.) I confess even I didn't think we
could do that in 1992. If I had gone before the people in '92 and said,
vote for me and when I leave office we'll have three years of paying
down the debt, you would have said, he seems like a nice young man, but
he's a little touched, we'd better send him home. (Laughter.)
So I ask you to think of that. What are those big questions.
Well, first of all, in spite of our growing prosperity, there are still
people in places untouched by it. And we ought to take this opportunity
to give them a chance to be part of the American Dream. Just for
example: almost half of all Cambodian Americans, two out of three Hmong
Americans still live in poverty. Over half of the South Asian Americans
have earned a bachelor's degree, far above the 37 percent national
average. But less than 6 percent of Cambodian and Laotian Americans
have completed college -- in an age in which getting a world-class
education is a prerequisite to full participation in the global economy.
We can't rest until every community, every family, every
individual has a chance to be a part of this magnificent opportunity so
many of you have worked so hard to create. That's why I signed that
executive order establishing the Advisory Commission. The commission
will work on ways to get the information we need to make the decisions
that ought to be made to help the discreet groups of Asian Pacific
Americans that are still not fully participating. They will help us to
lower the cultural and linguistic and other barriers to health and
social services. But we have to do more.
Just this week we had what I think is a truly historic meeting
in the White House that was, understandably, sort of overlooked in the
great amount of attention given to the China vote. But the Speaker of
the House of Representatives and more than a dozen members of Congress
equally divided in both parties came together in the White House and we
said, look, we're trying open new markets abroad, but we have to create
new markets at home; and we want to give people the same incentives to
invest in poor areas of America and in the people of America that aren't
fully participating we now give people to invest in poor areas
throughout the world. It's an historic moment. And if we pass this
legislation -- and I believe we will -- it could be the most significant
anti-poverty initiative in a generation. I hope all of you will support
it, without regard to your party. (Applause.)
What are some of the other big questions? I won't go through
the answer or what I think are the answers. The important thing is you
have to decide what you think the answers are. How are we going to
guarantee every child a world-class education and make sure everybody
can go to college? How are we going to make sure that people who work
for living don't raise their children in poverty? The child poverty
rate in America is still about 18 percent, as wealthy as we are. How
are we going to help people to balance work and family, something that
many Asian Americans have been brilliant at, but it's not easy.
How are we going to make sure that in this new and difficult
world we continue to be a force for peace and reconciliation, and help
other people resolve their racial and ethnic and religious conflicts
that are leading to so much turmoil and could disrupt our future? What
are our obligations to people in the poorest parts of the world that are
being plagued by AIDS, malaria and TB, and other problems? All the
children that are dying out there every day just because they don't have
access to safe water. If we do something about that, won't that
strengthen our security and make us more prosperous in the years ahead,
because other people can raise their children in a good environment?
And how are we going to build one America here at home, after
we make our country the safest big country in the world? What are we
going to do about the aging of America, when two-thirds of our people
will be working, but one-third will be retired -- our adults? Well,
maybe more older people will work -- we lifted the earnings limit on
Social Security, almost unanimously. It was a very good thing to do.
But unless you young people dramatically increase your birth rates, or
we dramatically increase immigration, when all us baby boomers retire,
we have to ask ourselves, how can we preserve the integrity of Social
Security and Medicare -- and I think add a prescription drug benefit to
the seniors -- (applause) -- in ways that don't burden their ability to
raise our children, or our children's ability to raise our grandchildren
-- how can we do that?
And to me, most important of all, still by far, is how can we
build one America. How can we tear down the remaining barriers between
us rooted in our differences? (Applause.)
I have never believed that we should try to homogenize
America. I think we're becoming more interesting every day. You
obviously agree by the reaction you had when I told you I was going to
the Sons of Italy dinner later. (Laughter.) The trick is to respect
our diversity; to go beyond it, to celebrate our diversity; to actually
think it's a great thing and have fun with it, but to recognize that the
reason we can enjoy it is because our common humanity and our common
respect for the values of our Constitution are even more important than
our diversity. That's the trick. (Applause.)
And the first thing we've got to do is make sure everybody has
the chance to participate. That's why we've got 70 Asian Pacific
Americans in the administration. That's why I nominated Bill Lann Lee.
And I still hope the Senate will have a blast of enlightenment and
confirm him. I keep working on that. (Applause.) Before I took
office, it had been 14 years since an Asian Pacific American had been
nominated for a federal judgeship. We have appointed five so far.
Yesterday, the Senate -- I want to thank them -- I've given
them such grief because they've been so slow confirming my appointments,
but yesterday they did confirm 16 judges. So I thank Senator Lott and
the Senate for doing that, and I hope it is the beginning of a trend.
And I hope that trend will include Dolly Gee from California.
(Applause.)
I think we should adopt hate crimes legislation. I think we
ought to pass -- (applause) -- I think we ought to pass the Employment
Nondiscrimination Act. I think that people -- I think that every school
in this country should have programs which bring different people
together. And if the student body is not diverse, they ought to bring
people in from outside to talk, to ask questions, to understand what it
is about all these myriad people that make up America that are
different, and what it is we have in common. I think this is profoundly
important.
And so I will just leave you with this. I've had a great
time, you've been good to me. I'm not done, we're going to get a lot of
things done in the next seven months. But you, through this
organization and other efforts, have been brought into the mainstream of
American public debate. You unite people across all kinds of ethnic and
cultural lines and religious lines because of our common Asian Pacific
heritage. Also, different philosophical and political lines. But true
to your values, you can have a pivotal effect in getting America to take
this millennial year to ask and answer the question, what will we do
with this moment of good fortune.
You know, nothing lasts forever. And that keeps us going
through the bad times, knowing that nothing lasts forever. But in good
times, it means we must be careful, vigilant; we must nurture and be
grateful for these opportunities and make the most of them.
So I ask you to think about that. If I were to receive a
vision from heaven tonight that I was going to pass from this Earth
tomorrow, and I could have one wish, and God said, now, I'm not a genie,
you don't get three wishes, I'll just give you one -- I would wish for
us to be one America, genuinely one America. (Applause.) Because we've
got hundreds of stories in this room that illustrate there is nothing
that we cannot achieve if we're given a chance, a fair chance, and if we
understand that everybody matters, everybody has got a role to play, and
we all do better when we help each other.
It's a simple little formula in the digital age, but it will
carry us right where we need to go. And you can make sure it happens.
Thank you and God bless you. (Applause.)
END 9:49 P.M. EDT
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practices regarding relationships that your agencies have with the
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This is to confirm that we will be meeting on Wednesday, May 31 at 3pm in
room 211 of the Old Executive Office Building. Please be prepared to
discuss examples of best practices regarding relationships that your
agencies have with the nonprofit sector. For entrance into the building,
please send me your SSN and date of birth by Tuesday morning. Thank you,
and we'll see you next week!
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Subject: Philanthropy meeting
We would like to have a meeting on Wednesday, May 31 at 3pm to discuss
recommendations and best practices for the Interagency Task Force on
Nonprofits and Government. Specifically, we would like to discuss best
practices regarding relationships that your agencies have with the
nonprofit sector, so please be prepared to talk about examples.
Please let me know if you cannot make the proposed time, and I'll follow
up with a confirmation note, including the location of the meeting.
Thanks.
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Dear Shirley,
I just wanted you to know that we're having this year's National Service
Fellows final event on June 7 (Wednesday) from 9:30 to 11:30 on the 8th
floor of the Corporation. Needless to say, we would be both delighted and
honored to have you there if you have the time and inclination.
Also, the program is going to be continued for a fourth year and the
solicitation for proposals is presently on the street. Our target is
twelve
Fellows, some of whom would be in a new "part time" category largely paid
for by their employers. We're also recruiting for a full-time manager for
the program which should help to stabilize the effort. So, this part of
your legacy continues to develop.
Thanks again for all the creativity and solid leadership that you provided
during several critical junctures for the program.
Best wishes!
Tom Flemming
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Hi,
CYZYGY 2000 is off to a great start in San Jose' this week. Also, if
you're
in DC next Thursday, please join us at the Capitol for a joint Working
Group
with the National Community Service Coalition on "What We Know About the
Benefits of Service". See invitation below.
Have a great weekend,
Steve
In this week's Briefing:
* House VA-HUD Bill Recommended Without Funding for National Service
Programs -- Respond today!
* General Powell Delivers America's Promise Report to the Nation 2000 to
President Clinton
* You're Invited to Joint Working Group on "What We Know About the Benefits
of Service"
* Youth In Action Wants You! -- To Speak Out at Youthlink.org and Attend
the
Youth Conventions
* Summer of Service Best Practice #3: Hands On Charlotte's Hands On Camp
THE NATIONAL SERVICE BRIEFING
A project of YSA's National Youth Service Affiliates
A weekly publication since 1994 by Youth Service America for the national
and community service field.
May 31, 2000
Volume 7, Number 20
House VA-HUD Bill Recommended Without Funding for National Service Programs
-- Respond today!
On May 23, the House VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Subcommittee began its
appropriation process by once again recommending a bill that does not
include funding for AmeriCorps, service-learning, and the Points of Light
Foundation. However, failure to fund these programs is out of step with
the
strong bipartisan support for national service. The Senate VA-HUD
subcommittee is scheduled to begin work in the middle of June, and it is
expected the final Senate bill will include funding for the Corporation's
programs. It is hoped that a House-Senate Conference will work out the
differences between the two bills and seek a bill that the President will
sign. As in the past, it is expected that the Senate position on national
service will prevail, and that the Corporation's programs will once again
be
funded. The Senior Corps and AmeriCorps VISTA are funded from another
appropriations bill -- the Labor-Health and Human Services bill. This bill
has also moved through the House subcommittee. On the Senate side, both
the
subcommittee and the full Appropriations Committee have acted on the
Labor-HHS bill. As the bill currently stands, each of the senior service
programs -- Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions and RSVP -- will
receive
an increase, as will AmeriCorps*VISTA. Nonetheless, it is important that
your organization's voice be heard by members of Congress. Learn how to
support funding for National Service programs as well as their
Reauthorization by downloading the "I Support Service" Guide at
http://www.servenet.org/resources/.
General Powell Delivers America's Promise Report to the Nation 2000 to
President Clinton
Reporting three years of success and hard work, retired General Colin L.
Powell delivered the America's Promise Report to the Nation 2000 to
President Bill Clinton at the White House on Friday. In the meeting,
General Powell told President Clinton of the significant accomplishments
the
nearly 1,000 America's Promise partners have made on behalf of children and
youth. "These are the results of communities, businesses, organizations,
and people working together to support our youth," said General Powell.
Two
of 518 AmeriCorps Promise Fellows - Rafiq Abdus-Sabur and Donna Moniot -
accompanied General Powell to the meeting. Each of the Promise Fellows
gave
reports of the work that they do to benefit youth. Mr. Abdus-Sabur, a
senior at Howard University, told of his service at the National League of
Cities to develop Communities of Promise and youth programs in cities and
towns. Ms. Moniot spoke of her work with Youth Service America's Fund for
Social Entrepreneurs, which assists young adults in developing new youth
service organizations. President Clinton commended the work of America's
Promise and the AmeriCorps Promise Fellows, saying, "I am proud of the work
America's Promise (partners) accomplished. We gave you a mission three
years ago, and you are doing a great job." For more information, visit
http://www.americaspromise.org
You're Invited to Joint Working Group on "What We Know About the Benefits
of
Service"
Youth Service America in partnership with The National & Community Service
Coalition invites you to attend the next Working Group on National and
Community Service on "What We Know About the Benefits of Service" at the
U.S. Capitol, from 10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m., next Thursday, June 8. During the
past several years, a growing volume of research has developed around the
benefits of service to participants and the community. Join us as we map
out what we know about the academic, personal, corporate, and community
benefits of service. A panel of experts will present the most recent facts
and figures, and audience members will participate in mapping out the gaps
and overlaps in what we all know about the benefits of service. Invited
panelists include representatives from the National Association of
Secretaries of State; Independent Sector; Georgetown University; the
Corporation for National Service; Campus Compact; and the National
Association of Student Conservation Corps. Breakfast will be served at
9:30
a.m, in Room SC-5 of the U.S. Capitol. Please RSVP by June 5 to Rachael
Swanson at [email protected] or (202) 296-2992 x.26
Youth In Action Wants You! -- To Speak Out at Youthlink.org and Attend
Youth
Conventions
In an unprecedented event, the Youth in Action Campaign created the first
national youth platform in 1996. On the eve of another Presidential
election, the Youth In Action Campaign poses to create the second National
Youth Platform. The campaign's young people and staff have been working
throughout the year to make sure this non-partisan project goes off without
a hitch. Because of a generous contribution from the Pew Charitable Trust,
Youth in Action is ready to build this historic platform for a second time.
In order for this event to be spectacular, your help is needed. Currently,
the Campaign is collecting data at http://www.YouthLink.org in order to
shape the platform. All young people, ages 8-24, should register their
issues with YouthLink.org in order for the data to be inclusive. Also, the
search has begun for young people, ages 16-24, to attend Youth in Action's
Youth Conventions in Philadelphia (July 31 - August 3) and Los Angeles
(August 14-16). To date, Ralph Nader and Jewel are confirmed for these
events. Please help direct young people to the site to register their
issues, apply to be a Convention delegate, and come meet other powerful
young people from around the country. Please, pass this on to as many
people you know. Questions about delegates or the event should be e-mailed
to [email protected].
Summer of Service Best Practice #3: Hands On Charlotte's Hands On Camp
Hands On Charlotte, an affiliate of City Cares, created Hands On Camp out
of
the need for safe and productive places where low-income children can spend
their summer out-of-school time. Using a corps of stipended summer
interns,
ages 17-25, and supported by a critical mass of volunteers, Hands On Camp
is
a six-week, full time day camp for middle school students. Hands On Camp
introduces the ethic of service to both children and their parents from
low-income neighborhoods - a population that has not been traditionally
asked to share their time and talents to assist others in need. It
provides
low-income working parents with free, quality, and community-based care for
their children during out-of-school time, something they traditionally have
difficulty finding. Finally, Hands On Camp emphasizes experiential
programming for children, including service-learning, recreation, and
education activities, so they return to school ready to resume their
studies. For more information on Hands On Camp, contact Lisa Flick at
[email protected].
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The Congressional Hunger Center, Washington, DC, seeks an Associate
Director
for the Mickey Leland-Bill Emerson Hunger Fellows Program, a national
leadership training program. For more information on the program, visit
http://www.hungercenter.org or e-mail [email protected] to request a full job
description.
For job descriptions, visit http://www.SERVEnet.org/resources
PRUDENTIAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE "TRAIN-THE-TRAINER" SEMINARS:
* June 21-24, 2000 - Orlando, Florida (pre-conference event to the 2000
National Community Service Conference)
* July 29 - August 1, 2000 - St. Louis, Missouri
* October 2000 - New York area
For more information, contact The Points of Light Foundation at
(202)729-8142 or e-mail [email protected].
NATIONAL CALENDAR
CYZYGY, May 31- June 4
San Jose, CA
http://www.cityyear.org/cyzygy/index.html
National Juvenile Justice Summit, Washington, DC, June 6-7
(202)737-7270
CorpsWork 2000: A National Service Project June 18-21 - The Bronx
Hosted by: National Association of Service and Conservation Corps and New
York Restoration Project
http://www.nascc.org
VA COOL Annual Symposium, James Madison University, June 15
http://www.richmond.edu/-vacool
Join Hands Day, June 17
http://www.joinhandsday.org
Hillel Spring Partner Agency Fair, Washington, DC, June 19
http://www.hillel.org
National Youth Summit, Orlando, June 22-24
http://www.nationalyouthsummit.org
National Community Service Conference, Orlando, June 24-28
http://www.pointsoflight.org
http://www.cns.gov
http://www.americaspromise.org
http://www.unitedway.org
National PTA Convention, Chicago, June 24-27
http://www.pta.org
MADD National Youth Summit to Prevent Underage Drinking, Sept. 29- Oct.4
http://www.madd.org
Independent Sector Annual Meeting, October 22-24
http://www.independentsector.org
Random Acts of Kindness Week, November 6-13
http://www.actsofkindness.org
SEASONS OF SERVICE
Join Hands Day
June 17, 2000
http://www.joinhandsday.org
Make A Difference Day, October 28, 2000
http://www.usaweekend.com/diffday
Family Volunteer Day, November 2000
http://pointsoflight.org
MLK Day of Service, January 15, 2001
http://www.cns.gov
National Volunteer Week/Big Help Week, April 15-21, 2001
http://www.pointsoflight.org or http://www.nick.com
National Youth Service Day, April 20-21, 2001
http://www.SERVEnet.org/nysd
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
Recognize your young volunteers with the President's Student Service
Awards.
Make them a part of every ceremony and special event! For more information
on the President's Student Service Awards or the President's Student
Service
Scholarships, please visit http://www.student-service-awards.org
Steven A. Culbertson
President & CEO
Youth Service America
1101 15th Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202.296.2992 x43 (voice)
202.296.4030 (fax)
[email protected]
http://www.SERVEnet.org
http://www.teenvolunteernow.org
The mission of Youth Service America is to strengthen the effectiveness,
sustainability, and scale of the youth service movement.
"Our answer is the world's hope: it is to rely on youth This world
demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life, but a state of mind, a
temper of will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over
timidity, or the appetite for adventure over the love of ease."
RFK
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CREATOR: "Jospin, Debbie" <[email protected]> ("Jospin, Debbie" <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN ])
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SUBJECT: FW: Bike helmet press release
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Guys this came across my desk/email yesterday, and I have inserted
myself
into the event. If you can't open the document, it's a press release about
an AmeriCorps program in Providence, RI, sponsored by the Community
HealthCorps AmeriCorps program, that will be distributing bike helmets to
kids in South Providence. Sounds like with Big Matthew did for his
AmeriCorps service, doesn't it? Anyway, I have asked to be part of their
kickoff event on June 20th, and I am thrilled --all other nonsense aside, I
am constantly touched by what a tremendous asset this program (AmeriCorps)
is!!
>
Original Message
> From: Marzullo, Vincent
> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 4:43 PM
> To:
Murphy, Tara; Scott, Sandy; Jospin, Debbie; Dunne, Matt
> Subject:
Bike helmet press release
>
V
Thought you'd be interested in this RI AmeriCorps event - the local
> AmeriCorps project has issued the attached press release. Regards.
V
V
>
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CREATION DATE/TIME: 5-JUN-2000 03:18:10.00
SUBJECT: service video
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i made some minor changes. could you look it over and make sure it's
o.k.? thanks. oh, and how do you pronounce "sizer?"
HRC Video Remarks
National Service-Learning Leader Schools Awards Ceremony
Friday, June 16, 2000
Good evening and welcome to Washington. I only wish the President and I
could be there in person to congratulate the extraordinary honorees and
thank each of you for making service and learning a powerful combination
in our nation ,S schools.
I want to thank Ted and Nancy Sizer for their lifelong dedication to
improve public education and for their leadership of this important
initiative. And of course, I am grateful to Harris Wofford, Marilyn Smith
and the team at the Corporation for National Service for their efforts to
engage all Americans -- especially young people -- in service.
Four years ago, the President challenged &every high school in America to
make service a part of its basic ethic. 8 And that ,S exactly what the 66
programs being honored tonight have done. You are helping ensure that
every child growing up in our country learns not only about reading,
writing, math, and science, but also about service.
When we were first advocating for youth service, we knew in our hearts
that it could make an important difference not only in our communities,
but in the lives of our young people. And now research has given us
proof. Studies show that high-quality service-learning can help young
people do better in school, and become more actively involved in their
communities. In fact, at our recent White House Conference on Teenagers,
experts agreed that one of the best things we can do to improve young
people ,S lives is to ask them to serve.
So, as you begin your two-year term in a Leader School, I want to thank
you bringing your knowledge and passion into our classrooms. Thank you
for spreading the idea of service learning to other educators. And, thank
you for all you have done -- and all you will do -- to give all children
the chance to lift up their own lives by serving others.
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CREATOR: Malcolm Richardson ( CN=Malcolm Richardson/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME: 7-JUN-2000 11:53:49.00
SUBJECT: Re: Commencement speech
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa (CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
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guess we didn't make the sale!
Forwarded by Malcolm Richardson/WHO/EOP on
06/07/2000 11:53 AM
Andrea Kane
06/07/2000 10:22 AM
Record Type: Record
To: Malcolm Richardson/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc: j. eric gould/opd/eop@eop, Karin Kullman/OPD/EOP@EOP, Anna
Richter/OPD/EOP@EOP
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Subject: Re: Commencement speech
thanks a lot! for now, it looks like these won't be needed for this
weekend since topic appears to be higher ed, but keep them handy - things
could change!
Malcolm Richardson
06/07/2000 10:19:31 AM
Record Type: Record
To: J. Eric Gould/OPD/EOP@EOP
cc: Andrea Kane/OPD/EOP@EOP
Subject: Re: Commencement speech
Eric, here are the talking points that I drafted last night and Shirley's
comments below. I'm happy to revise or simply send a shorter memo
outlining several broad themes if you think that would be more useful.
Forwarded by Malcolm Richardson/WHO/EOP on
06/07/2000 10:17 AM
Shirley S. Sagawa
06/07/2000 09:54:55 AM
Record Type: Record
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cc:
Subject: Re: Commencement speech
I would make the opening talking points more dramatic, drawing from the
Giving USA report just released -- $1 trillion given in the last seven
years, giving rising 53 percent since 1995, a meteoric rise, five years in
a row if increases, this year by almost 7%, etc.
I would also use the lines from HRC's philanthropy opening speech about
"if every American increased the amount they give by just one percent
what we could do.
Then for the challenge, I would sharpen in and also include service:
-- challenge graduates to give money (start by giving whatever they can,
however little it is) and also to serve, for example, by joining
AmeriCorps.
-- then challenge foundations to create incentlives and opportunities for
young people to become active givers -- "for example, in Michigan blah
blah" -- "I challenge every foundation in America to set aside a portion
of funds that for youth giving, to fund service and philanthropy programs
for youth, to match the funds youth raise, and to enable the youth
themselves to direct the giving, so they can learn about their communities
and struggle with how to set priorities, what will be effective, etc."
Hope this helps. I agree with your assessment that we're not ready with
anything more specific.
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Talking points: some broad themes
Private voluntary action strengthens American democracy and constitutes one of the pillars
of civil society.
Giving and volunteering is a form of citizenship that strengthens communities and enables
individual Americans to take part directly in solving problems that affect them.
Every segment and income level of American society takes part in philanthropic giving.
7 out of 10 American households made donations in 1998 (the last year for which we have
figures). [These contributing households gave an average of $1,075.]
More than 1 out of every 2 adult Americans - 56% -- volunteered in 1998.
Everyone - including students - has a role to play and a gift to give - whether time, treasure
or talent.
Possible quote from Tocqueville (used in POTUS remarks at the October conference).
"Americans make great and real sacrifices to the public welfare. They hardly ever fail to
lend faithful support to one another."
The Clinton Administration knows how important the nonprofit, voluntary sector is to
American life: not a question of government versus the private sector, but government and
the private sector working together as partners.
To help strengthen this partnership and spur greater giving the Administration has proposed
three new tax proposals, including a deduction for nonitemizers which increases the tax
code's fairness and offers more encouragement for every American to give.
Talking points: youth and philanthropy
Last fall at the White House Conference on Philanthropy I heard several good ideas about ways
to involve America's youth in giving back to their communities.
In Michigan the Council of Michigan Foundations is working with community foundations
across the state to give youth a voice in shaping projects and deciding how to make grants for
issues affecting children and teenagers in their hometowns and communities. Each
community foundation has a Youth Advisory Committee - (also known as a YACk) - that
studies issues such as drug use, teen pregnancies, and other problems and then devises a
strategy for solving those problems.
Similar programs are already underway in Colorado, Hawaii and parts of California. What
all these programs have in common is a willingness to challenge America's youth to get
involved in their cities and communities, to help find solutions and to ask youth to give a part
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of their own time, talent, and treasure to public service. These programs, like the community
service programs of Americorps, are helping to teach the tradition of philanthropy, of giving
back to the community, to a new generation of youth.
The evidence from Michigan and elsewhere is that America's youth are more than willing to
meet that challenge.
Today, I would like to issue a set of challenges of my own.
First, I would like to challenge the adults who direct our nation's foundations to make it
possible for youth everywhere to take part in programs like those in Michigan.
Second, I would like to challenge you, the graduating class of
, to make your own
personal gift to the future of our society. It's probably a safe guess that most of you do not
have a lot of spare cash to start your own foundations today or to write a big check to some
worthy cause, but everyone has something to give whether it is time to volunteer, a used
computer you can't take with you, maybe a good idea, or a contribution of money.
Today, I would ask you to think about how you, too, can join thousands of other young
Americans in giving some portion of your time, treasure or talent to the community you live
in. However you choose to help serve America, you're never too young to start offering to
be a part of the solution, to be an active participant in America's great tradition of
philanthropy and in solving our nation's problems.
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CREATOR: "Waxman, Eliot" <[email protected]> ("Waxman, Eliot" <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:12-JUN-2000 11:07:50.00
SUBJECT: RE: leader schools event
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Not yet. We expect to hear some news by the end of the day. Any extra
push
that you can give is greatly appreciated. We will keep you posted, once we
learn something. Thanks for your help.
Eliot
>
Original Message
> From: [email protected]
[SMTP:[email protected].
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 9:51 AM
> To:
[email protected]
> Subject: leader schools event
>
> did you hear back from bruce reed? you might consider asking gene
> sperling, who is a big supporter of service-learning, if he declines.
>
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SUBJECT: Anticipated National Service Developments This Week
TO: Barbara Chow ( CN=Barbara Chow/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB ])
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We expect significant national service activity this week, and I wanted to
make sure that you are aware of the coming events.
First, on Tuesday the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP)
Committee (Sens. Jeffords and Kennedy) is holding a hearing on
reauthorization of national service. It is supposed to be a very positive
hearing -- Harris will be testifying along with Gov. Racicot (R-MT) a new
ly
confirmed member of our Board and Rosie Mauk, the Chair of the Texas
Commission. Some program people from Vermont and Massachusetts will
testify
as will. The hearing is at 9:30 a.m. in 430 Dirksen.
Second, we expect that a bipartisan group of Senate and House members will
introduce a reauthorization bill this week, probably on Tuesday. It is a
basically a simple extension. Nothing fancy or radical in the bill, which
has been drafted by Sen. Kennedy and Jeffords. It will be introduced with
broad bipartisan support, and we think a real chance to pass this year.
Third, on Wednesday, The Hill is supposed to run a very favorable column by
Dan Coats about why he changed his mind on AmeriCorps.
And fourth, starting on Thursday, is the big national service and community
volunteering gathering in Orlando. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the
National Senior Service Conference and the Youth Summit. Then starting on
Sunday is the big National Community Service Conference, which is organized
by the Points of Light with the Corporation, America's Promise and the
United Way as key partners. General Powell speaks on Sunday. President
Bush is on Monday morning. And Attorney General Reno closes the conference
on Wednesday morning. In total, probably 5,000 people will attend the
conference.
I hope this is all helpful to you. Please call (606-5000 ext. 121) or
e-mail if you have questions.
Thanks! JG
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CREATOR: Steve Culbertson <[email protected]> ( Steve Culbertson <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:19-JUN-2000 11:55:25.00
SUBJECT: Please join John McCain and Bob Kerrey to Launch Service Vote 200 0 Tomorrow in DC
TO: Stephen N. Boyd ( CN=Stephen N. Boyd/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
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Hope you can join us! Also, below is a reminder about the Reauthorization
hearing tomorrow!
<<media advisory #2.rtf>>
MEDIA ADVISORY
CONTACT: Brett Schor 202-547-3577
June 16, 2000
Matt Leber 202-296-2992 x22
SENATORS McCAIN AND KERREY TO ADDRESS RISE IN VOLUNTEERING,
DECLINE IN VOTING AMONG YOUNG ADULTS
YOUTH SERVICE AMERICA LAUNCHES SERVICEVOTE 2000
National Campaign to Mobilize Record Number of Youth Volunteers to Vote
WASHINGTON, DC - With an eye on the November election, Senators John McCain
(R-AZ) and Bob Kerrey (D-NE) and a coalition of national, civic, and youth
organizations led by Youth Service America will kick-off ServiceVote 2000,
a
national campaign aimed at mobilizing young volunteers, 18 - 24 years old,
to vote in the next general election, at a press conference on Tuesday,
June
20 at 12:15 p.m. at the Senate Swamp off the East Plaza of the U.S.
Capitol.
Service Vote 2000 will establish the connection between service and public
policy by engaging young volunteers to vote. Through their network of
partner organizations, volunteers around the country will organize
youth-moderated forums, voter education programs, voter registration drives
and "Get Out the Vote" projects. At the Republican and Democratic
Conventions Service Vote 2000 will promote the importance of youth service,
encourage candidates to sign a non-partisan pledge to support national and
community service, and organize service projects to educate the candidates.
A recent survey found the overwhelming belief among young people that
volunteering and voting are each effective means of bringing about change
in
local communities. According to a national youth survey conducted by 20/20
Vision in September 1999, 92 percent of those surveyed responded that
"volunteering locally to help people directly" is an effective way to make
change. While 88 percent also responded that "voting in elections" is an
effective way to make change, statistics show that young people are not
turning out to vote in elections. Since 1972, the voter turnout rate among
18 - 24 year olds has dropped from 50% in 1972 to a historic low of 32% in
the 1996 elections.
"This is both an opportunity and a problem that cannot be ignored," says
Steven Culbertson, President and CEO of Youth Service America. "It is
thrilling to see this generation of young people volunteering at historic
rates. But when they choose volunteering as an alternative to voting, they
are making a false choice. As with community service, the ballot box is a
fundamental step in the cycle of civic participation."
Known as leading advocates for community service, Senator McCain and
Senator
Kerrey supported the launch of Youth Service America's expanded internet
program initiative, www.SERVEnet.org, in 1998, and are now making the
connection between service and public policy with Service Vote 2000.
WHO: Senator John McCain
(R-AZ)
Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE)
Steven Culbertson,
President, Youth Service America
WHAT: Service Vote 2000 Kick-Off
Press Conference
WHEN: Tuesday, June 20 at 12:15 PM
WHERE: Senate Swamp off the East
Plaza of the U.S. Capitol
Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center and the premier alliance
of
more than 200 organizations committed to increasing the quantity and
quality
of opportunities for young Americans to serve locally, nationally, and
globally. The mission of YSA and its programs is to strengthen the
effectiveness, sustainability, and scale of the youth service field. YSA
envisions a powerful network of organizations committed to making service
the common experience and expectation of all young Americans. The project
is funded by a generous grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Service Vote 2000 Campaign Partners:
20/20 Vision, 2030 Center, Ad Council, Alliance for Better Campaigns,
Alliance for National Renewal, America's Promise, Campus Compact, Campus
Outreach Opportunity League, City Year, Close Up Foundation, College
Republican National Committee, Council for Excellence in Government, Debate
America, Debate Watch, Democracy Compact, Do Something, FIRST,
govWorks.com,
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, Independent Sector, League
of
Women Voters Education Fund, National and Community Service Coalition,
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, National
Association of Service and Conservation Corps, National Civic League,
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc., National 4-H
Council,
National College Reform Party, National Youth Leadership Council, National
Youth Voting Day, Points of Light Foundation, Project Vote Smart, Rock the
Vote, Schoolcity.com, United States Student Association, University YMCA,
The Washington Center, Voter Foundation, Young Democrats of America, Young
Greens, Youth Build USA, Youth-e-Vote, Youth In Action Campaign, Youth Vote
2000 Coalition
Also, don't forget the Reauthorization Hearing tomorrow morning!
U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS
HEARING REGARDING "OVERVIEW OF FEDERAL SERVICE PROGRAMS"
TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2000, 9:30AM
430 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
Witness List:
The Honorable Marc Racicot
Governor of Montana (R)
Helena, MT
The Honorable Harris Wofford
Chief Executive Officer
Corporation for National Service
Washington, DC
Rosie Mauk
Chair
Texas Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service
Fort Worth, TX
Jane Williams
Executive Director
Vermont Commission on National and Community Service
Montpelier, VT
Emily Zollo
AmeriCorps Member
NorthEast Kingdom Initiative
Cabot, VT
Maureen Curley
Executive Director
Massachusetts Service Alliance
Boston, MA
Ruth Blackman
Foster Grandparents
Boston, MA
Deborah Socha
Curriculum Coordinator
Old Rochester Regional Schools
Mattapoisset, MA
One of the most effective ways to show strong support for legislation is by
attending hearings. The scheduled hearing listed above is one of the best
opportunities to show support for passing crucial legislation in
reauthorizing the National and Community Service Trust Act.
A large turnout of supporters for these proceedings will send a strong
message to this committee and the rest of Congress. Follow-up actions such
as visiting, calling, or writing legislators, as well as writing letters to
newspaper editors or writing an op-ed are also greatly encouraged!
Please make it a priority to attend this hearing on Tuesday!
Steven A. Culbertson
President & CEO
Youth Service America
1101 15th Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202.296.2992 x43 (voice)
202.296.4030 (fax)
[email protected]
http://www.SERVEnet.org
http://www.teenvolunteernow.org
The mission of Youth Service America is to strengthen the effectiveness,
sustainability, and scale of the youth service movement.
"Our answer is the world's hope: it is to rely on youth This world
demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life, but a state of mind, a
temper of will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over
timidity, or the appetite for adventure over the love of ease." RFK
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Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Bob Kerrey (D-NE) and a coalition of national,
civic, and youth organizations led by Youth Service America will kick-off Servi
ceVote 2000} {\b0\i0\fs20 , a national campaign aimed at mobilizing young volunt
eers, 18 \endash
24 years old, to vote in the next general election, at a press conference on }
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ce and public policy by engaging young volunteer
S to vote. Through their network of partner organizations, volunteers around t
he country will organize youth-moderated forums, voter education programs, vote
r registration drives and \'93Get Out the Vote\'94
projects. At the Republican and Democratic Convention
S ServiceVote 2000 will promote the importance of youth service, encourage cand
idates to sign a non-partisan pledge to support national and community service,
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S of bringing about change in local communities. According to a national youth
survey conducted by 20/20 Vision in September 1999, 92 percent of those survey
ed responded that
'93volunteering locally to help people directly\'94 is an effective way to mak
e change. While 88 percent also responded that \'93voting in elections\'94
is an effective way to make change, statistics show that young people are not
turning out to vote in elections. Since 1972, the voter turnout rate among 18
\endash
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"This is both an opportunity and a problem that cannot be ignored," says Steven
Culbertson, President and CEO of Youth Service America. "It is thrilling to S
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ring as an alternative to voting, they are making a false choice. As with comm
unity service, the ballot box is a fundamental step in the cycle of civic parti
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Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource ce
nter and the premier alliance of more than 200 organizations committed to incre
asing the quantity and quality of opportunities for young Americans to serve lo
cally, nationally, and globally. The mission of YSA and its programs is to str
engthen the effect
i
veness, sustainability, and scale of the youth service field. YSA envisions a
powerful network of organizations committed to making service the common experi
ence and expectation of all young Americans. The project is funded by a genero
us grant from The
Pew Charitable Trusts.
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14\ul Service Vote 2000 Campaign Partners:
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ns, Alliance for National Renewal, America\rquote
S Promise, Campus Compact, Campus Outreach Opportunity League, City Year, Close
Up Foundation, College Republican National Committee, Council for Excellence i
n Government, Debate America, Debate Watch, Democracy Compact,
\par Do Something, FIRST, govWorks.com,
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, Independent Sector, League of Wo
men Voters Education Fund, National and Community Service Coalition, National A
ssociation of Independent Colleges and Universities, National Association of Se
rvice and Conserva
t
ion Corps, National Civic League, National Coalition on Black Civic Participati
on, Inc., National 4-H Council, National College Reform Party, National Youth L
eadership Council, National Youth Voting Day, Points of Light Foundation, Proje
ct Vote Smart, Roc
k the Vote, Schoolcity.com, United States Student Association, University YMCA,
The Washington Center, Voter Foundation, Young Democrats of America, Young Gre
ens, Youth Build USA, Youth-e-Vote, Youth In Action Campaign, Youth Vote 2000 C
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This just in from the Gore media tracking team:
Dan Coats has an opinion piece in The Hill this AM (bottom of page 37)
about
why he changed his mind on AmeriCorps and how "later this month, a
bipartisan coalition in the Senate will introduce legislation to
reauthorize
AmeriCorps and its parent, the Corporation for National Service."
Coats now feels that "Congress should "move quickly to enact" this
legislation.
Gene, Ken, when you see the Senator in the elevator, please let him know
how
much at least I appreciate his timely support.
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TEXT:
Here is an update on national service developments this week, following up
on the note I sent over the weekend. It is probably more information than
you want, but we had a very good week, and I want to keep you posted.
The HELP Committee hearing on on the future of national service on Tuesday
morning was quite successful. Sen. Conrad Burns came to introduce Gov.
Racicot, and expressed his support for reauthorizing AmeriCorps. Racicot
spoke first, then Harris, and the Rosie Mauk of Texas. A second panel
included participants from each of our streams of service, including an
AmeriCorps member from Vermont selected by Sen. Jeffords.
For your information, here are the statements by Harris and Gov. Racicot
from the hearing.
Harris' statement
<<Reauthorization oral testimony 6-2000.doc>>
Racicot's statement
<<GOV_senate.doc>>
Then yesterday, 23 Senators -- 14 Democrats and 9 Republicans -- introduced
legislation to reauthorize AmeriCorps and the other programs of the
Corporation. Jeffords and Kennedy, the key sponsors expressed real
optimism
and confidence about passing the bill.
And also yesterday Dan Coats' column saying why he changed his mind about
AmeriCorps ran in The Hill. I have attached it as a word document, and
also
included the full text below.
I hope you like it as much as I do.
I look forward to sending you other equally positive updates, but it may
take a little while to have a week as good as this one.
Thanks for all your help and support. JG
<<coats Hill oped.doc>>
The Hill
June 21, 2000
Why I changed my mind about AmeriCorps
By Dan Coats
When I was in the Senate, I did not support the legislation that created
AmeriCorps because of my fundamental belief in private voluntary service,
and my skepticism about government-based solutions. I thought that
government-supported volunteers would undermine the spirit of voluntary
service and that new federal resources might subvert the mission and the
independence of the civic sector.
My faith in the civic sector has not diminished one bit; in fact, it is
stronger today than ever before. However, I have changed my mind about
AmeriCorps. Instead of distorting the mission of the civic sector,
AmeriCorps has proved to be a source of new power and energy for non-profit
organizations across the country.
My changed view about AmeriCorps is in no small measure because of the
leadership that Harris Wofford, my Democratic former Senate colleague from
Pennsylvania, has given to that program. Wofford and I did not vote on the
same side very often in the Senate, and we still differ on many issues.
But
his leadership of AmeriCorps has convinced me that I should have voted with
him on this issue.
First, thanks to Wofford's steadfast commitment to place national service
above partisanship, AmeriCorps has not become the political program that
some of us initially feared. Second, he shares my belief that the solutions
to some of our most intractable problems lie in the civic sector.
Accordingly, he has set AmeriCorps to the work of supporting, not
supplanting, the civic sector.
I have seen first hand how AmeriCorps members have provided a jolt of new
energy to the civic sector from my experience as president of Big Brothers
Big Sisters of America. As Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity
and another former skeptic of government-supported volunteers, also
discovered, the leadership provided by full-time AmeriCorps members is a
key
addition for non-profit and faith-based organizations that are tackling the
most difficult community and human problems.
AmeriCorps members, through their idealism, enthusiasm and can-do spirit,
have multiplied the impact of organizations like Big Brothers Big Sisters
and Habitat, and hundreds of other organizations large and small. The
number
of Republicans who have changed their mind about AmeriCorps continues to
grow.
In the last year, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz) and Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), and
Rep. John Kasich (R-Ohio) have spoken out about the positive role
AmeriCorps
plays in strengthening the civic sector. Together, we join a growing
bipartisan list of present and former federal and state legislators,
governors and civic leaders in support of AmeriCorps.
Their support is part of a quiet, yet remarkable, transformation in
American
politics that has occurred since the white-hot debate that took place a few
years ago between those who believed that government should take the lead
in
solving community problems, and those who thought government could
accomplish little or nothing, and was even likely to be a negative force.
Now, as evidenced by both major party presidential candidates and by
growing
bipartisan support in Congress, a new middle ground has emerged, leading to
a unique partnership between AmeriCorps, the non-profit organizations and
private and religious institutions that are critical to strengthening our
communities. It is these institutions that transmit values between
generations that encourage cooperation between citizens, and make our
communities stronger.
In a recent speech to the nation's governors, retired Gen. Colin Powell
declared himself "a strong supporter of AmeriCorps." After spending two
years working with the organization, Powell concluded, "[W]hat they do in
terms of leveraging other individuals to volunteer is really incredible.
So
it is a tremendous investment in young people, a tremendous investment in
the future. "
Later this month, a bipartisan coalition in the Senate will introduce
legislation to reauthorize AmeriCorps and its parent agency, the
Corporation
for National Service. I hope that Congress will move quickly to enact this
legislation so that AmeriCorps can continue to work with the non-profit and
faith-based sectors to strengthen our communities and build a better future
for us all.
Former Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.), is president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of
America and a member of the Washington law firm of Verner, Liipfert,
Bernhard, McPherson & Hand.
- Reauthorization oral testimony 6-2000.doc - GOV_senate.doc - coats Hill oped.doc
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Harris Wofford Oral Statement
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee
June 20, 2000
Mr. Chairman and other friends and colleagues on the Committee, I'm delighted to be
with you, and here with such outstanding representatives of the national service as Gov. Racicot,
Rosie Mauk - who has served as Texas Commission Chair under Governors Bush and Richards -
and our colleagues from Vermont and Massachusetts. I'd also like to specially recognize Bob
Goodwin, my partner from the Points of Light Foundation.
I want to pay special tribute to the Chairman and Senator Kennedy who have been
longtime key architects of national service. And to Senator Mikulski, who has championed
national service in the VA/HUD appropriations committee, and who continues to lead the way in
thinking of new fronts for national service, such as her E-Corps to help close the digital divide.
Since my tour of duty will be coming to an end this year, this is probably the last time I'll
appear before this Committee, at least in my present capacity. I hope very much that before then
the Congress will reauthorize the programs of the Corporation for National Service into the 21st
century. The time for action is just right.
While we as a nation are enjoying unparalleled prosperity, there is also a strong sense that
something is missing - a loss of community, a lack of national purpose, and too many people
being left behind, especially children. National service hits these problems head on - putting to
work the can-do spirit and optimism that is at the heart of the American experience; bringing
Americans together from different backgrounds to focus on important goals; working to help
solve some of the most persistent problems in our country. That's why I believe so strongly that
national service is a powerful antidote to much of what ails us as a nation today.
At my confirmation hearing in 1995, I told the Committee that the President had given
me a specific charge - to rebuild the bipartisan support for national service, and especially
AmeriCorps, so that citizen service on the homefront would be honored in the same way as
service with the Armed Forces or the Peace Corps. To that end, I told the Committee I would
administer the Corporation in an entirely non-partisan manner to firmly establish the principle
that national service of the civilian kind must be as non-partisan as service of the military kind.
And I've held to that commitment. The Corporation is overseen by a bipartisan Board of
Directors - equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. I have personally maintained a
policy of staying completely out of partisan politics, and we have made clear that AmeriCorps
members are restricted from participating in political activities as part of their terms of service.
I also told the Committee I would listen carefully to critics and work to find common
ground. I've found that common ground with Senator Grassley, who had voiced concerns about
AmeriCorps. Senator Grassley and I entered into a far-reaching agreement to reduce the cost-
per-AmeriCorps member, and to increase the extent of private sector support, among other
things. We've carried through that agreement. We have brought down costs. And private sector
support for national service is growing fast. We have new partnerships with General Mills, Best
Buy and Coca Cola, and our work on the digital divide has brought creative partnerships with
IBM, America Online, Gateway, Yahoo!, and others.
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But the real key to establishing national service as a non-partisan enterprise in which all
Americans can take pride lies in the service itself.
National service in all its forms has been woven into the fabric of our country's problem-
solving strategies and of the great civic and faith-based institutions that are on the front-lines of
communities across the country.
We've forged a key partnership with the Points of Light Foundation, established by
President Bush. Our two organizations took the initiative, at President Clinton's and President
Bush's request, to organize the 1997 Presidents' Summit on America's Future in Philadelphia.
Since that Summit, we've been in the forefront of the ensuing campaign for children and youth
called America's Promise - led by General Colin Powell who said that "The Points of Light
Foundation and the Corporation are true partners and the best commitment makers I have in this
overall effort."
General Powell told the nation's Governors:
"I have now had two years of experience with AmeriCorps, and they are doing a
great job
what they do in terms of leveraging other individuals to volunteer is
really incredible. So it is a tremendous investment in young people, a tremendous
investment in the future, and I am a strong supporter of AmeriCorps."
With leading non-profits like Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, Boys &
Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters and many faith-based organizations, the Corporation serves
as the junior partner. We offer these great groups, and hundreds more like them, the additional
people power they need to do more of what they do best.
We've also fully embraced the principles of devolution and collaboration that are at the
center of an emerging national consensus. Two-thirds of our AmeriCorps funds go to the
governor-appointed bipartisan state commissions on national service so resources can be directed
to the most pressing state and local needs. That's one reason that Governors - Republicans and
Democrats alike - are so enthusiastic about AmeriCorps.
And in response to the great need and demand for national service, we've strengthened
each of the Corporation's main programs - individually and as forces working together - and
demonstrated significant growth and accomplishment.
The Learn and Serve America program has been an important factor in the growth of
student service as a way to learn citizenship and develop character. Service-learning is big, it's
growing, and it's taking root in thousands of schools throughout the country.
Similarly, Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions and the Retired Senior
Volunteer Program (RSVP) - the programs that constitute the National Senior Service Corps
- have all grown and been recognized for their effectiveness. These senior service programs -
now half a million strong - have become a key element of the strategy of using people power to
meet pressing community needs.
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And AmeriCorps - including AmeriCorps*VISTA - is now approaching 50,000
participants per year. With the members that will be supported in this program year, more than
200,000 individuals will have served through AmeriCorps. And AmeriCorps has lived up to its
GI Bill promise: since 1994, AmeriCorps members have earned more than $400 million in
education awards to pay for college or to pay off student loans.
In addition to increasing the size and impact of the individual programs, we have worked
hard to develop program initiatives that draw on all streams of service. Some of the most
successful service programs have been those that involve students, seniors, other community
volunteers, and AmeriCorps members in service together.
As national service grows, so too does the need to have the infrastructure and systems in
place to support it. The extraordinary decentralization of national service, which I have
described, presents a special challenge. We have worked extremely hard to create the
administrative and financial systems to assure that taxpayer funds are well spent.
We are proud of the quality, the size and the breadth of our programs and what the
Corporation has accomplished. But the real story of national service is to be found in the
individuals who are serving and the communities that are benefiting.
The real power of national service is shown when 11th and 12th graders tutor 1st and 2nd
graders, and both see their test scores go up. The power of service is exemplified in the retired
principal of a New Jersey school who in retirement in Florida volunteered to help with the
America Reads challenge and found himself working 20 hours a week organizing the kind of
after-school tutoring program he had dreamed of as an elementary school principal.
The power of national service is found in Andre Crisp, a 19-year-old young man who
says his life was headed in the wrong direction before he joined the AmeriCorps* National
Civilian Community Corps. Andre told 1,000 people at the Fifth Anniversary of AmeriCorps
that: "I used to think my family was poor. But when I joined AmeriCorps and went to Puerto
Rico after Hurricane George, I realized how fortunate I was. My life was beginning to change at
that moment. I was learning to open my heart and care about others. I'm a different person
because of AmeriCorps. I have new hopes, new dreams, and a new outlook on life."
Mr. Chairman, members of the Committee, as these stories and thousands more like them
illustrate, there is nothing better for the spirit of our country - for our prospects of pulling
together and bridging our differences - than citizens serving together to solve our nation's
problems. I believe more than ever today that national service is at the vital center, not on any
ideological spectrum, but at the core of what we need to do to make the promise of America a
reality for all Americans.
That's why I think this is the right time for Congress and the country to reaffirm our
commitment to national service.
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GOVERNOR'S REMARKS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR & PENSIONS
U.S. SENATE
Marc Racicot
Governor of Montana
June 20, 2000
I grew up in a small, rural town in northwest Montana. Memories of neighbor-
helping-neighbor are indelibly etched into my being. The "barnraising" ethic was, for us,
not a sentimental notion. And believe me, the youth of the community - no matter how
small -- were expected to pitch in every bit as much as the adults. I am here today
because of my passionate belief that service is a key ingredient in not only stopping the
erosion of community in our society, but that it is vital, as well, in fostering the
development of what we call a civil society.
"Civil society" refers to that rich environment of voluntary and diverse
associations and organizations within which people learn and develop the skills,
insights, and practical experiences that enable them to function as active, engaged
citizens. Democratic government depends on us, the citizens, to resolve the decline in
civic responsibility. Citizenship does not just happen. It requires practice and
experience. It seems clear that those who have worked hard to promote community
service do so because they steadfastly believe that we must discover new strategies
and opportunities to restore and revitalize a sense of community across this country.
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Communities are not only collections of individuals. They are people who share
and embrace common values. Building communities and a "civil society" is a
fundamental purpose of government. Government-supported service is as old as the
Republic itself. This country began when we created a federal republic, largely because
citizens volunteered to fashion a constitution in order to unite thirteen separate states.
Our national support of service was formalized when we first decided to elect our
Congress and pay them for their trouble. In this way, the notion of national service was
intended from the outset to transcend national politics.
As a first term Republican Governor in January 1993, I submitted to our
legislature, and they approved, a proposal to create a Governor's Office of Community
Service, with a Governor-appointed Commission. It is designed to enhance the ethic of
service and elevate the importance of community, particularly among our young people.
Meaningful service nurtures productive young citizens committed to the future of our
state because they have invested their sweat and labor in that future.
Here in Montana we seek to encourage service as a life-long habit of the heart.
Dr. George Dennison, President of the University of Montana and our Commission
Chair, continually emphasizes the cultivation of this habit of the heart. Stated another
way, John Ruskin, the author, has reflected that "the highest reward for a person's toil is
not what they get for it, but what they become by it". Stephen Ambrose, historian and
Montana resident, writes that young people yearn for challenge and new experience,
and "the sense of belonging to something larger than themselves". He notes their
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idealism and eagerness to "advance their ideals through service". He also contrasts
the late decades of the 20th Century with earlier periods in which service of some sort to
the nation by young people was taken for granted, "along with the notion that society
would provide them with a place to serve". He describes how critical it is that we
provide our youth with experiences that bring together people from diverse and multi-
racial backgrounds to serve side-by-side. He concludes, "I cannot imagine a better
investment than in youth who want to work for others and then go on with their
education, taking a hand up rather than a hand out".
While we hope to produce meaningful, lasting fruits from the labor of service, we
also must recognize how important it is to see how we are changed by the service, and
how even more cultivation of these lifelong habits "involves people in the culture that
binds our communities together", to quote Dr. Dennison. And what, after all, is culture?
It means many different things to different people. However, Robert Bellah, the
sociologist, has suggested that we use "culture" to refer to "an ongoing conversation
about matters of importance among people who care". While these observations may
be noble, how in practical terms do they translate into meaningful actions?
When the National and Community Service Trust Act was passed by Congress in
1993, Montana was in an ideal position to move forward with the opportunities offered
through AmeriCorps, as well as the other national service programs included under the
banner of the newly created Corporation for National Service. The mission of the
Montana Commission on Community Services and the mission of the Corporation were
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congruent: to develop opportunities for citizens to provide meaningful, direct, and
demonstrable service to their communities. It was our hope that these community-
driven programs would help us to build unique partnerships between public and private
agencies by engaging particularly young people in service to their communities. These
partnerships would serve as clear examples of how people could work together in
Montana to improve how we, as fellow citizens, respond to pressing community needs.
Now in its seventh year, the Montana Commission on Community Service offers
a creative, effective, and non-bureaucratic means of addressing the unmet educational,
human, public safety, and environmental needs of our state. Through our Governor-
appointed state commission, priorities are established and projects are selected to
receive funding, training and comprehensive technical support.
The results are impressive. Let me illustrate this with specific community-based
examples. Through projects supported by the Corporation for National Service this
year, more than 13,000 people of all ages and backgrounds are helping to solve
problems and strengthen the fabric of community through 38 service projects across
Montana. Serving through local nonprofits, schools, religious organizations and other
groups, these citizens tutor and mentor children, coordinate after-school programs, build
homes, organize neighborhood watch groups, clean parks, and recruit other local
volunteers. This all was achieved through the three primary service arenas:
AmeriCorps, the National Senior Service Corps, and Learn & Serve America.
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AmeriCorps: Currently there are nearly 300 individuals who are afforded the
opportunity to spend a year serving Montana communities, and in return, members
receive an education award of up to $4,725 each to assist with higher education
expenses. To date, more than 700 Montana residents have qualified for these
education awards, which total more than $2,400,000. Two-thirds of AmeriCorps grants
come through the Montana Commission on Community Service. Other members come
through AmeriCorps*VISTA and tribal-direct AmeriCorps projects. Last year alone, our
locally run AmeriCorps programs generated nearly 300,000 hours of service to Montana
communities. Their service has directly provided significantly improved academic
performance among students tutored, notably increased reading ability; numerous miles
of trail built or restored; and other projects that can be estimated to directly benefit more
than 50,000 children and families in Montana.
Senior Corps: There are more than 5,100 seniors Montana contributing their time and
talents through one of three programs. The Foster Grandparent Program provides one-
to-one relationships with more than 2,000 young people with special needs. The Senior
Companions help more than 600 other seniors to live independently in their homes.
The well-known Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (known as "RSVP") volunteers
serve more than 700 different community groups to meet identified needs.
Learn & Serve America: "Service learning" grants to the K-12 school system and higher
education in Montana make it possible for nearly 8,000 Montana students to address
community needs while improving their skills and learning the habits of good citizenship.
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I would like to illustrate all this by offering just a few brief examples of how this
translates into "getting things done" in Montana.
(1) The Montana Conservation Corps is an AmeriCorps program directed
through the State Commission with crews serving throughout the state
addressing critical needs in preserving Montana's natural resources. There
were over 350 projects completed last year, which included improving or
developing 260 miles of trail, working in 36 parks and the restoration of more
than 70 miles of rivers and streams. One project involved building
exclosures to protect native cottonwood trees along 50 miles of the wild and
scenic Missouri River, where the Lewis & Clark "Corps of Discovery"
journeyed in cottonwood dugout canoes nearly 200 years ago. These
AmeriCorps members also worked on nearly 60 miles of the Continental
Divide National Scenic Trail, a project that is expected to continue another
ten years.
(2) The Blackfeet Youth Initiative has AmeriCorps members developing service-
learning summer camps for Blackfeet youth on the Blackfeet Indian
Reservation. Last year, this involved Blackfeet and non-Indian teenagers in
the design of a four-week summer camp for fourth through sixth graders.
They also organized service activities for more than 250 youth across the
reservation at the North American Indian Days Pow-Wow and at the annual
Youth Service Day in the spring.
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(3) Prevention Resource Center. Thirty-one AmeriCorps*VISTA members
worked at 17 sites across the state developing community-based prevention
programs to address at-risk youth. These programs address issues involving
child abuse and neglect; youth use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs;
youth violence and crime; school dropouts; and teen pregnancy, as well as
sexually transmitted diseases. These VISTAs have established community
partnerships with 41 other organizations and have recruited 6,317 community
volunteers who invested more than 114,500 hours assisting with youth
prevention efforts.
(4) Senior Companions. Throughout Montana, 139 companions provide
assistance to nearly 500 older adults who suffer from Alzheimer's and related
disorders, developmental disabilities, mental illness, or other chronic
problems. While they provide transportation and assistance with the simple
activities of daily life (e.g. shopping assistance, food preparation, financial
management and light housekeeping), they also provide much needed
companionship and social interaction for these older adults. As well, they
offer much needed respite for the primary caretaker, often a spouse. It is
noteworthy that these services in Montana allowed all 494 homebound
clients last year to continue independent living, saving what has been
estimated as $17,784,000 in medical costs. This has been calculated using
the cost of extended care services or skilled nursing care in Montana,
averaging $3,000 per month. Most of the $17 million would have otherwise
been born by Medicaid for skilled nursing care.
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(5) Finally, I want to mention that two Montana schools which have exhibited
successful models in service learning have recently been chosen as "Service
Learning Leader Schools." There are only sixty-five so recognized nationally.
This information is especially significant in light of the fact that while Montana is
the fourth largest state in area, we have a population of less than one million. To put
this into a perspective, if the southeast corner of Montana was placed where we are
today, in Washington, D.C., the northwest tip would reach to Chicago. Yet, the total
population is projected to be no more than that of the residents of downtown Portland,
Oregon.
When we began our partnership with the Corporation, many feared that these
programs would undermine traditional volunteers and replace them with yet another
federal program. I can say from experience that those fears were misplaced. At
present, after more than six years, we have seen a tremendous rekindling of a sense of
public service and civic duty. I am convinced national and community service promotes
core values - hard work, self-discipline, civic duty, personal responsibility, the cherishing
of human life - that we sadly find lacking in too many instances. Community service
instills the hope that our individual efforts, together with those of others, can make a
difference in the lives of people all ages. It teaches members to give back to their
country, to their neighbors, not just for a year, but for a lifetime. Even more, if the era of
big government is finally over, certainly the era of big citizenship must begin.
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Community service is a vital element in the chemistry of our existence as a
society, renewing our sense of community and civic initiative. I concur with General
Colin Powell, CEO of America's Promise, when he says "Some people are surprised
that we ask children and teenagers - many of whom come from deprived backgrounds
- to give back. But the evidence is overwhelming that young people respond positively
and enthusiastically to the call to serve. In the process, they not only learn the joy that
comes from helping others, they very often discover strengths and talents within
themselves that they didn't know they possessed."
We in Montana have seen how vitally important this is. After the Montana
Governor's Summit on Youth in 1998 and the creation of Montana's Promise, we have
witnessed the real rewards of promoting opportunities for our young people to give back
to others. Through community service they learn what it is to belong to something good
and solid and decent. We are convinced that service to one's community will nurture
citizenship.
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Wednesday,
Vol. 7, No. 24
June 21, 2000
Why I changed my mind about AmeriCorps
By Dan Coats
When I was in the Senate, I did not support the legislation that created AmeriCorps
because of my fundamental belief in private voluntary service, and my skepticism about
government-based solutions. I thought that government-supported volunteers would undermine
the spirit of voluntary service and that new federal resources might subvert the mission and the
independence of the civic sector.
My faith in the civic sector has not diminished one bit; in fact, it is stronger today than
ever before. However, I have changed my mind about AmeriCorps. Instead of distorting the
mission of the civic sector, AmeriCorps has proved to be a source of new power and energy for
non-profit organizations across the country.
My changed view about AmeriCorps is in no small measure because of the leadership
that Harris Wofford, my Democratic former Senate colleague from Pennsylvania, has given to
that program. Wofford and I did not vote on the same side very often in the Senate, and we still
differ on many issues. But his leadership of AmeriCorps has convinced me that I should have
voted with him on this issue.
First, thanks to Wofford's steadfast commitment to place national service above
partisanship, AmeriCorps has not become the political program that some of us initially feared.
Second, he shares my belief that the solutions to some of our most intractable problems lie in the
civic sector. Accordingly, he has set AmeriCorps to the work of supporting, not supplanting, the
civic sector.
I have seen first hand how AmeriCorps members have provided a jolt of new energy to
the civic sector from my experience as president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. As
Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat for Humanity and another former skeptic of government-
supported volunteers, also discovered, the leadership provided by full-time AmeriCorps members
is a key addition for non-profit and faith-based organizations that are tackling the most difficult
community and human problems.
AmeriCorps members, through their idealism, enthusiasm and can-do spirit, have
multiplied the impact of organizations like Big Brothers Big Sisters and Habitat, and hundreds of
other organizations large and small. The number of Republicans who have changed their mind
about AmeriCorps continues to grow.
In the last year, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz) and Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), and Rep. John
Kasich (R-Ohio) have spoken out about the positive role AmeriCorps plays in strengthening the
civic sector. Together, we join a growing bipartisan list of present and former federal and state
legislators, governors and civic leaders in support of AmeriCorps.
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Their support is part of a quiet, yet remarkable, transformation in American politics that
has occurred since the white-hot debate that took place a few years ago between those who
believed that government should take the lead in solving community problems, and those who
thought government could accomplish little or nothing, and was even likely to be a negative
force.
Now, as evidenced by both major party presidential candidates and by growing bipartisan
support in Congress, a new middle ground has emerged, leading to a unique partnership between
AmeriCorps, the non-profit organizations and private and religious institutions that are critical to
strengthening our communities. It is these institutions that transmit values between generations
that encourage cooperation between citizens, and make our communities stronger.
In a recent speech to the nation's governors, retired Gen. Colin Powell declared himself
"a strong supporter of AmeriCorps." After spending two years working with the organization,
Powell concluded, "[W]hat they do in terms of leveraging other individuals to volunteer is really
incredible. So it is a tremendous investment in young people, a tremendous investment in the
future. "
Later this month, a bipartisan coalition in the Senate will introduce legislation to
reauthorize AmeriCorps and its parent agency, the Corporation for National Service. I hope that
Congress will move quickly to enact this legislation so that AmeriCorps can continue to work
with the non-profit and faith-based sectors to strengthen our communities and build a better
future for us all.
Former Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.), is president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and
a member of the Washington law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand.
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ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: "Gomperts, John" <[email protected]> ("Gomperts, John" <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:23-JUN-2000 17:54:49.00
SUBJECT: Further update
TO: Lowell A. Weiss ( CN=Lowell A. Weiss/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Ann O'Leary ( CN=Ann O'Leary/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa ( CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Thurgood Marshall Jr ( CN=Thurgood Marshall Jr/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Karen Tramontano ( CN=Karen Tramontano/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
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TEXT:
McCain read and loved Dan Coats' article "Why I Changed my Mind about
AmeriCorps" and has decided that he wants to be a cosponsor of the
reauthorization bill, and that he wants to take an active role in getting
it
passed.
Harris sent a letter to the President reviewing the weeks' activities --
similar to the memo I sent you all yesterday -- and included this
information about McCain.
The McCain stuff isn't public yet, but we'll figure out a good way to make
it so.
Have a great weekend. JG
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Anne W. Bovaird (CN=Anne W. Bovaird/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:27-JUN-2000 17:39:44.00
SUBJECT: AmeriCorps Sunrise Cereal Boxes
TO: Kris M Balderston (CN=Kris M Balderston/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
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TO: MaryEllen C. McGuire ( CN=MaryEllen C. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP WHO ])
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TO: Shirley S. Sagawa ( CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Carolyn T. Wu (CN=Carolyn T. Wu/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: William T. Glunz ( CN=William T. Glunz/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Lowell A. Weiss (CN=Lowell A. Weiss/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Cathy R. Mays (CN=Cathy R. Mays/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Ann O'Leary ( CN=Ann O'Leary/OU=OPD/O=EOP@EOP OPD
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Karen Tramontano ( CN=Karen Tramontano/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOI [ WHO ])
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TEXT:
The Corporation for National Service sent over a case of Sunrise Cereal
boxes (10) that feature 3 AmeriCorps members on the back of the box as
part of a new ad campaign for the program. They wanted to distribute the
boxes to the different folks at the White House who have been strong
supporters of CNS and the AmeriCorps program - specifically, you all!
Please let me know if you're interested in having a box sent over to you.
Thanks, Anne, x6-7072
PS - Sunrise cereal is all-organic and I have NO idea what it tastes like
- I assume no responsibility for that! :)
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: MaryEllen C. McGuire ( CN=MaryEllen C. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:11-JUL-2000 19:15:37.00
SUBJECT: Re:
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa (CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
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TEXT:
I would definetly have someone write vital voices up. I'll take a first
stab at Philanthropy, I don't think teen conference is a good fit.
Shirley S. Sagawa
07/11/2000 03:19:42 PM
Record Type: Record
To: MaryEllen C. McGuire/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject:
spoke with John Gomperts about CNS submissions -- they should be coming
soon. He also said he is leaving in 3 weeks and Melody might be
interested in your job. He is going to ask her.
others we need:
vital voices (should we bother trying to get through a formal process? or
just ask carol to add? i'm inclined to try to get it written up as a
white house submission)
philanthropy conference
anything else?
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: MaryEllen C. McGuire ( CN=MaryEllen C. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-JUL-2000 16:14:54.00
SUBJECT: Re: letter request
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa ( CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO ])
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It's been accepted into the system and will be done for the 18th
Shirley S. Sagawa
07/12/2000 12:23:48 PM
Record Type: Record
To: MaryEllen C. McGuire/WHO/EOP@EOP
cc:
Subject: letter request
I think that the Grantmaker's Forum on Community and National Service
wants a letter from the President. Can you handle? Thanks.
Forwarded by Shirley S. Sagawa/WHO/EOP on
07/12/2000 12:19 PM
Jill Blair <[email protected]>
07/12/2000 11:58:52 AM
Record Type: Record
To: Shirley S. Sagawa/WHO/EOP
cc:
Subject: RE: returning your call
I am trying again - thank you so much!
Jill Blair
Principal
BTW Consultants-informing change
2550 9th Street
Suite 113
Berkeley, CA 94710
510-665-6100 - phone
510-665-6129 - fax
Original Message
From: [email protected]
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Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 7:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: returning your call
Hi Jill. I did not receive the material. Sometimes our email kicks
everything back -- security glitch, I guess. So you could try to respond
to this email, or fax to (202) 456-6244.
Would love to see you when you are in Washington.
- Clinton.doc
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July 7, 2000
Greetings to everyone gathered in Seattle for the 3ʳᵈ Annual Conference of the
Grantmaker Forum on Community & National Service. I salute the work that you
are doing and your encouragement of each and every one of us to participate in
service and volunteer activities.
I have made national service a priority of my administration and it gives me
comfort to know that so many of you, leaders in your field, have embraced the
tradition of service and will carry forward our nation's great service legacy. Like
the members of the Grantmaker Forum, I believe that the key to effective national
service is partnership between the public and private sectors.
Our nation was built on a tradition of giving, and the theme of your conference,
Revitalizing Democracy: The Power of Service speaks to the great
possibilities we have now before us. We are living in a time of peace and
unprecedented prosperity; like President Kennedy did nearly 40 years ago, it is a
time to ask what can we do for our country.
Congratulations. I wish you a productive and stimulating 3ʳᵈ Annual Conference!
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CREATOR: "Gomperts, John" <[email protected]> ("Gomperts, John" <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-JUL-2000 11:04:06.00
SUBJECT: Recent and upcoming developments
TO: Barbara Chow ( CN=Barbara Chow/OU=OMB/O=EOP [ OMB ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Jennifer M. Palmieri CN=Jennifer M. Palmieri/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO D
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Ann O'Leary (CN=Ann O'Leary/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Bruce N. Reed ( CN=Bruce N. Reed/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa (CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO D
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Anne W. Bovaird ( CN=Anne W. Bovaird/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Thurgood Marshall Jr ( CN=Thurgood Marshall Jr/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Karen Tramontano (CN=Karen Tramontano/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Just want to keep you posted on our progress.
First, the Senate Labor Committee has scheduled a mark-up of S. 2764, the
National Service reauthorization bill for next Wednesday, July 19, at 9:30.
We are working closely with Sens. Jeffords and Kennedy and we anticipate
that the bill will move out of the Committee with relative ease.
Second, General Powell once again expressed strong support for
reauthorization of the national service at the National Governors
Association meeting. Our Board member, Gov. Racicot asked Powell point
blank about reauthorization, and Powell said the following: "Yes Mark, I'm
confident that it will be reauthorized. I have been speaking very strongly
in favor of it. I've become a great, great fan of the Corporation for
National Service. They are a partner of America's
Promise. They were one of our cosponsors at the time of the Summit and
ever
since then they have been helping us expand. The AmeriCorps Promise
Fellows
that Harris Wofford has trained, they go out and help governors and mayors
bring down America's Promise into their communities. So I'm a great
supporter of the Corporation for National Service and have been speaking to
selected members of congress who have needed to be spoken to with respect
to
their support for the reauthorization of the Corporation." Not bad!
Third, Gov. Racicot was also active in developing a Governors' letter on
the
reauthorization legislation. He got 30 signatures at the NGA meeting (22 R
- 8 D), but says that he won't be satisfied until he has over 40. When we
release that letter to the Congressional leadership, that should be an
additional boost for our bill
Ann O'Leary is trying to schedule a meeting to go over some of this in more
detail and to plot next steps. Let me know if you have any questions right
now.
Thanks. JG
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Ann O'Leary (CN=Ann O'Leary/OU=OPD/O=EOP [ OPD
CREATION DATE/TIME:14-JUL-2000 11:33:13.00
SUBJECT: Recent and upcoming developments
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa (CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP. WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Shirley -
With reauthorization moving, I would like to call together a WH strategy
meeting to try to engage Leg Affairs and communications on how we can be
helpful. Are you free to do a meeting Wednesday afternoon (after the
markup). It would be great if you and I could do the meeting together.
Let me know your thoughts.
Thanks.
-Ann
Forwarded by Ann O'Leary/OPD/EOP on 07/14/2000
11:31 AM
"Gomperts, John" <[email protected]>
07/14/2000 10:57:53 AM
Record Type: Record
To: See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
cc:
Subject: Recent and upcoming developments
Just want to keep you posted on our progress.
First, the Senate Labor Committee has scheduled a mark-up of S. 2764, the
National Service reauthorization bill for next Wednesday, July 19, at 9:30.
We are working closely with Sens. Jeffords and Kennedy and we anticipate
that the bill will move out of the Committee with relative ease.
Second, General Powell once again expressed strong support for
reauthorization of the national service at the National Governors
Association meeting. Our Board member, Gov. Racicot asked Powell point
blank about reauthorization, and Powell said the following: "Yes Mark, I'm
confident that it will be reauthorized. I have been speaking very strongly
in favor of it. I've become a great, great fan of the Corporation for
National Service. They are a partner of America's
Promise. They were one of our cosponsors at the time of the Summit and
ever
since then they have been helping us expand. The AmeriCorps Promise
Fellows
that Harris Wofford has trained, they go out and help governors and mayors
bring down America's Promise into their communities. So I'm a great
supporter of the Corporation for National Service and have been speaking to
selected members of congress who have needed to be spoken to with respect
to
their support for the reauthorization of the Corporation." Not bad!
Third, Gov. Racicot was also active in developing a Governors' letter on
the
reauthorization legislation. He got 30 signatures at the NGA meeting (22 R
- 8 D), but says that he won't be satisfied until he has over 40. When we
release that letter to the Congressional leadership, that should be an
additional boost for our bill
Ann O'Leary is trying to schedule a meeting to go over some of this in more
detail and to plot next steps. Let me know if you have any questions right
now.
Thanks. JG
Message Sent
To:
Karen Tramontano/WHO/EOP
Thurgood Marshall Jr/WHO/EOP
Anne W. Bovaird/WHO/EOP
Shirley S. Sagawa/WHO/EOP
Bruce N. Reed/OPD/EOP
Ann O'Leary/OPD/EOP
Jennifer M. Palmieri/WHO/EOP
Barbara Chow/OMB/EOP
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Steve Culbertson <[email protected]> ( Steve Culbertson <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN 1)
CREATION DATE/TIME:18-JUL-2000 20:26:55.00
SUBJECT: The National Service Briefing
TO: Stephen N. Boyd ( CN=Stephen N. Boyd/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa ( CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Hi,
Here's the latest Briefing.
We had a great response to yesterday's CSPAN broadcast (three times) of
our Service Vote 2000 panel with 400 college students from the Washington
Center
(http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogramd&
record=150019688). If you missed our launch with Senator McCain and
Senator Kerrey, you can find it all at the new ServiceVote 2000 site:
http://www.servicevote.org
Hope it's a good week for you.
Best,
Steve
In this week's Briefing:
*
Congratulations to Hasbro Teens with the Courage to Give Winners
*
HOBY Alumni: Attend HOBY World Leadership Congress Online, July
21-28
*
Earth Force Seeks Young Environmental Leaders for Youth Advisory
Board
*
Morino Institute Launches New Electronic Mailing List -
YouthLearn
*
Funding Opportunities for the Youth Service Field
THE NATIONAL SERVICE BRIEFING
A project of YSA's National Youth Service Affiliates
A weekly publication since 1994 by Youth Service America for the
national and community service field.
July 17, 2000
Volume 7, Number 24
Congratulations to Hasbro Teens with the Courage to Give Winners
Congratulations to Laura Lockwood and Sam Jones for being selected the
recipients of the first annual Hasbro Teens With the Courage to Give
Awards. Hasbro, Inc., is a worldwide leader in children's and family
entertainment. Laura and Sam were recognized at the National Community
Service Conference in Orlando, June 27, where they each were presented
with $5,000 educational scholarships and $500 to fund National Youth
Service Day projects. Laura, 17, of Bradenton, FL, has spent more than
a third of her life building the volunteer organization ManaTEEN with
more than 10,000 active members. Now, the program's chief executive,
she is examining her options for continued education and service that
once seemed impossible for a struggling child with bad grades and
attention deficit disorder. Sam Jones, 17, of Nashville, TN, found
refuge in peer tutoring and volunteering as his family endured a
divorce, financial difficulties, and series of changing living
arrangements. Sam is currently an active volunteer for the Gore
Campaign. With over 85 applicants, Ms. Lockwood and Mr. Jones earned
the attention of the Award's selection committee, as the criteria
followed the example of the 30 teenagers featured in the book Teens With
the Courage to Give: Young People Who Triumphed Over Tragedy and
Volunteered to Make a Difference (Conari Press, April 2000) by Jackie
Waldman. Each of these teens had something happen to them physically
and/or emotionally, reached out to help others, made a difference, and
ultimately helped themselves heal. For more information on the Awards,
visit http://www.hasbro.com or http://www.servenet.org.
HOBY Alumni: Attend HOBY World Leadership Congress Online, July 21-28
Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) is proud to announce that World
Leadership Conference 2000, coordinated by The George Washington
University, will be webcast on the Internet for the first time July
21-28. With the help and support of "Kidz-Online" and "WinStar," all
the important WLC panels and events taking place at the National
Academy, Kennedy Center, Naval Research Lab, Congress, and the White
House will be available to you on the World Wide Web. To participate,
register early on the Web site http://www.wlc2000.org and read about the
latest events and partnerships at HOBY. During the conference, you'll
be able to log-on live or download the events for later viewing; listen
to real "inquiring minds" ask tough questions of those in the know, or
ask your own tough questions of the important panelists involved,
because it's LIVE and INTERACTIVE video-streaming; and visit the chat
rooms and discuss the vital issues concerning technology and the 21st
Century with other HOBY Alumni. Founded in 1958, HOBY's mission is to
seek out, recognize, and develop leadership potential commencing with
high school sophomores. For more information on HOBY, visit
http://www.hoby.org
Earth Force Seeks Young Environmental Leaders for Youth Advisory Board
Earth Force is looking for young leaders, ages 12-15, to serve on their
national Youth Advisory Board. Earth Force youth are creating lasting
solutions to environmental issues in their community through programs
that combine service-learning and environmental education. For more
information and an application, e-mail [email protected] or call
800-23FORCE. Applications are due September 11, 2000. Learn more about
Earth Force at http://www.earthforce.org
Morino Institute Launches New Electronic Mailing List - YouthLearn
YOUTHLEARN is an electronic mailing list sponsored by the Morino
Institute that focuses on issues related to working with youth and
technology, specifically in out-of-school settings. This list
encourages the exchange of information, teaching techniques, practical
tips, and provides space for questions for other members online. To
subscribe to Youthlearn, send an email message to
[email protected], leave the subject line blank, and type
"SUBSCRIBE YOUTHLEARN (without quotation marks) in the body of your
message. For more information, visit http://www.morino.org
Funding Opportunities for the Youth Service Field
*2000 Community Tree Planting Youth Grants of $200-$1,000 are available
to youth/adult partnership teams who wish to be involved in community
tree planting and/or reforestation and beautification projects. Deadline
Extended to July 7, 2000. For application and more information go to:
http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/ycc/grantinfo.htm
*Applications are available for Americorps*VISTA/Higher Education and
Nonprofit Service-Learning Grants. Deadline: August 4, 2000. Contact
AmeriCorps*VISTA 202-606-5000 ext. 134;
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cg?dbname=2000_register&
docid=00-17152-filed
*National Endowment for the Humanities and Dodge Foundation are offering
funding for humanities programs in New Jersey Schools. Deadline October
16, 2000. Contact 202-606-8380. E-mail [email protected], or visit
http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20000612.html
*National Endowment for the Arts is accepting applications for media
literacy projects. Deadline: July 21, 2000. Contact 202-260-2487.
E-mail [email protected], or visit
http://www.arts.gov/partner/EdMedia.html
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
YSA is currently seeking a Director of Development and Marketing. For a
job description, visit
http://www.servenet.org/resources/jobs/job.php3?j=87
To find or post other jobs, visit
http://www.servenet.org/resources/career.php3
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
Recognize your young volunteers with the President's Student Service
Awards. Make them a part of every ceremony and special event! For more
information on the President's Student Service Awards or the President's
Student Service Scholarships, please visit
http://www.student-service-awards.org
PRUDENTIAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE "TRAIN-THE-TRAINER" SEMINARS:
* July 29 - August 1, 2000 - St. Louis, Missouri
* October 2000 - New York area
For more information, contact The Points of Light Foundation at
(202)729-8142 or e-mail [email protected].
2000 CALENDAR
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars Leadership Summit, Los
Angeles,
CA, July 21-23
http://www.nscs.org
School Security Symposium, CYAR Youth Adult Partnerships That Work
Training, New York City, August 29
http://www.yar.org
MADD National Youth Summit to Prevent Underage Drinking, Sept. 29- Oct.4
http://www.madd.org
Independent Sector Annual Meeting, October 22-24
http://www.independentsector.org
Gathering of the Heart 2000: Building Community Through Visionary
Leadership, October 28, 2000
The Heart of America Foundation http://www.heartofamerica.org
Search Institute's 2000 Healthy Communities* Healthy Youth Conference,
Minneapolis, MN,
CYAR Youth Adult Partnerships That Work Pre-Conference, November 1
http://www.yar.org
Building Assets, the Youth as Resources Way, Minneapolis, November 2
http://www.yar.org
Random Acts of Kindness Week, November 6-13
http://www.actsofkindness.org
106th National Conference on Governance, "Wired for Civic Engagement:
Using New Technology to
Build Community," Arlington, VA, November 9-11
http://www.ncl.org/ncl/ncg.htm.
SEASONS OF SERVICE
Make A Difference Day, October 28, 2000
http://www.usaweekend.com/diffday
Family Volunteer Day, November 2000
http://pointsoflight.org
MLK Day of Service, January 15, 2001
http://www.cns.gov
National Volunteer Week/Big Help Week, April 2001
http://www.pointsoflight.org or http://www.nick.com
National Youth Service Day XIII, April 20-21, 2001
http://www.SERVEnet.org/nysd
Join Hands Day, June 2001
http://www.joinhandsday.org
Steven A. Culbertson
President & CEO
Youth Service America
1101 15th Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202.296.2992 x43 (voice)
202.296.4030 (fax)
[email protected]
http://www.SERVEnet.org
http://www.teenvolunteernow.org
The mission of Youth Service America is to strengthen the effectiveness,
sustainability, and scale of the youth service movement.
"Our answer is the world's hope: it is to rely on youth This world
demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life, but a state of mind,
a temper of will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage
over timidity, or the appetite for adventure over the love of ease."
RFK
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: MaryEllen C. McGuire ( CN=MaryEllen C. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:18-JUL-2000 12:34:58.00
SUBJECT: Re: CNS Mtg.
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa ( CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Forwarded by MaryEllen C. McGuire/WHO/EOP on
07/18/2000 12:34 PM
Eric J. Morse
07/18/2000 11:49:56 AM
Record Type: Record
To: See the distribution list at the bottom of this message
cc: Heather H. Howard/OPD/EOP@EOP
Subject: Re: CNS Mtg.
The meeting to discuss a strategy for the reauthorization for the
Corporation for National Service will be held tomorrow 7/19 at 2:30 in
room 100 (OEOB). Attendees will include Karen Tramontano (COS), John
Gomperts (CNS), Barbara Chow (DPC/OMB), Shirley Sagawa (OFL), and
Broderick Johnson (Leg. Affairs). Thank you for your help in scheduling
this meeting.
Message Sent
To:
Carolyn T. Wu/WHO/EOP@EOP
brian S. mason/who/eop@eop
sarah zambon/omb/eop@eop
jennifer e. mcgee/opd/eop@eop
maryellen c. mcguire/who/eop@eop
[email protected]
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: MaryEllen C. McGuire ( CN=MaryEllen C. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:19-JUL-2000 13:47:17.00
SUBJECT: Re: One more submission for agency partners to review.
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa (CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP@EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Forwarded by MaryEllen C. McGuire/WHO/EOP on
07/19/2000 01:47 PM
Felipe Floresca <[email protected]>
07/18/2000 01:34:58 PM
Record Type: Record
To: MaryEllen C. McGuire/WHO/EOP
cc:
Subject: Re: One more submission for agency partners to review.
My comments.
1. White House Conference on Philanthropy.
Definitely a winner and extends way beyond the previous Administration's A
Thousand Points of Light.
2. Department of Justice (by ranking).
1. Weed & Seed This is a great national crime
intervention/prevention/treatment program which builds on unique
partnerships between local law enforcement, faith-based civic
organizations and others. Some really great pilots with HUD. The
write-up understated what it does. It is a highly innovative approach
which has been replicated.
2. 5 Goals 4 Kids/CEVI I would actually put these two together under
the umbrella of Youth & Violence. Although coming from different
approaches both address how violence is to common in the lives of young
people. With school, street and domestic violence around us, these
Justice efforts are important.
3. Strategic Approaches --- This is what federal agencies were asked to
do by NPR - plan better for effectiveness and efficiency.
This is not really innovative and a given for the National Institute of
Justice.
3. Department of State.
Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs is not particularly unique.
But it is innovative for State to think beyond Fullbright and
International Visitors programs. I think we need an international example
of partnership and this fits the bills with NGOs.
4. Reaching undeserved communities.
These are examples of how the Federal government forms local partnerships
in working to ensure that no community is left behind.
Southwest Border
ACCION (Commerce)
Community Empowerment
Jobs Plus (Labor, HUD,
HHS)
Mississippi Delta
Access To Jobs (Transpor
tation)
Appalachia
USDA
5. Omissions.
There are some glaring omissions that arr standard POTUS State of the
Union welfare to work, Americorps, NPR.
Suggestions: National Welfare-to-Work Partnership (Goodwill
Industry highlighted with examples of working with Labor, HHS,
others.
Americorps leading a section on volunteerism.
NPR has a lot of "hammer winners".
6. Expanding A Sense of Community (maybe a report section).
This Administration works with non-traditional nonprofit organizations;
faith-based (HUD's Inter-faith Center), labor unions
(Labor & HUD with America Works Partnership) and intermediaries (LISC and
Enterprise with NCDI).
7. Bridging the Digital Divide
Federal government has a role to share many applications of information
technology with local partnerships.
Smart Growth
U..S. Geological Survey (Interior)
Internet Access
Edsitement (NEH)
<[email protected]> 07/17 5:35 PM
(See attached file: WHSubmission.doc)
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Leslie Lenkowsky <[email protected]> ( Leslie Lenkowsky <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN
CREATION DATE/TIME:21-JUL-2000 14:45:49.00
SUBJECT: Re: Philanthropy update: Interagency Taskforce on Nonprofits andGovernment
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa (CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
CNS is a mess, as I don't have to tell you!
I think the most interesting stuff is coming from Senior Corps. You might
want to talk to Tom Enders.
Serve America has the service leader schools. I can't vouch for how
innovative they are, but I believe they now have a list of high schools and
maybe junior highs that are doing noteworthy programs.
AmeriCorps has interesting programs. (We heard about one in Washington at
our last meeting that involves a "safe place" that includes a partnership
with a juvenile court.) But are any of them exemplary models? Beats me.
We don't talk about that stuff at Board meetings (!#&!!).
I don't regard the America's Promise/POLF/CNS partnership as a very useful
model. In my view, all three are government or quasi government agencies.
AP still gets derision within the nonprofit world. People see Powell as
taking credit for stuff that would have happened anyway.
I have no evidence that any CNS sponsored training is very good. The NLSI
is still operating and supposed has "high demand" for its services. But
since it doesn't offer training outside the CNS network, I have no idea
what
that really means. As for training in fund-raising, there is nowhere in
CNS -- at least nowhere they'd care to tell a Board member about -- any
info
about how sustainable our programs are. Which tells me something --
inferentially, at least -- about fund-raising.
Sorry to dump on you this way. I am not as sour as I sound. I am spending
a fair amount of time (and risking a fair amount of political capital)
trying to make sure that CNS survives a change in admin. (at least to the
GOP) and it is frustrating to find out how little our own people really can
tell me. For example, there are at least 4 different measures of the
"attrition" rate from AmeriCorps, ranging from 20 to 40 percent!
Thanks for following up on Vicky. Here's her email: [email protected]
Les
Original Message
From: <[email protected]>
To: Leslie Lenkowsky <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: Philanthropy update: Interagency Taskforce on Nonprofits
andGovernment
> Hi Les. Thanks for your quick response. I have a question - CNS did
not
> submit anything to be considered as a model but my experience was that
> there are many innovations piloted there and a great deal of interaction
> with the nonprofit sector. What would you recommend we look at with
regard
> to CNS? I had been thinking of looking at the America's Promise/POLF/CNS
> partnership; the training provided to grantees re: fundraising and
> evaluation, or maybe the training system as a whole; the Presidio
> leadership training, if it still exists and is any good; and the way
> AmeriCorps works with nonprofits.
>
> On another matter, Vicky gave me a call and I called her back, but we
> haven't connected. Does she have email? That's sometimes easier. If
so,
> let me know, or ask her to email me.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: "Gomperts, John" <[email protected]> ("Gomperts, John" <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN
CREATION DATE/TIME:22-JUL-2000 17:20:50.00
SUBJECT: Major development on reauthorization
TO: Shirley S. Sagawa (CN=Shirley S. Sagawa/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Matthew L. Nelson ( CN=Matthew L. Nelson/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: MaryEllen C. McGuire (CN=MaryEllen C. McGuire/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO D
READ:UNKNOWN
TO: Lynn G. Cutler CN=Lynn G. Cutler/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO 1)
READ:UNKNOWN
TEXT:
Below please find a message from Harris Wofford sent on Friday
afternoon detailing new developments on the reauthorization of the
Corporation and all its programs. This is extremely encouraging news, and
I
hope you will pass along this information (and or this e-mail) to other
interested parties.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks. JG
MESSAGE FROM HARRIS WOFFORD
> The bill to reauthorize the Corporation and all of the national service
> programs we administer passed a crucial test today. This morning, the
> Senate Health, Education, Labor and Education Committee passed S. 2764,
> the National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000, on voice vote.
> This is an extremely important step in the process.
>
> The next step will be consideration on the Senate floor. I spoke
directly
> with the chief sponsors, Senators Kennedy and Jeffords, this morning.
And
> we have discussed the prospects for Senate consideration with the
Majority
> Leader, Senator Lott, and the Minority Leader, Senator Daschle. We will
> be working extremely hard to get the full Senate to consider the bill as
> soon as possible.
V
> The progress of this legislation is encouraging, and even though there is
> not much time left in Congress, I am optimistic about the prospects for
> passing this bill. The bipartisan support for national service that we
> have built is coming through and producing good results.
V
> We will continue to keep you posted as this legislation makes it way
> through the process.
>
> Please post to appropriate listservs
>
ARMS Email SystemRECORD TYPE: PRESIDENTIAL (NOTES MAIL)
CREATOR: Steve Culbertson <[email protected]> ( Steve Culbertson <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN])
CREATION DATE/TIME:24-JUL-2000 21:52:38.00
SUBJECT: THE NATIONAL SERVICE BRIEFING
TO: Stephen N. Boyd ( CN=Stephen N. Boyd/OU=WHO/O=EOP [ WHO ])
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Hi,
The whole staff from YSA will be in Philadelphia this Sunday for
the Republican National Convention <http://www.rnc.org> and the Shadow
Convention <http://www.shadowconvention.org. We are organizing service
projects for delegates at both conventions this summer! We are
delighted to partner with our friends from City Year and Youth in Action
in Philadelphia. Here's the media advisory:
<<GOP SERVICE PROJECT.doc>>
On Thursday next week, I will join Bob Goodwin from POLF and
Anthony Welch from Do Something on a fun Shadow Convention panel
responding to Robert Putnam ("Bowling Alone"). Journalists David Gergen
and Jonathan Alter will also be participating.
Finally, this is the last week to submit a "best practices"
survey to be included in Youth Service America's "Answer the Call"
resource guide. Click here http:www.servenet.org/call_survey.doc or
visit www.ysa.org or www.servenet.org for a copy of the survey and
e-mail your responses to [email protected].
Have a great week,
Steve
In this week's Briefing:
*
A Note from Harris Wofford: Senate Committee Passes National &
Community Services Amendments Acts of 2000
*
Work Study Program Encourages Community Service
*
National Database of Mentoring and Caring Adult Programs
Launched
*
Volunteer for Service Vote 2000: Help Promote Connection Between
Volunteering and Voting
*
Youth as Resources Announces Grant Opportunities for Kansas
Community Service Projects
*
Elie Wiesel Foundation Seeks Nominations for Conference
Participants
THE NATIONAL SERVICE BRIEFING
A project of YSA's National Youth Service Affiliates
A weekly publication since 1994 by Youth Service America for the
national and community service field.
July 24, 2000
Volume 7, Number 25
A Note from Harris Wofford: Senate Committee Passes National &
Community Services Amendments Acts of 2000
The bill to reauthorize the Corporation and all of the national
service programs we administer passed a crucial test today. This
morning, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Education Committee
passed S. 2764, the National and Community Service Amendments Act of
2000, on voice vote. This is an extremely important step in the
process. The next step will be consideration on the Senate floor. I
spoke directly with the chief sponsors, Senators Kennedy and Jeffords,
this morning. And we have discussed the prospects for Senate
consideration with the Majority
Leader, Senator Lott, and the Minority Leader, Senator Daschle.
We will be working extremely hard to get the full Senate to consider the
bill as soon as possible. The progress of this legislation is
encouraging, and even though there is not much time left in Congress, I
am optimistic about the prospects for passing this bill. The bipartisan
support for national service that we have built is coming through and
producing good results. [From YSA: Download a PDF copy of "I Support
Service" from http://www.servenet.org/reauthorization.pdf to find out
how you can encourage your senator to support this legislation.]
Work Study Program Encourages Community Service
President Clinton and General Powell are asking institutions of
higher education to step up their involvement in the Federal College
Work Study Program. In particular, they are asking for the creation of
more chances for community service. Approximately 10 percent of work
study funds already go toward student service activities. In letters to
colleges and universities, the president and General Powell cited the
critical role that service plays in strengthening our communities, and
urged schools to dedicate more of the Federal Work Study funds to
community service. In addition to providing students with funds for
education, the program enables hundreds of thousands of college students
to serve in the communities in which they study. For more information,
contact Marilyn Smith at [email protected].
National Database of Mentoring and Caring Adult Programs
Launched
Save the Children and The National Mentoring Partnership are
soliciting registrations from organizations for their National Mentoring
Database. An organization can be listed in the online database if they
confirm their readiness and interest in receiving and supporting
volunteers, pledge to respond to referrals within 48 hours, and meet
industry standards as set forth in "Mentoring: Elements of Effective
Practice." For more information, visit the following sections of the
Save the Children and National Mentoring Partnership Web sites:
www.savethechildren.org/mentors/mentor2d.html and www.mentoring.org/stc.
Volunteer for ServiceVote 2000: Help Promote Connection Between
Volunteering and Voting
ServiceVote 2000 is a national campaign to encourage the full
cycle of civic participation of American youth by forging a tangible
connection between their involvement in community service and the
political process; and to increase awareness and commitment among
candidates to make national and community service a common experience
for all young people. Service Vote 2000 is looking for a team of
regional coordinators who will assist local campaign coordinators (18 -
24 years old) to organize their peers to do civic education programs,
voter registration, and get out the vote activities. Other ways to get
involved with ServiceVote 2000 include: Co-host or participate in a
Regional Youth Forum (contact: Anne Cocalis, (202)296-2992 X. or
[email protected]); encourage political candidates to sign a Pledge of
Service; organize a service event; or mobilize a voter registration
drive. For information concerning these or other Service Vote
initiatives, visit http://www.SERVEnet.org or contact Matthew Leber at
(202)296-2992 x.22 or [email protected].
Best Practices: Youth as Resources Announces Grant Opportunities
for Kansas Community Service Projects
Kansas' Youth as Resources is a community-based program in
Kansas that provides small grants to design and carry-out
service-learning projects that address social problems and contribute to
community involvement. The grants are given to young people, ages 5-21,
who live within District #383. Through YAR, the youth gain leadership
and teamwork skills, an ethic of service and commitment to be involved,
and a power to affect personal change and improve lives. The
communities gain resources to solve problems and provide needed
services, strong youth/adult partnerships to address community issues,
as well as a mutual understanding and an increased trust between youth
and adults. For more information on this program, contact Sarah Weikal
at the Regional Prevention Center of Northeast Kansas,(785)587-4372.
Elie Wiesel Foundation seeking Nominations for Conference
participants
The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity is seeking nominations
for participants for the Conference of Tomorrow's Leaders-From
Indifference to Action. The conference is from December 2-6, 2000, in
Boston, and is for high school sophomores and juniors who have displayed
a commitment to social change. These individuals should demonstrate a
sense of leadership and responsibility by being involved in a project
that addresses issues in their family, school, community, religious
institution, or that works at a national or international level. The
Elie Wiesel Foundation will pay all travel and accommodation costs for
student participants in the conference. Completed applications should
be returned to the Foundation by July 31, 2000. For more information
about the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, visit
http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org, or contact Jan Newell Spears at
[email protected] or (212)490-7777.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
YSA is currently seeking a Director of Marketing and
Development. For a job description, visit
http://www.servenet.org/resources/jobs/job.php3?j=87.
CLEARCorps/USA is currently seeking applicants for the new
full-time
positions of Corpsmember Development Coordinator and Evaluation
Coordinator. Please see full postings at
http://www.clearcorps.org/jobpostings.htm.
For more job descriptions, visit
http://www.SERVEnet.org/resources
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
Recognize your young volunteers with the President's Student
Service
Awards. Make them a part of every ceremony and special event!
For more
information on the President's Student Service Awards or the
President's
Student Service Scholarships, please visit
http://www.student-service-awards.org
NATIONAL CALENDAR
School Security Symposium, CYAR Youth Adult Partnerships That
Work Training, New York City, August 29
http://www.yar.org
MADD National Youth Summit to Prevent Underage Drinking, Sept.
29- Oct.4
http://www.madd.org
Independent Sector Annual Meeting, October 22-24
http://www.independentsector.org
Gathering of the Heart 2000: Building Community Through
Visionary Leadership, October 28, 2000
The Heart of America Foundation http://www.heartofamerica.org
Search Institute's 2000 Healthy Communities*Healthy Youth
Conference, Minneapolis, MN,
CYAR Youth Adult Partnerships That Work Pre-Conference, November
1
http://www.yar.org
Building Assets, the Youth as Resources Way, Minneapolis,
November 2
http://www.yar.org
Random Acts of Kindness Week, November 6-13
http://www.actsofkindness.org
106th National Conference on Governance, "Wired for Civic
Engagement: Using New Technology to
Build Community," Arlington, VA, November 9-11, 2000
http://www.ncl.org/ncl/ncg.htm.
Join Hands Day, June 16, 2001
National Fraternal Congress of America
http://www.nfcanet.org
SEASONS OF SERVICE
Make A Difference Day, October 28, 2000
http://www.usaweekend.com/diffday.
Family Volunteer Day, November 18, 2000
http://pointsoflight.org
MLK Day of Service, January 15, 2001
http://www.cns.gov
National Volunteer Week/Big Help Week, April 2001
http://www.pointsoflight.org or http://www.nick.com
National Youth Service Day, April 20-21, 2001
http://www.SERVEnet.org/nysd
Join Hands Day, June 16, 2001
http://www.joinhandsday.org
PRUDENTIAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE "TRAIN-THE-TRAINER"
SEMINARS:
* July 29 - August 1, 2000 - St. Louis, Missouri
* October 2000 - New York area
For more information, contact The Points of Light Foundation at
(202)729-8142 or e-mail [email protected].
Steven A. Culbertson
President & CEO
Youth Service America
1101 15th Street, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005
202.296.2992 x43 (voice)
202.296.4030 (fax)
[email protected]
http://www.SERVEnet.org
http://www.teenvolunteernow.org
The mission of Youth Service America is to strengthen the effectiveness,
sustainability, and scale of the youth service movement.
"Our answer is the world's hope: it is to rely on youth This world
demands the qualities of youth; not a time of life, but a state of mind,
a temper of will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage
over timidity, or the appetite for adventure over the love of ease."
RFK
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YOUTH SERVICE
AMERICA
MEDIA ADVISORY
CONTACT: Steve Rabinowitz 202-547-3577
July 24, 2000
Debby Nachmann 202-547-3577
Roberto Munoz 202-296-2992 x30
MAJOR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT SLATED
DURING REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
OVER 500 YOUNG ADULTS WILL VOLUNTEER AT FDR PARK SUNDAY
Washington, DC - More than five hundred young delegates, volunteers, and candidates will work to beautify FDR Park in
Philadelphia, Sunday July 30, 2000 from 12 noon to 4:30 p.m. as part of a high impact day of service at the Republican National
Convention. Youth Service America's ServiceVote 2000 is partnering with Youth in Action and City Year, a project of AmeriCorps,
to host this major community service project - with support of the College Republicans - to highlight the disconnect between the
growing number of young volunteers and their diminishing involvement in the electoral process.
Immediately following the service project will be a celebration, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., to which several Republican leaders and
delegates have been invited to participate as volunteers and speakers. The park beautification and the celebration, both directly across
the street from the First Union Center, are open to the media, and coverage is invited.
Many young adults have grown cynical about the political process and associate the word politics with having a negative connotation.
Instead of voting and becoming actively involved in the political process, America's young adults are turning toward volunteering to
make an immediate difference. Today's youth have tutored more children, cleaned up more rivers, and donated more hours to helping
America live up to its promise than any generation in the last fifty years; however, only 32 percent of 18-24 year olds exercised their
right to vote in the 1996 presidential election. If youth today continue to see volunteering as an alternative to voting, rather than as a
complement - in other words, to treat the symptoms of social and environmental ills and ignore the political pathology that caused
them - their children will be cleaning up the same dirty rivers and tutoring at the same mediocre schools where they now volunteer.
Along with the service project, ServiceVote 2000 has planned two additional projects for the convention: Convention Watch and
Young Reporters. The Convention Watches, mediated focus groups of young volunteers discussing their impressions and thoughts
about the convention, will convene daily beginning Monday, July 31st and continue through Thursday, August 3rd from 10:00 - 11:00
a.m. Also at the Convention, five young reporters will be delivering a "Volunteer's Eye View" as they cover activities occurring
within and around the Convention and in the surrounding Philadelphia area.
The FDR Park beautification project will provide the volunteers with a chance to give back to the Philadelphia community as well as
articulate to them their responsibility in completing the cycle of civic participation: volunteering and voting. Because of the nature of
the project, these youth volunteers will need to dress accordingly, prepared to get dirty while using their elbow grease to make a
difference in the Philadelphia area.
Youth Service America's ServiceVote 2000, City Year, and Youth in Action are excited about the opportunity to work with the
Republican National Convention, believing this movement will further empower these young volunteers to fully participate as
American citizens. Anyone interested in the project or willing to help in any facet may contact Roberto Munoz, the Conventions
Coordinator, of ServiceVote 2000 at 202-296-2992 ext 30.
WHO:
HUNDREDS OF REPUBLICAN LEADERS, VOLUNTEERS, AND DELEGATES
WHAT:
SERVICEVOTE 2000 COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT
WHEN:
SUNDAY, JULY 30 FROM 12 NOON TO 4:30 PM
WHERE:
FDR PARK, BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA
Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center and the premier alliance of more than 200 organizations committed to increasing the quantity and quality of
opportunities for young Americans to serve locally, nationally, and globally. The mission of YSA and its programs is to strengthen the effectiveness, sustainability, and
scale of the youth service field. YSA envisions a powerful network of organizations committed to making service the common experience and expectation of all young
Americans.
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CREATOR: Eli Segal <[email protected]> ( Eli Segal <[email protected]> [ UNKNOWN ])
CREATION DATE/TIME:25-JUL-2000 10:17:20.00
SUBJECT: RE: fannie mae article -- fyi
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Any problems with the mark-up?
Original Message
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Sent:
Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:49 AM
To: Eli Segal
Subject: RE: fannie mae article -- fyi
i don't think greg is very knowledgeable about fannie mae
foundation. he
sent this to me because he knows i'm interested in the topic.
sounds like
this writer doesn't know much about the topic.
did you see the senate marked up the cns reauthorization?