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FOIA Number: 2013-0661-F (2) FOIA MARKER This is not a textual record. This is used as an administrative marker by the William J. Clinton Presidential Library Staff. Collection/Record Group: Clinton Presidential Records Subgroup/Office of Origin: National Service Series/Staff Member: Jim Kreidler Subseries: OA/ID Number: 1284 FolderID: Folder Title: [National Neighborhood Coalition] [loose] Stack: Row: Section: Shelf: Position: S 66 2 5 1 Neighborhood Coalition Concerned that program only targets college students. What about other youth interested in nat'l service, P . National Service Correspondence Coding Sheet Coder: MK- Date: 4.10.93 :. Purpose of Wants to Participate Summer of Service National Initiative K General Commentary Pro Con Suggestions for Programs Requesting General Information Summer of Service General Program Offering their Services Volunteer Internships White House National Service (Cim) Employment II. Writer Information: specific Request. A. Age (Circle One) : Under 17 17-25 Over 25 Unspecified B. Education Level (Cittle ne): 1. Student: Elementary Secondary College Graduate 2. Non-Student (Level Completed): Secondary College Graduate III. Re-route CO Other Departments Commission (Personal, service organizations, or business proposals) Scheduling/Gloria Other IV. Certified Mail NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION 810 FIRST STREET, N.E., SUITE 300, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20002 289-1551 FAX #: 289-8173 1993 Board of Directors Co-Chairpersons JoAnn Kane McAuley Institute Silver Spring. MD April 7, 1993 Lois Athey Center for Community Change Past Chairperson The Honorable Bill Clinton Raul Yzaguirre National Council of La Raza The White House Vica Chalrpersons 1600 Pennsylvania Av. NW Edward L. Block National Association of Community Washington, DC 20500 Action Agencies (NACAA) Pablo Eisenberg Center for Community Change Dear Mr. President: Moises Loza Housing Assistance Council Joe McNeely The National Neighborhood Coalition commends your Development Training Institute (DTI) Baltimore, MD leadership in proposing a National Service initiative. Secretary In your economic plan, "A Vision of Change for Kathy Desmond Community Information Exchange America", the description about National Service Treasurer states on page 58 that it "will help Americans take Deepak Bhargava low-paying community service jobs and still pay off Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) their student loans". It's a perfect match for college At-Large Members graduates who wish to work for low-paying nonprofit Thomas Adams Neighborhood Reinvestment inner-city neighborhood groups! Corporation Deborah Austin National Low Income Housing However, we are concerned about one feature in the Coalition Jennifer L. Blake plan as outlined by your Administration. It calls for National Trust for Historic Preservation a differential in benefits between those who are Paul Brophy college graduates and those who do not plan to attend The Enterprise Foundation Columbia, MD college or plan to defer their college education. Cheryl Butord United Way of America Alexandria, VA This differential sets a double standard by implying Rene Cardenas National Council of La Raza that national service by some people with higher Peggy Comfrey. CSJ Jesult Social Ministries education degrees is more important than national Deborah Crain service by others without degrees. Furthermore, it National Association of Neighborhoods seems to emphasize differences along class lines. Many Robin Doroshow students from inner-city neighborhoods -- particularly National Urban League Allen Fishbein minorities -- come from families which cannot afford Center for Community Change to pay for college. Therefore, these young people Richelle Friedman, PBVM NETWORK: A National Catholic often need to work after high school graduation in Social Justice Lobby Gerard Holder order to save up enough money to afford college American Association of Homes for the Aging (AAHA) tuition. In short, there should be equal pay for equal Ruth Jaure work. National American Indian Housing Council Kevin S. Kelly Às your National Service proposal takes shape, the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED) National Neighborhood Coalition is eager to help Thomas L. Kenyon National Alliance to End Homelessness disseminate information about it so that inner-city Jean A. McRae neighborhood groups can participate. Housing and Community Studies Center Howard University Louis Nunez National Puerto Rican Coalition Yours truly, Talton Ray Council for Community-Based Development Benson Roberts Local Initiatives Support Corporation Bud Kami (LISC) Mark Rosenman Bud Kanitz, Center for Public Policy, Union Institute ExecutiveDirector Ellie Wegener Employment Support Center Nancy S. Willis CC: Eli Segal, White House Office of National Service American Planning Association Executive Director Bud Kanitz