A: In Atlanta, at Be The Change’s Change Agent Academy and the 2008 National Conference on Volunteering and Service.
Since we last posted, we’ve been on a 16 hour bus ride from Miami to Columbia, had three awesome meetings in Columbia, met an amazing man named Elliiot Epps, taken an hour too long 6 hour [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 31, 2008
Q: Where Are Matt and Sean?
May 28, 2008
Miami Update
Matt and I are in Columbia, SC, officially on the home stretch of the trip. Last night we met with supporters in Miami at Miami-Dade College. Below is a long awaited picture of Matt and I:
Miami was especially exciting because in many ways it served as “phase 2″ of the ServeNext engagement process. Let me explain.
In [...]
May 27, 2008
Youth, Education & National Service
Politico writer Ben Alder has two recent articles touching on National Service in relation to the presidential campaigns. The first, McCain is slow to gain young voters, is in regards to the youth vote, and how Clinton, McCain and Obama campaigned about issues that matter under-30 voters. While Clinton and Obama have referenced National Service on the stump [...]
May 27, 2008
Service Helped Inspire Creation of FedEx
With the National Service Express nearing its end (27 stops/cities down…3 to go), it’s really incredible to think about all of the conversations that Sean and Matt have had as they traverse America. And in those conversations, it is even more incredible to think what the experience of service will produce in those who [...]
May 23, 2008
Minnesota Knows How to Do It
We recently got word of exciting news coming out of Minnesota from the Minnesota Conservation Corps. It sounds almost definite that the state will eliminate the tax on the Segal Education Award given to AmeriCorps members after serving their term of service. Senator Tom Bakk and Representative Tom Rukavina were the chief authors of this [...]
