ServeNext’s second key strategy for candidate engagement is the ServeNext Pledge to Expand National Service.
What exactly is the ServeNext Pledge?
For advocacy organizations like ServeNext, pledges are often presented to candidates by activists to secure individuals’ support for their issue in writing. For ServeNext members, our issue is National Service expansion.
Above, Melissa Paul (NH AmeriCorps ‘07) and Taylor Ferguson (OH AmeriCorps ‘05) proudly display signed ServeNext Pledges to Expand National Service by U.S. Senator Barack Obama and wife Michelle Obama.
Here are a couple of stories about multiple ServeNext members pursuing Presidential candidates with the ServeNext Pledge to Expand National Service during the New Hampshire Primary campaign.
See how easy it is? You can do it, too!
Click here to download the ServeNext Congressional Pledge!
Some tips:
- If you are lucky enough to own a limited edition ServeNext t-shirt, consider having a candidate sign the ServeNext Pledge to Expand National Service synopsis on the back.
- Please submit your ServeNext Pledge engagement tips to matt@servenext.org.
Read about other candidates engaged through the ServeNext Pledge:
- Breaking: Congressman and Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich signs ServeNext pledge to expand national service
- Breaking: Chris Dodd Signs ServeNext Pledge
- New Hampshire campaign talks with Edwards, but…
- Labor Day Weekend: Richardson, The Clintons, The Obamas, Dodd, & Romney
- Presidential Pledge to Expand National Service
- Sen. Biden becomes latest to sign Presidential Pledge to Expand National Service
- Clinton signs Pledge, announces plan to double AmeriCorps’ Segal Education Award
- Edwards commits to sign Pledge on CSPAN; Alum presents handwritten copy within 90 minutes
- Huckabee becomes first Republican to sign Pledge, says the “sacrifices of its ordinary people” made America great
- McCain touts AmeriCorps volunteers as “the best we ever had,” declines to sign Pledge
- Presidential Pledge Round-up
- Huckabee takes a step and leads GOP on National Service
- Steiner makes case for expanding AmeriCorps to 500,000 members
- McCain ramps up support for National Service on the stump; questions remain…
- Congresswoman Sanchez (D-CA) agrees to join National Service Caucus
- Governor Dean believes 70% of our generation should serve and signs ServeNext.org T-shirt
