AmeriCorps, Today's Depression-Era CCC

BOSTON, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, an Op-Ed co-authored by City Year CEO & Co-Founder, Michael Brown, and senior political analyst for CNN and adviser to four U.S. presidents, David Gergen, was published on CNN.com.  David is also a member of City Year's Board of Trustees. 

The piece, titled "AmeriCorps, today's Depression-era CCC," makes the case for expanding national service in America to address the nation's job crisis, give hope and meaning to young adults, and meet pressing community needs. 

"What we ask of our leaders in Washington is to consider: do we want the idealism of this new, young generation to wither or do we want to encourage it in bringing a new flowering of national spirit? In our judgment, AmeriCorps should not be cut further – far better to expand AmeriCorps."

Read the entire piece published at CNN.com here.

About City Year: City Year is an education-focused, nonprofit organization founded in 1988 that partners with public schools to provide full-time targeted intervention for students most at risk of dropping out.  In more than 20 communities across the United States and through two international affiliates, our teams of young AmeriCorps leaders support students by focusing on attendance, behavior, and course performance through in-class tutoring, mentoring, and after school programs that keep kids in school and on track to graduate.

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SOURCE City Year