AmeriCorps on the Line: What’s Happening & What We Can Do
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📢 This is not your average AmeriCorps Connections episode. We're issuing an urgent call to action.
On April 22, 2025, AmeriCorps Connections host Nicki Fiocco sat down with national service leaders Maureen Eccleston (Service Year Alliance) and Chad Driscoll (America’s Service Commissions) to discuss the unfolding threat to AmeriCorps programs across the country—including the demobilization of NCCC teams and the administrative leave of 85% of AmeriCorps agency staff.
💡 This episode breaks down:
What’s really happening inside the AmeriCorps agency
How we’re mobilizing to protect AmeriCorps programs
What YOU can do—today—to make your voice heard
🎯 Take Action Now
✍🏽 Share Your AmeriCorps Story: Submit your story to Service Year Alliance
📝 Register for the Letter to the Editor Workshop Wednesday, April 23 at 6:00 pm ET : Sign up here
📬 Email Your Members of Congress: Use this quick tool from Voices for National Service
💥 Amplify Online: Share your story and tag @AmeriCorpsAlums @ServiceYear @Voices4Service
💬 “There are 1.3 million AmeriCorps alumni. That’s a powerful voice. Let’s use it.” – Nicki Fiocco
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