Save Americorps
After 9/11, Bush pleaded with citizens to participate in public service. He promised funds for Americorps programs. Now he's renegged, and the programs are on the brink of closure from lack of funds.
Bush and Congress need to pass a $200 million supplemental budget to restore AmeriCorps funding to 2002 levels....Members of AmeriCorps provide valuable — even critical — services to our schools and neighborhoods. AmeriCorps members mentor children in at-risk schools, build homes for the poor and clean up blighted areas of communities across America.
E.J. Dionne's commentary on Americorps in the Washington Post, available here tells the story of the cuts--and the enormous support for the program.
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