AmeriCorps’ P-12 Education Advisor Terra Wallin highlights the progress of the National Partnership for Student Success and the need for continued student support.

When you choose AmeriCorps, you choose to make a difference in your community and your life, too. AmeriCorps alum and current AmeriCorps State and National Training Manager Colleen Holohan shares how the relationships she created during service transformed her life. 

As AmeriCorps turns 30, there's no denying the tremendous impact it has had on our communities nationwide.

Our twenties are a time for new experiences, creating our future, and living life to the fullest. There will be challenges, people that come and go, and difficult choices but choosing the direction of your life is exciting, empowering and sometimes a little frightening. But this phase of life should also be fun. Here are five ways to get your twenties off to a great start.  

Channel your passion into service, kickstart your career, and leave a lasting impact.

Many of us share a common goal to make a difference in the lives of others. But too often, resources like time and money prevent us from stepping up. Besides, with so many options, where do you even start?

AmeriCorps Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Nathaniel Benjamin shares his thoughts on national service ahead of the Juneteenth and Father’s Day weekend.  

The past few years were difficult.  

The global pandemic and events of 2020 and 2021 emphasized the inequity in our world. Communities from San Jose to Chicago, Charleston, Pittsburgh, El Paso, Atlanta, Buffalo, and beyond are still healing from hateful attacks. Americans are looking to rebuild and break down barriers that lead to such tragedy.   

Madalyn is an AmeriCorps VISTA member at University of Maine. After struggling with burnout and fatigue, Madalyn joined AmeriCorps with the purpose to help make education more accessible at the nonprofit level.

Meadow Wheaton is an AmeriCorps member serving in the VISTA program with Nez Perce Tribe Wapaayatat Water Resources Climate Program in Idaho.  

For tens of millions of people in America, a daily meal isn’t a choice between different dishes. It’s a choice between food and other crucial needs—like medicine, electricity, or childcare.