{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AmeriCorps Connections","title":"250 & Beyond | Selfless, Targeted Service. A Labor of Love.\" | Shawn Durnen","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1633,"description":"Shawn Durnen will tell you that national service saved his life. And then he built an organization so it could do the same for others.A veteran and AmeriCorps VETCO alum, Shawn is the founder and CEO of Nine Line Veteran Services — built from the ground up over 15 years. His service year in Washington State sparked everything: grant writing, community coordination, housing support, and one-on-one conversations with veterans navigating some of the hardest moments of their lives.Now Shawn chairs the Greater Pierce County Continuum of Care under HUD's homeless initiatives, volunteers at community events with his family, and advocates loudly for veterans to use the benefits they've earned. His challenge to fellow vets: if you don't use them, they disappear — and your hesitation is the same hesitation your fellow service member has. Use them. For your family. For the next one.His service philosophy is simple and loud: be a voice for the voiceless. Civic engagement IS community service. And it takes people who've been on the ground to make legislators understand what policy actually looks like in real life.\"Selfless, targeted service through kindness and community — that's a labor of love.\" — Shawn Durnen#StillGettingThingsDone_______________________________________ 🤝 This episode is part of a special series produced in partnership with 250&Beyond: Our American Story and our partners: The National Museum and Center for Service — A national organization developing a truly national museum and center dedicated to honoring and inspiring service in ALL its forms. Independent Sector — The only national membership organization that brings together a diverse community of changemakers, nonprofits, foundations, and corporations working to strengthen civil society and ensure all people in the United States thrive. WETA — Founded in 1961, WETA is the leading public broadcasting station in the nation's capital, serving their community with educational, cultural, news, and public...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/c4sc2-uOGbHbwtPQX335ur5oQHYsLQ6rDBkAM2hvRNU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQwMjg4LzE2OTIz/OTQ2NzctYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}