AmeriCorps Alumni Connections with Gia Grier McGinnis, DrPH | VISTA

Hosting and podcast consultation provided by Producer Dan of Time or Money Production.  Thank you Dan! (p.s, he's an AmeriCorps Alumni)

1.2  Million AmeriCorps Alumni STRONG!  We are a voice for national and community service.  We have all served in one way or another - let's engage, learn and connect with each other!  Let's Serve Life After AmeriCorps!

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Today we talk with Gia Grier McGinnis | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ggriermcgin/

Big ideas and takeaways from our conversation:

1. Leveraged service to find her way to her now career self proclaimed "Service Geek".
2. Served through partnership with EPA and Children's Environmental Health Network https://cehn.org/about/staff/ 
   • Gia recruited Environmental professions to introduce environmental issues to middle schoolers. At the end of the program Gia was moved while watching the middle schools present on topics they learned about during the program and advocating! 
3. Shout out to Executive Director for CEHN, Nsedu Obot Witherspoon MPH! 
4. John's Hopkins Center for Social Concern - https://studentaffairs.jhu.edu/socialconcern/
5. University Maryland Baltimore - UMB CURE Scholars Program Website - https://www.umaryland.edu/cure-scholars/
6. Transform Mid Atlantic - AmeriCorps Opportunities   https://transformmidatlantic.org/2023-2024-vista-opportunities/ 
7. Loyola University Maryland - AmeriCorps Opportunity [Loyola Strong York Road Schools] LINK
8. Loyola’s Center for Community, Service, and Justice https://www.loyola.edu/department/ccsj
9. Follow Loyola University Maryland on IG: Loyola CCSJ (@loyolaccsj) 

Alumni Connections -

• AmeriCorps Alums LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/105198/
• Service Year Alums Corner - https://www.serviceyearalliance.org/the_alums_corner_the_scoop_after_service
• AmeriCorps Opportunities https://americorps.gov/serve/fit-finder?utm_source=google.com&utm_medium=CPC&campaign=19915328818&adgroupid=147663549757&keyword=americorps%20public%20health&device=c&gclid=CjwKCAjw__ihBhADEiwAXEazJmhpniJo61EAnlT6iWMoZII8rPJeNxtMl92iv7CQu4pwdg6WoGIgDRoCj_oQAvD_BwE
• Schools of National Service - https://americorps.gov/partner/partnerships/schools-national-service-search
• Employers of National Service - https://americorps.gov/partner/partnerships/employers-national-service

Shout out!
Hosting and podcast consultation provided by Producer Dan of Time or Money Production.  Thank you Dan! (p.s., he's an AmeriCorps Alumni) Check him out on IG - https://instagram.com/producrdan?igshid=ZDdkNTZiNTM=

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What is AmeriCorps Connections?

The AmeriCorps Connections Podcast is a space where alumni, members, and partners share how national service shapes careers, communities, and lives. Hosted by AmeriCorps alum Nicki Fiocco, each episode highlights stories of resilience, leadership, and purpose—showing that while service terms may end, the impact and connections continue.

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