1.2 Million AmeriCorps member 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!
Today we talk with Rafi Stern | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafi-stern-230b3415/ 2010 - 2011
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafi-stern-230b3415/
https://serviceyear.org/nycservice/nyc-civic-corps/
Conversation topics and highlights:
- Go ahead - start working on a volunteer tutoring program!
- Engaging community partners - "people from all walks of life".
- New Politics - https://www.newpolitics.org/ Facilitator and Outreach!
Rafi's biggest AC take always ....
- Be present - recognizing you the time you have with the people who are in our life - Love to Mom!
- Serving as an AmeriCorps member - you will be pushed out of your comfort zone.
- Collectively - Alumni can be a powerful voting block to expand service!
Extras:
- Lawyers Alliance for New York - https://lawyersalliance.org/
- Cure PSP - https://www.psp.org/
- Connect State Service Commission; New York Volunteers - https://newyorkersvolunteer.ny.gov/americorps-new-york
- Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation - https://www.guttmanfoundation.org/
- Service Year Alliance - https://www.serviceyearalliance.org/
- AmeriCorps pledge from the moon 2016 - https://ms-my.facebook.com/americorps/videos/we-were-over-the-moon-with-our-special-guest-at-the-1of1million-member-event-nas/1247132352005918/
- Exponentum - https://lawyersalliance.org/exponentum
Connect:
AmeriCorps Alumni Group LI
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/105198/
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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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