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!
Today we talk with
Tray T.S. Deadwyler, CVM, CLC, CBC Connect with
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Tray on here:
Think for Good Service Nerd or search #servicenerd
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Twitter (X) Upcoming Training National service - 9/23 - 9/25 Living and leading intentionally
Big ideas and takeaways from our conversation:- NCCC Class 11' "Red Hot Oven" 2004 - 2005
- Working at a charter school in Tucson Arizona teaching poetry - realized he loved teaching!
- Tamale Festival in Coachella California! https://www.indiotamalefestival.com/
- A NCCC experience helped Tray understand that we are living from the inside out. Everyone is experiencing the same moment very differently.
- "We live lead and experience life from the inside out"
- Moved to managing the National Preparedness Response Corps with Red Cross (National Direct)
- Hands on Atlanta - https://www.handsonatlanta.org/
- Two sides of Think for Good - Leadership Development space - whole life coaching, " You can't just turn on leadership"
- "Pin point some of those pain points, we can usually create transformation everywhere"
- Supplant or replace - the limiting beliefs and practice's we have that is keeping us from thriving.
- As leaders - are you creating time to "wander"?
- Who are you right now
- Who do you want to become
- What do you want to do
- How do you want to do it?
Pulling it toward you as apposed to chasing after it - becoming that person NOW!
I am not a volunteer - I am a volunteer!
What do you foresee for us Alumni? What can we do!?
- Public Service Academy!
- Where are you on the Civic Engagement Continuum (CEC)
- Cristina Flores https://share.transistor.fm/s/4b5f1d2b
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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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