Serve America in Your Encore Career

03/17/2009 - 05:10:42pm

They’re only a small part of much larger legislation, but encore careers may be one of the enduring legacies of the Serve America Act that is now before Congress and is expected to be sent soon to President Obama for his signature.

The bipartisan bill, which paves the way for a major expansion of national service opportunities for people of all ages, places public service at the center of the new stage of work that is emerging between the end of midlife careers and true old age. It calls on people who have finished their midlife work to put their experience to work transforming education, reducing poverty, improving health care and protecting the environment.

How Will You Serve America?

03/17/2009 - 02:46:04pm

“We need your service right now, at this moment in history. I’m asking you to stand up and play your part. I’m asking you to help change history’s course, put your shoulder up against the wheel. If you do, I promise you your life will be richer, our country will be stronger, and someday, years from now, you may remember it as the moment when your own story and the American story converged, when they came together, and we met the challenges of our new century." --President Barack Obama

The bipartisan Serve America Act creates encore fellowships and encore service opportunities that can use your experience to transform education, reduce poverty, improve health care and protect the environment.

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SERVICENATION SUMMIT: Energy, celebration, momentum

09/15/2008 - 01:34:44pm

John Gomperts, president of Civic Ventures and CEO of Experience Corps, reported on the ServiceNation Summit last week in New York:

A couple of overview thoughts: tremendous energy, fantastic celebration and feeling of forward momentum.

The show started with a very good video about 9/11 response, quite moving stuff well presented. And then the spotlight went on the stage and Melinda Doolittle of American Idol fame sang the national anthem. A pretty stirring start.

And then the parade of speeches. Big ones were Mike Bloomberg (excellent), Laura Bush (first rate), and Admiral Mullen, (Chair of the Joint Chiefs, very good). Laura Bush mentioned Experience Corps by name, which was pretty outstanding. A real highlight.