Selective Service System’s Post

📣Appropriations Update 📣 We want to thank everyone who took action this week to protect funding for @AmeriCorps & @AmeriCorpsNCCC, and the vital resources they provide community-based organizations all over the country. This week, the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that would jeopardize more than 71,000 AmeriCorps positions, risking the loss of vital resources for community-based organizations all over the country in 2026. Congress still has opportunities to protect and strengthen this funding, and we’ll need advocates like you to voice your support in the months ahead. ➡️️ TAKE ACTION: Urge Congress to reconsider this decision and protect funding for AmeriCorps by filling out this form, bit.ly/CCFY25, or share this and tag your representative, asking them to #Stand4Service [Image description: 1 graphic a black background saying, ‘Congress just jeaprodized 71,000 AmeriCorps positions, including vital roles at FoodCorps' and all capitalized text saying, ‘take action.’]

We kicking off our #AmeriCorps30 social media celebration by asking the most essential question: What is AmeriCorps? Check out this awesome video that explains the expansive roles that AmeriCorps plays to strengthen local communities. Watch now ▶️ https://lnkd.in/gnbVyECV

There are three non-negotiable tools for building and maintaining a healthy community 🤝 Learn from Community Admin Gema Haro how to make your dream team a reality!

Volunteers give their time and efforts to help achieve a shared mission. Honor their impact by reinvigorating your volunteer program with more meaningful, engaging opportunities. We put together some of our best practices for developing high-performing volunteer engagements for small staff associations in this short video: https://hubs.la/Q02tHV2L0

🔻The moment we've all been waiting for is here! ▶Our Annual Report, showcases the work of every young person, volunteer, staff, and friend of the YMCA, bringing communities together, advocating for a more sustainable future, peace-working, and inspiring action. 🙌This is the testimony of who we are, and what we as a movement can achieve together. Aligned towards YMCA Vision 2030 - Stronger together: https://lnkd.in/e3JW8Umk

In this @for_foundations course, learn how essential to the design and delivery of any grant program is the need to build relationships and trust with potential local partners – where possible, grounded activists. @OUFreeLearning @OU_FASS bit.ly/FFP-InfluencingUp

There are three non-negotiable tools for building and maintaining a healthy community 🤝 Learn from Community Admin Gemma Haro how to make your dream team a reality!

When children and youth engage in discipleship ministry, volunteer leadership grows, families strengthen, and communities thrive together. ✝️ 💪 💓 What if we prioritize reaching children and youth first to impact families for God's Kingdom? You can be the key. You can be a catalyst for a world where there is a church for EVERY child. 🙏 Click the link to learn more. https://bit.ly/3toCgb6

How to say thank you: The importance of volunteer appreciation Discover meaningful, budget-friendly ways to show volunteers you value and appreciate them. Find out how saying thank you can improve your volunteer retention and satisfaction https://buff.ly/3V4CiWb

Yesterday I partaked as a speaker and as one of the guests of honour for an online event held by Voices Online (which has over 1.3 Million community members). My talk was about how we promote peace in an increasingly volatile yet interconnected world. Some of the points I raised: 1. We need to move beyond tolerance to a place of acceptance and appreciation of difference 2. We can learn alot from others as long as we take a position of humility, respect and intent to learn. 3. Everyone can be our teacher in life not just educationalists.