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June 07, 2005
Americorps
Upon Tim's suggestion, I started looking into what Americorps was about. It's a little bit less appealing to me, personally, but for anyone who is interested, here is a little bit more information. First of all, I gathered my information from Americorps.gov, the official website of the Americorps. It is basically like the Peace Corps except all of its assignments and projects are here in America. It is also tied to 2,000 other organizations in the U.S. Unlike the Peace Corps, however, Americorps does not requier a 2 year commitment. Instead, commitment to Americorps is about 10 months to 1 year, and memebers often commit themselves again. Assignments vary, but the include tutoring, mentoring, disaster relief, cleaning up inner cities or trails, building affordable housing or teaching computer skills.
Although Americorps has the element of being close to home, it doesn't really appeal to me and I am not sure why. I think that there is something less exciting about being here. But it definitely sounds like a good alternative so I will keep digging into it.
America is so vast that some parts of the U.S is the complete opposite of another. There has to be a reason why churches have all of these "mission trips" that my best friend used to go to each summer. She would tell me stories about how poor they were and how different it was. I guess I will have to figure this out for myself!
Posted by thao0226 at June 7, 2005 02:46 PM | How to Save the World