ServeNext profiles CT Chapter leader Katherine Jones

ServeNext, a grassroots action organization, recently announced it's list of 2011 ServeNext Organizers, which includes AmeriCorps Alums CT leader Katherine Jones, who has served with PACT as a program associate and as a heath center coordinator. For the rest of the story, and to meet the other leaders, click here.

Cutting National Service would hurt leadership development

Max Klau, director of leadership development at City Year, writes in a recent article about the ways National Service creates and fosters leaders. Here's a sample -

"Among the many good reasons why national service should be preserved, here's one case that needs to be made clearly and powerfully: National service represents a critical pipeline for developing the next generation of effective, committed, inspired civic leaders."

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