Kristen Bennett

So usually there's the specific skills that you'll obtain that are tied to the service itself, right? So you might leave with some very hard skills, say, if you were focused on energy efficiency and part of what you learned to do was weatherize homes or install solar panels. So there's those types of opportunities. There's skills that you might learn if you want to pursue a career in education.

Being in a school, learning how to work with children, learning how to deliver interventions in that sense. So there's very specifics depending on the service you choose and what you take on. And then there's more universal things. We have learned that people who do a year of service are more likely to stay civically engaged afterwards. So they're more likely to vote.

Being in a school, learning how to work with children, learning how to deliver interventions in that sense. So there's very specifics depending on the service you choose and what you take on. And then there's more universal things. We have learned that people who do a year of service are more likely to stay civically engaged afterwards. So they're more likely to vote.

Being in a school, learning how to work with children, learning how to deliver interventions in that sense. So there's very specifics depending on the service you choose and what you take on. And then there's more universal things. We have learned that people who do a year of service are more likely to stay civically engaged afterwards. So they're more likely to vote.

They're more likely to volunteer ongoing. And even potentially more interesting, we've learned that they're also more inclined and interested in having conversations and working with people who they disagree with.

They're more likely to volunteer ongoing. And even potentially more interesting, we've learned that they're also more inclined and interested in having conversations and working with people who they disagree with.

They're more likely to volunteer ongoing. And even potentially more interesting, we've learned that they're also more inclined and interested in having conversations and working with people who they disagree with.

This is a really important part of it. Most of these opportunities are public-private partnerships. So there's federal dollars from AmeriCorps that fund a lot of these. And then there's more than one-to-one match of funds that are coming from philanthropy or from school systems or other local sources that do go into paying each person.

This is a really important part of it. Most of these opportunities are public-private partnerships. So there's federal dollars from AmeriCorps that fund a lot of these. And then there's more than one-to-one match of funds that are coming from philanthropy or from school systems or other local sources that do go into paying each person.

This is a really important part of it. Most of these opportunities are public-private partnerships. So there's federal dollars from AmeriCorps that fund a lot of these. And then there's more than one-to-one match of funds that are coming from philanthropy or from school systems or other local sources that do go into paying each person.

One of the reasons why we think it's important that there be really solid wraparound benefits and supports for someone in service is so that it can be something that regardless of your socioeconomic background or what kind of like financial safety net you might have, that you can do this.

One of the reasons why we think it's important that there be really solid wraparound benefits and supports for someone in service is so that it can be something that regardless of your socioeconomic background or what kind of like financial safety net you might have, that you can do this.

One of the reasons why we think it's important that there be really solid wraparound benefits and supports for someone in service is so that it can be something that regardless of your socioeconomic background or what kind of like financial safety net you might have, that you can do this.

I think that John has great, great points and is thinking about this in... In a way that I can really relate to, there has not been a lot of political support in our country for mandatory service, like compulsory service. But at the same time, I don't think it needs to be mandatory for...

I think that John has great, great points and is thinking about this in... In a way that I can really relate to, there has not been a lot of political support in our country for mandatory service, like compulsory service. But at the same time, I don't think it needs to be mandatory for...

I think that John has great, great points and is thinking about this in... In a way that I can really relate to, there has not been a lot of political support in our country for mandatory service, like compulsory service. But at the same time, I don't think it needs to be mandatory for...

more people to be able to do it and for these types of experiences to exist at scale and to play a much bigger role in bringing people together. So one of the benefits I think to a year of service is the fact that someone chooses to do it. And that allows people to be motivated by so many different things to come to the table.

more people to be able to do it and for these types of experiences to exist at scale and to play a much bigger role in bringing people together. So one of the benefits I think to a year of service is the fact that someone chooses to do it. And that allows people to be motivated by so many different things to come to the table.

more people to be able to do it and for these types of experiences to exist at scale and to play a much bigger role in bringing people together. So one of the benefits I think to a year of service is the fact that someone chooses to do it. And that allows people to be motivated by so many different things to come to the table.

Like we've heard this a lot from veterans, right, in the military space, that when you're out in the trenches together, it does not matter who you voted for, where you came from, or which God you may or may not pray to. At the end of the day, we're on a mission together, and that's like what we have to solve.