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b'Today\\u2019s podcast features Amity Tripp, director of AmeriCorps Alums, a project of Hands On Network. AmeriCorps Alums connects and mobilizes the 400,000 alumni of AmeriCorps programs \\u2014 national, community service opportunities for people to serve in organizations, agencies, and schools throughout the United States. Amity is the founder of the local Washington, DC, chapter of AmeriCorps Alums, and has been on the staff of Points of Light Foundation (now merged with Hands On Network), and with the DC Commission on Voluntary Action and Service. \\n\\n\\n\\n

Amity talks with Idealist\\u2019s Amy Potthast about the role of AmeriCorps members, the long-term benefits of serving in AmeriCorps and achievements of alumni, and the work of AmeriCorps Alums nationally and locally.\\n
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To learn more about AmeriCorps Alums, go to www.americorpsalums.org. You can also read a longitudinal study released this week about the impact of AmeriCorps alumni.

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\\nAmeriCorps
\\nThe Center for Progressive Leadership
\\nThe U.S. Public Service Academy
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