{"id":190490,"date":"2025-04-18T10:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=190490"},"modified":"2025-04-18T10:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:28:12","slug":"doges-dismantling-of-americorps-is-middle-finger-to-volunteers-we-will-sue-says-newsom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=190490","title":{"rendered":"DOGE\u2019s Dismantling of AmeriCorps is \u2018Middle Finger to Volunteers. We will Sue\u2019 Says Newsom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sacramento, CA…Governor Gavin Newsom announced that as the Trump Administration dismantles the AmeriCorps service program, California will both challenge the illegal action in court and accelerate recruitment<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0for the California Service Corps program \u2014 already the largest service corps in the nation, surpassing the size of the Peace Corps.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve gone from the New Deal, the New Frontier, and the Great Society to a federal government that gives the middle finger to volunteers serving their fellow Americans. We will sue to stop this.<\/p>\n

Governor Gavin Newsom<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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When the devastating fires struck Los Angeles earlier this year, AmeriCorps members were on the ground, distributing supplies and supporting families. As recently as this week, AmeriCorps members were on the ground assisting in recovery. The agency\u2019s shutdown hamstrings these efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cDOGE\u2019s actions aren\u2019t about making government work better \u2014 it\u2019s about making communities weaker,\u201d\u00a0said GO-Serve Director Josh Fryday.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cThese actions will dismantle vital lifelines in communities across California. AmeriCorps members are out in the field teaching children to read, supporting seniors and helping families recover after disasters. AmeriCorps is not bureaucracy; it\u2019s boots on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n

JFK\u2019s America:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cFor I stand tonight facing west on what was once the last frontier. The pioneers\u2026 were not \u2018every man for himself\u2019 \u2014 but \u2018all for the common cause.\u2019 They were determined to make that new world strong and free, to overcome its hazards and its hardships\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand today on the edge\u00a0 of\u00a0a New Frontier, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils, a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises \u2014 it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not to their pocketbook, it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI am asking each of you to be pioneers on that New Frontier. My call is to the young in heart, regardless of age \u2014 to all who respond to the Scriptural call: \u2018Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.\u2019 For courage, not complacency, is our need today.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Today:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Go f*** yourself. You\u2019re on your own.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

California Service Corps is the largest service force in the nation, consisting of four paid service programs:<\/p>\n