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AmeriCorps VISTA is a national service program designed to alleviate poverty. President John F. Kennedy originated the idea for VISTA, which was founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, and incorporated into the AmeriCorps network of programs in 1993. [ 1 ]
Thomas A Kramer (Kansas City , Kansas ) 1970-1972 Vista Leader 1972 founder of Kramer Video Inc , Seattle, WA; Gerry Larson Susan Lish; Ki Longfellow, author; VISTA volunteer on the Blackfeet Indian reservation; William Luvaas [2] Ray Magliozzi, former host of Car Talk; James H. Maloney; George R. R. Martin
Additionally, according to a 2007 study released by AmeriCorps, a majority of AmeriCorps State and National, VISTA, and NCCC alumni within the study period claimed they had gained life and job skills, such as leadership, teamwork, time-management, and hands-on experience in a field of interest.
CEO of AmeriCorps 2021–present Incumbent This page was last edited on 25 May 2024, at 19:22 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Redlener was born in Brooklyn, New York.He received his B.A. from Hofstra University in 1964 and his M.D. from the University of Miami in 1969. In 1971, while a pediatric resident at University of Colorado Medical Center, Redlener left his program to serve as the medical director of an AmeriCorps VISTA health center in Lee County, Arkansas, the sixth poorest county in the U.S. [2] During this ...
The National Anti-Hunger and Opportunity Corps (AHOC) is a 48-member AmeriCorps VISTA program, sponsored by NYCCAH and funded by a public-private partnership of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the WalMart Foundation, and Trinity Church Wall Street. [7]
As an organizer with AmeriCorps VISTA, Moore worked to establish the Cream City Community Development Credit Union to offer grants and loans to low-income residents to start businesses. [4] For her work, she was awarded the national "VISTA Volunteer of the Decade" award from 1976 to 1986. [ 5 ]
AmeriCorps VISTA; L. List of VISTA volunteers; Y. A Year Toward Tomorrow This page was last edited on 19 October 2024, at 13:47 (UTC). Text is available under the ...