The Senator Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

Yesterday the United States Senate voted to triple the size of Americops, giving tens of thousands of people the opportunity to serve their communities. Below are some articles recapping this historic vote.

The House of Representatives passed a similar bill last week and will vote on this bill on Monday. Stay tuned for more updates.

Have a great weekend,
CYNY

New York Times, Salt Lake Tribune,Reuters,The AP,USA Today,& WSJ Blog.

City Year New York on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show this Tuesday, March 24th

CYNY’s executive director, Itai Dinour will be appearing on Brian’s show along with a CYNY corps member, Shannon Spafford and Dr.Robert Balfanz, an Associate Research Scientist from the Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University who is an expert in the field of the high school dropout crisis. Our segment is scheduled for 10:40AM, tune in, call in (212-433-9692) or email questions for the group.

Listen online at www.wnyc.org or if you are in NYC tune your radio to 93.9 FM.