First of all, it needs to be said: Obama, get your hands off our kids. Seriously. Stop the fascist recruitment. It's sick.
Obama said he was going to build a civilian army -- and he is using our children. How? He uses the classrooms, as I exclusively broke the story here: Organizing for America recruitment in the classroom.
But AmeriCorps (can Obama pronounce the second syllable?) is the machinery for his youth army. And there is huge dough behind it -- yours and mine.
A year ago, Obama's putsch of hope and change rammed the huge “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act” (GIVE act), HR 1388, through the Senate:
He tied his FEMA Scheme for the Civilian Security Defense Force into this legislation, but now they’re called “National Volunteer Reserve Corps.” This creates images of the Peace Corps, but it is something far more sinister. In addition, the legislation is targeting foster kids, disadvantaged teens and more specifically BLACK colleges and universities. Reading the provisions, it smacks of a program tailor-made for ACORN. It is a bill that has reverse discrimination all over it as it is NOT designed for middle-class Americans to benefit from — regardless of your race.
Then in June, AmeriCorps was hit with another scandal, when the AmeriCorps Inspector General (IG) accused a prominent Obama supporter of misusing AmeriCorps grant money. This prominent Obama supporter has to pay back more than $400,000 of that grant money.
In response, Obama abruptly fired the AmeriCorps IG, Gerald Walpin. Obama sent letters to House and Senate leaders informing them that he was firing Walpin, effective 30 days from the date of the letters. (More here on Americorps -- Obama's civilian army, mandatory "volunteerism"):
Below links thanks to Laura S.
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Americorps and YSA are partners.
Look at the Kindergarteners
Why is Service-Learning Important?Service-learning allows students to create an authentic connection between what they learn in their school or organization and what occurs in their community, enhancing critical thinking and teamwork skills.
It allows students to make a personal connection with critical issues, creating significant opportunities for social, emotional, and cognitive learning and development.
As importantly, service-learning also provides a positive impact on the community served through direct and indirect service, or advocacy.
Any student of any age can participate. Both educators in schools in community-based organizations can facilitate a service-learning program.
Laura adds:
This is an Americorps funded splinter group-Youth Service America and funded through US fed gov grants. Also funded by Corporate sponsors in addition to the federal grants from Americorps and I am guessing probably some stimulus money working here, too--from what I read of the bill-heavy funding for community service groups
Americorps has definitely applied the ACORN splinter group theory of reality as many of the National partners are a variety of Americorps groups.
There have to be hundreds of Americorps groups and hundred more Americorps partners--or stake holders--ACORN would be one.
Youth Service America National Partners include:
Arab American institute
the DOD--WTF
Teach For America-this is the Americorps group that recruit across college campuses
One World Youth project and a host of others, NWF, Youth Venture Earth day--but then there are the good ones like Hillel campus and girl scouts and campfire girls.
Have the girl scouts been infiltrated?
UPDATE: Buy the clothes. That's right, a website dedicated to outfitting the zombie army.
