Ha...already in place nation wide...
Obamas "PUBLIC ALLIES"
Service program receives more, positive, media attention while solving tough social problems for communities and offering professional growth for corps members.
Public Allies has received a lot of tough press among obscure blogs this year, but with established connections to the future President and First-Lady, the outlook in the media has just gotten brighter for the national, Milwaukee-based AmeriCorps program.
Here are just a couple news items involving Public Allies in the past week since the election:
The National Public Radio show Morning Edition mentioned Public Allies this morning in a discussion of Michelle Obama’s executive experience since graduating from law school. She was the founding Executive Director of Public Allies Chicago.
The San Francisco Chronicle published this article about social entrepreneurs’s hopes for the new administration. The New York Post ran an article on Michelle Obama.
Michelle Obama chatted last week with a Newsweek journalist about her experience with Public Allies and the future of national service generally:
