AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, leads the annual Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service, in partnership with the King Center, and thousands of nonprofit groups, faith-based organizations, schools, and businesses nationwide.

Away from the statehouse and near warehouses in West Baltimore, Gov. Wes Moore rolled his sleeves and poured mulch on a rain garden. He proclaimed this week as AmeriCorps Service Week and celebrated Volunteer Maryland’s 30th Anniversary.

Secretary of new state office of Service and Civic Innovation would carry out the program, which the Maryland General Assembly must still fund.

Baltimore residents Jamal Davis and Robin Kaplan convinced both AARP and Baltimore City Council to bring back funding for Experience Corps in Baltimore City Public Schools.

A radio profile of AmeriCorps service members at work around Maryland; music and conversation with ukulele songstress VictoriaVox; and artist David…

A radio profile of AmeriCorps service members at work around Maryland; a talk with Dan Fesperman about his drone-warfare novel, Unmanned; and a…