AmeriCorps?

[devilgrrl]

Okay, wise and mighty FList, does anyone know about AmeriCorps? There is a job I would like through them. Anyone served? Is this a bad idea? I know nothing about them at all.

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[ecaterin.livejournal.com]

In the FWIW category, my sweetie was in AmeriCorps (this was 10 years ago, so things may have changed or may be regionally different) and it was a great experience for him. He really branched out his sense of who he was, what kind of work he could do and how much he could take on. And he was a bit older, so it wasn't a dewey eyed "oh the big wide world!" reaction :P

He's got great stuff on his resume from that 2 years and considers it to have been very valuable (and well worth the starvation wages ;P)

[littlestarletta.livejournal.com]

I know about CityYear a bit - One of my good friends from high school did it and her mom is the executive director of the Boston program.

[mamarose.livejournal.com]

The folks I know who have done AmeriCorps have really loved the experience. In more recent years though, you have less control over where you go. It used to be that they have a list of places that need your skills, and you pick. Now they just send you. If you are okay with that kind of unknowing.

Teach for America can be done by it's own right. Again, you have limited ability to request where you go, but people I know who have done it, have loved it. I have seriously considered applying with them when I graduate in May.

[postscrypt.livejournal.com]

i was actually recently looking at positions within americorp as well, so i'm glad you posted this.

i've heard some good feedback about the program. one of my high school teachers did a program where he taught in a prison for a couple of years. he still talks about it to this day. i would say give it a shot.