#18 Leaving Home Without Losing a Sense of Place

Geoff Kie grew up on the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico. From learning Chinese to standing up for what he felt was right in a difficult situation, Geoff shares his journey towards education and leadership. This path also led him to AmeriCorps VISTA. He served at the...

#17 Connecting Confined People With a Chance to Serve

Our host, Sharon Tewksbury-Bloom is on the other side of the microphone this week as the guest, while Gina Byars steps into the interviewer chair. Hear about Sharon’s view on why she serves and why she started this podcast as well as a story from her own term...

#16 When We Almost Lost AmeriCorps

In running an AmeriCorps program for 15 years, Deidre Crawley faced many challenges, the greatest of which was a drastic cut to AmeriCorps programs in 2009. Deidre shares how they came through that difficult period as well as lessons in young adults supervising other...

#15 Bringing Theory to Practice

While earning a Masters of Sustainable Communities, Michael Chizhov served in AmeriCorps at Grand Canyon Trust. He enjoyed the challenge of bringing theories into his work with conservation on the Colorado Plateau. Michael is originally from Ukraine and moved to New...