Michael Brown

Kings. 57 years ago today, my parents, my uncle A.D., my Aunt Christine, and my paternal grandparents in Oslo, Norway for Daddy’s acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. People don’t often see my father’s parents and siblings. Would you please share this? #MLK #Legacy #Love

Today the @SenateDems & @SenateGOP confirmed Michael Smith as CEO of @AmeriCorps. Thank you @POTUS for nominating the right leader at the right time. There’s so much to do. Let’s go @MikeSmith_44 #Stand4Service #AmeriCorpsWorks

Michelle Wu has become the first woman of color, and the first Asian-American, to be elected mayor of Boston. Congratulations! nytimes.com/2021/11/02/us/…

Congrats @PFADemocracy, led by @diaviv, on launching today as the national nerve center driving attention, energy, and resources to efforts strengthening democracy in America. This work is critical for our country's future. Learn more: pfad.us

Powerful @NYTimes editorial calls for @nationalservice as a new social norm: “a year in which barriers of race, class and income were breached…could help restore a measure of the community, commitment and hope that America cries out for.” nytimes.com/2021/05/01/opi… #AmeriCorpsWorks

It is critical that communities hit the hardest by COVID-19 are at the center of the policymaking process. The next cohort of @TheNext100 Policy Entrepreneurs will do just that, and #nationalservice can be part of the solution. Learn more and apply: thenext100.org/join-next100

Congratulations to @MLB for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all citizens. There’s no better way for America’s pastime to honor the great Hank Aaron, who always led by example.

The $1 billion for @AmeriCorps in #AmericanRescuePlan is historic but the real story will be told by the lives saved and improved: Americans vaccinated, students back on track, families out of hunger, children reaching their potential; stronger communities & a more united nation.

The @WashingtonPost nails it: In the Shadow of its Exceptionalism, America Fails to Invest in the Basics: “America can put a rover on Mars, but it can’t keep the lights on and water running in the city that birthed the modern space program.” tinyurl.com/3w7m24z9

Proud to join @ChrisCoons, a tireless champion of national service, on @Morning_Joe this AM to talk about #AmericanRescuePlan investment in @AmeriCorps. New $1B will help to mobilize a national tutoring & mentoring effort to address students’ academic & socioemotional needs.

As a former social studies teacher, especially pleased to join 5 other former Secretaries of @USEDgov - @ArneDuncan, @MargaretEdu, @RodPaige, @LamarAlexander, & Richard Riley - in calling for a nat’l commitment to invest in Civics & History Ed @EADRoadmap wsj.com/articles/ameri…

"We can't afford a lost generation of students," -@JohnBKing on his call for a national service plan to help kids @MSNBC

Since we know that N95 masks are a remarkable deterrent to the virus, it seems that one big missing national strategy is for the federal government to use the War Production Act to massively increase production and send them free to every American. cnn.com/2021/01/22/hea…

It's a new day in America! A new day for racial and social justice, for inclusion and for democracy! images.app.goo.gl/u18iRSyStADKBJ…

"If we are brave enough to be it!" A powerful poem....a remarkable poet...to usher in a new day in America! Thank you @theAmandaGorman! abcnews.go.com/US/video/poet-…

If anyone had a right to question whether our democracy was worth redeeming, it was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Because in the face of billy clubs and lynchings, poll taxes and literacy tests, he never gave in to violence, never waved a traitorous flag or gave up on our country.

An extraordinary American patriot.

This is the most unAmerican moment of our lifetime. Everyone -- especially our nation's leaders -- must condemn this attack on our democracy. There must be a reckoning for those who fueled this shameful, dangerous and unacceptable attack on the US Capitol.

Kamala Harris will make history as the first U.S. vice president who is a woman, African American, and South Asian.

A nation united. A nation strengthened. A nation healed. The United States of America.