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President Biden continues to divide us, Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) President and CEO Jeff Eshelman said.

On the stipend i receive and paying for nutritious food has been a struggle, so i actually signed up for snap back in april of this year. and its really just made a big difference in the amount of food i can afford, the diversity of food i can afford. so im not just buying like, you know, instant ramen and peanut butter. it has really expanded my access to food and been important for me in this short period of time as im serving through ameri corps. >> and you deserve to have nutrition in your l...

From paper to pearls how to turn waste paper into jewelry. in the eastern one city of a woman gonna pay for waste is a huge problem tons of paper are thrown away theyre not recycled d.c. is ameri corps has esther wanted to tackle the problem. she dug used paper at the local high school where anything from old calendars to used writing paper can be found. burning paper harms the environment. so she decided to create something useful. there then turned into bracelets necklaces and earrings. it tak...

Wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. we are the ones weve been waiting for. we are the change that we seek. >> hard to argue with that sent. but not too hard to defund it. one of the programs that could once again be in jeopardy is the national service organization putting young people to work tackling the nations toughest problems in exchange for small living stipend and scholarship. it promised to keep strong levels of funding for national service including ameri corps...

Stories and their incredibly inspiring. is there one that stick out that best exemplifies what you do? >> the work in education is incredible. theres one to the states and spoke no english, and through her work with an americorps member, started the year with a list of ten reasons she didnt deserve to go to college, self esteem was down, and no english. and over the course of the year, this americorps member, kate, worked with her, day in, day out, to sumpt the work of the teachers and by the en...

Of the peace corps. a grass roots movement fighting for the communities it serves, zach is the executive director and friend of the show tommy veeder is a crusader in their effort. break it down why we have to have americorps. >> thanks for talking about an issue that is not always on the front page of the papers and is critical to communities that are underserved. what were talking about kids who take a very small stipend to do disaster relief in places like colorado or joplin missouri or after...

That takes it down to 11.8%. compare it to the national average of 7.8%. the trend may head in the right direction, but our next guests work is far from done. young people are ready, willing and able to give back to the country. they need the opportunity to do it. >> i just always assumed work really hard, get an undergraduate degree, go to grad school if you need to and it will open up more doors. it didnt turn into that. >> the problems of our society are so big and so complex right now. it ca...

Dont want to limit conversations to what the fed is doing or isnt doing because we need a lot more than that. >> i actually want to double down even more on the american jobs act. he should go before the country and say we need a million youth jobs. and they can do it through ameri-corps. they approved 250 thou. a lot of which hasnt been funded. theres a lot of work to do. so a million youth jobs and then another million on top of the million in the americans job act in public sector, wpa, direc...

House. the tea party numbers dont add up. well talk about that later in the show with somebody who will defend them. we on this show are going to try to do something with every politician who comes before us. were going to say, name your cut. were tired of flim-flam, tired of smoke and mirrors. were going to say, show us the number, show us how youre going to do it. >> this should be interesting, a week and a half before the midterm election, were going to force people to say, okay, im going to ...

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