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In a speech entitled, "A Call to Serve," Illinois Senator Barack Obama recounted his experience as a community organizer and he asked those in attendance at the Cornell College campus in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, to start serving their communities.

He said, "through service I found a community that embraced me, a church to belong to, citizenship that was meaningful, the direction I had been seeking. Through service I found that my own improbable story fit into a larger American s

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Former Pennsylvania Senator Harris Wofford introduced Illinois Senator Barack Obama in Mt. Vernon, Iowa on Wednesday. Wofford, 81, was the CEO of the Corporation For National and Community Service which oversees AmeriCorps. As adviser to President Kennedy, Wofford helped establish the Peace Corps. Obama called for an increase in AmeriCorps and Peace Corps volunteers and expanded budgets for volunteering and service especially for young people.

Wofford said he was "ignit

12-15-07
Governor Huckabee talks about expanding national service, in Littleton NH.

1/7/08 - Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) discusses the power of service and human influence at a Town Hall Meeting at The Timberland Company's Global HQ in Stratham, NH with employees and AmeriCorps members with City Year New Hampshire and City Year Boston.

Mitt Romney on National Service

U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) invited ServeNext to accompany him on the Straight Talk Express as he traveled to The Timberland Company for a tour with CEO Jeffery Swartz, a meet'n greet with City Year, and a town hall meeting with employees and AmeriCorps members.

10/14/07 - U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) takes a question on the issue of National Service at a town hall meeting in Hopkinton, NH.

1/7/08 - Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) addresses the issue of National Service at a Town Hall Meeting at The Timberland Company's Global HQ in Stratham, NH with employees and AmeriCorps members with City Year New Hampshire and City Year Boston.

12/8/07 - Mayor Steve Marchand (D-Portsmouth) talks about former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-AR) and his support for National Service. This is taken from Marchand's remarks at the ServeNext NH Day of Action in Manchester at the factory of maax, Inc.

John Edwards talks about his plan for National Service in Keene, NH.

10/11/07 - U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) talks about her plan to more-than-double AmeriCorps' Eli Segal Education Award at an event on college affordability at Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH. Following the event, Senator Clinton signed the ServeNext Pledge to Expand National Service, which would effectively increase AmeriCorps' ranks from 70,000 to 100,000 members by 2012.

John Edwards commits to expand AmeriCorps by 100,000 and talks about his idea for national service.

12/8/07 - Mayor Steve Marchand (D-Portsmouth) talks about the challenges we face as Americans, how they can be addressed through National Service, and why he's supporting Governor Bill Richardson (D-NM) for President in 2008. His remarks were part of the kickoff for the ServeNext NH Day of Action, hosted by maax, Inc. in Manchester.

U.S. Senator Barack Obama answers a question from an AmeriCorps Alum on expanding National Service programs like at a Town Hall Meeting in Plymouth, NH on Thursday, October 9, 2007.

Dennis Kucinich talks to ServeNext about National Service and AmeriCorps.

May 19, 2007 - Portsmouth, NH

Rudy Giuliani talks about AmeriCorps in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Senator Chris Dodd talks about his bold new plan for national service in Nashua, NH.

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Bill Richardson in Laconia, New Hampshire.

ServeNext.org is the first political action committee dedicated to expanding national service.