A Year of Service with Erin Finucane

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"Our research shows that up to 5 million young Americans would step forward and serve their country for a year if given the opportunity."

Posted

Mar 01, 2016

The unemployment rate for young people is higher than that for the overall population. Hunger, poverty and homelessness are also challenges we face in our country today. Erin Finucane, the Managing Director for Movement Building at Service Year Alliance discusses a bipartisan campaign that would benefit these groups, as well as the country overall. Visit Service Year Alliance on the web, Facebook or follow on Twitter.

Produced by: National Newsmakers Team
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