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We, as a nation, must affirm and protect women’s full equality once and for all.

Washington, DC, July 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announced today 45 organizations who have been awarded federal grants to...

Washington, DC, Jan. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Monday, Jan. 15, President Biden, AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and AmeriCorps members spent the Martin Luther King,...

Washington, DC, Jan. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr., Day of Service, AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith released the following statement: “It is the honor of a...

Memphis, TN, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the national holiday, January 16, the National Civil Rights Museum will remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a daylong celebration. The public...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, AmeriCorps CEO Michael D. Smith released the following statement: “Today, on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, we celebrate...

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, will mark the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, the only federally holiday recognized as a National Day of Service....

Atlanta, GA, Jan. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of The King Center, announces a schedule of virtual programs and events in celebration of the 2022 King Holiday Observance....

Dallas/Fort Worth, Jan. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In honor of the MLK National Day of Service, Trusted Medical, DFW’s most innovative emergency healthcare organizations, is helping sort,...

RESTON, Va., Jan. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the Aerospace Special Interest Group of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE...