Resolution Number SF08.14
Support Of Incentives For Voluntary Universal National Service
WHEREAS, public service has been consistently identified among the highest responsibilities of a citizen in a republic by two millennia of philosophers, historians, and political theorists; both Cicero and Thomas Jefferson defined the universal investiture in service to the commonwealth as desirable and necessary for the preservation of a just union; and
WHEREAS, voluntary national service may take varied forms, including the provision of needed social services to the local community at home (as with AmeriCorps or educational/medical assistance to underserved areas) or the advancement of the national interest abroad (as with the Foreign Service, Peace Corps, or Armed Forces); and
WHEREAS, the fashioning of a modern social contract to promote voluntary national service for all Americans must accommodate competing economic, educational, and social demands inherent in contemporary life; so therefore
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party calls upon the United States Congress to reauthorize the Corporation for National and Community Service, authorize new national service programs, and appropriate sufficient resources to support the efforts of Americans seeking to serve the public interest; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party shall communicate the passage of this resolution to the California Democratic Congressional Delegation; both U.S. Senators from California; the Chair of the House Education and Labor Committee; the Chair of the House Appropriations Committee (Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies); and the Government Relations Office of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Authored by Steve Krantz (41st AD), Valley Grassroots for Democracy;
Roz Teller (43rd AD); and Peter Rudinskas (48th AD)
Passed by Los Angeles County Democratic Party Resolutions Committee 5/6/08
Passed by Los Angeles County Democratic Party 5/13/08 (Contact: Agi Kessler)
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Adopted by the Executive Board
Of the California Democratic Party
At Its Executive Board Meeting
Westin Hotel, Millbrae
June 15, 2008 | 
