Monday, July 13, 2015
Rockefeller Announces Joint Initiative with Obama Administration to Create New Resilience AmeriCorps Program
The Rockefeller Foundation announced their latest commitment to building resilience in communities across the country through the launch of Resilience AmeriCorps. The pilot program will be dedicated to recruiting, training, and embedding VISTA members in up to 12 communities nationwide, including some of those in the 100 Resilient Cities network. AmeriCorps VISTA members will support the development of resilience strategies to help communities better manage the unavoidable and avoid the unmanageable. The multi-agency initiative includes the Department of Energy (DOE), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), and Cities of Service....