Save the Date: OFA 'listening tour' in Fresno Saturday, May 2

Organizing For America (formerly Obama For America) has announced that it is sending a representative to Fresno on Saturday, May 2, to conduct a "listening tour"... and Volunteers For Change-Fresno members are invited to participate.

On that date, OFA representative Mike Petzold will be in Fresno to hear what people expect from the Obama administration and to discuss how the network we built during the campaign can continue to work in their communities.

We're still waiting for additional details (such as the time and place of the "listening tour" stop), but we wanted to get a note out as soon as we could, so Volunteers For Change-Fresno members can Save the Date on their calendars.

More information to follow, as soon as it's available. In the meantime, watch our V4CF Action Blog for details.

President signs AmeriCorps expansion; renews the call to service

From the Associated Press, via Yahoo News:

Obama urges citizens to undertake national service

Calling on Americans to volunteer, President Barack Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill Tuesday that triples the size of the AmeriCorps service program over the next eight years and expands ways for students to earn money for college. "What this legislation does, then, is to help harness this patriotism and connect deeds to needs," said Obama, a former community organizer in Chicago.

"It creates opportunities to serve for students, seniors and everyone in between," he said. "And it is just the beginning of a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to involve our greatest resource — our citizens — in the work of remaking this nation."

The full article can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/ct6ht6