The good news is that there is a detailed Wikipedia entry on national service. And it happens to include the following:
In January 2008[vague], various military, civic, education, and social justiceleaders, including R. Sargent Shriver (founder of the Peace Corps), Alan Khazei & Michael Brown (founders of City Year), and Shirley Sagawa (1st Director of AmeriCorps), in conjunction with dozens of private organizations[vague], started the ServiceNation Campaign. The stated goal of the campaign is to implement universal national service in the United States by 2020
The bad news is the Wiki-authorities have concluded that the national service entry is not entirely up to snuff. In fact, there is a note inserted in the article which says:
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This article or section needs to be wikifiedto meet Wikipedia’s quality standards. Please help improve this article with relevant internal links. (March 2008) |
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The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page.(March 2008) Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. |
And later, in the section titled The birth of AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National and Community Service there is another note, which says:
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This article or section is written like an advertisement. Please help rewrite this article from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for speedy deletion, using {{db-spam}}. (March 2008) |
An advertisement? Clearly, the ServiceNation community, or anyone who knows and cares about the history of service, needs step up and start revising. Shirley? Zach? Robert G.? Anyone?
“I wrote six-volumes on the ”History of the Second World War” and four on “A History of the English Speaking Peoples.” Surely one of you can manage a measly and reasonably accurate Wikipedia entry on national service.”
Tags: Alan Khazei, City Year, Michael Brown, national service, Shirley Sagawa, Wikipedia
