Dear Change/Wire readers and visitors from the Volokh Conspiracy,
Yesterday, we became aware that Professor Lindgren of the Volokh Conspiracy had a series on ServiceNation. We are flattered that Professor Lindgren has gone to such lengths to examine and critique the ServiceNation campaign, and we thank you for taking the time to come to our blog. However, Professor Lindgren’s piece is entirely based on the premise that we support mandatory national service. We do not
We sent a letter to the Volokh Conspiracy explain this and letting them know we are happy to speak on the phone if anything requires further clarification. We respectfully requested that they post a response, but they have not yet corrected their series or posted our letter.
To clear up any initial confusion, we have added the following FAQ to our website:
Does ServiceNation support mandatory national service?
No. We support the idea of voluntary community and national service. We are working to inspire more Americans to volunteer their time and to encourage our leaders to create service opportunities for every American who wants to serve their community and country. We do not support mandatory national service requirements
The New York Times blog picked up the Volokh post, which unfortunately has the effect of perpetuating this misconception. You can comment on the NYTimes story and help us get the facts out.
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July 24th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Service Nation States that It Does Not Support Mandatory National Service:…
I recently had a conversation with Tim Zimmerman, a spokesman for Service Nation, in which he emphasized that he and the organization he represents do not support mandatory national service. Co-blogger Jim Lindgren and I had prev……
July 25th, 2008 at 2:49 am
service can not be UNIVERSAL and VOLUNTARY.
if Universal it for have to be Mandatory. and your goal is universal by 2020?
July 25th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
[...] we talked about the misconceptions and misinformation we saw in blog posts. After a conversation with Tim, our director of communications, the Volokh Conspiracy has posted a [...]