Public Service Ambassadors Initiative
Public Service Ambassadors Initiative
This initiative empowers AmeriCorps alumni to seek perspectives of rising leaders, foster connections, and inspire them to serve, whether in their communities or through careers in local, state, or federal government.
Overview
The Volcker Alliance is launching the Public Service Ambassador Initiative, a national program that engages AmeriCorps alumni to listen to rising leaders, build community and connection, and inspire civic purpose and service across the United States.
Communities nationwide are facing significant challenges amid declining trust and extreme polarization. Young people’s voices, perspectives, and leadership are essential to shaping the future of our country. The Public Service Ambassador Initiative empowers AmeriCorps alumni— action-oriented individual with a unique blend of practical problem-solving skills and deep commitment to the public good—to seek perspectives of rising leaders, foster connections, and inspire them to serve, whether in their communities or through careers in local, state, or federal government. By creating space for listening, connection, and inspiration, the program strengthens civic connectivity.
Why AmeriCorps Alumni?
The true promise of AmeriCorps lies not just in what members accomplish during their service year, but in what they can accomplish afterward. That’s why we are activating AmeriCorps alumni as Public Service Ambassadors. AmeriCorps Alumni bring a distinctive combination of hands-on experience and commitment to public service. Addressing local needs alongside community members fosters a lifelong lens through which alumni understand their country and appreciate their responsibility to strengthen it. AmeriCorps alumni know what it means to serve, to listen, and to lead from the ground up. Their service hones skills in facilitation, coalition-building, and policy implementation. Crucially, alumni have witnessed how engaged citizens create meaningful change—experiencing firsthand the pathways from individual concern to collective action.
The Role
Public Service Ambassadors will collectively engage thousands of young people by learning what issues they care about, listening to their perspectives on the role of government in addressing those issues, amplifying their collective voices in shaping the future of our country, and inspiring and connecting them with meaningful ways to serve.
The Volcker Alliance is seeking AmeriCorps alumni from across the country to serve in this role. As an AmeriCorps alum, you bring lived experience in service, deep community ties, and the ability to navigate diverse stakeholders, making you uniquely well-positioned to lead this work.
What Public Service Ambassadors Will Do
After completing training, Ambassadors will:
- Host listening sessions in their respective communities to understand the issues that matter most to rising leaders and explore their perspectives on the role of government in addressing those issues
- Organize community events that connect young people with current and former public servants, inspiring civic purpose and service
- Inspire and facilitate pathways to service, by guiding young people from interest to action, helping them identify volunteer roles, internships, fellowships, and career opportunities in public service that align with the challenges they care about
- Serve as trusted connectors between communities, service and youth-based organizations, universities, public servants, and public institutions