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  • City Year: An Interview with Col. Robert Gordon, III
    Today we're launching a new podcast series as part of the Idealist.org
    podcasts. Called "The New Service" podcast, the show will highlight
    service corps programs, people, and career paths.  It will be included
    along with the Idealist.org Careers Podcast feed.

    Today's guest on The New Service is Colonel Robert L. Gordon, III, Senior Vice President of Civic Leadership at City Year.
    City Year is a national service program that enables people aged 17-24
    make a difference in the lives of children and their communities. Corps
    members serve in one of 19 cities within the United States and South
    Africa. City Year is a national partner of AmeriCorps. It also plays a leadership role in the Voices for National Service and Service Nation.

    Colonel Rob Gordon oversees programs that recruit and prepare new
    corps members, support corps alumni, and engage kids and teens in the
    work of City Year. He's a graduate of West Point, Princeton's Woodrow
    Wilson School, the National War College, and the Army Command and
    General Staff College. As a White House Fellow from 1992-93, Rob helped
    with the establishment of AmeriCorps.

    Idealist's Amy Potthast talks wit Rob about how City Year develops
    its corps members as leaders; how the program is unique among
    AmeriCorps programs; and about its long-standing partnership with The
    Timberland Company. They also talk about Rob's own career path,
    involving decades of service to his country.


    28 min

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