Michael Smith on AmeriCorps and The Future of Service

<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a part of our</span></em> <a href= "https://gettingsmart.com/newpathways/"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">New Pathways campaign</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. In partnership with ASA, the Gates Foundation, Stand Together and the Walton Foundation, the New Pathways campaign will question education’s status quo and propose new methods of giving students a chance to experience success in what’s next. </span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by Michael Smith, CEO of</span> <a href="https://americorps.gov/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">AmeriCorps</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, the federal service agency connecting individuals and organizations to tackle the nation’s most pressing challenges. Michael also served as executive director of the</span> <a href="https://www.obama.org/mbka/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">My Brother’s Keeper Alliance</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and as director of Youth Opportunity Programs at the</span> <a href= "https://www.obama.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Obama Foundation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Prior, he was the White House’s Director of the Social Innovation Fund.</span></p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://americorps.gov/leadership/chief-executive-officer"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Michael Smith</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">bio</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://americorps.gov/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">AmeriCorps</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://americorps.gov/serve/fit-finder"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">AmeriCorps Fit Finder</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/