The White House Invites You to a Special United We Serve
August 22 2009 10:14 AM Filed in: Member
Submissions
Dear
White House Partners,
This summer, President Obama and the First Lady unveiled United We
Serve, a call to service challenging all Americans to help lay a new
foundation for growth in this country by engaging in sustained,
meaningful community service this summer and beyond.
Please join us for a United We Serve | Arts and Humanities conference
call, hosted by the Corporation for National and Community Service in
cooperation with the White House Office of Public Engagement:
Thursday, August 27, 3:00 p.m. (EST).
R.S.V.P.: We will be able to accommodate the first 500 people who go
to www.AmericansForTheArts.org/serve/rsvp/index.asp and sign up to
join the call.
I’ll be facilitating the call. We’ll also have key representatives from:
Corporation for National and Community Service
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
Americans for the Arts
State Humanities Councils
The purpose of United We Serve—a project of the White House and the
Corporation for National and Community Service—is to engage all
Americans in the nation’s economic recovery at a time of great
challenge and great opportunity. It started on June 22—when the First
Lady launched United We Serve at the National Conference on
Volunteering and Service—and culminates with September 11, a new
National Day of Remembrance and Service. The president and First Lady
are challenging people young and old, in communities large and small,
to roll up their sleeves and work together to tackle some of the
nation’s toughest issues: education; health; energy and the
environment; community renewal; and safety and security.
The Administration knows that the arts and humanities are and must
continue to be actively engaged in strengthening communities across
the country. United We Serve seeks to encourage and recognize that
work this summer, on September 11, and beyond. Whether you are an
individual artist or a professor, a major national network of
organizations, or somewhere in between, I hope you will join us on
this call as we share the most up-to-date information on the
Administration’s plans for United We Serve; offer some ideas for how
you can connect with the initiative; and ask you to share ideas with
one another for how best to engage the arts and humanities communities
in the President’s call to service. (For example, Americans for the
Arts is launching serve.artsusa.org.)
See these two documents, and don’t forget to R.S.V.P. Thanks for your
time. I look forward to speaking with you soon.
In service,
Kalpen Modi
Associate Director | White House Office of Public Engagement
This summer, President Obama and the First Lady unveiled United We
Serve, a call to service challenging all Americans to help lay a new
foundation for growth in this country by engaging in sustained,
meaningful community service this summer and beyond.
Please join us for a United We Serve | Arts and Humanities conference
call, hosted by the Corporation for National and Community Service in
cooperation with the White House Office of Public Engagement:
Thursday, August 27, 3:00 p.m. (EST).
R.S.V.P.: We will be able to accommodate the first 500 people who go
to www.AmericansForTheArts.org/serve/rsvp/index.asp and sign up to
join the call.
I’ll be facilitating the call. We’ll also have key representatives from:
Corporation for National and Community Service
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
Americans for the Arts
State Humanities Councils
The purpose of United We Serve—a project of the White House and the
Corporation for National and Community Service—is to engage all
Americans in the nation’s economic recovery at a time of great
challenge and great opportunity. It started on June 22—when the First
Lady launched United We Serve at the National Conference on
Volunteering and Service—and culminates with September 11, a new
National Day of Remembrance and Service. The president and First Lady
are challenging people young and old, in communities large and small,
to roll up their sleeves and work together to tackle some of the
nation’s toughest issues: education; health; energy and the
environment; community renewal; and safety and security.
The Administration knows that the arts and humanities are and must
continue to be actively engaged in strengthening communities across
the country. United We Serve seeks to encourage and recognize that
work this summer, on September 11, and beyond. Whether you are an
individual artist or a professor, a major national network of
organizations, or somewhere in between, I hope you will join us on
this call as we share the most up-to-date information on the
Administration’s plans for United We Serve; offer some ideas for how
you can connect with the initiative; and ask you to share ideas with
one another for how best to engage the arts and humanities communities
in the President’s call to service. (For example, Americans for the
Arts is launching serve.artsusa.org.)
See these two documents, and don’t forget to R.S.V.P. Thanks for your
time. I look forward to speaking with you soon.
In service,
Kalpen Modi
Associate Director | White House Office of Public Engagement
