On December 14, 2023, the American Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ of Arts and Sciences and America’s Service Commissions convened a virtual launch event with State Service Commissions across the U.S. to share findings from new public opinion research on young Americans' views about participating in a year of national service.
The event revealed key findings from the Â鶹´«Ã½Íøվ’s research and highlighted action-oriented recommendations for state service commissions and national service organizations to integrate relevant messaging and tactics into their existing recruitment practices and processes.
In June 2020, the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ released Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century. The final report of the Â鶹´«Ã½Íøվ’s Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship, Our Common Purpose articulates the need to establish a cultural expectation of service such that participating in a year of national service can become a universal experience for young Americans from across lines of difference.
To advance this reform, the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ partnered with the America’s Service Commissions and California Volunteers to introduce a data-driven approach to building demand for national service opportunities among young Americans. The data from this research will be available on the Our Common Purpose website in Spring 2024.