that is why habitat for humanity is popular, or americorps or peace corps.rect impact locally in their communities where they can really make a difference. the good news is this is a generation with highly idealistic aspirations, a commitment to our country, but they want to see reality-based programs and solutions to do it. how we organize for that and prepare this generation is an important part of our task. >> karen? >> young people want to make a tangible difference. i spent the spring at harvard's institute of politics. a lot of young people are interested in public service. have questions about running for office and whether you really can bring about change. i was sharing with my colleagues earlier today that in my service in government, at the state department, i had the opportunity to meet some wonderful career civil servants and foreign service officers who skype their entire career and done amazing things. i do not think those stories are heard as loudly could imagine watching the iron curtain fall and helping democracy be established in countries

break it down why we have to have americorps. >> thanks for talking about an issue that is not alwayst page of the papers and is critical to communities that are underserved. what we're talking about kids who take a very small stipend to do disaster relief in places like colorado or joplin missouri or after hurricane sandy and and they give back to their communities. they serve for a year. and it's a critical part of our effort to serve these people. and we de-fund these programs at the level they were set because it's a bipartisan issue we all should get behind. >> an article from "daily beast." i joined when a republican president george w. bush recognized the value of service and signing legislation that expanded the number of service opportunities. applications hit a record of 600,000 last year but nearly 85% of those applications were turned away because this congress has refused to fully fund it. what's going on on that piece? >> there's no doubt that there's report on the republican side. we need those supporters to become champions and use political capital on the issue. last

and also, we had a guest speaker from americorp and it was chris and nicky and they talked about the opportunities that we can have through americorp and the different possibilities that that gives sac in particular, but also, other kids our age. and we adjourned at 7:15 and the next meeting is the 23rd at 5:30. >> thank you. >> item f, we have the parent advisory council report. >> good evening commissioners my name is gloria molt and i am a parent and part of the advisory council and this is my second term. and i am happy to be here. and i appreciate what you gave the parliamentary evelyn and this report under scores the importance of team building among the pac members and provides a brief description about the pac process to set the priorities for the year. and pac had its first meeting on august 28th, and one of our main objectives was to create a sense of community. and among the new and the veteran pac members before the work begins and this is a very new thing that we did this year and really getting to know the families and one another. so that we can have a commonality befo

that is why habitat for humanity is popular or americorps or score, direct impact in their communitieshere they can make a difference. the good news is this is a generation with highly idealistic aspirations, commitment to our country, but they went to see reality-based solutions to do it, how we organize to prepare the generation is an important part of our task. >> young people want to make a tangible difference. i spent the spring at the harvard institute for politics, and a lot of people are interested, and they have a lot of questions about running for politics about whether you can create change. particularly in the state department, i have the opportunity to meet some wonderful career civil servants and civil service people who have spent their entire careers and have done amazing things, and i do not think those stories are heard as loudly. helping democracy be established in countries. imagine hearing about eradicating polio. the opportunities i think that people have to serve and make an impact and to make that tangible difference and be very great in government, and i think

corps,d be in the peace americorps, or habitat for humanity. toone of the things we get do, we pay taxes, we vote, we have to serve on juries. if you are male, you have to register for selective service. that wouldow if change soon because of females in combat, but this idea that you volunteer in a way for , we have that to a degree already. we are not compelling people. we are not constricting people -- conscripting people into the military. an all volunteer force. just like anyone who volunteers for americorps, who volunteers for the peace corps, everyone who serves in the military today volunteers to serve. and i think that is important, because military service inspires other types of service. in terms of making it compulsory and mandated by law, that is a tough proposition. isbe an easier proposition to make it a cultural expectation. this idea that everybody has an opportunity to serve, and i want to interject that i was surprised as a whole that most opportunitiesat to serve and thought they were ample because there is half a million peo

targeted at youth and young adults, including this proposed contract, the maritime internship program, americorps [speaker not understood] and various college opportunities. regarding the selection process -- you heard the selection process last time you were here so i'll make it brief and there's quite a bit of detail in the report. but the last contract with conservation corps expired june 30th, 2012. on july 5th the port commission authorized us to advertise the rfp which was issued on december 20th, 2012. on january 29th, the due date, the port received one proposal from san francisco conservation corp with [speaker not understood] as a subcontractor. the port convened an evaluation panel and after scoring and reviewing the proposal, the evaluation panel recommended a contract with the san francisco conservation corps without reservation. on march 26th we came to you asking permission to enter into this contract. you provided us direction 09ctionv proposed term of the agreement, asked us to continue to negotiate and come back to you with some changes ~. specifically, you wanted to see the per

bush's points of light, bill clinton's americorps, george w. bush's freedom corps, and more recently, the passage of the serve america act which reauthorizes and expands national service programs. today congress should step up. with so much division and discord throughout the country today, national service can help bring our country closer together. drawing from lessons learned from the programs of the past, a renewed commitment to national service by this body can unleash the ingenuity of the american people and their desire to contribute to causes greater than themselves. it can channel the energy of the institutions of civil society, all to get our country moving again. think of it ... passionate, engaged young people from all backgrounds and regions across the nation tackling our toughest challenges in education, poverty, conservation, health, disaster response, reintegrating veterans and more in a truly enduring way. in my view, nothing else binds us better and has us move forward as a nation more effectively than service to our nation, p

so that seems just so clear to me that we would truly invest in americorps and other civilian servicees and just as john said he believes we can create a million jobs for our young men and women who are leaving our ranks of service, you know, during the great depression, the civilian conversation corps enabled 3 million men who serve order country who would have been largely unemployed. we mobilized this. we know we can do this. >> chelsea, final question. this came to me in the last few seconds, do you play board games with your parents like scrabble. and if so, who wins. >> we're generally a card playing family. we do play some board games. >> which card game. >> pinnacle, spade, hearts. >> deeply competitive, i would imagine. >> deeply competitive. >> who wins. >> thankfully it's an equal distribution, otherwise. >> why do i think you would say that. 33% them. >> cards. my mom is the best scrabbler. my dad in boggle. >> you? >> everyone is equally -- >> what do you do well on? >> traditional board games, backgammon, checkers. >> interesting. i could talk to you for hours. sadly we'

provided us with the self and classmates with opportunities to save communities and countries through americorpsnd continues to work for peace and prosperity around the world. i speak for myself and from my classmates when i say it's an absolute honor to continue the legacy of president clinton to the nation's first public service decree. having access to health insurance that is both affordable and covers my preexisting condition is that will allow me to continue my studies at the clinton school of public service and pursue a career in public service upon graduation. i sincerely appreciate the work of president obama for getting the affordable care act accomplished at all the work is that clinton has said over the years to improve the health of people in arkansas come united states and the world. i also want to thank arkansas governor mike beebe and the members of the air can the legislature. and a bipartisan way, they developed a pass and innovative production model that others dates can better and more possible replicate. it's now my great honor to introduce the 42nd president of the united s