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Letter from Peg Odell

In Support of Common Good

Watching a Zoom meeting last week, I saw democracy in action. My youngest child is serving in AmeriCorps Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The current administration, following Elon Musk and his demented DOGE directives, decided that federal funding for this independent agency that uses the strengths and skills of service-minded young people to benefit communities all around the United States should end immediately.

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