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Gettysburg Summit Media Highlights:

• To coincide with the Summit, Democracy Journal released a special national service symposium edition. The journal featured a piece Securing the American Character by General McChrystal. A shorter version of the piece also ran in Politico and can be found here. The other pieces include:
  • A Nation in Service by Democracy Journal Editors
  • Can National Service Become Integral to Our Culture? by Harris Wofford
  • The Economics: Why National Service Is Worth It by Clive Belfield
  • From Idea to Reality: A National-Service Platform by Shirley Sagawa
  • Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright published an op-ed in USA Today on June 6, D-Day About National Service.

• Yahoo! News Chief White House Correspondent Olivier Knox interviewed General McChrystal on the Gettysburg battlefield. Yahoo! News ran this story with video piece discussing national service, the Gettysburg summit and more.

• In conjunction with the Summit at Gettysburg, the Huffington Post featured a series of articles and videos about issues related to national service.
  • AmeriCorps Alums: Untapped Potential by Mary Bruce, Executive Director of AmeriCorps Alums
  • The Power of a Service Year by John Bridgeland
  • The Timeless Stories of Service and Sacrifice Continue at Gettysburg by Joanne Hanley, President of the Gettysburg Foundation
  • Ready to Serve: Fostering a New Generation of Engaged Citizens by Janet Riggs, President, Gettysburg College
  • National Service Is at a Crossroads by Ilir Zherka, Executive Director, National Conference on Citizenship 
  • Finding the Path of Global Service by Barbara Bush, CEO and Co-Founder, Global Health Corps
  • How’s Your Love Life… With Your Country? By MacKenzie Moritz, Associate Director for Strategic Partnerships, The Franklin Project 
  • The One Thing the Class of 2014 Needs to Hear Before Graduating by Zach Maurin, Executive Director of ServiceNation

With all of the big names and big announcements, #Serve2014 and #FranklinProject became trending topics in Washington DC on Twitter during the Summit. Check out this social media breakdown including our favorite quotes, pictures, and tweets from Gettysburg here.

Recent Franklin Project Media:

Videos

• HuffPost Live: The Franklin Project & Civic Responsibility: featuring Franklin Project Director Jay Mangone, Associate Director of Strategic Communications Tara Maller & Program Manager Yasmeen Shaheen-McConnell

• Bloomberg TV Bottom Line: How National Service Can Help Boost the Economy: featuring Franklin Project Director Jay Mangone

• HuffPost – Aspen Institute Channel: General McChrystal to Help Launch Tufts Program to Reenergize Civic Renewal: featuring General Stanley McChrystal

• NationSwell: McChrystal on National Service: featuring General Stanley McChrystal

• Colbert Report: Brief mention of Franklin Project: featuring General Stanley McChyrstal

Articles

• “It’s Time for a New Civic Institution” by Franklin Project Director Jay Mangone
• The Hill: Answering Our Country’s Call by Franklin Project Co-Chair John Bridgeland
• HuffPost The Aspen Institute: Expanding National Service on the College Campus by Franklin Project Co-Chair Alan Khazei
• Huff Post The Aspen Institute: A Call for Service for the New Millennium by the Dean of the Tisch College at Tufts University Alan Solomont
• Colleges are the New Frontier for the National Service Movement by the Boston Globe Editorial Team
• The Gazette: As Goes Iowa, So Goes the Nation: Volunteer by Franklin Project Co-Chair John Bridgeland
• White House Blog: Iowa Launches First-in-the-Nation Governor’s Council on National Service by Corporation for National & Community Service CEO Wendy Spencer
• HuffPost The Aspen Institute: Answering the State of the Union’s Call to Citizenship by Franklin Project Associate Director of Strategic Communications Tara Maller

Additional Aspen Institute Videos:

• Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Leadership
• 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival: McChrystal Calls for Universal National Service
• 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival: In Conversation with Stanley McChrystal (Full Session)
• A Civic Rite of Passage: The Case for National Service 
• Video+Blog Post: Gen. McChrystal Calls for Universal National Service in Wall Street Journal