Its my happy duty to introduce and moderate the second panel. Let me just begin by introducing myself briefly. Im bill galston. Delighted to be a small cog in in the Service Alliance machine that produced this meeting. I want to thank two people in particular. Belle sawhill for conceiving of this day and working tirelessly over a period of at least six months to bring it about. And also our president john allen for lending his vast experience and immense moral authority to our enterprise this morning. And i think its a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the National Service movement. Let me introduce the question this way. If National Service is the answer, whats the question . And we have heard and i think will hear three very different kinds of answers to that question. Its useful to keep them separate. The first has to do with service as an avenue of personal growth, the expansion and the deepening of character. The second has to do with actual good done for others, ser
Okay. Oneminute warning. That invigorated people. 30 seconds. 30 seconds was particularly effective. Ill have to remember that. Well, its my happy duty to introduce and moderate the second panel. Let me just begin by introducing myself briefly. Im bill galston, a senior fellow in the Governance Studies Program here at brookings. Delighted to be a small cog in the brookings Service Year Alliance machine that has produced this meeting. I want to thank two people in particular. Bell sawhill for conceiving of this day and working tirelessly over a period of at least six months to bring it about. And also our president john allen for lending his vast experience and immense moral authority to our enterprise this morning. And i think its a sign that brookings is spiritually aligned with the National Service movement. Let me introduce the question this way. If National Service is the answer, whats the question . And we have heard and i think will hear three very different kinds of answers to t
Minutes. Now ladies and gentlemen please rise for the National Anthem sung by diane from enzi oc. [applause] ladies and gentlemen please welcome citizenship chairman michael reiser. [applause] diane ty you should know is not only a talented performer and artist, she is also a very talented fundraiser and her connection to the National Conference on citizenship is working with our service year project. You may have heard the term the franklin project. Its all a line so we appreciate your efforts on our behalf and we appreciate you bringing her talents to our state once again. [applause] i am significantly less talented. [laughter] and coc is honored to partner with Users Conference with all of the eagles in the room please stand up . People from American University please stand up. [applause] yes. Thank you for being here. This is a fall break for aau and faculty and most of the administration is at a retreat. They are students and campus in a number have joined us and we appreciate the