Supporters & Signers

"If this proposal was enacted as written it would be the greatest tool imaginable to improve the battered image of the

United States

and would restore it to its former high place in people's mind. It would be a fantastic opportunity to undue the damage to our national prestige and to show, in face to face encounters, the good ideas and humanitarian values that this nation is based upon

"If enacted, this proposal would drive a stake through the heart of the propaganda that comes from Al Queda and other terrorist cells that seeks to portray us as "the enemy". And this proposal is cost-effective and would make a powerful statement all over the world..."

"I applaud your (PLI's) efforts to find new ways to encourage involvement by our fellow citizens in domestic and international affairs- to not only help to improve our international relations, but also assists us in our own philosophical and practical understanding of the multitude issues of our world.

"Your proposals and national programs will provide new opportunities for all of us to become more educated on the issues of the day and make strategic plans for the future. They will encourage more people from throughout the country to assist in strengthening our own American government, and democratic and peaceful governments around the world."

"...Today, Americans are increasingly aware that the political process needs more citizen involvement to offset the lopsided power of special interests. Efforts such as those by the People's Lobby, Inc. reflect a level of civic involvement that allows Americans to help create laws that benefit all of us.

For these reasons, I strongly encourage citizens and our Congress to add the AWSC Congressional Proposals to our nation's toolbox..."

" In California and across the nation, we have many unaddressed needs that will exacerbate the challenges we will face tomorrow.

To address those challenges adequately, we need to involve more Americans and Californians in addressing domestic as well as international concerns. Doing so not only improves the world, it also increases our understanding of the complexities facing us at home and abroad..."

Lt. Col., USAF, ret. Dr. Bob Bowman, directed all the "Star Wars" programs under Presidents Ford and Carter, recipient of the Eisenhower Medal, George F. Kennan Peace Prize is doing a 30 state Patriots Tour. In his Presidential State of the Union speech, he says when he is President, "America will have the American World Service Corps..." June 07.

Former Senator Harris Wofford, who helped establish the Peace Corps and Americorps, on why we need a robust volunteer national service program,

...It deploys a peaceful army that eliminates the need for war by containing and erasing terror... Therefore, I am asking all of you who support our Strategy of Generosity and Global Marshall Plan http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/article.php?story=20070226095019665 to also help introduce and implement the AWSC Congressional proposals..

Imagine Peace! (Click for full statement) Michael Berg, father of decapitated son Nick Berg, and 2006 Candidate for Congress in Delaware.

"But I do not have to imagine peace anymore. I recently learned of an organization called Peoples Lobby sponsoring citizen-initiated World Service Corps Congressional Proposals. They have proposed legislation that were our congress to enact it would surely bring about world peace. It does not depend on bombs, tanks, guns and bullets. It does depend on the good hearts of the American people."

The World Service Corps is a World Winner!
The World Service Corps idea, vision, and bill moving before Congress go to the heart of what America is all about. The WSC is a powerful non-partisan call to America ’s young people and those who are older who share....
...It could not come at a better time...
The caring and working together is good for everyone, both those who serve and those who are served. The World Service Corps will stand as a beacon of hope and courage....It will go ...John Rensenbrink click for inspiring endorsement..
Co Founder Green Party of the United States,
President, The International Society for Universal Dialogue,
Professor Emeritus, Department of Government,

"I support the World Service Corps petition. Our country and world will benefit from having one million volunteers. The additional incentives made possible by the World Service Corps are cost effective ways to encourage volunteering. We sometimes forget that the Peace Corps, started in 1961, has less than 8,000 people in the field. America can do a better job of combating terror with this large force delivering goodwill and a non-violent hand-up."

Dave Dionisi

President, Freedom From War

Author of American Hiroshima

Former Army intelligence officer

The World Service Corps is an idea whose time has come. The Peace Corps laid the groundwork by sending citizen ambassadors from the United States to perform humanitarian service throughout the developing world. The World Service Corps expands upon this mission by providing appropriate volunteer resources to meet the human needs resulting from catastrophic events and mobilizing patriotic Americans to address the root causes of poverty and violence around the world.

Charles Brown, Lt. Col. U.S.A.F. March 2006

Candidate, California 4th Congressional District www.Brown4Congress.org

I have known and admired Dwayne Hunn for many years as an activist, and was an early supporter of his World Service Corps proposal. It seems clear to me a national service proposal such as this, with military service as one of the options, would provide invaluable experience to our own citizens in making them better citizens of the world, and also to help so many other countries in so many other ways. In fact, it may not only be the best way, but perhaps the only way, to help undo the damage done to our national reputation in recent years.

Greg Brockbank, President of the: College of Marin Board of Trustees, Social Justice Center of Marin, Marin Democrat Club, Marin Coalition, and candidate for Chair of Democratic Central Committee of Marin. (* Titles are for identification purposes; does not imply organizational endorsement.) 10-05

""Volunteering in the service of our nation is one of our country's great traditions, but sadly one that is in decline. Dwayne Hunn's World Service Corps, which would establish a national service corps among America 's youth, is a creative proposal for re-establishing service as a national ideal. At a time when our county is increasingly unsure of its purpose in the world, and our youth uncertain of what it means to be an American, the People's Lobby's citizen-initiated World Service Corps proposals provide a thoughtful and proactive path for the future."

"The WSC concept is an excellent refinement of the mandatory National Service concept I supported when I ran for Congress 25 years ago."

"Of course I will support it. In 1990-92 I served as Chairman of the first President Bush's Commission on National Service." Pete. 2-10-06

Lloyd Wells, Author of Recreating Democracy, Breathing New Life Into American Communities. 2005

Dennis McQuaid of McQuaid, Bedford & Van Zandt was Republican Congressional Candidate in 1980 & 1982, and then Councilmember and Mayor of Novato. August 2005