Civilian Conservation Corps

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  4/6/2021
  

  In Reimagining a Key New Deal Program, Joe Biden can Eliminate its Racism

  by Katie Thornton

  Advocates for a new federal initiative modeled on New Deal-era conservation work programs must acknowledge and fight against the racial discrimination those programs perpetuated. Stories of the relatively few Black men who developed leadership skills and developed careers from CCC service show, however, that such programs could promote opportunity. 

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• SOURCE: Mother Jones
  10/26/2020
  

  How About Reviving the Civilian Conservation Corps?

  Joe Biden has proposed something akin to the CCC if elected: the Civilian Climate Corps. Workers would manage forests, restore ecosystems, and even remove invasive species. 

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• SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer
  8/31/2020
  

  Millions of Young Men Toiled in FDR’s ’Tree Army’ to Help End the Great Depression. Could it Work Again?

  Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon are introducing legislation for a revived version of the New Deal-Era Civilian Conservation Corps, seeking to create jobs in forestry, parks, and land conservation. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  5/18/2020
  

  7.7 Million Young People Are Unemployed. We Need a New ‘Tree Army.’

  by Collin O'Mara

  Today, there’s plenty to do for a revitalized conservation corps that would put young Americans back to work.