To the editor: I’m a type of affected by President Trump’s disgraceful cuts to AmeriCorps (“California, other states sue Trump administration to block cuts to AmeriCorps,” April 29). I’m a retired nurse practitioner, and this semester I began tutoring two younger Pasadena Metropolis Faculty District college students in studying as a volunteer with Studying Companions, which will get funding from AmeriCorps. On April 27, I obtained a message from the chief director of Studying Companions L.A. informing us that the nonprofit’s AmeriCorps program has been “placed on pause” [Editor’s Note: The Reading Partners program has since announced that it will resume, but with former AmeriCorps members acting as Reading Partners staff].
I used to be making good progress with my tutees, a 6-year-old first-grader and a 7-year-old second-grader. And each AmeriCorps member I’ve labored with is a devoted, dedicated skilled who’s captivated with their mission.
However in Trump’s America, God forbid we train our younger folks to be higher readers when we have to scrape collectively sufficient cash for one more large tax minimize for the president’s billionaire friends. I imply, let’s preserve our priorities straight.
Janetta Yanez, Sherman Oaks
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To the editor: I used to be a tutor with the Studying Companions AmeriCorps program earlier than getting the discover that our funding had been minimize. What is especially distressing is that there are solely three weeks left to go this semester, so the youngsters we tutor is not going to even know why we aren’t coming to see them. All of us hope that the federal government reverses its determination in order that we are able to finish out the yr with our college students and proceed subsequent yr as we assist educate our youngsters.
Andrea Sossin-Bergman, Pasadena
