Episodes 112
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Since Mar 2023
Latest Episode May 2026

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The AmeriCorps Connections Podcast is a space where alumni, members, and partners share how national service shapes careers, communities, and lives. Hosted by AmeriCorps alum Nicki Fiocco, each episode highlights stories of resilience, leadership, and purpose—showing that while service terms may end, the impact and connections continue. Tune in each week on your favorite podcast platform to listen, follow, subscribe, and share. Check it out and be part of the ongoing story of service. Watch the conversation on You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/@americorpsconnections Follow AmeriCorps Connections on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/americorpsconnections/

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Ep. 113 Shayna Canty: Pennsylvania's Youth Commissioner is Still Getting Things Done

May 26, 2026 31m

Shayna Canty didn't find AmeriCorps — AmeriCorps found her. 🙌 From a dermatologist who saw something in her she couldn't yet see in herself, to a service year in Scranton that changed everything,…

Tisha Vonique: The Third Pillar | AmeriCorps Connections

May 16, 2026 1h 7m

What happens when your AmeriCorps service doesn't just change your career — it unlocks the final piece of who you are? For Tisha Vonique, two terms of national service revealed the third pillar of…

20 Years Later, His Mural Was Still on the Wall — Rok Locksley's Life in Service

May 02, 2026 56m

What happens when an artist, a restless servant-leader, and a lifelong learner become the same person? You get Rok Locksley — AmeriCorps NCCC alum (2003), AmeriCorps State & National alum (2023),…

250 & Beyond | Breaking Stigma Is Hard. But It's Worth It | Catherine Hicks

Apr 25, 2026 16m

Catherine Hicks came into her AmeriCorps year with 30 years of tech behind her, a master's in public health ahead of her, and a personal connection to the work that made everything matter more.A…

250 & Beyond | The Best Way to See Your Community Is Through Someone Else's Eyes"

Apr 25, 2026 20m

She survived a tropical storm, was at AmeriCorps headquarters on 9/11, and once made sure volunteers were fed during the anthrax scare outside a shuttered DC hospital. And she credits all of it to…

250 & Beyond | The Work Doesn't Stop" | Libby McClayton

Apr 24, 2026 14m

What happens when your AmeriCorps service year never really ends?Libby McClayton did two years as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Office of the Mayor in Baltimore, then a third year as a State National…

250 & Beyond It's Okay Not to Be Okay" | David Konkler

Apr 23, 2026 12m

What does it look like when a veteran heals — and then turns around to help the next one?David Konkler served in the AmeriCorps VETCO program in Tacoma, Washington, supporting veterans transitioning…

250 & Beyond | An Important Stitch in the Fabric of Who We Are" | Najla Munshower

Apr 23, 2026 23m

What happens when you spend your life moving — and you bring your commitment to service with you every single time?Najla Munshower served in the AmeriCorps Veteran Leader Corps in 2012-2013 as the…

250 & Beyond | Selfless, Targeted Service. A Labor of Love." | Shawn Durnen

Apr 23, 2026 27m

Shawn Durnen will tell you that national service saved his life. And then he built an organization so it could do the same for others.A veteran and AmeriCorps VETCO alum, Shawn is the founder and CEO…

250 & Beyond | Show Up. Do What You Can. Be Ready to Leave." | Alex Schwartz 👉Happy Earth Day! 🌍🌎🌏

Apr 22, 2026 27m Transcript

Happy Earth Day!  🌍🌎🌏Alex Schwartz has a philosophy for volunteering that he picked up from a hospice care essay he read on a spring break service trip in college — and it's stuck with him through…

250 & Beyond | You Should Always Roll the Dice | Rok Locksley

Apr 21, 2026 12m

What if volunteering looked like helping someone turn a lifelong dream into a board game? 🎲Rok Locksley has been living in an Airstream with his family for four years, traveling all 48 states — and…

250 & Beyond | Once You Walk in Redbird Creek, You Always Come Back | Shelbie Simmons

Apr 21, 2026 20m

Three years later, she still goes back to volunteer. That's how deep service runs for Shelbie Simmons.Shelbie served as an American Connection Corps Fellow in Clay County, Kentucky — one of the top…

250 & Beyond | Service Is an Open Definition | Shayna Canty

Apr 20, 2026 19m Transcript

Shayna Canty didn't know what she was doing with her life — and then AmeriCorps happened. Now she's a two-time state service commissioner, a national Youth 250 representative, and one of the most…

250&Beyond | Service Heals the World | Addie Madchen

Apr 20, 2026 22m

What does service look like 25 years after your AmeriCorps year? For Addie Madchen, it never stopped.In this special edition of AmeriCorps Connections — part of our 250&Beyond: Our American Story…

Ep. 99 Serving Delaware — His Next Stop? The US Senate! Christopher Beardsley | Public Allies

Apr 05, 2026 37m

From Serving Abroad to Serving Delaware — His Next Stop? The US Senate! | AmeriCorps Connections Podcast👉We are NOT a political podcast. But when a US Senate candidate shows up who is also an…

Ep. 98 What AmeriCorps Doesn't Tell You with Callie Fishburn | VISTA

Mar 22, 2026 28m Transcript

What really happens during an AmeriCorps service year? Callie Fishburn did her VISTA year in Bennington, Vermont in the middle of a global pandemic — and came out the other side with lessons nobody…

One Year of Service. A Lifetime of Impact. | AmeriCorps Week 2026 Compilation

Mar 12, 2026 2m

🎙️ AmeriCorps Week 2026 — A Celebration of Service, Purpose & Impact"AmeriCorps just gave me purpose. It gave me perspective. It gave me passion." - Alex Schwartz (eps. 94)This special AmeriCorps…

Ep. 96 Any Service Year Works -VISTA with Cali Moore

Feb 19, 2026 39m

Cali Moore knew she would serve in AmeriCorps before she ever graduated college.After growing up in a community center staffed by AmeriCorps members, she intentionally chose to serve as an AmeriCorps…

Ep. 95 Luis Sierra Moncion on City Year: The Service Year That Shaped His Career

Feb 07, 2026 41m

In this episode of the AmeriCorps Connections Podcast, host Nicki Fiocco sits down with Luis Sierra Moncion, a City Year alum whose service year brought him full circle—back to his own high school in…

Ep. 94 Alex Schwartz: From Service Member to Supporting the People Who Serve

Jan 06, 2026 45m Transcript

What happens when you say yes to service — and keep saying yes?In this powerful and deeply human episode of the AmeriCorps Connections Podcast, host Nicki Fiocco sits down with Alex Schwartz, an…

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