68. Provide Job Training Through a Civilian Conservation Corp

WHEREAS many young Americans feel that they need to join the military in order to obtain job skills; and

WHEREAS there are many public areas in which the availability of low cost labor would improve community and environmental resources; and

WHEREAS the experience of participating in a civilian job corps program which is providing needed services to the community would be extremely valuable to both the participants and the communities being served;

THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the Maui Democratic Party calls on the Hawai`i and National Democratic Parties as well as our Hawaiian and U.S. legislators to provide a two year civilian conservation corps for all persons over the age of 16, whether high school graduates or not, wherein will be provided job skills and academic training sufficient to prepare our young people for gainful employment upon completion of the civilian conservation corps.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that successfully serving the in the Civilian Job Corps shall entitle one to the same educational benefits as serving in the military.