Lots of talk, will there actually be action?

There's been a lot of chatter lately about encouraging more people into volunteer work and/or entering the nonprofit and public sectors:

The Rockefeller Foundation conducted a survey last December on national service and civic engagement. Some of the findings:
• Nearly two thirds of Americans want a national call to service
• Over one third would consider entering a national service program (like the Peace Corps or AmeriCorps) if the next president called on Americans to participate
• Half think the federal government should require young people to spend three months in full time public service
Read the full results here.

Barack Obama has obliged with a plan for universal voluntary public service.

The Aspen Institute released a report last week detailing policy recommendations that would strengthen the nonprofit sector. Two of them are service-related:
• Expand recruitment and retention of a new generation of leaders for the nonprofit sector
• Make a Summer of Service a rite of passage for every middle-schooler

And then there's this article from the Wall Street Journal about how the weak job market is encouraging more college graduates to enter into a year (or more) of service.