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CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS INITIATIVE (CCCI) WE CAN TAKE IT, INC
 "The Boys In Green"
, John McCutcheon , "Untold"
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Dr. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
MISSION STATEMENT The mission of WE CAN TAKE IT, INC, a 501(c)4 non-profit based in Florida, is to advocate for the re-establishment of the United States Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC) and other public sector work programs (eg.WPA,FWA)to enable our unemployed and underemployed citizens to
be engaged in a practical peaceful community and national service. The purpose of this program is for the general benefit our community and nation. The CCC would aid in transforming our country toward
becoming a resilient, sustainable and ecologically balanced culture. Programs like these would help this society to survive, thrive and prosper as much as we did in the 20th Century. Those who enroll in the CCC would receive job training in meaningful job skills and would be first responders in disaster relief. Our name, "WE CAN TAKE IT," comes from the unofficial motto of the 20th Century CCC program. Rev. 21 November 2011 Please recommend WE CAN TAKE IT.ORG
“Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr The
CCC is a time proven,
large scale government investment in Human Capital. "WE
CAN TAKE IT!" was the unofficial motto
of the 20th Century and the name
of this non-profit and website. We Can Take It, Inc. advocates
for the passage of
that would authorize the President to re-establish the 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps as a means of providing gainful employment to unemployed and underemployed citizens of the United States through the performance of useful public work, and for other purposes. This new program would advance public works projects aimed at safegarding natural resourses,
developing new transportation
and infrastucture and providing a workforce with a work and conservation
ethic.
In broad terms, I assert that modern society, acting through its government, owes the definite obligation to prevent the starvation or dire want of any of its fellow men and women who try to maintain themselves, but cannot.
~ FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, the 32nd President
of the United States
Our forests have been devastated by pine beetle, drought, soil erosion, flooding and wildfire and many other factors; our parks have suffered from many years of budget cuts; new technology needs to be brought to the public sector; and, the network of service buildings and public roadways across the country are in need of refurbishing and/or rebuilding.
American people must to urge our government to re-establish and update the template of the CCC program which can put millions of work boots on the ground over the generations in performing and training in real green jobs as they do actual work on shovel ready public works projects. Today the drop out rate in our middle and high schools are higher than ever and when they reach adulthood they are facing unemployment and minimal opportunity. Now all levels of government in all 50 states, US Territories down to most municipal governments are budget cutting and laying off staff from teachers to police and elimenating social programs as youth conservation corps programs. They are forced to ignore backlogs of critical ecosystem and infrastructure repair that are deparately needed on our public lands, shores and waterways. Listen to the fact filled
With unemployment hovering at around 10 percent; underemployment from 16-19 percent; tens of thousands of young men and women and returning war veterans looking for jobs; are standing idle. The new CCC has the potential to reinforce the principle of independence, the now seemingly antiquated notion that no one willing to work should be directly dependent on any other person or group for livelihood. The CCC would also reduce the number of people relying on income support, family credit, and other costly means-tested benefits. Also the CCC program is the perfect fit for being a National Service for our youth.
We Can Take It, Inc. - believes that the re-establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps program would provide meaningful work to rebuild our natural resources while providing an opportunity for generations. It's not right to want to heal the suffering of people without committing to fight the very causes of this suffering.
~ Jean-Paul Satre (1905-1980)
In many of the CCC tents and
barracks one would see this poster... Perhaps
you'll be sent to a camp high in the mountains, or down on the seashore, out on the shady forest, or on the sun-baked plains, or back in the shady forests. You may be near a town or you may be far away from even a village. Work hard now. And never forget that cooperation is essential. For many of them, this was their
first time away from home. Those that enrolled learned fast that they had to be willing to go to any camp and get along with people.
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth will find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel Carson (1907-1964) "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is today!" ~ Loren Westenberger (1959-2011)
Marion James
a CCC is reflected in a plaque with the names of men who worked at Camp 3422 in NC.
The plaque hangs in the Hanging Rock visitor’s center. (Photo by Lauren Carroll)
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"I propose to create a civilian conservation
corps to be used in forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, flood control and similar projects
. . . More important, however, than the material gains from their labors will be the moral and spiritual value of such work." FDR's message to Congress, March 21,
1933
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