It’s Valentine’s Day!  A day when we celebrate friendship, love, and romance.  Through the years here at the National Peace Corps Association, we’ve heard countless stories of Peace Corps romance.  The couples that met at the airport on the way to training.  The couples that met while serving. The Peace Corps Volunteers that fell in …

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Still thinking about joining us on March 1st for our National Day of Action meetings on Capitol Hill? Not Richard MacIntyre.  He’s all in! This RPCV from Swanville, Maine (Korea ’67-’69) will be participating on the Hill for a 3rd year in a row.  Here are his thoughts about participating: Come to Peace Corps Advocacy …

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ESTONIA Lisa Martin (96-98) has been named as Silver Spring Town Center Inc.’s first executive director. This non-profit organization was created to coordinate public arts and entertainment events in Silver Spring’s Civic Building and on Veterans Plaza including summer concert performances, monthly arts discussions and annual events like the Silver Springs Blues Festival. Martin has …

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  [The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) and Peace Corps have partnered to connect Returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCVs) with elementary and secondary school classrooms throughout the United States through Peace Corps’ Speakers Match program.  Such classroom visits are an ideal way for RPCVs to carry out the Third Goal and inspire the next generation …

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