Where is the Peace?
Those concerned with the state of global peace might be forgiven for succumbing to a melancholic, even defeatist point of view given the events of the past few years. The world is experiencing the highest level of violence since World...
Peace Corps Achievements – January 2024
News and updates from the Peace Corps community — across the country, around the world, and spanning generations of returned Volunteers and staff. (more…)
Interview with a Peace Corps Invitee
A Peace Corps Invitee shares her experience as an NPCA intern, why she wanted to join Peace Corps, and advice she would give to future NPCA interns. (more…)
Giving Tuesday 2023: Together, We Can Make Global Impact
Giving Tuesday, the biggest charitable giving day of the year, officially kicks off the giving season. And we need your help to preserve Peace Corps ideals! (more…)
NPCA Statement on Current Conflicts in Israel
We at NPCA do not condone civilian deaths in any form, and we mourn the lost lives of the Israelis and Palestinians killed in last week's attacks. (more…)
The Three Amigos
June 2022: We were on the short flight from Miami to Havana, Cuba. Tres amigos. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Mike Tulley, Rick Smith, and myself (all Honduras, late 1970s), we were on an adventure to the off-limits Latin American country...
Make America a Better Place by Leaving It
As country singer Merle Haggard sang “If you don’t love it, leave it” repeatedly in his 1970 hit “The Fightin’ Side of Me,” the Peace Corps released a recruitment poster encouraging the very same thing. Americans could improve their country...
Found Objects: Cabinet of Curiosities
If you had no smart phone, no laptop, no internet, and you had to walk, bike or ride a horse three villages away to make a call or post an aerogram, what to do at night? Turn up the wick...
Hey, There’s A Peace Corps!
In September 22, 2019, A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Directed by filmmaker Alana DeJoseph (Mali 1992–94) the documentary focuses on Peace Corps history along with its past and current struggles. Nearly four years after...
The Stream: Streaming Video
WorldView Editor Picks: Five must-watch shows and documentaries Welcome to the The Stream, where WorldView highlights podcasts, videos and music from across the Peace Corps universe and on related issues and topics. In this edition, we take a look at new streaming videos...