10,000 Meals: World Central Kitchen and Hurricane Laura
All in a day’s work for the team with World Central Kitchen By Steven Boyd Saum Indeed, 10,000 meals is all in a day's work for the team with World Central Kitchen (WCK) working in Louisiana in the aftermath of...
A First for Puerto Rico
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan has become the first Puerto Rican college to be part of the Peace Corps Prep program for undergraduate students. By WorldView Staff Image by iStock The certification program strengthens students’ professional and intercultural skills, combining academic preparation with...
Peace Corps Viet Nam: Launching in 2022
An historic partnership years in the making By Steven Boyd Saum The news broke July 10: inking of an agreement between Viet Nam’s Ministry of Education and Training and Peace Corps to formally establish a Peace Corps program in English education. The occasion...
Peace Corps 60th Anniversary
We’re marking the events in 1960 and 1961 that led to the creation of the Peace Corps. And we seek inspiration in how we can reimagine Peace Corps for a changed world. By WorldView Staff At 2 a.m. on...
COVID-19: Putting a Face on the ‘Invisible Enemy’
Making SARS-CoV-2 tangible helps demystify the challenges we face with the COVID-19 pandemic By Markian Hawryluk From her laboratory in the far western reaches of Montana, Elizabeth Fischer is trying to help people see what they’re up against in COVID-19....
Letters Fall 2020: WorldView Readers Write
Unprecedented Times We set aside the standard magazine playbook for our summer edition. We’re happy to bring back your letters — to continue the conversation.Write us: worldview@peacecorpsconnect.org I’m writing to congratulate and thank you for the current issue of WorldView. It’s the...
In Memoriam: Walter Carrington
He led Peace Corps programs, served as a top diplomat, and achieved important milestones in civil rights. By Jonathan Pearson One of the first country directors appointed by Sargent Shriver in 1961, Walter C. Carrington led Peace Corps programs in Tunisia,...
Peace Corps Connect to the Future: Views from around the world and Volunteers at home
Eight town halls and a global ideas summit to reimagine the Peace Corps for a changed world. By Glenn Blumhorst What are the big ideas for the Peace Corps, National Peace Corps Association, and the Peace Corps community going forward?...
Reed Hastings and Patty Quillin Give $120 Million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Investing in the future: It’s the largest gift of its kind. By WorldView Staff Graves Hall, Morehoiuse College. Photo by Thomson200, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons “THIS IS THE TIME to do some-thing bigger,” Netflix Founder Reed Hastings said when...
Is virtual volunteering an idea whose time has come?
Testing the waters — and exploring an idea that a commission on national service says will open up opportunities to more diverse and talentted candidates. By WorldView Staff Is virtual volunteering an idea whose time has come? It’s a...