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Where Were You the Day Kennedy Was Assassinated?
On Friday, November 22, 1963, Bob Bergstrom and I went to work as usual at the Industrial University of Santander (La Universidad Industrial de Santander — UIS) in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Our Peace Corps assignment there was to develop a program of physical education classes that would be required of all students — most of them engineering majors. It had never been done at UIS nor, to my knowledge, at other universities in Colombia. We both taught a full load — two or three classes in the morning; one or two in the afternoon. I was teaching an early afternoon basketball...
New School in Nepal
A school serving indigenous and marginalized students in Nepal recently opened with a colorful dedication ceremony, captured on video. The members of several RPCV groups helped make it happen. RPCVs David and Champa Jarmul led the effort. He tells the story here.
Democracy on the Streets of Dakar
Timothy Rake, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal during the early 1970s reflects upon his return to the country last year as presidential and parliamentary elections took place. His reflections show a country that has endured and now represents one of Africa's most enduring democracies.
A Royal (Caribbean) Reunion
In what may be a first for Peace Corps reunions, eight former Peace Corps Volunteers, now in their 80s reconnected on the high seas.
Would They do it Again?
In its early days, why did mostly young Americans — average age 24 — volunteer for the Peace Corps? And if they could be 24 again, would they do it in today’s challenging political environment? Thirteen Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, now in their 80s and still politically engaged, were asked to respond to this question. Their answers might surprise you.
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