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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...
Reel vs. Real: Peace Corps, Pop Culture, and Public Perception
In the ever-evolving landscape of pop culture, the Peace Corps has not only made its mark as an international force for world peace but has also found its way into...
Partnering, with People
Following the reintroduction of the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act in Congress last March—on Peace Corps’ birthday no less—hundreds of NPCA members rallied around our National Day of Advocacy, including visits...
Found Objects: Two Medical Kits Filched from the Field
To assure that Volunteers had ready access to emergency medicine in the world’s remote and sometimes dangerous places, the U.S. Public Health Service issued medical kits to all serving Volunteers...
A Walk in (the) Peace Corps Park
When scores of members of the Peace Corps community visited Congress in March 2022 for the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) Day on the Hill, those who made their way...
Doubling Down on the Future
As a Volunteer serving in Romania after the fall of communism, Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn worked with entrepreneurs who wanted to start businesses during a time when the country...
Mental Health Hurdles
Serving in the Peace Corps is hard. It’s right there in the tagline: “The toughest job you’ll ever love.” Arguably, the single most important trait of a Peace Corps Volunteer...
Department of D.I.Y.
When Jodi Hammer trained to serve as a community health worker specializing in child and maternal health in Ecuador in 1994, she learned about nutrition, malnourishment in children, and how...
Call of Duty
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the national service sector has been a tale of two extremes. On one end of the spectrum, AmeriCorps members (and the many prematurely...
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...
