"Just Come, Y'all!" A personal invitation to Peace Corps Connect
It's a video invitation from the Tennessee Returned Peace Corps Volunteers to the Peace Corps community: Come on down to Nashville and join your fellow RPCVs for a weekend of fun!
Register today to reserve your spot!
Have you made your arrangements yet?? The deadline for reserving a room at the newly remodeled Sheraton Downtown Nashville is Monday, May 19, 2014. Make it a part of your weekend to-do list and book your room!
|
600 Days: Nomination Stalled
This is a record no one should be proud of.
It's been more than 600 days - more than twenty months - since the Peace Corps has had a director. That is well over six months longer than any previous time in Peace Corps' history that the agency has gone without a director.
It is time - long past time - for the Senate to hold a confirmation vote on the nomination of Carrie Hessler-Radelet (Western Samoa 1981-83) to be the next Peace Corps Director.
We need a loud, sustained effort by the Peace Corps community. It starts here. Now.
|
Great Ideas Speakers Selected For Nashville Conference
Earlier this year, the organizers of Peace Corps Connect - Nashville put out a call for few good Returned Peace Corps Volunteers. RPCVs who could share great ideas: ideas that could change the world; be a response to a social, health, educational or environmental problem; and may have done so through social entrepreneurship.
Well, the speakers have been selected. Find out who they are...
|
Social Entrepreneurs Win 2014 Sargent Shriver Award
The National Peace Corps Association gives the Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service each year to Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who continue to make a sustained and distinguished contribution to humanitarian causes at home or abroad, or are innovative social entrepreneurs whose actions will bring about significant long-term change.
The 2014 Sargent Shriver award goes to Renae Adam and Kristin Johnson in recognition of their entrepreneurial approach to fostering women's economic empowerment. Since their days as Peace Corps in Ghana, Renae and Kristin have been involved in projects that give women the tools to provide financial security for their families.
|
Winners of 2014 Loret Miller Ruppe Award Announced
The Loret Miller Ruppe Award for Outstanding Community Service is presented annually by the National Peace Corps Association to outstanding member groups whose work has promoted the "Third Goal"of the Peace Corps. This year, two exceptional member groups, Friends of Pakistan USA, and the Central Missouri Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, are receiving the 2014 Ruppe award.
|
Peace Corps Community to be Represented at Franklin Summit
Two outstanding Returned Peace Corps Volunteers - Arianne Burger and Stephen Angelsmith - have been selected to represent the National Peace Corps Association at The Summit at Gettysburg: Our Unfinished Work, from June 4th - 6th 2014.
The Summit, hosted by the Aspen Institute's Franklin Project, will bring together 275 of our nation's leaders to discuss how to revive and promote national service.
|
Making a Peace Corps Difference for Girls Education in Nigeria
Boko Haram - If you are ever in need of a name to describe extreme opposition to Western education, it's that one. On April 15, 2014, members of the jihadist group Boko Haram kidnapped over 200 girls from a school in Chibok, Borno in Northern Nigeria.
Their action has inspired the international movement to #BringBackOurGirls. But did you know that the Peace Corps and National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) member groups have a long history of strong support for girls education in Nigeria?
|
| The Results are in: NPCA Board of Directors
The Governance Committee of the NPCA Board of Directors is pleased to announce results for member-elected representatives to the NPCA Board:
And in a separate process, Maricarmen Smith-Martinez was elected to a two-year term as the next Group Leaders Forum Coordinator
Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote. We also want to express our appreciation to all of the candidates for the above positions, to recognize their willingness to serve, and their ongoing commitment to Peace Corps values.
|
 All-Inclusive Volunteer Vacations to Thailand, Guatemala and the DR
- Travel and build life-long friendships with RPCVs and like-minded travelers
- Volunteer side-by-side and create meaningful connections with local people
- Explore historic and archaeological sites
- Immerse yourself in a new culture
- Hosted by RPCV experts
|
|
Help the NPCA preserve the legacy and future of the Peace Corps.
| |
USE THIS BUTTON TO FORWARD TO A FRIEND!
|
|
By Popular Demand: Cycling Jersey
Wearing logo merchandise is a great way to spark conversations about the Peace Corps! And more importantly, your purchase supports the Third Goal efforts of the National Peace Corps Association.
VISIT THE NPCA ONLINE STORE
|
with NPCA
|
Follow us at:
twitter.com/pcorpsconnect
Join us each Friday at 12 noon EST for #RPCVChat. |
|
"As an RPCV who served in Ukraine, I've found SPEA and REEI to be the perfect combination of top ranked degree programs in the country. The passion for service here and quality of the programs is unsurpassed."
Damon Smith/Indiana U. MPA/MA candidate
RPCVs: Consider the nation's top ranked public university MPA. Learn more about SPEA - Lead for the Greater Good
|
HOUSING FOR RPCVs
Are you a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer looking for housing? Are you an RPCV with housing to offer to a fellow RPCV?
Visit RPCV Housing, on the NPCA Online Community -- a cozy social network space by and for the Peace Corps Community -- where RPCVs can offer and search for housing. Check it out and spread the word!
|
|
Alexander von Humboldt
Apply to spend one year on a project in Germany with the German Chancellor Fellowship Program! Applicants must hold citizenship of the US, Russia, China, Brazil, or India. Applicants from all fields welcome with a bachelors degree and demonstrated leadership potential. Fellows conduct independent projects at their host institutions in Germany. Projects should be of relevance to modern societies, have a long-term, visible impact, and help to advance fellows' professional development.
Please visit the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for application details and more information.
|
|
