National Peace Corps Association Awards More Than $20,000 for Community-based Ebola Relief
The National Peace Corps Association is pleased to announce that it has awarded seven grants to community-based projects that address Ebola relief in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The grants, totaling $20,839, were raised in donations through the NPCA website www.PeaceCorpsConnect.org.
This was the first of several rounds of funding as the NPCA pursues a goal of raising $100,000 for Ebola relief...
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Peace Corps Commemorative Site Selection Underway
The effort to move the proposed Peace Corps Commemorative in our nation's capital from concept to reality is a long, multi-step process that includes a number of periods of review and comment. The next key step? Selecting a site for the commemorative. A recent public hearing provided an overview of possible sites, which has been narrowed down to four locations...
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Talking Peace Corps Across Pennsylvania
This NPCA advocacy workshop in Harrisburg was one of three such workshops held over the past two weeks in Pennsylvania as part of an eleven-day, twelve-city swing through the Keystone State. Thanks to everyone who turned out to connect with NPCA Advocacy Director Jonathan Pearson to learn more about Peace Corps policy issues and plans in the coming months...
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Do you want to make a difference? Save a life? Read on.
Earlier this year, our community helped make a miracle happen for RPCV Norman Sapoznik(pictured right) by facilitating a donor match for a kidney transplant. Can we help make it happen again? A Venezuela RPCV and longtime member of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) desperately needs a kidney. He is on the transplant waiting list for a cadaver kidney but the list is several years long. Too long. He served in Venezuela in the 1960s and has since served us well on the Boston RPCV Board, the national NPCA Board, and currently on the Emeriti Board... |
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CUNY Graduate School of Journalism offers an intensive, 16-month, multimedia focused, Master's in Journalism in NYC. A subject concentration in International Reporting is available. Peace Corps Alumni who have completed one full year of service and who enroll in the CUNY J-School will receive a special one-time recognition grant of $2,000 toward the cost of tuition and fees. The application is now live for Fall 2015. Deadline is 1/2/15. Apply today.
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NPCA Featured Group: RPCVs of South Florida
Outreach to homeless shelters. Everglades educational programs. Peace Corps Partnership dinners. Cultural events. No matter where you go, the Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of South Florida are very active in their community. Read more about the National Peace Corps Association's November featured member group...
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Get Ready for #GivingTuesday 2014
While we have one day for giving thanks - Thanksgiving Day - we have two days for getting deals- Black Friday and Cyber Monday. #GivingTuesday, December 2, 2014, evens up the score! Through our website, blog, newsletters, social media platforms,WorldView magazine -- through all our networks -- the National Peace Corps Association works day in and day out to spotlight and raise awareness of RPCVs around the world who continue to live out Peace Corps ideals. We are here to champion you. Please think of us on December 2, and in your end of year contributions.
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New York City Ebola Fundraiser: A Big Hit!
She's not a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and, prior to organizing the successful November 17 Ebola Relief Fundraiser at Toshi's Penthouse in New York City, had no real connection to the NPCA.
But Antasha Durbin -- "just a private person/bartender concerned about the Ebola crisis" -- has helped make a difference and raised thousands of dollars for Ebola Relief ....
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Save the Date: Peace Corps Connect - 2015
The National Peace Corps Association and the Northern California Peace Corps Association are pleased to announce that next year's Peace Corps Connect event will take place in Berkeley, Calif. on June 5-6, 2015. Stay tuned for details!. |
 Next Step Travel: Just Returned from Guatemala; Thailand
Seven U.S. travelers, including four Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), recently returned from the experience of a lifetime: 14 days of service, culture, and adventure in Guatemala. The trip was part of our Next Step Travel program, in which travelers immerse themselves for two weeks in either Guatemala, Thailand, or the Dominican Republic.
Meanwhile, ten travelers just got back from Thailand, where they taught English to school children, experienced Thai culture, and took part in the magical Loi Krathong festival of lights and lanterns.
The program allows RPCVs to continue and enhance their involvement in the Peace Corps community as well as allow those who haven't (yet) served in the Peace Corps to get a taste of the experience.
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"I'm an RPCV who served in El Salvador. SPEA's unique dual master's degree in public affairs and environmental science is helping me train as a scientist incorporating a full appreciation for the related policy implications and context. Receiving a Fulbright Grant for the coming year will enable me to continue researching the effects of air pollution on children's health in Santiago, Chile."
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The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) offers an opportunity for you to leave a legacy of peace by naming NPCA as a beneficiary in your will, life insurance policy or IRA. This is an opportunity for you to support the values and actions of the Peace Corps well beyond your lifetime. In addition there can be significant tax advantages to making a gift to NPCA from your estate.
We recognize that writing a will and designating beneficiaries are very personal matters. Click here to learn more.
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IN MEMORIAM
Each month the National Peace Corps Association notes the passing of members of our community in our Community News blog. Read In Memoriam.
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