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Write for NPCA Global Education Newsletter
The next Global Education Newsletter will focus on immigration and refugees. We welcome resources for teaching about these issues.
We are combining the spring and summer issues, so this will also be the issue where we include suggestions for summer reading. If you have a book(s) to recommend, please include title, author, and a paragraph about the book and why you chose it.
Submission deadline: May 8
Email the editor
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Customize travel for your school or class
Connect with the Peace Corps community to get a "taste of the Peace Corps" through NPCA Next Step Travel.
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National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) offers lots of resources to help you bring a global perspective to your classroom and community. Whether you need new lesson plans, a travel program for your students or ways to support education programs around the world, you'll find it here. Visit our website
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A Taste of Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic
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What more than a mini-Peace Corps experience could convince university students that service as a Peace Corps Volunteer is - or maybe is not - the right opportunity to pursue after graduation? That's what 17 Arizona State University (ASU) students did when they took part in NPCA's Next Step Travel program to the Dominican Republic in March. It was an eye-opening experience that in some students sparked an interest in Peace Corps, in others stoked a desire to become Volunteers or, with a few, compelled them to consider other options.
In collaboration with on-campus Peace Corps Prep programs at colleges and universities and high school study abroad programs around the U.S., NPCA is opening the door to prospective Peace Corps applicants to have a first-hand look at what it's like to serve as a Volunteer. Students immerse themselves in the language and culture of their host country and work on community projects while interacting with Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) in the field.
More about the ASU experience.
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Did you know that NPCA membership is now free? We want to make our community more robust, inclusive, and diverse, while reflecting the mission-driven nature of our organization. Membership in NPCA is complimentary for everyone in the Peace Corps community - serving Peace Corps Volunteers, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, current Peace Corps staff, former Peace Corps staff, host country nationals and anyone who shares Peace Corps ideals, so long as we have accurate service and contact information for you.
Over and above your membership, when you choose to support the Peace Corps Community Fund as a Mission Partner, your tax-deductible contributions will go farther than any you may ever have made before. Thank you very much for all you do to make the world a better place!
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Bring Global Perspectives to your Classrooms and Communities
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Each quarter, National Peace Corps Association publishes a resource-filled newsletter to steer you to ideas, lesson plans, books, websites, resources and other opportunities to help you carry out the Third Goal of Peace Corps: bring a global perspective to your classrooms and communities. Each issue is available as a PDF in the Education section of the NPCA website. Each issue features:
- Around the NPCA: featuring WorldView Magazine Lesson Ideas, Next Step Travel, affiliate group highlights
- Peace Corps Highlights: updates on Peace Corps programs, such as Third Goal Kits, Let Girls Learn
- Community Forum: articles submitted by our community, including book recommendations and reviews
- Global Education Resources, Professional Development and Travel Opportunities and more!
We accept articles year round. Contact the editor, Susan Neyer, at susanneyer@astound.net. Deadline for the next issue is May 8, 2016.
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Join our NPCA Affiliate Groups
NPCA affiliate groups do amazing work on multiple levels - supporting countries of Peace Corps service, volunteering in home and workplace communities, providing opportunities for networking and support for RPCVs, and advocating for important causes.
Engaging with our groups is the best way to stay connected and continue carrying out the Third Goal!
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WorldView lesson plans available for each issue
Encourage your students to think critically and make the stories in WorldView relevant to their lives by utilizing our discussion guides and lesson plans based around the articles.
Download our most recent lessons:
Access all lesson plans
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Share your ideas and resources with us at any time!
Our goal is to enable you to thrive - whether it's bringing the world back home to our classrooms and communities or working with your neighbors or students to help Let Girls Learn. Let us know what you are doing and give us feedback on what more we can do to support you.
Peace,
Anne Baker
National Peace Corps Association
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