单词 | Peace Corps |
例句 | I once promised myself I would never work for money, that I would join the Peace Corps, that I would live in beautiful, inspirational places. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z More than twenty-eight hundred Peace Corps volunteers were now trained to implement programs for girls internationally. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She wasn't sure her uncle would let her stay, but she said he was a decent guy, "and his wife was in the Peace Corps." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Some white Peace Corps members who talked with me were openly embarrassed at the guilt of their race in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a missionary, her cousins will say, like one of those Peace Corps girls who have let themselves go so as to do dubious good in the world. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Long dead. Malaria. They were with the Peace Corps in Namibia. They gave their lives for what they believed in.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Six hundred members of the Peace Corps were in Nigeria, I learned. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Two years later, I served with the Peace Corps in Poland. Fauna, Flora and Freighters in the Danube Delta 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z In addition to graduate degrees in science and policy from Indiana University, she had spent time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda. When wolves made a resurgence, her job was to make peace between ranchers and conservationists 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Ironically sent to "leave their mark", Peace Corps Americans were a source of instruction on how to grow the best leaves or convert coca paste into bricks of powder. The Sound of Things falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez – review 2012-11-16T08:00:07Z Where, when, why: Returning to their Peace Corps village is a rite of passage for many former volunteers. A former Peace Corps volunteer returns to his old haunts decades later 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Early in his career, he was a Peace Corps volunteer, helping to develop an agroforestry curriculum for a government agency in Kenya. With a focus on food sovereignty, rural Appalachian Ohio is rebounding 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Rodgers’s other musicals from the 1960s — including “Hot Spot,” a satire about a Peace Corps volunteer, and “The Mad Show,” a revue inspired by Mad Magazine — did not enjoy the same popularity. Mary Rodgers, who composed ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ and wrote ‘Freaky Friday,’ dies The couple met in June 2011 while they were both serving as Peace Corps volunteers in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Marlow Svatek, Tarek Wiley 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z And the “Why you need to do something unspeakable in Vegas and also join the Peace Corps” story is reliable magazine fodder. Karen Klein: YouTube’s most evil bullying video 2012-06-21T15:45:00Z After he earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Western Washington University in 1966, he joined the Peace Corps; he was kicked out the same year for being gay. Patrick Haggerty, ‘Lost Pioneer’ of Gay Country Music, Dies at 78 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The rest of the book includes essays about the Peace Corps founding director R. Sargent Shriver, an interview with the filmmakers D.A. On the Runway Blog: A Homecoming for Bruce Weber 2011-12-23T18:18:01Z He spent two years in the Peace Corps in the 1970s teaching agriculture in what is now Congo before returning to his native Ohio and working in a winery. Jim Law of Linden Vineyards: The Virginia wine industry's oracle marks 30 years My good friend Ellesor had been trying to get me to Dominica for more than three years, ever since her niece had started serving in the Peace Corps there. Waterfalls, Rivers and Rain Forest on Dominica 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z He joined the Peace Corps in 1963 and studied briefly at the University of Minnesota before opening a guitar repair shop in Houston in the mid-’60s. Guy Clark, a King of the Texas Troubadours, Is Dead at 74 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z He did a two-year stint in Ecuador for the Peace Corps, which helped bring him to Washington in 2012. Date Lab: Would these two craft cocktail enthusiasts be the right mix? 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z His daughter, Samantha, 25, followed him into the Peace Corps and will soon finish her tour in Africa. Jim Law of Linden Vineyards: The Virginia wine industry's oracle marks 30 years Sure, there are traditional long-term volunteer programs dating back to the Peace Corps that allow you to see the world for a small wage by pitching in on local projects. Practical Traveler: Budget Excursions for Volunteers 2011-07-13T15:01:50Z He celebrated Tom Petty, our small-town symphony orchestra, his Peace Corps experiences in Thailand from 1970 to 1972, cheap deals on gadgets at Big Lots, and Lydia, his beautiful Dutch Calvinist wife. The Time Capsule 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana from 2009-11, where he taught chemistry and physics to high school students. Blair Green, Jason George 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z “I think we both enjoyed the problem solving, and learning how to do as much as you could with minimal resources,” Miller said of their Peace Corps experiences. Noted Seattle architect Robert Hull, 68, dies: ‘amazingly creative’ 2014-04-11T02:06:22Z So this doctor ploy, and not a rich suburban American doctor, but more in the Peace Corps, ride your Evangelical wave, Doctors Without Borders vein. ‘The Americans,’ Season 5, Episode 8: The Humanization of Elizabeth 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Her most recent position was at the Peace Corps, in Washington. World Music Institute Names New Leaders 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z In the late 1960s, Mr. Kelly spent several years on the staff of the Peace Corps, overseeing educational volunteers in Liberia. Tommy Kelly, Who Played a Hollywood Tom Sawyer, Dies at 90 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z “In 1970 there were a lot of kids out of the armed forces and the Peace Corps,” he said in a 1979 interview with The New York Times about his early students. Jack Leggett, Pivotal Figure in Creative Writing, Dies at 97 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z “It was all of us newly-minted Peace Corps volunteers and then the regular crowd at this Irish pub in downtown Suva,” Ms. Mink said. They Dated Every Sunday Night on the Phone. Here’s How They Got to Marriage. 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Was it when you were in Malawi, with the Peace Corps after graduating, that you realised you wanted to write this kind of book yourself? Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z “The Peace Corps ensured that both of us were comfortable being on our own before we were comfortable being together,” Mr. Ewing said. They Dated Every Sunday Night on the Phone. Here’s How They Got to Marriage. 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z “I didn’t think we could get funding. I didn’t think anybody was trying to make movies with me anymore. I was going to join the Peace Corps.” LaBeouf thought he was finished, then he wrote ‘Honey Boy’ 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z When Paul shared his ambition to join the Peace Corps after college, Julia was supportive. On Love: Julia Young and Paul Hodum Some people do that as doctors, and some people do that as NGO workers, and my daughter's now doing that in Cameroon in the Peace Corps. The real-life “Modern Love” author whose love life Amazon dramatized speaks out 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z He's a friend from Baltimore – an amazingly spiritual man who was in the Peace Corps for three years, but he has this amazing, rocker-dude name. For Ellen: director So Yong Kim on how she snared her star Paul Dano 2013-02-11T21:00:01Z As his time at Columbia wound down, a roommate suggested that he apply to the Peace Corps. They Dated Every Sunday Night on the Phone. Here’s How They Got to Marriage. 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z He graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1965, then spent two years in the Peace Corps in Turkey. Kent Haruf, acclaimed novelist who chronicled small-town intrigue, dies at 71 I found his Peace Corps time to be really interesting, living in Morocco. Date Lab: Keep calm and meet your soul mate. Or not. He and his first wife, the former Sally Goldsmith, were among the first Peace Corps volunteers, serving on the Philippine island of Mindanao from 1962 to 1964. Richard K. Irish, author of self-help guides to employment, dies at 83 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Puryear joined the Peace Corps and went to Sierra Leone, where he learned West African woodworking and basket weaving. Artist Martin Puryear Chosen for U.S. Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “It made me less interested in material things and more interested in the qualities of the human spirit,” Mr. Haruf told a Peace Corps publication. Kent Haruf, acclaimed novelist who chronicled small-town intrigue, dies at 71 I guess I expected resentment toward the unending stream of foreign do-gooders — from missionaries to the Peace Corps to Quetzaltrekkers — who can create one set of problems as they address another. Explorer: Guatemala, Trekking in the Highlands 2011-03-25T18:55:16Z Kyle, a 30-year-old country desk officer for the Peace Corps who describes himself as “unusual,” signed up for Date Lab in the Before Times. Date Lab: ‘He deviated from my normal type’ 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z And after returning from her Peace Corps stint in Jamaica, she again turned to scuba instruction for a chance to live abroad—this time in St. Martin. 5 Ways to Work and Live Abroad 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z And here is what he says about his collection of over 6,700 posters: I first began collecting Palestine posters when I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco in the mid-1970s. Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z His father, now retired, was a senior mental health trainer for the State Department and served, until 2009, as the director of the Office of Special Services for the United States Peace Corps. Daniel Naughton, Zachary Kirkhorn 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z In a section discussing the need to reduce agriculture emissions he proposes using Peace Corps volunteers to bring sustainable agricultural practices to low-income countries, as though this were a novel idea. Facing the Climate Change Crisis, Three Books Offer Some Ambitious Proposals 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z “Deciding to join the Peace Corps is a pretty big decision and I guess indicative of a kind of worldview and flexible living that is nice to find in someone.” Date Lab: Would these two craft cocktail enthusiasts be the right mix? 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Dr. Knight trained as a family physician and before going to medical school she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho. How to Stop a Disease From Crossing Borders 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z SAT Returned Peace Corps volunteer's slide show presentation, 2 p.m. Community calendar 2011-09-28T21:16:04Z When Mark Shriver changed his mind about joining the Peace Corps, followed by a decision not to participate in its domestic version, VISTA, his dad took it in stride again. Mark Shriver explores what made 'Sarge' a good man 2012-06-16T19:46:04Z She was also impressed by his experiences teaching kids in Tonga for the Peace Corps. Date Lab: The attraction was virtually immediate 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z “I found he once landed a helicopter at a place called Patterson Park” — a park that now hosts summer music concerts; one of the concert organizers was herself in the Peace Corps. Mongolians, Zimbabweans and refugees come to sing for JFK 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Once just the province of dedicated Peace Corps workers and intrepid backpackers, newly built roads and new hotels are opening it up to the broader tourist market. Journey to an Ethiopian volcano located in one of the hottest places on Earth 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Allie, who skips a job interview with the Peace Corps, resents pestering calls from her point of contact; Harper — well, she’s just annoyed by anything smacking of personal accountability. Review: ‘Fort Tilden,’ a Comic Odyssey to the Beach 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Nastasi went to work in the Bronx for AmeriCorps, sometimes referred to as the domestic Peace Corps, to help with local hunger issues. A Profile Photo Only a Nerd Would Understand 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z “I was a Peace Corps volunteer in an earlier life, so I spent some time in godforsaken airports in other parts of the world,” Walsh says now. Goodbye to Gate 35X, cursed portal to the rest of America 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z A securities defense lawyer and peacemaker; a Peace Corps volunteer and oil executive. Modern Love: The Mixed-Politics Marriage - Modern Love 2012-11-03T03:48:14Z The US has recalled its Peace Corps volunteers from all three countries. Ebola outbreak sparks states of emergency in Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Not only has the Peace Corps been a great resume builder, DeFino says, but it also helped her make connections around the world. 5 Ways to Work and Live Abroad 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The widower, who married his Ghanaian sweetheart years earlier while in the Peace Corps, had been lured into a romance with a nonexistent woman, the creation of “sakawa boys,” Internet tricksters. Review | Kwei Quartey’s ‘The Missing American’ launches a new detective series. It’s a gem of a debut. 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z In my early 30s I ended up teaching English for two years in a village in Brazil with Peace Corps speaking a smattering of Portuguese after only a few weeks of instruction. Making Language Immersion Fun for the Kids 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z In 1966, an activist fire was lit inside him when the Peace Corps kicked him out after he “got caught in a compromising sexual position” with another man. WA’s pioneering gay country band Lavender Country releases first new album in 50 years 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z You’ll be hearing a lot about “the Kennedy legacy” this year, the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. The Week Ahead: May 15 ? 21 2011-05-13T18:51:39Z But in the early 1960s, the Peace Corps opened a training facility for Somalia and Swaziland-bound volunteers in her hometown of Baker. From the segregated South to the U.S. Africa summit, a diplomat comes full circle She moved to the District about a year ago after spending three years abroad with the Peace Corps. Date Lab: He’s into ‘Breaking Bad.’ She’s into ‘The Good Place.’ Can it work? 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z “What if Johnny didn’t come back to do the final dance number of the summer in Dirty Dancing, and the end scenes were him opening a dance studio and Baby joining the Peace Corps?” The day my husband strangled me 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z “There are no movies about the Peace Corps,” Brander said, but stories about “heroic conservatives shooting bad guys” dominate the screen. Perspective | Do conservatives get too much press? Some liberal Post readers think so. 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z When our son announced he was going to join the Peace Corps and commit to 27 months in that country, I was motivated to attempt to revise my opinion. This jewel-like paradise in the Andes is one of Colombia’s hottest tourist destinations 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z Previous to that, I was with NASA, where I negotiated international science agreements and the United States Peace Corps, where I taught physics and chemistry classes in West Africa. Why Grand Plans to Fix Fannie and Freddie's Foreclosure Mess Could Misfire 2011-08-31T14:27:01Z She graduated from Newcastle University in England and enlisted in the Peace Corps before turning to the family business and receiving an MBA from New York University. Dorothy Cann Hamilton, who opened a French cooking school in Manhattan, dies at 67 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z And Susan Train, a Paris bureau chief, described a photo shoot on a remote mountainside in Turkey, where a general mistook her crew for members of the Peace Corps. Front Row: Another Documentary Looks Inside Vogue 2012-11-28T22:07:49Z If anything, he had internalized the anti-Black racism of the Hollywood movies he’d watched at the local cinema and the Western chauvinism that undergirded the curriculums taught by mostly White Peace Corps volunteers. Haile Gerima and his landmark film ‘Sankofa’ are being rediscovered. Finally. 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z As a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, she instructed local denizens in how to teach science. They’re Mad as Hell 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z We know that Buddy must be a seriously broken man when he enlists 23-year-old Anton, fresh from a Peace Corps stint in Gabon, as his executive producer. Review | A portrait of the start of the 1980s — with a John Lennon cameo 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z “A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps” opens with testimonials from alumni of the U.S. volunteer mission. ‘A Towering Task’ Review: Peace and Its Discontents 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z After college, she joined the Peace Corps, and lived for two years in Transylvania in Romania. An Artist Who Paints in Cryptic Pastel Symbols 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z She studied at the local high school, graduated from the University of Tampa with a degree in Spanish literature, served in the Peace Corps in Central America, and once contemplated a career in law enforcement. Chyna, Pro Wrestler Turned Reality TV Star, Is Dead at 45 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z But, he soon learned, “she was very timid about telling me about Peace Corps. She said, ‘I don’t like to say I’m in Peace Corps because people get the impression you’re a righteous person. Date Lab: He’s into ‘Breaking Bad.’ She’s into ‘The Good Place.’ Can it work? 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Before joining the Peace Corps, she became a certified scuba instructor in Honduras, where she lived for six months. 5 Ways to Work and Live Abroad 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Toward the end of her life, Janis fell in love with a Peace Corps worker named David Niehaus, who inspired her “Cry, Baby”; she wanted to be his perfect “old lady.” The Real Janis Joplin 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z She went on to serve in the Peace Corps., and spent several years afterward doing international development work in Eastern Europe and Africa. Mass. woman relishes scout leadership for 55 years 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z In 1962 he was hired by the newly established Peace Corps to oversee the design of its publications. Paul Reed, of the Washington Color School, Dies at 96 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z She loves hanging with her fellow Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, but dating one is another story. Date Lab: He’s into ‘Breaking Bad.’ She’s into ‘The Good Place.’ Can it work? 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z In Mark Sundeen's captivating biography, Suelo emerges as a remarkable and complex character: a spiritual seeker, one-time religious studies major, Peace Corps alumnus and former social worker. 'The Man Who Quit Money': Foreswearing the almighty dollar 2012-03-01T00:12:03Z And so I went and trekked through India by myself, but instead of discovering truth, I wanted to join the Peace Corps. Jane Fonda: “I never was a hippie!” 2012-06-09T22:00:00Z From 2007-9 he worked as a sustainable agriculture volunteer for the Peace Corps in Senegal. Jillian Bell, Stephen Wood 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z When he applied for the Peace Corps after college, he was initially turned away because of his weight. Losing the Fight Against ‘Dad Bod’ 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Her other documentaries included one that followed two Peace Corps nurses in Malaya and another on a Boston man who saved some 9,000 animals in Suriname from starvation or drowning. Hope Ryden, Wildlife Protector and Photographer, Dies at 87 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z She first gardened when she was in the Peace Corps in Tanzania. Perspective | Lawns are in retreat. Is suburbia ready for the front-yard veggie garden? 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z She is — like Baby Houseman, who was about to go to Mount Holyoke and dreamed of joining the Peace Corps — on the threshold of a new phase of life. Don’t Call Her ‘Baby.’ At 62, Jennifer Grey Is Taking the Lead. 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z It will start in 11 countries, including Albania, Benin, Ghana and Cambodia, where the first lady will visit a Peace Corps program in Siem Reap later this month. Obamas launch global focus on the education of girls 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Twenty or so of the volunteers from that first Peace Corps group assembled to reminisce. My Return to Nepal, in Memoriam 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Just typing those words makes me want to go join the Peace Corps. Music Monday: Common Dreams Big 2011-12-19T17:30:42Z In 2005, Ms. Adams joined the Peace Corps and was placed in Kenya with a two-year commitment. In Lockdown, a Long-Distance Romance Grew Stronger 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z He was also tapped to lead the director of the Peace Corps under President Richard Nixon. The Delay Game Was On 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Ambassador to the United Nations, assistant secretary of state, Peace Corps official: of the many job titles Richard C. Holbrooke accumulated, his son settled on “The Diplomat.” ‘The Diplomat,’ a Son’s Documentary on Richard C. Holbrooke 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z I did Peace Corps; it doesn’t define me.’ Date Lab: He’s into ‘Breaking Bad.’ She’s into ‘The Good Place.’ Can it work? 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Then she joined the Peace Corps and was away four years. Boomers are ready to retire from holiday hubbub, but their kids won’t let them 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Antonio becomes obsessed with Ricardo’s life, and the book scrolls back to the 1960s and ’70s, when Ricardo married Elaine, a young Peace Corps volunteer, and became involved, as a pilot, in the drug trade. Books of The Times: ‘The Sound of Things Falling,’ by Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2013-07-30T17:03:23Z If you don’t marry your high-school sweetheart, your college sweetheart, or your Peace Corps sweetheart, you get creative, maybe reckless. I was a “male spinster” 2012-11-29T01:00:00Z If some of the artworks appear more institutional, that’s probably because they were made for such entities as the Peace Corps and the National School Lunch Program. Review | In the galleries: Posters as a medium for serious but jubilant communication 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z There’s a princess fairy tale, a guy in the Peace Corps who’s tormented by his students, a bachelorette party with a special guest from a dirty movie — and that’s just the half of it. If You Thought ‘Cat Person’ Was Dark, Wait Until You Read the Rest of the Book 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Monterrey began to learn English from a Peace Corps volunteer who lived with his family. What was COP26? A slog, a spectacle — and, for one youthful delegation, an opportunity. 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z When their daughter decides to return home for the holiday from her stint working in the Peace Corps, the empty nesters scramble to get into the Christmas spirit at the last minute. What’s on TV Tuesday: Dolly Parton and Mike Birbiglia 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “I went into the Peace Corps wanting to learn more about myself and the people I would be living with,” he said. A Commitment to Nonprofits, and to Each Other 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z After graduation from WSU in 1968, both he and Miller joined the Peace Corps, Miller going to Brazil and Mr. Hull going to Afghanistan. Noted Seattle architect Robert Hull, 68, dies: ‘amazingly creative’ 2014-04-11T02:06:22Z "Apostle" was a fitting undertaking for a fallen altar boy, beleaguered Peace Corps volunteer, adventure journalist and writer whose short fiction delights in the mishaps of expat Americans navigating foreign lands. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z A graduate of Ball State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, Mr. Hutchinson served in the Peace Corps in Mozambique from 2014 to 2016. Her Easy Confidence Felt Excitingly Familiar 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z “But at the same time, I knew I was leaving in two weeks for the Peace Corps. We texted a lot after that but we lost contact.” ‘The Heart That Keeps Us Together’ 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, the Peace Corps he created sent thousands of Americans to help developing nations. John F. Kennedy, an always youthful president, would be 100 this month 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Kronish acknowledged that some factual details, like the date that the Peace Corps was established, were changed for concision or dramatic license, but not with malicious intent. 2010-02-16T23:30:00Z Did he sign up for the Peace Corps? Naked ambitions: So you want to be a nude art model? 2011-01-31T16:38:04Z From 2010-12, he served in the Peace Corps in Cape Verde, Brazil. Alexa Monroy, Alexander Fankuchen 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z He served in the Peace Corps in Africa and was a radio reporter and bus driver. Why this small South Dakota town started the International Vinegar Museum 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Peace Corps, the government-run volunteer program, focuses on social and economic development in over 60 countries across the world. The ways to travel on the cheap during or after college 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z How to apply for the Peace Corps: Visit the organization’s website here. 5 Ways to Work and Live Abroad 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z From 2005 to 2007, DeFino worked with the Peace Corps in Jamaica, where she was assigned to the Montego Bay Marine Park, and also worked as an education officer performing outreach in schools. 5 Ways to Work and Live Abroad 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The other generation he scrutinizes is that of young America in the late 1960s and early ’70s, when Peace Corps members flooded into Colombia and countries like it. Books of The Times: ‘The Sound of Things Falling,’ by Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2013-07-30T17:03:23Z Mr. Rosenbaum was supposed to be going to Vanuatu, the South Pacific island nation, for another Peace Corps operation. ‘The Heart That Keeps Us Together’ 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Entering Mexico, the seven gunfighters are not invaders but a force for liberation; providing help and leadership for people in an underdeveloped country, they are precursors to the Green Berets or the Peace Corps. Then and Now: Hollywood Remakes as Election-Year Players 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z They were there through the Peace Corps; both joined in 2016. They Dated Every Sunday Night on the Phone. Here’s How They Got to Marriage. 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z Two Peace Corps workers are under isolation outside the U.S. after having contact with a person who later died from the Ebola virus, a State Department official said. W. Africa Ebola outbreak tops 700 deaths 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The movie ends with a plea for the Peace Corps’ philosophy of globalism in the face of rising nationalism in America. ‘A Towering Task’ Review: Peace and Its Discontents 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Shriver — whose father, Sargent Shriver, was the first Peace Corps director and whose mother founded the Special Olympics — put an emphasis on activism and charity work. Katherine Schwarzenegger was born in the spotlight. She’s choosing to stay there. 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Donations to the National Peace Corps Association will be made for each pair sold exclusively at seavees.com and jcrew.com. T Magazine: Good Soles 2011-08-30T17:36:22Z And there was air-conditioning, which I had only dreamed about in my Peace Corps days. A former Peace Corps volunteer returns to his old haunts decades later 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z As an alternative to military service, he worked in Ivory Coast in a program similar to the Peace Corps. Bruno Latour, Philosopher on the Social Basis of Scientific Facts, Dies at 74 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Johnson became an activist in 2008, after a life-changing experience—he was sent home from his volunteer service in the Peace Corps in Ukraine, a challenging job that he loved, after testing positive for H.I.V. A Jazz Funeral for the American Presidency 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Grace: I went to visit a friend who’s doing Peace Corps work in Ethiopia. Date Lab: They both love traveling to ‘unknown spots.’ Will they go together? 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z Her daughter had wanted to join the Peace Corps since the time she was in junior high, Heiderman said. Peace Corps agrees to pay $750,000 to family of dead volunteer 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z One applies the next day to join the Peace Corps. Stanford scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don’t have free will 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Lea Iodice was thrilled to hear that the Peace Corps had accepted her application and was sending her to Senegal as a community health care worker. Peace Corps Sued Over Mental Health Policy 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Embassy announced the re-establishment of Peace Corps operations in the Central American country. El Salvador bonds extend rally on debt maturity extension, Google deal 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps, a popular U.S. volunteer abroad program dating back to the 1960s, suspended Salvadoran operations in 2016 over surging lawlessness in the country. El Salvador, US agree to bring back Peace Corps after hiatus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z In 1963, the summer I turned 11, my mother had a gig evaluating Peace Corps programs in Egypt and Ethiopia. Outlaw superpower: The United States refuses to play by the world’s rules 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Hun Sen also went after other democratic institutions - forcing newspapers like The Cambodia Daily to shut down and expelling rights groups and US Peace Corps volunteers. Cambodia faces rigged election as Hun Sen extends total control 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z She was crushed, about a month later, to receive a letter from the Peace Corps Office of Medical Services saying that her offer was being rescinded because she was in treatment for anxiety. Peace Corps Sued Over Mental Health Policy 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z In July, Vice President Kamala Harris gave a virtual address at the PIF in which she announced plans to open new embassies, return the Peace Corps and increase funding to the Forum Fisheries Agency. The America That Americans Forget 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z Peace Corps assignments going forward will focus on projects that support community economic development, education and youth, the U.S. embassy in San Salvador announced in a statement on Thursday. El Salvador, US agree to bring back Peace Corps after hiatus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Another couple from Pasadena arrived, and a Peace Corps colleague from the East Bay who struggles with Parkinson’s climbed my 40 steps. You Told Us About the Best Part of Your Year So Far 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The U.S. has also opened embassies in Solomon Islands and Tonga, and revived Peace Corps volunteer efforts. Fiji reconsiders security ties with China amid Pacific tensions 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The U.S. has increased its focus on the Pacific, opening embassies in Solomon Islands and Tonga, reviving Peace Corps volunteer efforts, and encouraging more business investment. US signs new security pact with Papua New Guinea amid competition with China 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z The U.S. has increased its focus on the Pacific, opening embassies in the Solomon Islands and Tonga, reviving Peace Corps volunteer efforts, and encouraging more business investment. U.S. to sign new security pact with Papua New Guinea amid competition with China 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn said at an event that Salvadorans have been important partners in its past initiatives while forging "deep and lasting friendships." El Salvador, US agree to bring back Peace Corps after hiatus 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Monteiro, whose grandparents met on a Peace Corps mission, has spent much of his career in public service. Moore picks ex-Americorps leader for new Md. agency focused on service 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z He once told the New York Times that Sen. Russell Long walked into the Marquee Lounge one night and disapproved of a bit the comedian was doing about the Peace Corps. Mark Russell, political satirist with a star-spangled piano, dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z After serving in the Peace Corps and working as a legal-aid lawyer earlier in his career, he climbed the newspaper ranks. Knight Foundation leader to retire, leaving powerful legacy 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Lillian Carter, who famously joined the Peace Corps at 68, taught him, he said, “to take on new challenges and do what is right even though sometimes the consequences politically speaking were not good.” Jimmy Carter’s mom joined Peace Corps at 68 and never held her tongue 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z One of his campaign slogans was “What this nation needs is more Peace Corps and less Star Wars,” a reference to the missile defense system proposed by President Ronald Reagan and supported by Republicans. Tony Earl, Progressive Former Governor of Wisconsin, Dies at 86 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z One of his campaign slogans was, “What this nation needs is more Peace Corps and less Star Wars,” referring to the Republican-backed missile defense system proposed at the time. Former Wisconsin Gov. Tony Earl has died at age 86 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z President John F. Kennedy, impatient to launch the Peace Corps, diverted funds allocated for other purposes seven months before Congress appropriated funding for the Peace Corps. Opinion | The Supreme Court finally gets a shot at Biden’s student-loan lawlessness 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z I was there to set up a Peace Corps program. A roller coaster of emotions, challenges and joys with my Ukrainian friend 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z “Mrs. Lillian Carter, the 68-year-old mother of State Sen. Jimmy Carter, leaves Tuesday for a two-year tour of duty with the Peace Corps in India,” United Press International reported. Jimmy Carter’s mom joined Peace Corps at 68 and never held her tongue 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z In the early 1960s, he found himself in D.C. en route to a Peace Corps assignment that didn’t pan out. There were few Black historic landmarks. Two brothers changed that. 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z “We hope it will become as widely known and engage as many Americans as the Peace Corps,” Ms. Valls Noyes said. Biden Administration Invites Ordinary Americans to Help Settle Refugees 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z It was chosen from a list sent to them by Jackson’s aunt, who was a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa when the future jurist was born in 1970. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is writing a memoir 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Peace Corps promoted her and sent her to the U.S. for a couple of conferences. A roller coaster of emotions, challenges and joys with my Ukrainian friend 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Lillian said she got the idea while watching “The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar” and saw a Peace Corps promotion with the words: “Age Is No Barrier.” Jimmy Carter’s mom joined Peace Corps at 68 and never held her tongue 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z The book’s title comes from the English translation of Ketanji Onyika, the name suggested by an aunt who at the time was a Peace Corps worker in West Africa. Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled ‘Lovely One’ 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Braxton Bragg, 40, who grew up on the land and returned following stints in the Peace Corps that took him to Mali and Mongolia, supports the project. A Town-by-Town Battle to Sell Americans on Renewable Energy 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z Some of that space is already being converted to residential use, such as the former Peace Corps headquarters at 1111 20th St. NW, the site of the mayor’s announcement. Opinion | D.C.’s affordable housing rules should include downtown, too 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z For years, the Vanguard building in downtown D.C., once home to the Peace Corps, has sat empty. D.C. officials offer tax relief to turn downtown offices into housing 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z In 1977, she made an emotional return to India to represent the United States at the funeral of India’s president and visited the clinic outside Bombay where she had worked in the Peace Corps. Jimmy Carter’s mom joined Peace Corps at 68 and never held her tongue 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z He then joined International Voluntary Services, which would become one of the models for the Peace Corps. Don Luce, activist who exposed Vietnam War horrors, dies at 88 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Luce had lived and worked in Vietnam since 1958, first as an agricultural specialist and then as the country director for International Voluntary Services, a church-supported forerunner of the Peace Corps. Don Luce, Activist Who Helped End the Vietnam War, Dies at 88 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z He then served for two years as a program director for Operation Crossroads Africa, a progenitor of the Peace Corps. Pablo Eisenberg, Fierce Critic of Aloof Philanthropies, Dies at 90 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z A one-time Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic, he served for a time as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Western Hemisphere subcommittee while on Capitol Hill. Former Sen. Chris Dodd tapped as Biden’s special envoy to the Americas 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Daily, of the new Kansas clinic, said she was drawn to the work after a stint with the Peace Corps in the West African nation of Togo. Abortion clinic that opened days after Roe fell is inundated 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z It will also allow them to count certain periods of deferment or forbearance as payments, including for cancer treatment and service in the military, AmeriCorps, National Guard or Peace Corps. Education Department Expands Student Loan Relief Programs 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Those who get their student loans paused for cancer treatment, military service or the Peace Corps, for example, will be treated as if they are still making monthly payments during that time. Biden admin relaxes rules for student debt forgiveness 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Information Agency from 1960 to 1963 in Senegal and elsewhere in Africa, then spent an additional two years as program director of Operation Crossroads, which helped provide a model for the new Peace Corps. Pablo Eisenberg, fiery advocate for responsive philanthropy, dies at 90 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z He names Sargent Shriver, the first director of the Peace Corps, as his hero, and his administration has a chief service officer — not your standard bureaucratic post. Opinion | The paradoxes of Gavin Newsom 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps was forming around the time she was to graduate, and Ms. Cloherty decided to join. Patricia Cloherty, Trailblazing Venture Capitalist, Dies at 80 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Peace Corps volunteers will also return to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu, while other countries are also being considered for the program. Countering China, the U.S. Signs a Broad Deal to Aid Pacific Nations 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Peace Corps volunteers to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and Vanuatu this year and exploring missions in other countries, it said. U.S. to prioritize Pacific islands in contest with China 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Peace Corps volunteers would also return to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu this year. U.S. vows 'big dollar' help to Pacific islands in China contest 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Ben talked about the Peace Corps; Paige, who’d traveled a lot internationally, was intrigued. Date Lab: She had to crane her neck to get a good look at him 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z I attended college, joined the Peace Corps, moved to Seattle and got married. Sept. 11, 2001: I was 16 and a Senate page when the Pentagon was hit 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z This is the place where the Peace Corps was started. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z Volunteers in Service to America recruited people to offer educational programs and other community services in poor areas, just as the Peace Corps did abroad. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z President Joe Biden has appointed Dave Noble, currently chief of staff for the Peace Corps, to oversee management and administration of the White House, a White House official said on Friday. Biden names new director of White House management and administration 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Volunteers in Service to America was a type of domestic Peace Corps intended to relieve the effects of poverty. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z He thinks it’s fitting because Lesotho, where he and Kjessie met when they were Peace Corps members, is a mountaintop kingdom. In the ashes of a devastating Sierra fire, a flower farm blooms 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z As “Dirty Dancing” opens, Baby, an aspiring Peace Corps volunteer, has her nose buried in a book in the backseat of the family Oldsmobile. How to watch actor Jennifer Grey at the L.A. Times Book Club 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z The first group of Peace Corps volunteers departed for the four corners of the globe in 1961, serving as an instrument of “soft power” in the Cold War. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The White House also announced it was opening new embassies in Tonga and Kiribati and that Peace Corps volunteers will soon be returning to the region. China wants control of Pacific Islands in drive for global clout 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z He followed up with new institutions like the Peace Corps, which sends young citizens around the world to work as secular missionaries for American values like democracy and free enterprise. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z While in the Peace Corps, she ran trials on growing teff — a high-protein grain — in Lesotho, a country in Africa where many suffered malnutrition. In the ashes of a devastating Sierra fire, a flower farm blooms 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Harris will announce the return of the Peace Corps to Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and Vanuatu after volunteers were withdrawn during the pandemic. U.S. to open new embassies, boost aid in Pacific as China’s sway grows 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Kennedy’s economic development programs, supported by the Peace Corps, were intended to reduce poverty in developing nations so their citizens would be less attracted to Communism. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z It also wants to count the deferments and forbearances applicants use when they are in the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps service, National Guard duty and military service. Biden administration wants to ease student-loan forgiveness for some 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Those who get their loans paused for cancer treatment, military service or to join the Peace Corps, for example, would be treated as if they were still making monthly payments during that time. More flexibility proposed for student debt forgiveness 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z This includes the U.S. military, all work in public education, and full-time volunteer work with AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps. What to know about public service loan forgiveness 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Last July in D.C., several people were fatally shot, including 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney, a Peace Corps worker dining on 14th Street, and a mother of three who styled hair in her apartment in Southeast. D.C. to deploy teams to curb violence, watch nightlife hubs on July 4 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Like Whitaker, many Black Americans at the Juneteenth event came to Japan almost by coincidence, as Christian missionaries or Peace Corps volunteers. Black Americans living abroad reflect on Juneteenth 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Committed internationalists, they sat side-by-side on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with Biden as chairman and Dodd — fluent in Spanish and a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic — heading the Western Hemisphere subcommittee. Biden turns to his old friend Chris Dodd for a sensitive job 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z After graduating in 1965, Mr. Ross spent two years with the Peace Corps in Nigeria. Donald Ross, leader of public advocacy groups, dies at 78 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z But Ann had been a Peace Corps teacher in rural Botswana and spent her career as an international development consultant in remote villages around the world. A rock shattered our windshield in Jordan. It became a trip highlight. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z She was so impressive in the seminar that he chose her to do a project with him selling Harvard students on the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and other service opportunities. Opinion | How Elise Stefanik, ‘bright light’ of a generation, chose a dark path 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z She was a Peace Corps assistant for the State Department before becoming a freelance photographer in 1980, with pictures published in magazines including Gourmet and Smithsonian. Community deaths 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z In the Golden Triangle BID, the building that formerly housed the Peace Corps is being transformed into residential space. As offices stay empty, downtown D.C. looks for post-pandemic identity 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z International Development Finance Corporation to fund projects in the region, as well as restore the Peace Corps. to much of the area. United States to invite Pacific leaders to White House, ramp up diplomatic ties 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z He went to Colombia in the early 1960s as a Peace Corps volunteer. Column: At Tom Rivera's memorial service, his dream of 'Future Leaders' is fulfilled 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Restaino, a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay for two years, informed his colleagues on Tuesday that he was headed for Washington. Biden Is Expected to Tap Arizona Prosecutor as Interim Director of A.T.F. 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z After graduating from what is now Lock Haven University, Mr. Lipez joined the Peace Corps in 1962 and spent two years in Ethiopia. Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Some of you will consider going into the Peace Corps. Opinion | Amid war, acts of justice and kindness are as important as missiles 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z After graduating from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 1965, he served two years in the Peace Corps in Brazil, where he worked in a maternity ward. Pioneering abortion doctor fears Roe’s fall: ‘We’ll see a lot of ... women dying’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Aaron Bray is a San Diego native who’s lived the last couple of years in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after a stint with the Peace Corps. Podcast: An American leaves Ukraine to return 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The Peace Corps will start sending volunteers overseas again in mid-March after it evacuated them from posts around the world two years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government program announced Thursday. Peace Corps plans to start sending volunteers overseas again 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z He then worked as a Washington-based program evaluator, visiting Peace Corps workers around the world. Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z He spent most of his career working for the federal government on social programs like the Peace Corps and Volunteers in Service to America. Beaten by the Klan in 1963, a Black man just spoke to the White pastor who helped rescue him 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z “I love Brazil,” he said, remembering his Peace Corps days. Pioneering abortion doctor fears Roe’s fall: ‘We’ll see a lot of ... women dying’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z They asked an aunt who was in the Peace Corps in Africa at the time to send a list of African girls’ names and they picked Ketanji Onyika, which they were told meant “lovely one.” Historic court pick brings rare criminal defense experience 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Besides their primary work on local issues, volunteers will be be involved in COVID-19 response and recovery, the Peace Corps said. Peace Corps plans to start sending volunteers overseas again 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z They asked an aunt who was in the Peace Corps in Africa at the time to send a list of African girl’s names and they picked Ketanji Onyika, which they were told meant “lovely one.” Jackson, in high court mix, traces law interest to preschool 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Innocent victims killed include a six-year-old girl and a Peace Corps worker. Damaged police trust helped fuel retaliatory murders, criminologists say 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Bell was born in Augusta, Ga. In the Washington area starting in 1972, he was an area director for the Peace Corps, a dean at Montgomery College and a housing adviser. Community deaths 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z The future archivist asked about the Peace Corps and requested a photo of JFK. David S. Ferriero, archivist of the United States, is retiring 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Since those evacuations, the Peace Corps has used volunteers to help with the COVID-19 response domestically and developed a virtual service pilot program. Peace Corps plans to start sending volunteers overseas again 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z A stray bullet killed a Peace Corps worker in June on 14th Street NW – a lively area littered with bars and restaurants that rarely sees gun violence. Only 42% of DC murder cases were closed after anti-police movement and it could get worse, criminologists say 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z As a young man he was in the first contingent of Peace Corps volunteers, serving in Colombia. Community deaths 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Jeremy Black, 53, a Peace Corps worker walking from a dinner date with his wife when a gun battle broke out and he was killed in the crossfire. Opinion | D.C.’s increasing homicides should serve as a call to action for leaders 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z Puryear, who is African American and who worked in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, was working on “Big Phrygian” when he saw an engraving that had been made in 1794. Red, right to the liberated heart In the early 1970s, Wyatt and his wife joined the Peace Corps and traveled to Iran, where his camera granted him special access in a country on the verge of revolution. Postscripts 2021: More rare photos of Jimi Hendrix’s last Seattle concert emerge 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z That soft-power pitch was delivered at Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta, the country’s capital, and continued with a series of agreements on maritime cooperation and education and Peace Corps exchanges. Blinken, in Indonesia, Stresses Soft Power to Counter China 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z A judge ruled Thursday that the man D.C. police arrested this week in the fatal shooting of a Peace Corps worker over the summer will remain jailed until his next court date in early December. Man arrested in fatal shooting of Peace Corps worker to remain jailed 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Black, who worked for the Peace Corps in the Office of Inspector General, died at a hospital. Police arrest suspect in fatal shooting of Peace Corps worker in Logan Circle area 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z A month earlier, a Peace Corps worker walking from a dinner date with his wife in the Logan Circle area was killed by a stray bullet. D.C. records 200th homicide of the year, a mark not seen since 2003 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z He also served in the Peace Corps in Paraguay. Senate confirms Biden’s nominee for US Attorney for Arizona 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z But a small, highly deserving group was left out, even though its volunteers passed through a particularly venerable government service program: the Peace Corps. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Hano became an environmental activist in Laguna Beach, then spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer with his wife in Costa Rica in the early 1990s. Arnold Hano, author of baseball classic ‘A Day in the Bleachers,’ dies at 99 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps volunteer lived in Springland Farm from 1988 until last year, when he downsized and moved a few blocks away. In Northwest Washington, a small community flourishes where grapes once did 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The video described an impressive background: a stint in the Peace Corps, Ph.D. from Brown University and experience as a broker in New York. A Christian talk show host promised to enrich clients. His Ponzi scheme bilked them out of millions 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Mr. McLeod, a Washington resident, was born in Connellsville, Pa., and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala as a young man. Community deaths 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Many Peace Corps alumni say they — like others who are now getting help, including members of the armed forces — received bad advice that set back their attempts to wipe away their loans. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Butler later joined VISTA, the domestic Peace Corps, which dispatched him to Detroit. George Butler, documentary filmmaker whose subjects included Schwarzenegger and Shackleton, dies at 78 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z How different things were in the 1960s when I served in the Peace Corps and then started practicing and teaching architecture. Perspective | Indifference toward less affluent contributes to 2021 housing crisis 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z The suspension occurred months after the Peace Corps abruptly announced it was ending its China program. Amid U.S.-China Chill, Harvard Moves a Top Language Program to Taiwan 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z She earned degrees in geology and community planning, did a stint in the Peace Corps and worked as a ballroom dance instructor. A fresh start: Reclaiming your space — and design style — after a breakup | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “We’re supporting war in this country but not peace,” said Bonnie Rico, a former volunteer who said she had gotten bad information from both her loan servicer and Peace Corps staff. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Peace Corps is soft diplomacy that changes diverse communities and opens doors to new opportunities. Peace Corps at 60: Soft diplomacy changes communities 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the Peace Corps and small businesses around the world. Community deaths 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Bush to serve as the head of the Peace Corps in 1991. Trump Cabinet member Chao on tenure at Transportation: ‘We tried our best’ 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z He volunteered for the Peace Corps after graduating from California State University, Chico, where he earned a master’s degree in literature. Scott Smith, AP reporter in Venezuela, dies at 50 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z But the changes leave out Peace Corps alumni who similarly deferred payments, even though many did so on the advice of Peace Corps administrators or their student loan servicers. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z It was formally authorized by Congress on Sept. 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act. Peace Corps at 60: Soft diplomacy changes communities 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z While Peace Corps volunteers would be required to be vaccinated, sending them back will depend on the situation in individual countries. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z We see it in government workers at every level, in Peace Corps and America Corps and other volunteers. Celebrating the spirit of community service in a national museum 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z A Peace Corps worker was on a date in D.C. with his wife. Perspective | Kids will have to wear masks in schools, but it’s adults who should be hiding their faces 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z I asked the Education Department if there was a reason the Peace Corps volunteers didn’t receive the same consideration as members of the military. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z A Peace Corps worker was on a date with his wife. Daniel Hale, who leaked information on U.S. drone warfare, sentenced to 45 months in prison 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Initially, about 2,400 evacuated volunteers expressed interest in going back and there are about 10,000 applications on file, Acting Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn told The Associated Press. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Feingold works for the labor movement and at the time of his death, Black worked for the Peace Corps in the Office of Inspector General. Perspective | A Peace Corps worker was on a date in D.C. with his wife. Then came a stray bullet. 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z As a Peace Corps volunteer, I lived for two years on a small island in the Republic of Vanuatu. Climate crisis: Heat inequality 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z A Peace Corps spokeswoman said the organization would continue to work with the department and hoped to have a “favorable outcome” for as many volunteers as possible. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Black, a husband and father to two teenage sons, worked in the Inspector General’s Office of the Peace Corps, WRC-TV reported. DC police hunt shooters after Peace Corps executive killed by stray bullet 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps, a U.S. government program marking its 60th anniversary this year, boasted 7,000 volunteers in 62 countries in March 2020. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z A few days after Black’s death, a group of Peace Corps workers went to 14th Street to lay flowers on the sidewalk. Perspective | A Peace Corps worker was on a date in D.C. with his wife. Then came a stray bullet. 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z The Dartmouth graduate, who recently served in the Peace Corps in Tonga, also supports the idea of free or discounted tuition for Native students, but stresses that shouldn’t be the only solution. For Native Americans, Harvard and other colleges fall short 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z After all, Peace Corps participants earn only a small stipend, so having no monthly bill to pay was appealing. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Reflecting on his career, Dr. Larson marveled at the momentous importance of his decision to join the Peace Corps. Charles R. Larson, pioneering scholar of African literature, dies at 83 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Spahn estimates it will be several years before the Peace Corps is back to its full strength. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z That night in June, as Feingold tells it, she and her husband, Jeremy Black, a Peace Corps worker who had dedicated his life to helping others, had been on a date. Perspective | A Peace Corps worker was on a date in D.C. with his wife. Then came a stray bullet. 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z He joined the Peace Corps and was sent to Iran, where he fell in love with the culture and people. How baseball saved an Iran hostage, not once, but twice 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z With only their meager Peace Corps stipend, their payments would most likely have dropped to zero. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z A budding literary scholar, Dr. Larson planned, upon completion of his Peace Corps service, to pursue a doctorate in American literature. Charles R. Larson, pioneering scholar of African literature, dies at 83 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z During the pandemic most Peace Corps staff, both U.S. citizens and local hires, remained in place and, in some cases, kept up some programs. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z For decades after, any mention of the Peace Corps pierced. Perspective | I spent years obsessed with ‘Helen,’ my father’s girlfriend and mother’s rival 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Orr also joined the Peace Corps and was a volunteer in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. Celebrating Women Photographers: Francine Orr 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Peace Corps documents from 2010 — three years after the P.S.LF. program became law — refer to deferment as a “reward” and “benefit” of volunteering for the service. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z I was an early Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, 1966-1969, and felt the same sense of community and home during my stay there. Peace Corps: ‘Sense of community’ 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z It’s not just the Peace Corps that has had to recall thousands from remote reaches of the globe and navigate the aftermath. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z For example, after college, I decided to join the Peace Corps and was assigned to teach English in Thailand. Perspective | I spent years obsessed with ‘Helen,’ my father’s girlfriend and mother’s rival 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps assigned him to Mali, a village named Babougou-Koroni. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z It’s not clear when, exactly, the Peace Corps started to inform volunteers about the program. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Peace Corps has always focused on the human aspect of international development, recognizing and fostering global togetherness. May we live the motto of my beloved Peace Corps in Cameroon: ‘We are together’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Cullen O’Donnell, 25, originally from Mentor, Ohio, served two years with the Peace Corps in Ecuador teaching English and then extended for a third year. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s famous for many iconic public service campaigns that include “The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love” campaign for the Peace Corps. Ad campaign launches to build public trust in COVID-19 shots 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z They needed a science teacher so the Peace Corps sent Lanwermeyer to a remote village of fewer than 1,000 people. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Clearly, the messaging about forgiveness and the Peace Corps was muddled from the start, though the 2007 P.S.L.F. legislation specifically included volunteers as eligible borrowers. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z I look forward to the day when it is safe to send volunteers abroad, and Peace Corps can resume its pursuit of that goal. May we live the motto of my beloved Peace Corps in Cameroon: ‘We are together’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z A few volunteers refused to be evacuated but their Peace Corps service was ended, Spahn said. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z He later served in Korea as country director for the Peace Corps and worked in what is now the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. Community deaths 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Susquehanna University Professor Shari Jacobson, says she had to reinvent herself to live in the Congo as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1984. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The Peace Corps carefully straddles the line between borrower-blaming and contrition. Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z I was there as a Peace Corps volunteer, working with the doctor who headed the local health clinic, Clovis, whom the entire community affectionately called “docta.” May we live the motto of my beloved Peace Corps in Cameroon: ‘We are together’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z But those former volunteers — like Beach — could help seed the revived Peace Corps, Spahn said. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Hogan, a Brenham native, served in Colombia with the Peace Corps before settling in Silver Spring, Md., and starting his career at USAID. Community deaths 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z Peace Corps volunteers can leave at any time. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z “If any information provided to you by the Peace Corps was inaccurate or incomplete, I sincerely apologize.” Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z There is no single definition of what it means to be a Peace Corps volunteer: The experience differs depending on the volunteer’s job assignment, country and community. May we live the motto of my beloved Peace Corps in Cameroon: ‘We are together’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z He’d still like to go back — “then again with Peace Corps it’s very vague: ‘Yeah we’re hoping to get back to the field,’ but it keeps getting pushed back.” At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Sometimes Daney tells his class stories — about his time in the Peace Corps in Zimbabwe, about his tendency to get flat tires, about his wife making bagels from scratch. Treehouse teaching and laundry art: Educators find creative ways to reach kids 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z Jacobson and other Valley Peace Corps veterans all learned lessons about the cultures in other countries and America’s perception of those countries. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z But the Peace Corps volunteers who simply did what they were told while in the service of their country should get more than an apology that begins with an “if.” Peace Corps Volunteers Fall Through the Cracks of a Student Loan Fix 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Peace Corps Cameroon has a saying, “On est ensemble,” which means, simply, “We are together.” May we live the motto of my beloved Peace Corps in Cameroon: ‘We are together’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z “It’s what I feel I’m meant to do,” Beach said of what she sees as the calling that drew her to the Peace Corps and ultimately Malawi. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z When I was a Peace Corps teacher in Sierra Leone in 1964, my students were told that they would be vaccinated that day for polio. Opinion | The pandemic and our lives 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z “I joined Peace Corps in 1988 to immerse in meaningful work providing basic needs at the village level, as well as an opportunity for an out-of-the-box experience and time to reevaluate my life,” he said. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Forty years ago, Paul Courtright went to South Korea as a Peace Corps volunteer, helping a Third World country find its footing after decades of foreign occupation, poverty, disease and war. South Korea returns a San Diegan’s 40-year-old favor with a COVID-19 ‘survival box’ 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z The sustainable development work Peace Corps volunteers have conducted in communities around the world, and the international understanding they have created, are unique and valuable. May we live the motto of my beloved Peace Corps in Cameroon: ‘We are together’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z She’s also helping finish up a girls’ dormitory built in part with a Peace Corps grant. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Seiler, 34, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal, said her mother brought her journalistic ethics home. Kathy Gosnell, veteran L.A. Times copy editor who perfected the paper's signature stories, dies at 75 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Ciccolo, with her skill sets and interests, had been given a choice of countries to go to, and that is relatively new in the Peace Corps. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The Peace Corps program was started in 1961 by President Kennedy with the stated goal of promoting world peace; volunteers work in education, healthcare and other areas. South Korea returns a San Diegan’s 40-year-old favor with a COVID-19 ‘survival box’ 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Despite the differences in assignments and geography, the central tenets of the Peace Corps remained constant at every post: Volunteers live immersed in a community, where we work to increase local capacity. May we live the motto of my beloved Peace Corps in Cameroon: ‘We are together’ 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Peace Corps Malawi Director Amber Lucero-Dwyer, who stayed, has seen a handful of former volunteers return on their own — although she thought most were visiting, not staying indefinitely as Beach is. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Days briefly practiced law in Chicago and then served in the Peace Corps in Honduras before joining the NAACP. Drew S. Days III, first African American to lead civil rights division at Justice Department, dies at 79 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z The Peace Corps will celebrate its 60th anniversary on Monday. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z When his two-year Peace Corps assignment was over, Courtright returned to the United States and got a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate from UC Berkeley in public health. South Korea returns a San Diegan’s 40-year-old favor with a COVID-19 ‘survival box’ 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Ms. Nathan joined the Peace Corps after graduating from the University of Chicago. She Helped South Korea in Its Time of Need. In the Pandemic, It Repaid Her. 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z “We have tried to be as creative as possible to determine what can we do, what core Peace Corps work can we do in the absence of volunteers,” Lucero-Dwyer said. At 60, Peace Corps plots return to world after virus hiatus 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Pope studied philosophy at Bowdoin College in Maine, where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1967 and then served in the Peace Corps, part of a semi-successful effort to avoid being sent to Vietnam. Laurence Pope, veteran diplomat and top envoy to Libya after Benghazi attack, dies at 75 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z “I was going into either the Air Force or join the Peace Corps,” she said. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Decades earlier, as an Occidental College student in 1960, Dirks was part of the country’s first Peace Corps contingent; he spent a year building schools in Ghana. Column: This suburban ‘mask cop’ in the San Fernando Valley is 81 and loud 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z It’s also worth noting the Peace Corps’ remarkable but often unacknowledged accomplishment: the enrichment of American society. Opinion | Reviving the Peace Corps for our extraordinary times 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z In late June, a Peace Corps volunteer evacuated from West Africa was told that the rabies vaccine of her dog, a terrier mix named Socrates, was not valid. Inside the fall of the CDC 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z But she has been advised it could be mid-2021 before she is recalled, and she does not know if she will ever return to North Macedonia as a Peace Corps volunteer. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Ciccolo said she saw a chance, through the Peace Corps, to use her knowledge and help others in her field of interest. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The Peace Corps was also using outdated 2006 guidelines for malaria, which did not reflect the current standard of care. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z McIntire had kept his job working with the Peace Corps, but the family could not afford to spend several thousand building a schoolhouse. A special-needs student was struggling to learn online. The whole neighborhood contributed to her schoolhouse. 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps volunteer sparked a #SaveSocrates outcry on social media. Inside the fall of the CDC 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Now, for the first time, the Peace Corps does not have a single volunteer in the field. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z In Guatemala, the Peace Corps had very strict traveling policies. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The Peace Corps employs doctors and other health care providers at each of its posts around the world, who are overseen by experts in Washington. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Eliminating the policy would provide access to abortion for people enrolled in Medicaid or other government health programs, such as insurance provided to Peace Corps volunteers, members of the military and federal workers. House Democrats will try to repeal longstanding ban on federal money for abortions 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Inspectors general for the Peace Corps and Environmental Protection Agency raised similar concerns. With many federal employees working from home, cybersecurity experts look to beef up defenses 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Nor is it clear how many of those whose tenure was interrupted will opt to go back into the Peace Corps, or how many have found jobs and moved on with their lives. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps needed math teachers in Africa. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z It promises its volunteers “necessary and appropriate health care” provided by “highly qualified professionals who are all carefully evaluated and credentialed by the Peace Corps.” Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z I had recently returned to the United States after serving three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco, working with boys handicapped with polio. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: A thousand words but no picture (until now) 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z “He said, ‘I was going to join the Peace Corps, but something else came up,' ” and the two had a laugh. ‘Because of you, I’m here’: For scores paying respects to Lewis at Capitol, his legacy feels personal 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps’ demographics have skewed young, female and White. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Lanwermeyer had wanted to be in the Peace Corps since she was 14, she said. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z An investigation by the Peace Corps inspector general documented a string of problems with Ms. Heiderman’s care. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z I started to introduce myself and mentioned the Peace Corps, and he finished my introduction, laughing and saying, “Yes! The Longest Walk.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: A thousand words but no picture (until now) 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z David Browne, a former Peace Corps worker, said he met Lewis in an elevator at the former Peace Corps headquarters on Connecticut Avenue in the early 1980s. ‘Because of you, I’m here’: For scores paying respects to Lewis at Capitol, his legacy feels personal 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The interruption also has prompted a reexamination of how the Peace Corps carries out its mission and a determination to recruit a more diverse group of volunteers. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z “I was 21 and they understood my desire to be in the Peace Corps,” she said. Peace Corps at 60: Service changed lives of local volunteers 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The legislation was largely written and the Peace Corps was well aware of its provisions at the time of her death, said one of its chief authors, Ted Poe, a former Republican congressman from Texas. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z California’s contact tracers — librarians, Peace Corps volunteers and others — called infected patients and asked for the phone number of each person they’d recently seen, vowing to keep the identity of the positive case concealed. The inside story of how California failed mass coronavirus testing 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z So this spring, 10 public college and university presidents dreamed up the New Jersey Scholar Corps, their version of a pandemic Peace Corps. Why Some State Universities Are Seeing an Influx 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z Every country that hosts Peace Corps volunteers has expressed interest in having them return, she said. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z After graduating from Bowdoin College, he taught math in Swaziland through the Peace Corps. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings donates $120 million to support historically Black colleges and universities 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps inspector general, which investigated the death after publication of The Times article, concluded he died after “cascading failures and delays in treatment.” Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z By the time protesters descended on Minneapolis last month, Thomas was already back in Maryland — his graduation ceremony and plans to start with the Peace Corps in the fall both upended by the pandemic. A black protester’s pain: Handcuffed by police at 9, hit by a rubber bullet at 22 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Public Health Jobs Corps, a force of at least 100,000 people, including AmeriCorps and Peace Corps volunteers and laid off workers, to trace the contacts of those who test positive for the virus. Biden’s Testing Strategy Sets Up a Clear Contrast With Trump on the Coronavirus 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps is not without its critics, including some who say the pandemic-induced pause is a time to reassess whether the Peace Corps should even continue to exist. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z In the 1970s and ’80s, when Richard Paul Thornell would go with his sons to the grocery store and return late, his wife would teasingly ask, “Did you run into someone from the Peace Corps?” Howard law professor Richard Paul Thornell was known for breaking ground 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Heiderman’s parents, who are preparing to sue the agency, said her death was proof that the Peace Corps could not ensure the health of volunteers in ordinary times, let alone during a pandemic. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The bill would prioritize Peace Corps volunteers and Fulbright and other fellowship recipients, as well as, crucially, the many Americans this crisis has left unemployed. Opinion | The U.S. needs an army of workers to reopen. These senators have an idea for getting it. 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z The last episode sees her and Jack go off together to join the Peace Corps. Adult film star Maitland Ward shares photo from 'Boy Meets World' days for series finale 20th anniversary 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z “The Peace Corps is the last mile” in foreign aid, he said. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Two years later, he took a leave of absence to become a top assistant to R. Sargent Shriver, who was Kennedy’s brother-in-law and the founding director of the Peace Corps. William F. Haddad, journalist, political operative and businessman, dies at 91 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z But there has been scant oversight of Peace Corps health care, Mr. Poe said. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z After my evacuation and termination from the Peace Corps, I feel for what could have been. When Life Felt Normal: Your Pre-Pandemic Moments 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps was pulling all its volunteers from projects around the world because of concerns about the coronavirus. For Peace Corps evacuees, there wasn’t even time for goodbye 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z During her seven months in Mozambique, Allen said she came to view the Peace Corps as a big government bureaucracy, a tool of American soft power and an institution of U.S. imperialism. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Haddad served as associate director of the Peace Corps and as its first inspector general. William F. Haddad, journalist, political operative and businessman, dies at 91 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z The circumstances surrounding Ms. Heiderman’s death, which have not previously been reported in detail, reflect longstanding problems with the Peace Corps health care system that the agency has repeatedly promised to fix. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Redfield said the agency is talking with state officials about the possibility of using Census Bureau workers and Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteers to build “an alternative workforce.” CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z In a message posted on the Peace Corps website last month, Director Jody Olsen said the decision to temporarily suspend operations was difficult. For Peace Corps evacuees, there wasn’t even time for goodbye 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z While she made many friends there and describes her experience as positive, she questioned whether being a Peace Corps volunteer accomplished anything lasting. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Census Bureau, and volunteers from Peace Corps and AmeriCorps, to create a new contact tracing workforce. CDC chief warns 2nd COVID-19 wave may be worse, arriving with flu season 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Beyond the Peace Corps’ medical mistakes, the Heidermans — Mrs. Heiderman, her husband, Bill, and their other daughter, Grace — said they were appalled at what they called the Peace Corps’ callousness. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Petrides, a native Washingtonian, was a Peace Corps volunteer and administrator in Africa. Community deaths 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps declined to comment on whether any evacuees tested positive for the coronavirus. For Peace Corps evacuees, there wasn’t even time for goodbye 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z “On the other hand, there’s been consistent funding of the Peace Corps through other foreign policy changes. I would never call this a death knell for the Peace Corps,” she said. Peace Corps turns 60 amid pandemic, looks to an uncertain future 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z “For decades, Peace Corps volunteers have served our country overseas — promoting democracy, literacy, development and American good will across the globe,” he said in a statement to the Federal Insider. Opinion | Vacancies have hindered the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The timeline for her return home kept shifting, but based on the Peace Corps’ assurances, they scheduled a church funeral for Jan. 20. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z His other assignments in his 32-year civil service career included executive secretary of the Peace Corps, national security assistant at the Treasury Department and deputy secretary of the Cabinet in the Eisenhower administration. Community deaths 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps put Mensh up in a hotel in her hometown to self-isolate so she wouldn’t risk her mother’s health. For Peace Corps evacuees, there wasn’t even time for goodbye 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z But the president and Navarro, a former Peace Corps volunteer, have long connected over their shared hard-line views on trade and their willingness to blame China for many of America’s ills. Trade guru Navarro throws elbows for Trump on virus supplies 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Peace Corps update: Last month I wrote about the Peace Corps’ decision to dismiss its 7,300 volunteers as it recalled them from 61 countries because of the coronavirus pandemic. Opinion | Vacancies have hindered the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Deaths in the Peace Corps are relatively rare, and often occur as a result of an accident or injuries. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Rainier and worked for the Peace Corps in Madagascar. Online service held for Kennedy family members who drowned 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z “The Peace Corps were very supportive,” Mensh said. For Peace Corps evacuees, there wasn’t even time for goodbye 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z Experts have proposed transforming the Peace Corps — which suspended global operations last month and recalled 7,000 volunteers to America — into a national response corps that could perform many tasks, including contact tracing. A plan to defeat coronavirus finally emerges, but it’s not from the White House 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z About 60 staff and volunteers are working in California including 10 Peace Corps volunteers. Sean Penn wants to ‘save lives’ with free COVID-19 testing 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z He sustained severe complications from a gastrointestinal illness, but his Peace Corps doctor did not send him to the hospital until it was too late. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z She graduated from Boston College and Georgetown University with a joint degree in law and international conflict resolution and served in the Peace Corps in Mozambique. Kennedy mother and son, swept away in Chesapeake Bay, are mourned by family 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Jakob Leichtman, 23, and Jack Cashmere, 22, were serving together in the Peace Corps in Ecuador for two months and were awaiting their first placements when they were evacuated. For Peace Corps evacuees, there wasn’t even time for goodbye 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z She served in the Peace Corps in Mozambique, coming home to help with her mother’s 2002 campaign for governor. Search for Kennedy family members missing in Chesapeake Bay has ‘turned from rescue to recovery’ 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z As the Peace Corps announced mandatory evacuation for all its volunteers overseas on March 16 — for the first time in its history — amid the coronavirus pandemic, Armstrong’s time overseas abruptly ended. Evacuated Peace Corps volunteers share memories overseas 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z It requires Peace Corps volunteers to have access to embassy doctors — the same doctors who treat State Department officials — if they need them. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Earlier in his career, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa. Urbana teacher and coach charged with child pornography 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “To be clear, the Peace Corps is not closing posts, and Volunteers will be able to return to normal activities as soon as conditions permit.” For Peace Corps evacuees, there wasn’t even time for goodbye 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z On April 1, he named here an additional 11 IGs to the committee, from agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Peace Corps. The watchdogs overseeing the $2.3 trillion U.S. bailout 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z “This needs to look more like a domestic Peace Corps or AmeriCorps or Teach for America.” The United States leads in coronavirus cases, but not pandemic response 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z “It is up to them to insure that Peace Corps volunteers are taking their meds and at the very least, when a patient comes in, that should be your first question.” Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z “We envision a nation in which service is a common expectation and experience of all Americans — when it is the norm, not the exception,” Commission Vice Chair Mark Gearan, a former Peace Corps director said. Congressional panel calls for culture of service, backs drafting of women 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Ott, a graduate of UC Santa Cruz, moved to New Orleans five years ago after earning her master’s in social work at San Francisco State and serving in the Peace Corps in Togo. In Louisiana, death comes before coronavirus test results 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The administration used the coronavirus not just to evacuate 7,300 Peace Corps volunteers but to fire them. Opinion | This president has no empathy 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Because of the coronavirus, the Peace Corps is doing more than evacuating its 7,300 volunteers from 61 countries. Perspective | The Peace Corps isn’t just bringing home 7,300 volunteers because of the coronavirus. It’s firing them. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps had one doctor in Comoros, Dr. Said, who had been hired by the agency several years earlier. Peace Corps Faces Questions Over Another Volunteer Death 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps, for the first time, is evacuating its volunteers. Opinion | Pandemics require resources and preparation 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps announced on Sunday it was temporarily suspending all operations and evacuating its thousands of volunteers located in roughly 60 countries because of the widespread coronavirus outbreak. Peace Corps suspending global operations, evacuating worldwide volunteers amid coronavirus 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps is evacuating all of its volunteers and suspending operations in dozens of countries. The Latest: Turkey closes bars, clubs, quarantines pilgrims 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Peace Corps volunteers typically serve for about two years. Perspective | The Peace Corps isn’t just bringing home 7,300 volunteers because of the coronavirus. It’s firing them. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z When first proposed, the Peace Corps was viewed as a risky experiment; AmeriCorps was dismissed as “paid volunteering” — and an expansion of big government. Opinion | Here’s a cost-effective national service proposal that could bridge our deep divisions 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Now, the Peace Corps is evacuating volunteers worldwide because of the threat of the coronavirus. Opinion | Pandemics require resources and preparation 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Wagner’s character poses as a recent college graduate on his way to the Peace Corps to hide his true identity as a playboy who is drowning in gambling debt. Robert Wagner's most memorable roles, from 'Hart to Hart' to 'Austin Powers' 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z With the encouragement and support of my mom, he joined the Peace Corps in Costa Rica, working as a park planner in the field. Opinion | Always be grateful for what you can do and not what you cannot 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z The Peace Corps is an independent agency of the U.S. government. Perspective | The Peace Corps isn’t just bringing home 7,300 volunteers because of the coronavirus. It’s firing them. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Today, the United States has some small, underfunded programs of national service, such as AmeriCorps, Volunteers in Service to America and the Peace Corps. Opinion | Here’s a cost-effective national service proposal that could bridge our deep divisions 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Peace Corps’ Washington Office, as deputy regional director of the U.S. George Nicolau, arbitrator in MLB collusion cases, dies at 94 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Instead, he served in the Peace Corps in Fiji. The Past and the Future of the Earth’s Oldest Trees 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Established the same year as the Peace Corps, the J-1 visa program was intended to promote international understanding. Idaho tourism areas rely on ‘essential’ work-travel program 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Peace Corps volunteers, suddenly jobless, are returning to a country with an economy in free fall. Perspective | The Peace Corps isn’t just bringing home 7,300 volunteers because of the coronavirus. It’s firing them. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z After spending 1963-65 at the Peace Corps, he became deputy regional director of the U.S. George Nicolau dies at 94, arbitrator in MLB collusion cases 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Mark Armstrong, a former Peace Corps volunteer and devout Catholic who sits on the county commission, said he felt it was his duty to welcome those fleeing hardship. North Dakota county accepted refugees, but the debate is far from over 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Navarro’s skepticism first emerged in the 1970s while he was a Peace Corps volunteer building and repairing fish ponds in Thailand. Peter Navarro, Trump’s Trade Warrior, Has Not Made His Peace With China 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Samadova said she eventually would like to work for an organization such as the United Nations or Peace Corps to help girls stay in school. Woman who fled to U.S. from Asia gets college education 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z For the book, she tracked down those who befriended the rock icon over the years, as well as her siblings and David Niehaus, the Peace Corps worker who wrote that letter to his love. Janis Joplin enjoyed ‘the many pleasures that came her way’ to cope with insecurities, book claims 2019-12-21T05:00:00Z Staab, a former Peace Corps volunteer, turned managing West Side Runners into a full-time endeavor after retiring a decade ago. NY team helping immigrant runners realize American dream 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z “But this was R. Sargent Shriver. Founder of the Peace Corps. Ran for vice president. And here I am, in a room with them.” Pediatric dentist fills health care role in Special Olympics 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z The United States has increased its engagement in the Solomons following the switch, which includes a decision to re-establish a presence there by the U.S. government’s volunteer Peace Corps after an almost 20-year absence. U.S. establishes foothold in Solomons as Chinese interests expand 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z This notion of a domestic Peace Corps for caregiving, if you will, has been circulating since 2013, when it surfaced in a Twitter chat on elder care. Taking steps to establish a National Volunteer Care Corps to help older adults 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z "I thought the actor thing was over. I signed up to go to the Peace Corps," LaBeouf revealed Wednesday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Shia LaBeouf signed up to join the Peace Corps after 2017 arrest: ‘I thought the acting thing was over’ 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Traumatized by the experience, Koenen was medically evacuated to the United States two days later and resigned from the Peace Corps. Women are more than twice as likely as men to suffer from PTSD. Studies are underway to find out why. 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Kennedy in-law R. Sargent Shriver, a Maryland native, former Peace Corps director and U.S. ambassador to France, was also exploring a run. Thomas D’Alesandro III, Maryland political prince who gave up the throne, dies at 90 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Eighteen days after Eagleton had been named to the ticket, he was replaced by Sargent Shriver, the Peace Corps founder and Kennedy in-law. Robert Boyd, journalist who shared Pulitzer for Eagleton shock therapy revelations, dies at 91 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Zumstein began his federal career after serving in the Peace Corps in Dominican Republic helping to promote and develop sustainable agricultural practices. Forest Service appoints new district boss in Sierra Nevada 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z But that incident and others she has endured cut deep for the Air Force and Peace Corps veteran. In the nation’s capital, a record year for hate crimes - The Washington Post 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Lindsay Souvannarath was 22, with a newly minted degree from a small liberal arts school in Iowa and vague plans to join the Peace Corps. The cult of Columbine: how an obsession with school shooters led to a murder plot 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z He took a well-worn path to elected office, attending Stanford, serving in the Peace Corps and graduating from Harvard Law School, then taking a job as a county prosecutor in eastern Massachusetts. The Kennedy Grandchildren: Bearing the Privilege and Burden of a Family Name 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z This all changed when I was 21 and volunteering in the Peace Corps. Athleisure, barre and kale: the tyranny of the ideal woman 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z The agreement states that Trump's payments would cease earlier if Tiffany got a full-time job, enlisted in the military, or joined the Peace Corps. Donald Trump's "draconian" prenuptial agreement with second wife Marla Maples revealed in new report 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z I’m four months into my new job and two months away from joining the Peace Corps. At Work, Everyone Is in Fact Talking About You All the Time 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z He graduated from Princeton University in 1966, then worked as a newspaper reporter in Camden, N.J., before serving for more than two years in the Peace Corps in India. Kenneth R. Harney, syndicated real estate columnist for Washington Post, dies at 75 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z After going to Nigeria with the Peace Corps, Mr. Royer graduated with a degree in history from Portland State University. ‘Brilliant public servant’: Former Deputy Mayor Bob Royer dies at 75 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z He got a BA in environmental science, served in the Peace Corps, and became a computer technician. 'A race against time': the beach artist whose sand murals quickly disappear 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z He joined the Peace Corps soon after it was formed in the early 1960s and helped set up programs in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Jim Moody, Wis. congressman who proposed single-payer health care, dies at 83 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Let me clarify: I applied for the Peace Corps before I took this job, but didn’t get their offer until after I started. At Work, Everyone Is in Fact Talking About You All the Time 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Report for America, which sees itself as a Peace Corps for journalists, has sent young reporters into communities in Mississippi, Texas and elsewhere. Town by town, local journalism is dying in plain sight 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z This organization sees itself as a Peace Corps for journalists and has begun deploying young reporters into local communities. Some groups step in to fill the gap in local news coverage 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z He was also in the Peace Corps when he was younger. Retired teacher and social-services leader from Seattle killed in Ecuador home invasion 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z He later became a Peace Corps official in Washington and then worked for the U.S. Jim Moody, Wis. congressman who proposed single-payer health care, dies at 83 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Give as much notice as possible and offer to help with the transition, then stop beating yourself up and save your energy for the Peace Corps. At Work, Everyone Is in Fact Talking About You All the Time 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Although vividly rendered in images and richly nuanced in narrative, “Birds” traces the origins of Colombia’s illicit drug trade to the pernicious influence of — wait for it — the Peace Corps. Review | A controversial movie ties Colombia’s drug trade to the Peace Corps. It’s still a good movie. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The good cheer was provided by a half-dozen staffers from the National Peace Corps Association, an alumni group. Federal employees return to backlog of work after 35-day shutdown 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The Peace Corps is holding an official event for returning employees starting at 7:30 a.m. Backlogs, deadlines and a massive bureaucratic reboot await federal workers after shutdown’s end 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Early in his career, Dr. Moody lived overseas while working for an international humanitarian organization and the Peace Corps. Jim Moody, Wis. congressman who proposed single-payer health care, dies at 83 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z For a while, she thought she might have a career in non-profits and, at the age of 21, went into the Peace Corps, spending a year volunteering in Kenya. Cat Person author Kristen Roupenian: 'Dating is caught up in ego, power and control' 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Spindler joined the Peace Corps following 9/11 and attended the University of Texas at Austin and New York University Law, according to his mother. American killed in Kenya hotel terror attack was 9/11 survivor who was ‘trying to make positive change,’ family says 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z The adversaries in the shareholder dispute include U.S. venture capitalist Paul Tierney, a former Peace Corps volunteer and former owner of D.C. Virtual-Cash Treasure in Zimbabwe Sparks Fight Over Billions 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z "We learned Nepali from a Peace Corps tutor." The pioneering medics who drove across the world 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z A gold coffee table is adorned with the visages of the kings of Persia, a reminder of her time in pre-revolutionary Iran as a Peace Corps volunteer. Too Old to Be a Freshman in Congress? Donna Shalala Doesn’t Care 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z As a student at the University of Chicago in the 1960s, she met Len Thomas, her future husband, and followed him to the Peace Corps in Ghana. In one tony Houston neighborhood, a house of cats. Just cats 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The good news is that I’m back in touch with a new group of people from my Peace Corps country. Opinion | Small nations are already paying the price for climate change 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Early in his career, he co-founded a marketing organization for goods produced by Latin American cooperatives and then served as Peace Corps director for the Dominican Republic. Community deaths 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z "The mounds go on forever in every direction," said Funch, who initially came to Brazil as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1977 and stayed. In Brazil backlands, termites built millions of dirt mounds 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z “Lots of Foreign Service, Peace Corps folks, military, and enthusiastic travelers,” she said. In Alexandria, a condominium complex is wrapped around a lively lifestyle 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Thompson said he, too, was a volunteer in the Peace Corps, the famous foreign aid agency Kennedy established in 1961. Fifty-five years later, JFK’s assassination still brings pilgrims to his grave 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z A majority of these voters are currently deployed military members or Peace Corps volunteers. Nearly 150 West Virginians voted with a mobile blockchain app 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z President Richard Nixon appointed her to a task force to evaluate the Peace Corps and she sat on local and national advisory committees. Dallas civic leader Anita N. Martinez going strong at 92 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Best had served in the Peace Corps in West Africa, and had a passion for agriculture. A Pipeline, a Protest, and the Battle for Pennsylvania’s Political Soul 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z He spent his two years in the Peace Corps working as community health adviser in Malawi. Peace Corps recruiter makes play for HBCUs, barbershops 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Kante said during her stint as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republic, she would see PSI’s products and marketing materials in local communities. Wisconsin woman helps international public health efforts 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z He grew up in poverty, achieved an education through scholarships and rose through the ranks of the fledgling Peace Corps before helping to found Africare in 1971. C. Payne Lucas, leader of relief efforts across Africa, dies at 85 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The model would be similar to the Peace Corps and AmeriCorps programs, he explains, but would be specific to cybersecurity jobs. Three Ideas for Solving the Cybersecurity Skills Gap 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z The United States fielded more than 50 participants, many of them Peace Corps volunteers working in Kyrgyzstan. Horseback Wrestling. Bone Tossing. Dead Goat Polo. Let the Nomad Games Begin! 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z An avid reader, Bailey came to bookselling after a varied career that included the Peace Corps and a stint as a juvenile parole officer. This week’s passages 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z When she took a position as a media director in Washington, D.C., after her time in the Peace Corps, Kante said, she kept thinking about her former volunteer work. Wisconsin woman helps international public health efforts 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z After graduating, he interned for the Democratic National Committee before receiving a job with the Peace Corps under founding director R. Sargent Shriver. C. Payne Lucas, leader of relief efforts across Africa, dies at 85 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z He retired in 1987 from the Peace Corps as director of labor relations and director of personnel and training. Community deaths 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z My daughter is a Peace Corps volunteer in a rural province of a small, underdeveloped country. Opinion | John McCain spent his life serving the dignity of his fellow man 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, studied print-making in Sweden and learned how to weave in Japan. Martin Puryear: the cross-cultural artist picked to represent America 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The Peace Corps was signed into existence the same year. JFK’s rocking chair, other iconic memorabilia up for grabs 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Possibly they were talking about Iran, where a female friend had spent years in the Peace Corps. Private Dreams and Public Ideals in San Francisco 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Earlier he had worked on housing and shelter projects in Latin America and Africa under the auspices of the Peace Corps, the U.S. Community deaths 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Dillingham currently serves as director of the Office of Strategic Information, Research and Planning for the Peace Corps. Trump plans to nominate new Census Bureau director 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Peace Corps, and former head of Latin America and the Caribbean at USAID. Opinion | Trump is set to separate more than 200,000 U.S.-born children from their parents 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, Mr. Richter was an overseas program evaluator for the Peace Corps and then deputy director of Peace Corps programs in Kenya. Richard W. Richter, founding president of Radio Free Asia, dies at 88 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z She met her husband, Tim, in college, and they served as volunteers for VISTA, sort of a domestic Peace Corps, before settling in Seattle. Chris Curtis: the heart of the markets 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z They don’t celebrate Father’s Day in West Africa where I am serving with the Peace Corps, but I think about you a lot here, and your impact on my love of science. Dear Dad 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z One day he took me, the college kid back from the Peace Corps, aside. Opinion | What made Bobby Kennedy so special 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Emily, who learned Spanish in the Peace Corps and is a nurse like Vanessa, chatted with her about medicine. When the family you were born into is in El Salvador, but the family you made is in America 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The movie centers around Baby’s last summer before heading into the Peace Corps where she spends the summer with her family at a somnolent resort. 10 films and TV series to help get summer started right this holiday weekend 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Goodwin later moved to a top position at the newly formed Peace Corps. Richard N. Goodwin, ‘supreme generalist’ who was top aide to JFK and LBJ, dies at 86 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Iran from 1973 to 1976 and am a retired diplomat with 30 years of assignments, some dealing with Iran. Opinion | Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal raises frightening questions 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The gifted young women I've taught as a Peace Corps volunteer implementing the Let Girls Learn program have strengthened my conviction that it is possible for them to fulfill their promise through education. Unleashing the Energy Trapped within Undereducated Girls 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z His wife was open to the possibility of leaving the United States, based partly on her Peace Corps stint years ago in Central America. When the family you were born into is in El Salvador, but the family you made is in America 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Wittenberg history professor Scott Rosenberg has taken hundreds of students on service trips to the nation since his first visit as a Peace Corps Volunteer over two decades ago. African king to give commencement speech at Ohio university 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The badges also represented the teacher of the year programme, National Education Association and Peace Corps, where she began her teaching career. US Teacher of the Year stages silent protest as Trump awards prize 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The president presented the 2018 National Teacher of the Year award to Mandy Manning, a former Peace Corps worker who is an English and math teacher teaching refugee and immigrant students in Spokane, Washington. Trump sides with teachers: ‘There is no more important job’ 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z I completed my two years of service in Swaziland with the Peace Corps. The perils of travelling as a young black woman 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z The imminent birth of Dickson’s first child spurred the globe-trotting Peace Corps volunteer to return home to Browntown in 2007, and the existence of the Soil Sisters enabled her to become comfortable there. Making it as a female farmer in a man's world 2018-04-21T04:00:00Z Manning jokes that she never wanted to be a teacher and thought her time as an educator would be limited to her two years in Armenia as a Peace Corps volunteer. Spokane educator Mandy Manning named 2018 National Teacher of the Year 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Then, as a former Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan, I thought, “Great, but where are our elected leaders?” Opinion | American volunteers are helping refugees. The government should, too. 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Lee was 25 and working for the Peace Corps the day King was shot. A black bank witnessed devastation after the 1968 riots. Now ‘the future is bright.’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z I returned to the US and secured a leadership position with the Peace Corps, but five years later I decided a break was in order. The perils of travelling as a young black woman 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nigeria and later became president of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Washington. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Those field teams were packed with young idealists — including returning volunteers from some early Peace Corps cohorts — who doubted that Johnson’s Great Society efforts went far enough. Review | 50 years ago, a presidential commission called out America’s ‘white racism.’ It didn’t go over well. 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z As a Peace Corps volunteer I am forbidden from intervening in situations like this, not only for my own safety, but also to preserve the role of the Peace Corps as an apolitical development organization. The Day My School Was Attacked--with Rocks 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Caroline Nabors, 29, said she found an apartment a few weeks ago in the area while still living in Ethiopia for her staff position with the Peace Corps. In D.C.’s Union Market neighborhood, it’s a wholesale transformation 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z Following a gruelling screening process, I was selected for a two-year position in Africa with the Peace Corps - a competitive international volunteer programme run by the US government. The perils of travelling as a young black woman 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Soon afterward, the United States dropped virtually all of $70 million in aid, including canceling the Peace Corps program there. Foreign aid cuts proposed, but ‘friends’ might be protected 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z A former Peace Corps volunteer, Kennedy was an assistant district attorney in two Massachusetts districts before being elected to Congress. Newest Kennedy in Congress to give Democratic SOTU response 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z He works for the Peace Corps in the District, his family told police. Police say psychic swindled man out of savings and then sought more 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z At the Peace Corps, she focused on searching for talented minorities and women to serve overseas and as senior staff members. Washington-area obituaries of note 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z |
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