This past Wednesday, February 25th, the NPCA, in conjunction with Oxfam America, held its first cyber-conference call on Climate Change and Clean Energy. With over twenty participants from twelve states, the call successfully addressed the issue of climate change and how we, as Americans, can take action. …
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NPCA Holds Cyber-Conference Call for Climate Change
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Worldview Magazine: Call for Submissions
http://peacecorpsconnect.typepad.com/peacecorpspolyglot/2008/06/worldview-magaz.htmlWorldview Magazine is looking for submissions for the Fall 2008 issue. The issue will center on the theme "Peace Corps for the 21st Century." In three years, Peace Corps will celebrate its 50th anniversary. How has is fared in that time. …
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Conference Looks at the Future of Peace Corps
http://peacecorpsconnect.typepad.com/peacecorpspolyglot/2008/06/conference-look.htmlIn conjunction with the launch of the MorePeaceCorps Campaign, NPCA convened a small gathering of thought leaders and original Peace Corps architects on June 13-15 to begin a discussion on the future of Peace Corps. …
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The Tranquilo Traveler
http://blog.joshuaberman.netBy Joshua | April 29th, 2008 | No Comments » I’d like to belatedly join Peace Corps Polyglot (blog of the National Peace Corps Association) in wishing Worldview editor David Arnold well as he moves on. After 14 years of transforming and improving Worldview magazine, which as a result of his vision and work is so much more than a mere alumni
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Tranquilo Tip of the Hat to David Arnold, Worldview Magazine Editor Extraordinaire
http://blog.joshuaberman.net/08-04/tranquilo-tip-of-the-hat-...region where his career of service began in 1964 as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia. His final issue of Worldview, a special international volunteer edition (with an article on Guatemala by yours truly), is on shelves now (though not online yet). [LINK TO POLYGLOT POST] [LINK TO WORLDVIEW]
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Campanastan
http://aquadoc.typepad.com/aquablogToo Many Innocents Abroad?". Robert actually contacted me to thank me for my comments, and directed me to Peace Corps Polyglot, the blog of the National Peace Corps Association (RPCV). If you are interested, view the comments on his piece. "Statistics are people with the tears wiped away." -- Unknown
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Bad words from a big stage
http://murch9.blogspot.com/2008/01/bad-words-from-big-stage....Peace Corps country director Robert Strauss wishes that we could go back to the good ol' roots of the organization. These days, he says, "young volunteers lack the maturity and professional experience to be effective development workers." Myself and many others find that Strauss' statements are so off point that it is hard to believe he was once a volunteer. Strauss claims that in 1961, college grads were more useful to developing countries than they are now. Today, he says, "it’s much less clear what
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"Too Many Innocents Abroad" Reverberates
http://peacecorpsconnect.multiply.com/journal/item/303/Too_M...For two days it was among the Times' most e-mailed articles. It sparked lively discussion on numerous RPCV group listservs, on Facebook and, of course, on this blog (see the comments in the previous post, Response to Times Op-Ed "Too Many Innocents Abroad."). On Sunday the Times ran several letters to the editor in response to the Strauss piece, including one from current Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter. You can read them here. And this morning, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a returned Peace Corps
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Jennifer Saylor, Freelance Writer
http://jennifersaylor.wordpress.comFractal Food Freakonomics Blog Global Voices Online John Shirley ShirleyBlog Kevin Kelly Kids Write Speeches for Bush Liz Seymour Long Bets National Baked Bean Month New American Dream nomad4ever Normal Day Peace Corps Polyglot Rate My Professors Rudy Rucker’s blog Scrutiny Hooligans Stephen Fry’s blog The American War Library: Americans Killed In Action The Golden Rule The Long Now Foundation The Sad Song
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Mourning the M-bag
http://amherst01002.blogspot.com/2007/12/mourning-m-bag.htmlshipping method, cheap, take as long as you like, slow boat, surface mail (the M-bag) no longer existed. The M-bag died on May 14, 2007, and with it the incalculable value of the paper diplomacy of ideas, stories, poems, and literacy programs. Myriad scholars, book dissemination non-profits, and generous individuals who believe in the value of ideas, of sharing books, and of literacy, have been struck hard by this passing.
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50th Anniversary Activity Underway Thanks to Public Welfare Foundation Grant and a Generous Bequest
http://peacecorpsconnect.multiply.com/journal/item/279/50th_...community and under Tom’s leadership supported the 25th, 35th, 40th and now the 50th anniversary of Peace Corps. It also provided support to develop the Emergency Response Network, which Peace Corps adopted as Crisis Corps and recently named as Peace Corps Response. Tom has asked that this very generous gift be used to support the planning and organization of the most successful Peace Corps gathering ever. “NPCA is enormously grateful for this splendid gift,” says NPCA President Kevin Quigley.
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NPCA Turns International Volunteer Day into a Day of Action
http://peacecorpsconnect.multiply.com/journal/item/280/NPCA_...On December 5, International Volunteer Day, NPCA took the lead in organizing Capitol Hill advocacy and a nationwide action to expand opportunities for global service. Nearly 30 members of the Building Bridges Coalition held meetings and provided information to 300 congressional offices, urging
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Must-See TV: PBS to Air "American Idealist - The Story of Sargent Shriver
http://peacecorpsconnect.multiply.com/journal/item/277/Must-...Head Start, Legal Services for the Poor, Youth Corps and more. All but forgotten today, Shriver initiated social programs during the 1960s that helped shape an era that dared millions of young Americans to live out their ideals. Be sure to watch, it's a great film.
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