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Read about John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps program. Explore the Peace Corps history, identify its mission and purpose, and understand its various...
Peace Corps, U.S. government agency of volunteers, established by executive order by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, and authorized by the U.S. Congress through the Peace Corps Act of September 22, 1961. The first director of the Peace Corps
While these works, which are often memoirs, are interesting and do serve a purpose, more recent scholarly studies are of greater value to the historical field. Scholars have made significant strides in placing the Peace Corps within a larger historical context, and the Peace Corps is now being...
2. PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES The year 2011 marks the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps. Plans are underway to engage people around the world in events that shall commemorate the legacy of Peace Corps and gain momentum as we embark on the next fifty years. The historic October 14, 1960 speech by...
The Peace Corps is a different kind of job on many levels. First of all, workers are volunteers. During their time in service, they receive a small salary that is enough for them to live in a manner similar to the residents of the community they serve. For most US citizens, that manne...
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The purpose of Peace Corps Kids is to create a network for those of us who come from multicultural, multiracial, immigrant families that were brought together through the Peace Corps experience. The website will feature stories of people who have had the
I actually had trouble coming up with the words to use. So many words I thought of are far more inflammatory than I wanted for this piece. I wanted more general terms that would not cause people to fixate on them and get angry. Yes, the vitriol is heating up, but the purpose of thi...
I hope that motherfucking, oath-breaking, insurrectionist is fucking happy. It’s not my place, but the rest of the Marine Corps should declare the first ex-Marine. And not just the Marine Corps, but they’re ordering allUS militaryout of their ‘country’ by 9/11. ...