Peace Corps Director Carol Bellamy to Speak on "New Frontiers in the Former Soviet Republics"
Peace Corps Director Carol Bellamy to Speak on "New Frontiers in the Former Soviet Republics"
Princeton, N.J.--Carol Bellamy, director of the Peace Corps, will speak on "The Peace Corps in the '90s: New Frontiers in the Former Soviet Republics," at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, February 6, at 8:00 p.m. in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
Bellamy, appointed the head of the Peace Corps by President Clinton in 1993, was once a volunteer for the Peace Corps, and is the first volunteer to return to head the agency. Her career includes significant public sector service--she served in the New York State Senate from 1973 until 1977, and in 1978 became the first woman president of the New York City Council, a position she held until 1985. Most recently, she was the managing director in the Public Finance Department at Bear Stearns & Co.
The Peace Corps, which currently brings its mission of promoting world peace through education and understanding to 93 countries, has begun serving in many of the former Soviet Republics. Its volunteers participate in projects relating to education, health, the environment, business, and agriculture.
Since the Peace Corps was established by President Kennedy in 1961, 140,000 volunteers have served in more than 100 countries around the world.
Bellamy's talk is being sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.
