This Week's Top Stories
The week's top Peace Corps news stories posted here every Saturday.
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This Week's Top Stories
The week's top Peace Corps news stories posted here every Saturday.
 | November 20, 2004: This Week's Top Stories Kinky Friedman starts Olive Oil for Peace 20 Nov Tony Hall tours Darfur region of Sudan 19 Nov UNV and Peace Corps sign agreement 18 Nov Sam Farr sponsors California Missions Bill 18 Nov Chris Dodd to Introduce Federal Shield Law 18 Nov RPCV fights to defeat CAFTA 18 Nov U.S.-Russian Group Fills Gap Left by Peace Corps 17 Nov Shays one of few to oppose Delay rules change 17 Nov The disease of NGO-ism 15 Nov RPCV writes "The Bush Survival Bible" 14 Nov RPCV is collector of primitive Indian artifacts 14 Nov Chris Matthews keynotes for disability awareness 14 Nov more top stories... |
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Taylor Hackford was around to introduce the film and share...
Taylor Hackford was around to introduce the film and share a few words on the man, the music, and the film. 1 November 2004
Several years ago, Sandra Feldman started Costa Rica Tours Ltd...
Several years ago, Sandra Feldman started Costa Rica Tours Ltd., which arranges travel packages to a country where she served in the Peace Corps in the 1960s 1 November 2004
Georgia RPCV John Mackedon writes about the latest events in...
Georgia RPCV John Mackedon writes about the latest events in Abkhazia 1 November 2004
Retired military psychologist is PCV in Guatemala
Retired military psychologist Ernie Lenz returns to service as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala 1 November 2004
Oman RPCV Delinda C. Hanley says Muslims Promise a Whirlwind...
Oman RPCV Delinda C. Hanley says Muslims Promise a Whirlwind of Activity To Get Out the Bloc Vote on Election Day 1 November 2004
Philippines RPCV Phil Bloom writes: War in Iraq continues with...
Philippines RPCV Phil Bloom writes: War in Iraq continues with no peace in sight 1 November 2004
"Autism is a World" co-produced by Douglas Bikle
"Autism is a World" co-produced by Sierra Leone RPCV Douglas Biklen to be Screened In Four U.S. Cities 1 November 2004
Tonga RPCV Suellen Bowersock has managed to do what most...
Tonga RPCV Suellen Bowersock has managed to do what most of us only dream about: She has combined her talents with her passions and created a career she loves. Her company, Enchanted Lands Adventures and Tours, has been in business since 1997 1 November 2004
NPCA to offer insurance to members
NPCA to offer Medicare supplement, long-term care and possibly disability insurance to members 1 November 2004
Special Report: How are RPCVs voting in the election...
Special Report: How are RPCVs voting in the election? 1 November 2004
Angela Gustafson and her husband, Brian, who spent two years...
Angela Gustafson and her husband, Brian, who spent two years as Peace Corps volunteers in the Dominican Republic, founded Out of the Box Publishing 2 November 2004
Mike Honda spends election night with Kerry
Mike Honda spends election evening with Sen. John Kerry in Boston 2 November 2004
PCV takes leave to work in election
Jessica Bauer, 26, a Buffalo, N.Y., native, took a leave from her Peace Corps job in Jamaica to volunteer for the Kerry campaign 2 November 2004
RPCV creates poster map of Eugene Oregon
After 19 years, Kenya RPCV James Cloutier draws a modern version of his poster map of Eugene 2 November 2004
Kenya RPCV James Cloutier says Welcome to my town as...
Kenya RPCV James Cloutier says Welcome to my town as depicted in the latest cartoon poster map of Eugene, Oregon 2 November 2004
South Africa RPCV Peter Demmler Kane dies...
South Africa RPCV Peter Demmler Kane dies 2 November 2004
Murder in the Peace Corps...
Murder in the Peace Corps 2 November 2004
Josephson is expert on electoral college
William Josephson's career began when he helped found the Peace Corps 2 November 2004
Sam Farr retains seat in House
Farr retains seat in House 3 November 2004
Dodd likely candidate for Senate Democratic leader
U.S. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd finds himself one of the most likely candidates to become the new Senate Democratic leader 3 November 2004
Chris Shays wins tenth term
Republican Rep. Christopher Shays, who insisted on playing the nice guy throughout his race with Westport First Selectwoman Diane G. Farrell, will win a ninth term, CNN projects. 3 November 2004
Shays wins 10th term: "We can't be about anger and...
Shays wins 10th term: "We can't be about anger and hate," Shays said. "We have to be about what's best for the country." 3 November 2004
RPCV Paul Johnson loses in Iowa Congressional race
RPCV Paul Johnson loses in Iowa Congressional race, says race was "a good, solid campaign where people talked about the issues." 3 November 2004
Polls indicate that incumbent Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, won the...
Polls indicate that incumbent Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, won the 8th District U.S. Congressional race comfortably against Bob Alexander, D-East Lansing 3 November 2004
James Walsh takes 90% of vote
Walsh takes 90% of vote 3 November 2004
RPCV Peg Pinard loses race for California State Senate...
RPCV Peg Pinard loses race for California State Senate 3 November 2004
Brett Morrison was a two-year Peace Corps volunteer in...
Brett Morrison was a two-year Peace Corps volunteer in Russia, where he met Russian-born Zina while teaching an American conversation class. The two married in 2000 and are expecting their first child 3 November 2004
Returned Peace Corps volunteer Shawn Barnes' heart is still in...
Returned Peace Corps volunteer Shawn Barnes' heart is still in Western Samoa with the families who welcomed him into their community 3 November 2004
Tom Petri coasts to 14th term
Petri coasts to 14th term 3 November 2004
Interaction features NPCA
Interaction features NPCA 3 November 2004
RPCV to speak on Armenian genocide
RPCV Dr. Merrill D. Peterson will speak on "Starving Armenians: America and the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1930 and After" 4 November 2004
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas said 48 more US Peace...
US Ambassador Harry K Thomas said 48 more US Peace Corps volunteers would be sworn-in Sunday raising the total number of volunteers to over 100 in 57 districts of Bangladesh 4 November 2004
PCV Marc Gaudet writes on Halloween in Bolivia
PCV Marc Gaudet writes on Halloween in Bolivia 4 November 2004
RPCV Joe Tomaino and his wife JoAnn were in Chile...
RPCV Joe Tomaino and his wife JoAnn were in Chile in 1964 during the elections between Eduardo Frei and the communist, Salvador Allende 4 November 2004
RPCV Susan Sheridan is a consumer with a strong interest...
RPCV Susan Sheridan is a consumer with a strong interest in partnering with other consumers and the healthcare system to improve care and avoid preventable patient injuries. Her special interest is kernicterus, a preventable newborn brain injury caused by elevated jaundice. 4 November 2004
RPCV Susan Sheridan is a consumer organizer and spokesperson on...
RPCV Susan Sheridan is a consumer organizer and spokesperson on health and safety issues. Both her husband, Pat, and their son, Cal, experienced serious injuries as the result of medical system failures 4 November 2004
Ecuador RPCV Susan E. Sheridan will lead the consumer action...
Ecuador RPCV Susan E. Sheridan will lead the consumer action area of the World Alliance for Patient Safety 4 November 2004
The day before the election, I saw my congressman, Republican...
The day before the election, I saw my congressman, Republican Chris Shays of Connecticut, greeting potential voters on Platform 19 at Grand Central Station, the launching point for the 5:01 to New Haven, the Bushenfreude express. When I thanked him for cutting my taxes, Shays smiled broadly. But when I suggested that he had raised taxes on my children, he looked at me quizzically. 4 November 2004
Iran hostage Barry Rosen leaves for Afghanistan
RPCV Barry Rosen left Manhattan last month for Afghanistan, next door to Iran, where he was held hostage for 444 days in 1979. Rosen is determined to recapture something that was taken from him more than two decades ago: his overseas life 4 November 2004
At a time when the United States is striving to...
At a time when the United States is striving to fight growing anti-Americanism around the world, the Peace Corps is trying to expand its reach into other Muslim countries. Right now, Jordan remains its only outpost in the Middle East. 4 November 2004
Jim Glendinning says ours is the first group of Peace...
Jim Glendinning says ours is the first group of Peace Corps business volunteers to visit Kazakhstan 4 November 2004
US and Russia announce Volunteer Exchange Program
The U.S. State Department has announced a volunteer exchange program that will have 50 Russian and American community leaders traveling abroad. The program is a response to Moscow's decision to bar Peace Corps activists in Russia 4 November 2004
PCV says Good news comes out of Africa too
Tanzania PCV Matthew Raboin says Good news comes out of Africa, too 4 November 2004
Francois Boko decided to come to Southwest Florida at the...
Francois Boko decided to come to Southwest Florida at the invitation of his friend - Naples attorney Steve Grogoza, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Togo - to watch the elections process in the United States 4 November 2004
After serving in the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan and hearing...
After serving in the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan and hearing from a friend who served in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan, John Harty has started to collect shoes for Afghan women and children. 4 November 2004
After serving in the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan and hearing...
After serving in the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan and hearing from a friend who served in the Peace Corps in Afghanistan, John Harty has started to collect shoes for Afghan women and children 4 November 2004
Bobby Shriver elected in California
Bobby Shriver extended the family political pedigree with his election to the Santa Monica City Council 4 November 2004
Liberia RPCV Dick Haws writes on How a Democrat can...
Liberia RPCV Dick Haws writes on How a Democrat can be elected president 5 November 2004
Richard Friedman, erstwhile leader of that famed country western band...
Richard Friedman, erstwhile leader of that famed country western band known as Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, as well as author of a series of mysteries, has turned his attention to politics and will run for governor of Texas in two years. 5 November 2004
"Peach" Taylor honored for civil rights work
George "Peach" Taylor and his family were singled out in Birmingham - phone calls late at night, racist jokes at Sunday schools - because of his desegregation views, and they decided to leave. He became head of the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, a country on the west coast of Africa. 5 November 2004
RPCV is President of American College of Obstetricians
Vivian M. Dickerson MD, professor and president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, says "As a response to the horrible stuff that went on in the Vietnam war, I joined the Peace Corps and was sent to Africa. I started working with women, many of whom were pregnant, and discovered this was what I wanted to do." 5 November 2004
Nick Craw leaving US Sailing
US Sailing's Executive Director Nick Craw has announced he will be leaving the organization as of January 1, 2005 5 November 2004
Thomas Gouttierre says al-Qaida now bigger
Thomas Gouttierre offers other view of Afghanistan - President Bush's assertion that 75 percent of al-Qaida leadership has been eliminated is not true, he said. "They may have eliminated 75 percent of the original (organization), but now it has metastasized, it's bigger, it's all over the world." 6 November 2004
Movie alleges PCVs taught cocaine processing
While it may seem preposterous to many in the United States, it's a commonly held belief here that Peace Corps volunteers first taught Colombians how to process coca leaves into cocaine 6 November 2004
Dodd Considering Bid For Connecticut Governor...
Dodd Considering Bid For Connecticut Governor 6 November 2004
In a sign of growing Democratic powerlessness and despair in...
In a sign of growing Democratic powerlessness and despair in Washington after Tuesday's elections, Senator Christopher J. Dodd is considering running for governor of Connecticut in 2006 6 November 2004
John Kefalas rann honorable and admirable campaign
Thumbs up to John Kefalas for running an honorable and admirable campaign to represent House District 5 6 November 2004
Robert Blackwill to Step Down as coordinator for strategic planning...
Robert Blackwill to Step Down as coordinator for strategic planning 6 November 2004
RPCV Architect builds dream house
Steven Ehrlich has been enamored with the eclectic community and Venice lifestyle since the late '70s, when he purchased his first home there upon returning from Africa, where he did a stint in the Peace Corps 6 November 2004
A self proclaimed "architectural anthropologist "; upon graduating from Rensslaer Polytechnic...
A self proclaimed "architectural anthropologist "; upon graduating from Rensslaer Polytechnic Institute in 1969 Steven Ehrlich spent six years living and working in Africa serving as the first Architect with the Peace Corps in Marrakech, Morocco 6 November 2004
Statement by Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, United States Senior...
Statement by Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, United States Senior Advisor, on Agenda Item 85, report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories 6 November 2004
GOP to use Rove strategy against Jim Doyle?
If Karl Rove, President Bush's political brain, worked in Wisconsin, here's what might happen: Right-wing Republicans would push to get a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on the ballot in late 2006 when first-term Gov. Jim Doyle is up for re-election. The move would bring out conservative types in droves who - as long as they're in the voting booth - would then cast a vote for the Republican running against Doyle, a liberal Dem from Madison 6 November 2004
Elaine Chao to run DOT?
The buzz in Washington is that Elaine Chao is lobbying to become transportation secretary during the second Bush term 6 November 2004
RPCV develops the Camden waterfront
For 20 years, RPCV Thomas Corcoran has been furiously selling the Camden waterfront. 7 November 2004
I would like to visit a friend who's serving in...
I would like to visit a friend who's serving in the Peace Corps in Shoumen, Bulgaria 7 November 2004
El Rey...
El Rey * * * * 7 November 2004
Congo Kinsasha RPCV Clarissa Engstrom is emergency room veterinarian...
Congo Kinsasha RPCV Clarissa Engstrom is emergency room veterinarian 7 November 2004
Dodd said to be weighing a run for governor
Dodd said to be weighing a run for governor 7 November 2004
Sue Pastore was once enrolled in the teachers' insurance program...
Sue Pastore was once enrolled in the teachers' insurance program but opted out when she went to Ghana on a Peace Corps mission in 2001. When she rushed home three months later because of her daughter's high-risk pregnancy with Andrew, she was not allowed to sign on again 7 November 2004
Goudarz Eghtedari knew the US through the actions of a...
Goudarz Eghtedari knew the US through the actions of a young American, Barkley Moore, who was a Peace Corps volunteer in a small town close to the Soviet border in Northern Iran. Despite the rumors I could overhear that he was a spy eavesdropping on Soviet communications, he was a friend back in the mid 60s when I was not even a teen. 7 November 2004
Kenya RPCV Scott Zesch writes "The Captured"
Kenya RPCV Scott Zesch writes The Captured: "It confirmed for me what I learned in the Peace Corps," he said, "and that is that the best way to overcome stereotyped ideas about people of a different culture is actually to live among them and get to know them as individuals. 7 November 2004
Robert E. says "I did do a three year stint...
Robert E. says "I did do a three year stint in the Peace Corps and my wife is from Morocco, and I like to think I am a bit more progressive than most of the knuckledraggers who live with me in the State of Oklahoma" 7 November 2004
RPCV Chaka Ann taught with tremendous energy
Morocco RPCV Chaka Ann turned out to be a petite former Peace Corps worker with tremendous energy, a zany sense of humor and boundless enthusiasm for her subject (humanities) and her student 7 November 2004
RPCV helps secure scholarship for Nepalese
After she finished high school, a Peace Corps volunteer helped Bishnu Maya Pariyar secure a college scholarship in the capital city Kathmandu 7 November 2004
Last week, I spoke to an American, a Peace Corps...
Last week, I spoke to an American, a Peace Corps volunteer. As luck would have it, he's from Ohio. I haven't seen him again, so I haven't ribbed him yet for letting his home state deliver the coup de grace to Kerry. But when I see him this weekend, for sure some more abuse is going his way. I already rag him about being a CIA agent, and that he's collecting snippets for our dossiers that are on file with the embassy 7 November 2004
RPCV produces Thai Food Tonight" on tv
RPCV Ernie Geefay and his wife Dim produce, write and star in a 30-minute show "Thai Food Tonight" that airs in 10 million homes on the GoodLife TV Network 7 November 2004
Doyle says GOP predictions fall short
Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, said predictions that Republicans would win enough seats in the Legislature to have veto-proof control fell "far short." 7 November 2004
The Bangladcsh branch of the American Peace Corps swore in...
The Bangladcsh branch of the American Peace Corps swore in forty-eight new members to start their two-year term at the American Embassy 8 November 2004
Brandon Kitagawa in Belize...
Brandon Kitagawa in Belize 8 November 2004
Ex-Marine Mother of 4 joins Peace Corps at 65
At age 65, after her four children were grown, former Marine Evelyn Norton joined the Peace Corps and lived in Belize from 1985 to 1987 8 November 2004
Trish Johnston served for the Peace Corps in Chile in...
Trish Johnston served for the Peace Corps in Chile in a small business development program 8 November 2004
RPCV on regime change in Chile and Nicaragua
Phil Mitchell had been in the Peace Corp in Chile and was well aware how the United States managed regime change. We put an ad in the New York Times Week in Review section asking former Peace Corps volunteers to join us in sending a peace plane to Nicaragua 8 November 2004
Chile RPCV Brian Loveman Leverages a Lifelong Interest in Latin...
Chile RPCV Brian Loveman Leverages a Lifelong Interest in Latin American Politics 8 November 2004
Read more about the making of the movie "El Rey...
Read more about the making of the movie "El Rey" 8 November 2004
Recreación del inicio del narcotráfic...
Recreación del inicio del narcotráfic 8 November 2004
Directors Notes on the Making of the Movie...
Directors Notes on the Making of the Movie 8 November 2004
RPCV Mike Tidwell leads Citizens to Protest Coal-fired Power...
RPCV Mike Tidwell leads Citizens to Protest Coal-fired Power Plant Wednesday in Montgomery County; Arrests Likely 8 November 2004
Donna Shalala talks about NFL Football
After serving eight years and becoming the longest serving HHS Secretary in U.S. history, Donna Shalala was selected as the University of Miami's president. Now NFL.com has chosen her to discuss what it's like presiding over the school that produces more NFL talent than any other 8 November 2004
David Rosenberg in Jordan...
David Rosenberg in Jordan 8 November 2004
Kinky Friedman proposes "Texas Peace Corps"
One of Kinky Friedman's unique policy initiatives is his "Texas Peace Corps," where famous, influential people such as Pat Green, Willie Nelson and Laura Bush would get involved in public life - not as mere celebrity spokespeople but people who are "ready to give a little bit more." They'd go to public schools whose music programs have been stripped and play songs to inspire children to learn music. 8 November 2004
Peace Corps Volunteer Melissa Mosvick dies in Morocco as a...
Peace Corps Volunteer Melissa Mosvick dies in Morocco as a result of a public bus accident 8 November 2004
Peace Corps Mourns the Loss of Volunteer Melissa Mosvick...
Peace Corps Mourns the Loss of Volunteer Melissa Mosvick 8 November 2004
Sean Smukler in Nepal...
Sean Smukler in Nepal 8 November 2004
Jules Keane in Niger...
Jules Keane in Niger 8 November 2004
RPCV Stave Larkin is head volleyball coach
Panama RPCV Stave Larkin is head volleyball coach at Modesto Junior College 8 November 2004
Praise and protest at McPherson reception
Praise, silent protest mark McPherson reception 8 November 2004
Chris Matthews discussed Arafat succession with Lawrence Eagleburger: "I saw...
Chris Matthews discussed Arafat succession with Lawrence Eagleburger: "I saw that working the Peace Corps, the whites preferred dealing with a strong black leader who controlled the negotiating and controlled the country once they gave back their colonial power to him, to the people themselves." 8 November 2004
RPCV went to Thailand to study Buddhism
Jack Kornfield says in 1967 I asked the Peace Corps to send me to a Buddhist country so I could go and find a monastery, and ended up in Thailand 8 November 2004
RPCV Ernie Geefay and his wife Dim produce, write and...
RPCV Ernie Geefay and his wife Dim produce, write and star in a 30-minute show "Thai Food Tonight 8 November 2004
Theodore Sorensen compares 1960 election to 2004
Theodore Sorensen says "I take some pride in recalling that it was in the 1960 campaign that JFK first proposed the Peace Corps, the U.S. Disarmament Agency, the Alliance for Progress, and a host of other concrete proposals that he later implemented" 8 November 2004
Theodore Sorensen compares 1960 election to 2004
Theodore Sorensen says "I take some pride in recalling that it was in the 1960 campaign that JFK first proposed the Peace Corps, the U.S. Disarmament Agency, the Alliance for Progress, and a host of other concrete proposals that he later implemented" [Revised] 8 November 2004
Sam Farr apologizes for comments
Rep. Sam Farr is apologizing for comments he made about the presidential race 9 November 2004
RPCV killed in attack in Ivory Coast
Congo Kinsasha RPCV Robert Carsky native killed in attack in Ivory Coast 9 November 2004
Dr Robert J. Carsky was killed when a bomb struck...
Dr Robert J. Carsky was killed when a bomb struck the French school in Bouaké where it appears he took shelter from the air attack 9 November 2004
Robert Blackwill's Habit of Full Disclosure...
Robert Blackwill's Habit of Full Disclosure 9 November 2004
RPCV reunites with Kenya colleague after 30 years
A volunteer 30 years ago with the Peace Corps, Ed Toth went to Kenya in March to reunite with a former colleague and close friend, Abduliah Abdi. Together, they traveled to sites where they had worked in 1974. 9 November 2004
Kingsley Anderson says not until several months later upon living...
Kingsley Anderson says not until several months later upon living and working in Mali, West Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer did I fully grasp the power a mask may hold 9 November 2004
Vasquez in Mexico with Powell and Ridge
Colin Powell and Tom Ridge are in Mexico accompanied by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, and Peace Corps Director Gaddi Vasquez 9 November 2004
Vasquez in Mexico for agreement anniversary
Director Vasquez attends Binational Commission marking the one year anniversary of the historic partnership agreement between the two countries that led to the establishment of the first Peace Corps program in Mexico 9 November 2004
PCV Melissa Mosvick Killed In Accident
Melissa Mosvick Killed In Accident While Serving Peace Corps 9 November 2004
Ambassador explains Russian Volunteer Initiative
US Ambassador says new American-Russian Volunteer Initiative is a mutual program and volunteers will travel in two directions. He said this reflects more mature relations, as compared to the mid 1990s when the Peace Corps arrived in Russia. 9 November 2004
American RPCV anthropologist Joseph Opala, who spent may years in...
American RPCV anthropologist Joseph Opala, who spent may years in the coastal West African state of Sierra Leone on research and lectures, is reported to have discovered a "seventh generation" descendant of a slave girl called "Pricilla", who was taken from Sierra Leone to South Carolina in 1756 9 November 2004
Charges possible in 1976 PCV slaying
US Attorney asked to consider bringing charges against Dennis Priven in 1976 slaying of Peace Corps Volunteer Deborah Gardner 9 November 2004
Charge possible in 28-year-old homicide of Peace Corps...
Charge possible in 28-year-old homicide of Peace Corps Volunteer Deborah Gardner 9 November 2004
Peace Corps volunteer James Mayers grows accustomed to his new...
Peace Corps volunteer James Mayers grows accustomed to his new surroundings in Bulgaria 10 November 2004
Robert Carsky graduated from Colgate University, joined the Peace Corps...
Robert Carsky graduated from Colgate University, joined the Peace Corps for four years and went to teach in Congo Kinsasha 10 November 2004
Peace Corps volunteer Megan Miller returns from Ecuador...
Peace Corps volunteer Megan Miller returns from Ecuador 10 November 2004
Malaysia RPCV Bruce Anderson's new newspaper hits Oregon...
Malaysia RPCV Bruce Anderson's new newspaper hits Oregon 10 November 2004
Malaysia RPCV Bruce Anderson debuts weekly newspaper in Oregon...
Malaysia RPCV Bruce Anderson debuts weekly newspaper in Oregon 10 November 2004
Peace Corps Opens Office in Mexico...
Peace Corps Opens Office in Mexico 10 November 2004
Peace Corps Volunteer Melissa Mosvick dies in crash...
Peace Corps Volunteer Melissa Mosvick dies in crash 10 November 2004
Peace Corps volunteer Melissa Mosvick dies in Morocco...
Peace Corps volunteer Melissa Mosvick dies in Morocco 10 November 2004
Elaine Chao to run UNICEF?
Congressional sources say Labor Secretary Elaine Chao may leave cabinet, possibly to run the U.N. children's body UNICEF 10 November 2004
Cameroon RPCV Margaret Krome says Vote shows media failed...
Cameroon RPCV Margaret Krome says Vote shows media failed 11 November 2004
Congo Kinsasha RPCV Robert Carsky Killed in Ivory Coast Violence...
Congo Kinsasha RPCV Robert Carsky Killed in Ivory Coast Violence 11 November 2004
RPCV arrested in anti-global warming protest
RPCV Mike Tidwell, director of Chesapeake Climate Action Network and one of those arrested yesterday, said the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, an anti-global warming group, wants Mirant to support proposed Maryland legislation that would require more advanced technology to clean pollutants emitted from power plants 11 November 2004
Carl Pope says "Of course our strategies will evolve in...
Carl Pope says "Of course our strategies will evolve in the next four years ... but it was the most sophisticated, well-funded, and determined effort by this community to sway a presidential election to date" 11 November 2004
RPCV returns to Nepal to scale Everest
Lamidanda Nepal is where John Vavruska spent many days and nights 20 years ago as a Peace Corps Volunteer working out the UNICEF Field Office 11 November 2004
Jemison promotes new hands-on science program
Five years ago, Mae Jemison came to Clayton to promote the launch of a partnership between Bayer Healthcare and Johnston County Schools to teach a new hands-on science program in four of the district's elementary schools. She returned Wednesday, when the pharmaceutical company gave Johnston schools the largest of its five yearly grants -- $50,000 -- to expand the program to all 19 Johnston elementary schools. 11 November 2004
Thomas Tighe on the great philanthropic tradition
Thomas Tighe says "This great philanthropic tradition exists because Americans act when they see things that should be done that government can't or won't do and for which no profit incentive exists. It's public service done privately." 11 November 2004
Peace Corps Volunteer Timber Massey is asking that UCO students...
Peace Corps Volunteer Timber Massey is asking that UCO students, faculty and staff donate items for Ukranian orphans 11 November 2004
Rebecca Houghtaling, a second-year University of Illinois graduate student...
Rebecca Houghtaling, a second-year University of Illinois graduate student in urban and regional planning and a Peace Corps representative at the UI, talks about the time she spent in the Ukraine during a recruitment session 11 November 2004
NPCA Introduces Interactive Online Career Center
NPCA Introduces Interactive Online Career Center 11 November 2004
Even though he's spent a year in Chile, Mark Graziano...
Even though he's spent a year in Chile, Mark Graziano is still expecting culture shock when he heads to Bolivia in January as a Peace Corps volunteer. 12 November 2004
Lydia Trezevant has three daughters, one of whom is in...
Lydia Trezevant has three daughters, one of whom is in the Peace Corps in Botswana. She tells Channel 2 she plans to send the eight dollars there so her daughter can buy a turkey to celebrate an American-style Thanksgiving 12 November 2004
Friends of Ecuador have new web site...
Friends of Ecuador have new web site 12 November 2004
Ghana RPCV Matthew C. Patrick is Massachusetts State Representative...
Ghana RPCV Matthew C. Patrick is Massachusetts State Representative 12 November 2004
Ghana RPCV on the purpose of government
Ghana RPCV Matthew C. Patrick on the purpose of government 12 November 2004
Ex-Adviser Robert D. Blackwill Reportedly Hurt Embassy Aide - Kuwait...
Ex-Adviser Robert D. Blackwill Reportedly Hurt Embassy Aide - Kuwait Airport Incident Disputed 12 November 2004
Kenya RPCV Scott Zesch writes The Captured: A True Story...
Kenya RPCV Scott Zesch writes The Captured: A True Story of Abduction by Indians on the Texas Frontier 12 November 2004
tonga soa e! (welcome!) ...to chad's madagascar homepage...
tonga soa e! (welcome!) ...to chad's madagascar homepage 12 November 2004
Peace Corps pulls out of Nepal...
Peace Corps pulls out of Nepal 12 November 2004
For 42 years, the Peace Corps had a mutually-beneficial...
For 42 years, the Peace Corps had a mutually-beneficial volunteer program in Nepal, it will be sorely missed 12 November 2004
Peace Corps volunteers leave Nepal with heavy hearts...
Peace Corps volunteers leave Nepal with heavy hearts 12 November 2004
The Peace Corps Program in Nepal closed in November, 2004...
The Peace Corps Program in Nepal closed in November, 2004 12 November 2004
RPCVs to host Scott Stossel on Nov 16
UMBC and Maryland RPCVs to host Scott Stossel on Nov 16 12 November 2004
In 1991, Tricia Nicolau was a Peace Corps volunteer, working...
In 1991, Tricia Nicolau was a Peace Corps volunteer, working with impoverished people in Bolivia. Eight years later, Tricia was ready to adopt a child, but she found foreign adoption programs in Bolivia no longer were being offered. She traveled to the Ukraine and returned with a 7-year-old girl 14 November 2004
Collect, or just admire, folk art on a two-week...
Collect, or just admire, folk art on a two-week tour of Guatemala beginning March 14. It will be led by collector and former Peace Corps volunteer Gordon Frost 14 November 2004
RPCV is collector of primitive Indian artifacts
For Gordon Frost, one of life's biggest thrills is travelling "down the dusty trail and discovering something (hopefully, a weaving) you've never seen before." The dusty trail is in Guatemala where Frost, a collector of primitive Indian artifacts, has spent the last dozen years travelling and amassing an extensive collection. 14 November 2004
After graduating from UCLA, Gordon Frost joined the Peace Corps...
After graduating from UCLA, Gordon Frost joined the Peace Corps and spent 1967-69 in the Latin American country of Guatemala. While there, the economics major began gathering a good-sized collection of native arts for his own enjoyment. 14 November 2004
When Uncle Sam beckoned, calling Gordon Frost to service in...
When Uncle Sam beckoned, calling Gordon Frost to service in the midst of the Vietnam conflict, Frost chose the Peace Corps as an alternative. He got his wish and was dispatched to Guatemala. 14 November 2004
Gordon Frost, who spends some five months of each year...
Gordon Frost, who spends some five months of each year in the interior of Guatemala, first became fascinated, then "Hooked," on the handcarved wood and painted masks while he was a member of the Peace Corps 14 November 2004
Gordon Frost leads folk art tours to Guatemala...
Gordon Frost leads folk art tours to Guatemala 14 November 2004
Ivory Coast RPCV Rachel Jenny Herr to marry...
Ivory Coast RPCV Rachel Jenny Herr to marry 14 November 2004
Chris Matthews keynotes for disability awareness
Chris Matthews will be the keynote speaker at a disability awareness event this week in honor of Ticchi, who is blind. 14 November 2004
RPCV writes "The Bush Survival Bible"
RPCV Gene Stone writes The Bush Survival Bible 14 November 2004
Chile RPCV Charlie Johnson, who turns 61 next week, was...
Chile RPCV Charlie Johnson, who turns 61 next week, was the first plant ecologist to work exclusively on the Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla and Malheur national forests 15 November 2004
RPCV' Paul Cowan's "The Tribes of America"
A Retrospective on Ecuador RPCV' Paul Cowan's the Tribes of America 15 November 2004
Gabon RPCV Ruth Lynn Katz weds Scott Blakeman...
Gabon RPCV Ruth Lynn Katz weds Scott Blakeman 15 November 2004
Teachers 2000, links to Peace Corps Fellows
Jamaica RPCV Christina Schwalm is a former Peace Corps volunteer participating in a program that allows her to perfect her teaching skills as an employee of the Montgomery County Public Schools while earning a master's degree in education from George Washington University 15 November 2004
Malaysia RPCV Steven John and a typical day at Lincoln...
Malaysia RPCV Steven John and a typical day at Lincoln High School 15 November 2004
Ho Baron joined the Peace Corps and was sent to...
Ho Baron joined the Peace Corps and was sent to Nigeria where I got caught up in two coups and a civil war 15 November 2004
Explanation of Vote by Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, United...
Explanation of Vote by Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, United States Senior Advisor, agenda item 98, "Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources," Second Committee 15 November 2004
Reed Hastings earned his first fortune in 1997
Reed Hastings earned his first fortune in 1997 by selling another company he founded, Pure Software, to rival Rational Software. 15 November 2004
RPCV has worked in jewelry design for 22 years
Uganda RPCV Bernadette Mahfood has worked in jewelry design for 22 years 15 November 2004
Crisis Corps Volunteers sent to Zambia
President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief Funds Helps Send Crisis Corps Volunteers to Zambia 15 November 2004
The disease of NGO-ism
The disease, which tends to afflict countries described as "troubled", is NGO-ism and Dr Bashar Dost is sick of it. "I have yet to see an NGO (non-governmental organisation) that has spent 80 per cent of its money for the benefit of the Afghan people and 20 per cent for its own benefit," he says. According to the minister, it is all the other way round. 15 November 2004
NPCA Chair says to vote for Board changes
NPCA Chair Ken Hill says to vote for the changes to the Board 15 November 2004
Four RPCVs argue for changes on the board of directors...
Four RPCVs argue for changes on the board of directors 15 November 2004
Ten Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on NPCA Governance Reform...
Ten Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on NPCA Governance Reform 15 November 2004
Vasquez Kicks-Off International Education Week
Peace Corps Director Kicks-Off International Education Week 15 November 2004
Special Report: "Vote ""Yes"" on the NPCA's bylaw changes...
Special Report: "Vote ""Yes"" on the NPCA's bylaw changes" 15 November 2004
Chris Shays Pushes for Intelligence Reform
Shays Pushes for Intelligence Reform 16 November 2004
Julie Lana spent three years in the Peace Corps teaching...
Julie Lana spent three years in the Peace Corps teaching English in an elementary school in Monor, Hungary 16 November 2004
Chris Beal in Kiribati...
Chris Beal in Kiribati 16 November 2004
I stayed in the Layalu many a night on walks...
I stayed in the Layalu many a night on walks back and forth from Lamidanda to Nirmalidanda when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal. The Layalus are a Newar family and both the mother and father were still there. I gave them a photo I had made 20 years ago of their daughter Lamas who is now a teacher in Kathmandu. 16 November 2004
Philippines RPCV Carolyn Wylie, 66, child advocate, dies...
Philippines RPCV Carolyn Wylie, 66, child advocate, dies 16 November 2004
Gretchen Eisenhut in Senegal...
Gretchen Eisenhut in Senegal 16 November 2004
Sargent Shriver and the Birth of the Peace Corps...
Sargent Shriver and the Birth of the Peace Corps 16 November 2004
UMBC's Shriver Center and Maryland Returned Volunteers welcome Scott Stossel...
UMBC's Shriver Center and Maryland Returned Volunteers welcome Scott Stossel in 2nd annual "Peace Corps History" series 16 November 2004
UMBC's Shriver Center and Maryland Returned Volunteers welcome Scott Stossel...
UMBC's Shriver Center and Maryland Returned Volunteers welcome Scott Stossel in 2nd annual "Peace Corps History" series 16 November 2004
Sargent Shriver and the Birth of the Peace Corps...
Sargent Shriver and the Birth of the Peace Corps 16 November 2004
UMBC's Shriver Center and Maryland Returned Volunteers welcome Scott Stossel...
UMBC's Shriver Center and Maryland Returned Volunteers welcome Scott Stossel in 2nd annual "Peace Corps History" series 16 November 2004
Special Report: UMBC's Shriver Center and Maryland Returned Volunteers welcome...
Special Report: UMBC's Shriver Center and Maryland Returned Volunteers welcome Scott Stossel in 2nd annual ""Peace Corps History"" series 16 November 2004
Peace Corps Bulgaria to Launch the Youth Development Program...
Peace Corps Bulgaria to Launch the Youth Development Program 17 November 2004
Chris Shays Statement on Rules Change
Shays Statement on Rules Change 17 November 2004
Shays only Republican to oppose Delay rules change
Rep. Christopher Shays was one of the few Republicans to openly oppose the rules change to shield Tom DeLay if indicted 17 November 2004
Interview with Kenya RPCV Mike Fay
Interview with Kenya RPCV Mike Fay 17 November 2004
Liberia RPCV Charles A. "Buck" Vandersteen is Executive Director of...
Liberia RPCV Charles A. "Buck" Vandersteen is Executive Director of the Louisiana Forestry Association, a private non-profit trade association promoting forestry in Louisiana. 17 November 2004
U.S.-Russian Group Fills Gap Left by Peace Corps
U.S.-Russian Group Fills Gap Left by Peace Corps 17 November 2004
Chris Matthews says: Kennedy put a man on the moon...
Chris Matthews says: Kennedy put a man on the moon. That was his plan and we executed it. He created the Peace Corps. He created the Alliance for Progress. He created the new frontier and this whole totally new youthful approach to government, everybody getting involved in government and public service because of Kennedy. 17 November 2004
Iraq remains too risky for many aid workers
Iraq remains too risky for many aid workers 17 November 2004
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Amy Smsith is now MacArthur Fellow...
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Amy Smsith is now MacArthur Fellow 18 November 2004
Sam Farr sponsors California Missions Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would funnel $10 million to the California Missions. Sponsored by Democrat Barbara Boxer in the Senate and Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, in the House, the act will go to repair, restore and renovate the state's 21 missions, the religious buildings founded by Spanish colonists in the seventeenth century. 18 November 2004
Chris Dodd to Introduce Federal Shield Law
Chris Dodd to Introduce Federal Shield Law 18 November 2004
RPCV writes "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"
Ecuador RPCV John Perkins writes "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" 18 November 2004
PCV Melissa Leigh Mosvick dies in Morocco
Peace Corps volunteer Melissa Leigh Mosvick dies in Morocco 18 November 2004
Chris Matthews says: If you had to put a listing...
Chris Matthews says: If you had to put a listing down for a time capsule to say, well, what was like putting a man on the moon or what was like the Peace Corps, or what was like the test ban treaty under Kennedy or the Alliance For Progress under Kennedy, the Cuban Missile Crisis, those were all monumental, landmark moments. 18 November 2004
I was eating dinner with some Togolese friends, finishing up...
I was eating dinner with some Togolese friends, finishing up a platter of the dish that is a frequent feature of my diet here in West Africa. I actually still like the food after a year working here for the Peace Corps but, contemplating the meal, I think my mind had begun to wander. 18 November 2004
RPCV fights to defeat CAFTA,
"We're going to fight diligently to get enough votes to defeat CAFTA," said Togo RPCV Jackie Theriot, head of the Louisiana Farm Bureau. 18 November 2004
Darnell and Sarah Morris-Compton spent the majority of their...
Darnell and Sarah Morris-Compton spent the majority of their first three years of marriage without electricity or indoor plumbing as Peace Corps Volunteers in Turkmenistan 18 November 2004
Kennedys honor first New Frontier Award recipients
Kennedys honor first New Frontier Award recipients 18 November 2004
UNV and Peace Corps sign agreement
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and Peace Corps have signed a memorandum strengthening cooperation between the organizations. As the first official agreement linking the two, the memorandum focuses on closer collaboration in the promotion of volunteer action, as well as the recruitment of American citizens wanting to serve as UN Volunteers. Fifty Peace Corps/UN Volunteers are currently supporting development projects in more than 20 countries. 18 November 2004
Peace Corps to be funded at $320 million
Peace Corps is funded at $320 million, $12 million above FY04 and $81 million below the President's request. 19 November 2004
Peace Corps to be funded at $320 million
Peace Corps is funded at $320 million, $12 million above FY04 and $81 million below the President's request. 19 November 2004
Port Townsend's visual, small-town charms were captured in "An...
Port Townsend's visual, small-town charms were captured in "An Officer and a Gentleman'' directed by RPCV Taylor Hackford. 19 November 2004
Taylor Hackford pushed the lions share of the blame for...
Taylor Hackford pushed the lions share of the blame for the poor box-office of "Proof of Life" onto Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan saying their blooming relationship hurt the films potential. 19 November 2004
Peace Corps focusses on youth in Bulgaria...
Peace Corps focusses on youth in Bulgaria 19 November 2004
Craig Simmons says: Having taught English as a Peace Corps...
Craig Simmons says: Having taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in China in the mid-1990s, I was fascinated by Rock, who wrote articles with titles like "Konka Risumgongba, Holy Mountain of the Outlaws" and "The Land of the Yellow Lama." 19 November 2004
Mike Honda introduces special immigration bill
Rep. Mike Honda, D-Campbell, today will introduce a bill that could give permanent legal status to 275 Korean immigrants who are facing deportation 19 November 2004
Gopal Khanna to discuss peace in the 21st century
Gopal Khanna, chief financial officer of the Peace Corps, will discuss peace in the 21st century 19 November 2004
Gopal Khanna, chief financial officer of the Peace Corps, will...
Gopal Khanna, chief financial officer of the Peace Corps, will discuss peace in the 21st century 19 November 2004
Kelly's Peace Corps Adventures in Jordan...
Kelly's Peace Corps Adventures in Jordan 19 November 2004
Lesotho RPCV Scott Higbee, 37, civil engineer, has been with...
Lesotho RPCV Scott Higbee, 37, civil engineer, has been with CH2M HILL for six years as a project manager for the global engineering and consulting company 19 November 2004
As an agroforestry volunteer and regional volunteer leader in the...
As an agroforestry volunteer and regional volunteer leader in the Peace Corps in Mauritania, Eirik Omlie lived in a mud hut with no electricity or running water and endured sandstorms like those depicted in movies 19 November 2004
Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo arrives in Santiago for annual Asia...
Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo arrives in Santiago for annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. President Bush is also attending the summit. 19 November 2004
McPherson says "Progress Can Be Achieved in Africa"
Peter McPherson says "Progress Can Be Achieved in Africa" 19 November 2004
Tony Hall tours Darfur region of Sudan
RPCV Tony Hall, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. food programs in Rome, is touring Sudan's embattled Darfur region to witness first-hand the human suffering caused by 21 months of conflict, and check on relief efforts. 19 November 2004
Eirik Omlie returned to Africa for six months in late...
Eirik Omlie returned to Africa for six months in late October and now lives in the remote village of Nkandela in Zambia's Southern Province. He is working with Panuka, a community-based organization, to improve the status of rural women and children through literacy 19 November 2004
Bill Moyers and the power of myth
When Bill Moyers asked his youngest son why he had seen Star Wars at least a dozen times, he responded: "For the same reason you have been reading the Old Testament all your life." As Moyers explained, "He was in a new world of myth." 19 November 2004
Peace Corps to receive 4% increase in appropriations for FY05...
Peace Corps to receive 4% increase in appropriations for FY05 20 November 2004
Peace Corps assignments are challenging at many levels, said Alan...
Peace Corps assignments are challenging at many levels, said Alan Lipps, who volunteered in Albania in 1996-97 with his wife, Lorry. 20 November 2004
I'd advise any visitor to first stop at the Peace...
I'd advise any visitor to first stop at the Peace Corps office in Cotonou to talk to current PCVs about more updated information on places to go. It is located in quartiérs Jonquet, which is the red light district. 20 November 2004
Kristen Levy (Burundi, 1992-94), said the Peace Corps helped her...
Kristen Levy (Burundi, 1992-94), said the Peace Corps helped her find a professional niche -- teaching elementary school. 20 November 2004
RPCV writes "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"
Reviews of Ecuador RPCV John Perkins writes "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" 20 November 2004
Jen Johnson (Gambia, 1999-2001) said the diplomacy she learned in...
Jen Johnson (Gambia, 1999-2001) said the diplomacy she learned in the Peace Corps is an essential part of her job as the community liaison for the city of Fort Collins and Colorado State University. 20 November 2004
The caring for people bridges over to caring about the...
The caring for people bridges over to caring about the environment said Drew Stoll (Honduras 1990-93), a landscape architect in the Fort Collins office of the design firm EDAW Inc. 20 November 2004
Tom Linnell (Malaysia, 1965-72), a longtime Fort Collins psychologist, said...
Tom Linnell (Malaysia, 1965-72), a longtime Fort Collins psychologist, said involvement is a key word when it comes to Peace Corps volunteers. They want to be active members of the communities, wherever they are. 20 November 2004
Kinky Friedman, like Texas, is iconoclastic, large, loud and vulgar...
Kinky Friedman, like Texas, is iconoclastic, large, loud and vulgar 20 November 2004
Kinky Friedman starts Olive Oil for Peace
Long-time pals Richard "Kinky" Friedman (of detective novel and Texas Jewboys fame) and Farouk Shami (founder and chairman of the board of Farouk Systems) are determined to nurture youngsters in the war-torn Middle East. Their new product – Olive Oil from the Holy Land – pays homage to Farouk's Palestinian family roots and the deep friendship possible between Jews and Arabs 20 November 2004
The Peace Corps attracts certain types of people, said Liz...
The Peace Corps attracts certain types of people, said Liz Buchanan (Namibia, 1994-96), a therapist at the Larimer Center for Mental Health 20 November 2004
In my Peace Corps days, at least while out in...
In my Peace Corps days, at least while out in the hills, I had learned to wean myself of the desire for pizzas, hamburgers, steaks, burritos, etc. and only looked forward to my next plate piled high with steaming rice, daal, vegetables (usually a mix of spinach and potatoes), and a khorsanni (tiny hot chile pepper) on the side 20 November 2004
Paraguay RPCV Todd L. Lake named dean for spiritual development...
Paraguay RPCV Todd L. Lake named dean for spiritual development at Belmont University 20 November 2004
Tony Hall led House Select Committee on Hunger
The House Select Committee on Hunger led by Rep. Tony Hall was credited with putting the Hunger on lawmakers' to-do list. It was eliminated in 1993, a decision that Hall protested by fasting for 22 days. 20 November 2004
Jim Doyle is New Dem of the Week
Jim Doyle is New Dem of the Week 20 November 2004
Year 04 Issue 11: November 30, 2004: Birth of the...
Year 04 Issue 11: November 30, 2004: Birth of the Peace Corps 20 November 2004
Frist criticizes rogue provision in Omnibus Spending Bill
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday that "accountability will be carried out" against whoever slipped a provision into an omnibus spending bill that would have allowed two committee chairmen to view the tax returns of any American 21 November 2004
Frist criticizes rogue provision in Omnibus Spending Bill
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Sunday that "accountability will be carried out" against whoever slipped a provision into an omnibus spending bill that would have allowed two committee chairmen to view the tax returns of any American 21 November 2004
Burkina Faso RPCV Kelly Elizabeth James marries Jason Stewart Calder...
Burkina Faso RPCV Kelly Elizabeth James marries Jason Stewart Calder 21 November 2004
Cameroon RPCV Carl Bielenberg is working for a better world...
Cameroon RPCV Carl Bielenberg is working for a better world 21 November 2004
Farr proposes Big Sur National Forest
Sam Farr makes a proposal a proposal to designate the Monterey Ranger District of Los Padres National Forest as the Big Sur National Forest 21 November 2004
I was in Ghana when one of my peace corps...
I was in Ghana when one of my peace corps teaching colleagues informed me that United States President ohn F. Kennedy (JFK) had been shot 21 November 2004
Lesotho RPCV Patricia Frances Eaton dies in Virginia...
Lesotho RPCV Patricia Frances Eaton dies in Virginia 21 November 2004
Alejandro Toledo meets with Bush
President George W. Bush meets with President Alejandro Toledo of Peru 21 November 2004
Toledo at APEC Summit...
Toledo at APEC Summit 21 November 2004
Toledo at APEC Summit...
Toledo at APEC Summit 21 November 2004
Michael Porath says: When I was a kid, Cusco, Peru...
Michael Porath says: When I was a kid, Cusco, Peru, was the most exotic place I could imagine. Before I was born, my father served in the Peace Corps in the jungles near Cusco. The spears, slides and stories he returned with kept my siblings and me captivated for years. 21 November 2004
Patrick T. Murphy's early career included volunteering for the Peace...
Patrick T. Murphy's early career included volunteering for the Peace Corps where he was stationed in Mogadishu, Somalia, and stints as a prosecutor in the Cook County state's attorney's office and as a lawyer for the National Legal Aid and Defender Foundation, and Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago 21 November 2004
Sentence reduced for man who raped PCV in Vanuatu
The Appeal Court has reduced by 23 years the original sentence of a man who raped a US Peace Corps volunteer early this year 21 November 2004
Chief of Staff Lloyd O. Pierson approved as Member of...
Chief of Staff Lloyd O. Pierson approved as Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation 21 November 2004
Chief of Staff Lloyd O. Pierson approved as Assistant Administrator...
Chief of Staff Lloyd O. Pierson approved as Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 21 November 2004
As an interviewer, Bill Moyers couldn't be more unlike Tim...
As an interviewer, Bill Moyers couldn't be more unlike Tim Russert of "Meet the Press." His aim isn't to coerce an answer from his guest, or to create a scoop. Rather, it's to converse in a way that leads to illumination or understanding. 21 November 2004
D.C. job a possibility for McPherson
Although MSU President M. Peter McPherson hasn't yet publicly announced what he plans to do when he leaves the university, sources close to him say he could be reporting to White House staff in the near future 22 November 2004
Capca recognized by Peace Corps
Peace Corps gives Group Service Recognition Award to Chicago RPCVs (CAPCA) 22 November 2004
Shays says Delay uncomfortable with confrontations
Chris Shays, who has tangled with Tom DeLay more than anyone else, believes that DeLay is actually uncomfortable with personal confrontations. He's much better at offering carrots than wielding sticks 22 November 2004
Chris Shays fits in the other Republican Party
Chris Shays fits in the other Republican Party - a Republican Party that doesn't quite exist anymore. Two years ago, he should have chaired the House Government Reform Committee but was denied the chance. He remains head of a key national security subcommittee and vice chairman of the budget committee - but he may lose that in the new session because he's reluctant to agree to the party line. 22 November 2004
Chris Shays fits in the other Republican Party
Chris Shays fits in the other Republican Party - a Republican Party that doesn't quite exist anymore. Two years ago, he should have chaired the House Government Reform Committee but was denied the chance. He remains head of a key national security subcommittee and vice chairman of the budget committee - but he may lose that in the new session because he's reluctant to agree to the party line. 22 November 2004
Jamaica RPCV Lisa Lewis has been named director of physician...
Jamaica RPCV Lisa Lewis has been named director of physician development for St. Anthony Hospital and Healthfirst 22 November 2004
Glenda Watson-Coly, who holds undergraduate and masters degrees in...
Glenda Watson-Coly, who holds undergraduate and masters degrees in public health from Rutgers University and a masters in nursing from Case Western Reserve University, has seen poverty up close during two tours with the Peace Corps in Kenya and Senegal 22 November 2004
RPCV recognized for first Master's International program
Peace Corps gives Individual Service Recognition Award to Lesotho RPCV Blair Orr at Michigan Technological University 22 November 2004
Tony Hall commends Libya's action on Darfur
American diplomat Tony Hall commends Libya's action on Darfur 22 November 2004
Micronesia Staffer J. Rogers Flather Jr. dies...
Micronesia Staffer J. Rogers Flather Jr. dies 22 November 2004
D.C. job a possibility for McPherson
Although MSU President M. Peter McPherson hasn't yet publicly announced what he plans to do when he leaves the university, sources close to him say he could be reporting to White House staff in the near future 22 November 2004
Ryan Simpson, who will graduate on Dec. 11, will be...
Ryan Simpson, who will graduate on Dec. 11, will be the first Western Michigan University student to receive a master's degree in development administration with a Peace Corps option 22 November 2004
We can now travel from East Coast to West Coast...
"We can now travel from East Coast to West Coast and stay in Republican gubernatorial territory," said Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, whose term as chairman of the Republican Governors Association concluded at the New Orleans meeting 22 November 2004
The human tragedy unfolding in Darfur and eastern Chad over...
"The human tragedy unfolding in Darfur and eastern Chad over the past several months has compelled us to respond," Tony Hall, the US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture, said of the conflict in Sudan's vast western region where about 1.7 million people have been displaced 22 November 2004
Governor Jim Doyle's proposal to build a $375 million interdisciplinary...
Governor Jim Doyle's proposal to build a $375 million interdisciplinary research center on the UW-Madison campus is characterized as a "response" to California, where voters passed a $3 billion, 10-year initiative to fund human embryonic stem cell research. 22 November 2004
Special Report: Thanksgiving in the Peace Corps...
Special Report: Thanksgiving in the Peace Corps 22 November 2004
Peace Corps and the United Nations Volunteer Program Strengthen 30...
Peace Corps and the United Nations Volunteer Program Strengthen 30-Year Relationship 22 November 2004
The Peace Corps Blog Ring...
The Peace Corps Blog Ring 23 November 2004
Bolivia RPCV Nat Reynolds has been named the Director of...
Bolivia RPCV Nat Reynolds has been named the Director of Ticket Sales for Boise Hawks 23 November 2004
Farr secures $17M for his district
Sam Farr secures $17M for his district 23 November 2004
RPCV says PC puts smiles on people's faces
Comoros RPCV Ghlee E. Woodworth says: Peace Corps: For over 40 years, putting smiles on people's faces 23 November 2004
Malawi student supported by RPCVs faces rape charges
Kent Kafatia faces two counts of rape and one count of burglary. Friends of Kent, a charity formed by Santa Barbara residents who were former Peace Corps volunteers in Africa, was financing Kafatia's education. 23 November 2004
After graduating from UT, Kinky Friedman went to Borneo. "I...
After graduating from UT, Kinky Friedman went to Borneo. "I was an agricultural extension worker. My job was to help people who'd been farming successfully for 2000 years improve their agricultural methods." 23 November 2004
Peru RPCV Ron Garfinkle started Monroe Salt Works in a...
Peru RPCV Ron Garfinkle started Monroe Salt Works in a Waldo County barn more than 30 years ago 23 November 2004
Peru RPCV Ron Garfinkle sells Monroe Salt Works
Peru RPCV Ron Garfinkle sells Monroe Salt Works, maker of alt-glazed pottery 23 November 2004
Ron Garfinkle moved to Maine in 1971 after a two...
Ron Garfinkle moved to Maine in 1971 after a two-year Peace Corps stint in Peru and after completing a three-year craftsman residency in North Carolina learning the art of making pottery 23 November 2004
Peru RPCV beaten bloody at youth soccer game
Peru RPCV Bruce Greenlee was beaten bloody by a coach at a youth soccer game 23 November 2004
Soccer coach could face lifetime ban after attack on Peru...
Soccer coach could face lifetime ban after attack on Peru RPCV Bruce Greenlee 23 November 2004
Greg Carlson: Peace Corps Saint Lucia...
Greg Carlson: Peace Corps Saint Lucia 23 November 2004
RPCV is new president of the Hawaii bar association
Samoa RPCV Richard Turbin is new president of the Hawaii bar association 23 November 2004
Chris Matthews hits Nantucket
'Hardball' host Chris Matthews hits Nantucket 23 November 2004
Tony Hall visits refugee camps in Darfur region
Tony Hall was in the Darfur region of Sudan last week visiting squalid refugee camps teeming with people who are barely being fed and who live in constant fear 23 November 2004
Off to the Peace Corps...Uzbekistan...
Off to the Peace Corps...Uzbekistan! 23 November 2004
Bellamy says war wreaking havoc on Iraqi children
''War is waged by adults, but it is the children who suffer the most,'' Unicef head Carol Bellamy said. ''This protracted fighting and instability is wreaking havoc on Iraqi children.'' 23 November 2004
Mark Gearan confirmed by Senate for CNS Board
Mark Gearan confirmed by U.S. Senate to serve on the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service 23 November 2004
Timothy Ronald Obert is alleged to have engaged in sexual...
Timothy Ronald Obert is alleged to have engaged in sexual relations with a minor in Costa Rica while serving there as a Peace Corps volunteer 24 November 2004
Ghana RPCV is Massachusetts Legislator
Ghana RPCV Matt Patrick is Massachusetts Legislator 24 November 2004
India RPCV Doug Twells receives promotion in Alumni & Development Programs...
India RPCV Doug Twells receives promotion in Alumni & Development Programs at Washington University in St. Louis 24 November 2004
Peace Corps Volunteer Nicole Sheets suffered Gender "Shock" in Moldova...
Peace Corps Volunteer Nicole Sheets suffered Gender "Shock" in Moldova 24 November 2004
Abby McMurry trades American life for work in Nepal...
Abby McMurry trades American life for work in Nepal 24 November 2004
"Christmas With The Kranks" with PCV character not so bad
"Christmas With The Kranks" with Peace Corps character not so bad after all says saWorship.com 24 November 2004
"Christmas With The Kranks" with PCV character is awful
There's no clever way to spin this. "Christmas with the Kranks" is one of the worst big-budget films in recent memory. The story centers on Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) Krank, who send off their only child Blair (Judy Gonzalo) for a year in the Peace Corps in Peru 24 November 2004
"Christmas With The Kranks" with PCV character is awful
[Access0] There's no clever way to spin this. "Christmas with the Kranks" is one of the worst big-budget films in recent memory. The story centers on Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) Krank, who send off their only child Blair (Judy Gonzalo) for a year in the Peace Corps in Peru 24 November 2004
Peru RPCV suffered facial injuries as soccer referee
Peru RPCV Bruce Greenlee suffered facial injuries as soccer referee when attacked by coach Mauricio Alvarez 24 November 2004
About 10 years ago, Senegal RPCV Tony Ends and his...
About 10 years ago, Senegal RPCV Tony Ends and his wife, Dela bought a five-acre farm 24 November 2004
Chris Matthews, the MSNBC shouter, and wife Kathleen Matthews, the...
Chris Matthews, the MSNBC shouter, and wife Kathleen Matthews, the WJLA anchor, have bought a $4.35 million home on the tony Massachusetts island of Nantucket 24 November 2004
Media Matters for America examined the 43 panels convened thus...
Media Matters for America examined the 43 panels convened thus far in 2004 on the syndicated Chris Matthews Show and found that 19 skewed to the right, twelve were balanced, seven skewed to the left, and five featured a conservative who supported Senator John Kerry on an otherwised balanced panel 24 November 2004
Moyers says next 4 years will be golden age for reporters
A few weeks ago, Bill Moyers, the venerable face of progressive current-affairs analysis on television, warned that the next four years were set to be a golden age for Watergate-style sleuth reporters. "I just think every time you wed the state and business together like this, you get corruption flowing like the Mississippi River," he announced on his PBS series, Now. 24 November 2004
Peace Corps and UN's FAO Sign Agreement
Peace Corps and UN's FAO Sign Agreement to Improve Food Security Around the World 24 November 2004
Costa Rica RPCV heads Language Learner program
Costa Rica RPCV Joe Costello heads English Language Learner program in Andover High School 25 November 2004
Dominican Republic PCV wins Atlanta Marathon
Dominican Republic Peace Corps volunteer Dennis Bauer outran the field of 840 runners in his first-ever marathon 25 November 2004
St. Kitts RPCV adopted boy with cerebral palsy
Verna Stratton came to St. Kitts to teach children with behavioral disorders as a Peace Corps volunteer. Another volunteer told Verna about Les, a boy with a physical disability, and urged Verna to look into the case. When Les left the hospital, Verna took him home and later adopted him. Nobody argued. When her Peace Corps hitch was up, Verna brought him back here. The U.S. government tried to argue, but lost. 25 November 2004
Journalist Russell Carollo plans book on Peace Corps
Journalist Russell Carollo plans to write book on the Peace Corps and he has contacted an agent to represent him 25 November 2004
Hope calms injured volunteer's family
Hope calms injured volunteer's family 26 November 2004
Chris Murphy spent two years in the Peace Corps in...
Chris Murphy spent two years in the Peace Corps in India working with shrimp fishermen 26 November 2004
Dear Exile - The True Story of Two Friends Separated (For...
"Dear Exile - The True Story of Two Friends Separated (For a Year) by an Ocean" 26 November 2004
RPCV inspires "Sustain Mauritania"
High School student Scott Myers started "Sustain Mauritania" after hearing Robb Warfield speak about his two years in the Peace Corps 26 November 2004
Remera Peoms by Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson...
Remera Peoms by Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson 26 November 2004
Remera's Story by Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson...
Remera's Story by Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson 26 November 2004
Remera Arrives by Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson...
Remera Arrives by Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson 26 November 2004
Letter from Remera by Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson...
Letter from Remera by Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson 26 November 2004
The Poems of Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson...
The Poems of Rwanda RPCV Derick Burleson 26 November 2004
And Now, A Few Words From The Critic by Rwanda...
And Now, A Few Words From The Critic by Rwanda RPCV Derrick Burleson 26 November 2004
Derick Burleson served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in...
Derick Burleson served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Rwanda from 1991-93 where he taught American literature and Creative Writing at the National University 26 November 2004
In 1994 the worst episode of genocide since the Holocaust...
In 1994 the worst episode of genocide since the Holocaust of the Second World War ravaged the Central African country of Rwanda. Peace Corps Volunteer Derick Burleson lived there and taught at the National University during the two years leading up to the genocide. The poems in this collection explore the cataclysm in a variety of forms and voices through the culture, myths, and customs he absorbed during this time 26 November 2004
Bill Moyers interviews Judy Collins on NOW
Bill Moyers interviews Judy Collins on NOW and discusses suicide, alcoholism, depression and how tragedy has shaped her art 26 November 2004
Sam Farr at National Nicaragua Network
Sam Farr will be a principal participant on ways to educate congress on solidarity and immigration issues in the present political climate 27 November 2004
Thirty PCVs sworn-in in Ghana...
Thirty PCVs sworn-in in Ghana 27 November 2004
Bolivia RPCV reaches out after Soccer attack
Peru RPCV Bruce Greenlee reaches out after Soccer attack 27 November 2004
Tony Hall serves cold rice to embassy guests
Distinguished diplomats ate handfuls of cold rice when Tony Hall threw a Thanksgiving reception designed to remind the diplomatic corps of the scale of world hunger. 27 November 2004
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jonathan Dobher says: My wife Barbara...
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jonathan Dobher says: My wife Barbara was intellectually accomplished and had a gift for language that was unique. She was the only American I have ever seen mistaken by the French, in France, for being French. She also developed the perfect regional Arabic accent of our village when we were in the Peace Corps in Tunisia 27 November 2004
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jonathan Dobrer says: My wife Barbara...
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Jonathan Dobrer says: My wife Barbara was intellectually accomplished and had a gift for language that was unique. She was the only American I have ever seen mistaken by the French, in France, for being French. She also developed the perfect regional Arabic accent of our village when we were in the Peace Corps in Tunisia 27 November 2004
For the West, there also is a lot at stake...
For the West, there also is a lot at stake in the outcome of the Ukrainian election. The United States has given billions of dollars in aid to Ukraine in the last 13 years, and there are currently more Peace Corps volunteers in Ukraine than anywhere else in the world. 27 November 2004
When I left Ukraine in 1995, I had spent two...
When I left Ukraine in 1995, I had spent two of the very best years of my life in Kiev as a Peace Corps volunteer 27 November 2004
Lowell and Laurie Peterson heading for Uzbekistan in Peace Corps...
Lowell and Laurie Peterson heading for Uzbekistan in Peace Corps 27 November 2004
Lesotho RPCV Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., is Secretary of Juvenile...
Lesotho RPCV Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., is Secretary of Juvenile Services for the State of Maryland 28 November 2004
Kinky Friedman reviews Jimmy Buffett
Kinky Friedman thinks ''A Salty Piece of Land'' is very possibly Buffett's best work to date 28 November 2004
Peace Corps gets chance in Mexico:
Peace Corps gets chance in Mexico: Grayer group of 13 Americans is service's first in cautious nation 28 November 2004
RPCV Heather Hogan says the cliffs outside of Filingue, Niger.are...
RPCV Heather Hogan says the cliffs outside of Filingue, Niger.are a natural wonder 28 November 2004
Nigeria RPCV Judge James T. Ford dies in California...
Nigeria RPCV Judge James T. Ford dies in California 28 November 2004
Students in instructor Dave Howard's Geography classes were paid a...
Students in instructor Dave Howard's Geography classes were paid a visit by Dave Lederman - a Peace Corps volunteer who has lived in Romania for the past year 28 November 2004
Peace Corps Census up for Second Straight Year
Peace Corps Census up for Second Straight Year to highest level in 29 years 29 November 2004
The most important part of her job is helping borough...
The most important part of her job is helping borough police commanders find full-time volunteer managers like Diane Dodd, an Anglo-American appointed to Haringey in June. A graduate of Indiana University and former Peace Corps leader in Bulgaria, the tall, fair-haired 26-year-old is an inspiration. 29 November 2004
The five semesters of French should serve Tyler Ruthven well...
The five semesters of French should serve Tyler Ruthven well when he travels to French-speaking Burkina Faso next spring for a two-year stint with the Peace Corps 29 November 2004
Radio Liberty's president, Thomas A. Dine, argues that the planned...
Radio Liberty's president, Thomas A. Dine, argues that the planned changes to the Russian service – shorter programs and a greater reliance on journalists based in Moscow instead of in Prague – will make the station more accessible to Russians accustomed to an FM-radio format and will provide more news about Russia itself. 29 November 2004
Sierra Leone RPCV Douglas Biklen, working with Oscar-winning filmmaker...
Sierra Leone RPCV Douglas Biklen, working with Oscar-winning filmmaker, releases film on autism 29 November 2004
Heather Senecal's two-year Peace Corps assignment is to teach...
Heather Senecal's two-year Peace Corps assignment is to teach health and how to prevent AIDS in Togo 29 November 2004
Uganda RPCV Richard Burk named Chief Architect, at Dept. of...
Uganda RPCV Richard Burk named Chief Architect, at Dept. of Housing and Urban Development 29 November 2004
Uganda RPCV Richard Burk is Chief Architect, at Dept. of...
Uganda RPCV Richard Burk is Chief Architect, at Dept. of Housing and Urban Development 29 November 2004
Katy Redd left on her mission with the Peace Corps...
Katy Redd left on her mission with the Peace Corps and is living in Belize in Central America 29 November 2004
RPCV Mary-Ann Tirone Smith writes books about evil
Cameroon RPCV Mary-Ann Tirone Smith writes books about evil. About evil people. Horrific events. About people who do the unspeakable and then have the temerity to speak about it. 30 November 2004
Poll shows Rell win if Dodd enters race
Polls show Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell would narrowly win against Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, 45 to 43 percent, if Dodd decided to enter the race 30 November 2004
RPCV Chris Matthews interviews RPCV Chris Shays
RPCV Chris Matthews interviews RPCV Chris Shays on Hardball 30 November 2004
Movie of RPCV Paul Theroux's "Saint Jack" was banned in...
Movie of RPCV Paul Theroux's "Saint Jack" was banned in Singapore 30 November 2004
RPCV Bruce Anderson is town muckraker
Malaysia RPCV Bruce Anderson, the town muckraker and ranter in chief, KZYX was a "hippie-ding enterprise," a symbol of the "wine-and-cheese gentry," the "lib-lab yuppie hypocrites," the "educrats," the "thumbsuckers," the "New Age barnacles," the "feral enviro-Druids" and other well-meaning ineffectual "Nice People" who flocked to hippie festivals in the early 1970's and stayed 30 November 2004
Mitzi Shultes served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco...
Mitzi Shultes served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco 30 November 2004
McPherson heads study abroad Commission
A national commission led by Michigan State University President Peter McPherson formed to advise Congress on study abroad issues will hold its first meeting 30 November 2004
RPCV Shawn Barnes has started an effort called "Aloha Computers...
RPCV Shawn Barnes has started an effort called "Aloha Computers for Education in Samoa." 30 November 2004
Tony Hall calls for more pressure on Sudan
Tony Hall called for the U.N. and individual governments to put more pressure on Sudan to honor pledges 30 November 2004
Venezuela RPCV runs Pachamama imports
Venezuela RPCV Martha Egan owns Pachamama, a wholesale/retail import business in Albuquerque 30 November 2004
Shriver and Schwarzenegger discuss marriage
Shriver, Schwarzenegger discuss marriage, politics in Vanity Fair 30 November 2004
Bridgeland hosts National Conference on Citizenship
Civic Enterprises President & CEO John Bridgeland will host National Conference on Citizenship 30 November 2004
