Peace Corps Online: January 23, 2005: Index: PCOL Exclusive: Advocacy

January 23, 2005: Index: PCOL Exclusive: Advocacy

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Make a call for the Peace Corps Date: February 19 2005 No: 453

Make a call for the Peace Corps
PCOL is a strong supporter of the NPCA's National Day of Action and encourages every RPCV to spend ten minutes on Tuesday, March 1 making a call to your Representatives and ask them to support President Bush's budget proposal of $345 Million to expand the Peace Corps. Take our Poll: Click here to take our poll. We'll send out a reminder and have more details early next week.

August 25, 2005: Headlines: Directors - Bellamy: Directors - Schneider: Figures - Quigley: NPCA: Radio Program: Advocacy: Media - Radio: WAMU: NPCA President Kevin Quigley, Directors Schneider and Bellamy to discuss the Peace Corps in the 21st Century on the Kojo Nnamdi Show on WAMU Radio in Washington DC Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 6:04 pm [1]
March 3, 2005: Headlines: Lobbying: Advocacy: Congress: Appropriations: Washington Post: The Global Leadership Campaign promotes trade and development overseas, the Global AIDS Initiative, the Peace Corps, diplomatic and consular programs and education programs Friday, March 04, 2005 - 11:40 pm [1]
January 17, 2005: Headlines: Advocacy: Budget: NPCA: Make a call for the Peace Corps Saturday, August 27, 2005 - 12:48 am [3]

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Advocacy

Advocacy

Advocacy: RPCV Mike Tidwell of Chesapeake Climate Action Network to discuss the lethal impacts of coal from inner-city D.C. to rural W.Va 12 October 2004

Advocacy: India RPCV Carl Pope says Bush administration gives wild places the shaft 8 October 2004

Advocacy: Statement by Robert A. Pastor supporting John Kerry for President 6 October 2004

Advocacy: Statement by Ambassador Parker W. Borg supporting John Kerry for President 6 October 2004

Advocacy: Statement by Paul Oostburg Sanz supporting John Kerry for President 6 October 2004

Advocacy: Statement of Support for John Kerry and John Edwards by Returned Peace Corps Alumni 5 October 2004

Advocacy: India RPCV Carl Pope says that the trick to getting John Kerry elected is not swaying undecided voters, but persuading those already willing to vote for the Democrat to actually go to the polls 4 October 2004

Advocacy: Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope. says "As a 750,000-member grassroots organization with activists in all 50 states, we are uniquely well-positioned to take an environmental voter education campaign to the streets." 14 September 2004

Advocacy: Returned Peace Corps for Kerry Edwards start web site to promote candidate 3 September 2004

Advocacy: The lead singer of the Irish rock band U2 cited the efforts of late President John F. Kennedy in creating the Peace Corps and going to the moon as his own inspirations for working to increase access to AIDS drugs throughout the world 28 July 2004

Advocacy: RPCV Mike Tidwell and the Chesapeake Climate Action Network to Dump Coal on Campus Lawn to Protest W. Virginia Gov's Coal Plans 21 July 2004

Advocacy: Pierce Brosnan and Swaziland RPCV Fred O’Regan, President of International Fund for Animal Welfare Launch New Vessel to Save the Whales 7 June 2004

Advocacy: Global Warming Activists Descend on D.C./Baltimore Theaters to Educate 'Day After Tomorrow' Movie-Goers says Congo Kinsasha RPCV Mike Tidwell 28 May 2004

Advocacy: It is unclear how Swaziland RPCV Fred O'Regan makes the leap that a Senate committee recommending that a proposed resolution go to the full Senate for a vote represents proof of "a worldwide consensus" on the Canadian seal hunt 12 May 2004

Advocacy: Marshall Islands RPCV Jack Niedenthal, Bikinian by marriage and a spokesman for the islanders, believes that Washington, while spending billions elsewhere around the world, has not repaid its debt here. 2 May 2004

Advocacy: Backsliding on the environment By Sierra Club Director and India RPCV Carl Pope 1 May 2004

Advocacy: Morocco RPCV Jason Ben-Meir says to promote Palestinian self-reliance through community development 28 March 2004

Advocacy: Turkey RPCV Tom Turner is Earthjustice Advocate and author of Justice on Earth 21 March 2004

Advocacy: India RPCV Carl Pope to Launch New Book at National Press Club 9 March 2004

Advocacy: Thailand RPCV Colin Tong nominated for Award for leading a national advocacy campaign that resulted in two New York Times ads expressing the humanitarian concerns of 1,850 returned Peace Corps Volunteers and urging a peaceful resolution to the crisis in Iraq 26 February 2004

Advocacy: Liberia RPCV Joseph Siegle writes on the Dangers of Despotism in Pakistan 22 February 2004

Advocacy: Turkey RPCV Elaine Jones steps doesn as head of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund 1 February 2004

Advocacy: Costa Rica RPCV and Gay Rights activist Jose Gomez says Cesar Chavez inspired him to join his cause 19 October 2003

Advocacy: Thailand RPCV Collin Tong keeps his ideals alive 5 October 2003

Advocacy: RPCV Patrick O'Donnell and wife tackle domestic violence 2 October 2003

Advocacy: Collin Tong named to NPCA Board of Directors 24 September 2003

Advocacy: Become an NPCA Advocate 5 September 2003

Advocacy: El Salvador RPCV Heather Jacobs is new Riverkeeper for Pamlico-Tar River 10 August 2003

Advocacy: Congressional Funding for the Peace Corps in Trouble 5 July 2003

Advocacy: Tunisia RPCV Kevin Stinnette gives the Indian River a voice 2 July 2003

Advocacy: Turkey RPCV Elaine Jones and the fight for Justice 23 June 2003

Advocacy: Congo Kinshasa RPCV Mike Tidwell's new book on Cajun Coast promotes Environmental Activism 16 June 2003

Advocacy: RPCV Andrew Haralam ends hunger strike in the Philippines 5 June 2003

Advocacy: RPCVs rally to aid former Somali ally 28 May 2003

Advocacy: RPCV John McCann helps lobby State Department urging change in policy towards Togo 28 May 2003

Advocacy: Monica Patton was a Peace Corps volunteer in the small West African country of Burkina Faso 26 May 2003

Advocacy: Peace Corp volunteer Andrew Haralam, who was forced to resign after he launched his own sympathy strike 20 May 2003

Advocacy: Peace Corp volunteer Andrew Haralam, who was forced to resign after he launched his own sympathy strike on May 9, arrived at the DA hunger strike site from Baguio early this morning 20 May 2003

Advocacy: Peace Corp volunteer Andrew Haralam joins anti-GMO hunger strike 20 May 2003

Advocacy: Peace Corps Volunteer resigns to protest genetically modified corn in the Philippines 19 May 2003

Advocacy: Protesters led by Congo Kinshasa RPCV Mike Tidwell dump One Ton of Coal on Capitol Lawn 15 May 2003

Advocacy: RPCV Andrew Haralam continues hunger strike in the Philippines 14 May 2003

Advocacy: RPCV Andrew Haralam on hunger strike in Philippines to protest introduction and cultivation of the Bacillus thurigiensis (Bt) corn 12 May 2003

Advocacy: Peace Corp volunteer Andrew Haralam goes on hunger strike 11 May 2003

Advocacy: Former Peace Corps Director Chao announces Program to Target Child Soldier Use 7 May 2003

Advocacy: Ask your Congressman to co-sponsor HR250 28 April 2003

Advocacy: An Interview with Dream Change Founder and Ecuador RPCV John Perkins 19 April 2003

Advocacy: Dream Change Coalition founded by Ecuador RPCV John Perkins 19 April 2003

Advocacy: Showdown in Ecuador over Oil Pipeline by Ecuador RPCV Jim Tarbell 19 April 2003

Advocacy: Turkey RPCVs support Turkey's right to make a democratic decision 26 March 2003

Advocacy: Second Ad of RPCVs opposing War in Iraq runs in NY Times 14 March 2003

Advocacy: Signatures by RPCVs who contributed to the Ads that ran in the New York Times (Part 1) 14 March 2003

Advocacy: Signatures by RPCVs who contributed to the Ads that ran in the New York Times (Part 2) 14 March 2003

Advocacy: How the Peace Corps and the Returned Volunteer Community can work together to pass HR250 3 March 2003

Advocacy: Mayor declares Peace Corps Day in Chicago 27 February 2003

Advocacy: How I got involved in the New York Times Ad Campaign 27 February 2003

Advocacy: Half Page Ad of RPCVs opposing War in Iraq runs in NY Times 21 February 2003

Advocacy: The New Mandate Group and the NPCA ask for support for HR 250 21 February 2003

Advocacy: NPCA urges support of Peace Corps FY 2003 Appropriation 28 January 2003

Advocacy: Nigeria RPCV Gene Harrington was Gay Rights Activist 2 January 2003

Advocacy: IFAW President, Fred O’Regan, and IFAW Board member, Brian Hutchinson, visited the IFAW team in Pontevedra, Spain, to experience first-hand the oil spill operation being run by our dedicated professionals 12 December 2002

Advocacy: India and Iran RPCV David Lucas is leader of "Free the Grapes" Movement 5 December 2002

Advocacy: In front of the Memorial Union on the Michigan Tech campus on Dec. 3, MTU Peace Corps Masters International graduate students, from left, Jeff Ahrens of Wilmington, Del.; Ed Stewart of Charleston, S.C.; and Lyle Stone of southern Calif. volunteer for the 50-hour "sit-in" to raise funds for latrines in West Africa. 3 December 2002

Advocacy: Call your Congressmen to support the Peace Corps Bill 5 November 2002

Advocacy: Swaziland RPCV Fred O'Regan is on a mission to save whales, protect elephants and stop seal hunts 1 November 2002

Advocacy: Support the Peace Corps Bill in Congress 27 October 2002

Advocacy: Support the Peace Corps Bill in Congress 27 October 2002

Advocacy: Action Needed to Pass Peace Corps Charter for the 21st Century 25 October 2002

Advocacy: Somalia RPCV Kenneth Rutherford injured in explosion joins worldwide campaign to ban land mines 27 September 2002

Advocacy: Asserting Authority: The Mid-Sized State Role in Banning Landmines by RPCV Ken Rutherford 27 September 2002

Advocacy: Ending Terrorism By Working For Peace & Reconciliation 21 September 2002

Advocacy: CAR RPCV Stephen Ferro is an activitist for safe walking 5 September 2002

Advocacy: “Trade in bushmeat – the term given to meat of wild animals hunted from the forests, savannahs, shrub lands and wilderness areas of the world – is fast pushing endangered species to extinction,” said Swaziland RPCV Fred O’Regan, President of International Fund for Animal Welfare 3 September 2002

Advocacy: NPCA sees two scenarios for passage of Peace Corps Legislation 1 September 2002

Advocacy: NPCA starts New Peace Listserv 1 September 2002

Advocacy: NPCA sees two scenarios playing out in proposed Peace Corps Legislation 30 August 2002

Advocacy: NPCA Recruiting lobbyist for Peace Corps Bill 12 August 2002

Advocacy: Join Friends of the Western Sahara 25 July 2002

Advocacy: Kenya RPCV Michael Farlye organizes Great Rift Valley Walkabout to raise funds 5 July 2002

Advocacy: Peace Corps Advocacy Day 1 July 2002

Advocacy: Fighting tobacco nothing new for Liberia RPCV 26 May 2002

Advocacy: Support the Presidential signature on the treaty for the International Criminal Court 29 April 2002

Advocacy: Support Global AIDS Funding Vote in US Congress 28 April 2002

Advocacy: Friends of Liberia Calls For Release of Human Rights Activist and Reopening of Independent Newspaper 26 April 2002

Advocacy: NPCA Advocacy Day to focus on a bigger and better Peace Corps 9 April 2002

Advocacy: NPCA Advocacy supports additional funding for foreign affairs 9 April 2002

Advocacy: Congo Kinshasa RPCV John Schelp carves identity for his neighborhood 3 March 2002

Advocacy: Next Meeting of International Health Advocacy Group on March 16 23 February 2002

Advocacy: Action Re Foreign Affairs Budget 13 February 2002

Advocacy: From Near Death in Somalia, PCV Ken Rutherford Returns To Success at GU and Beyond 12 February 2002

Advocacy: NPCA offers congratulations to Gaddi Vasquez upon his confirmation 29 January 2002

Advocacy: NPCA sponsors Global Public Policy Advocacy Workshop in Washington DC on February 9 13 January 2002

Advocacy: The tragedy of child soldiers 7 January 2002

Advocacy: Maggie Reynolds, peace activist, 78 29 December 2001

Advocacy: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH GROUP ORGANIZING TO SUPPORT NPCA ADVOCACY 20 December 2001

Advocacy: GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY WORKSHOP WEST COAST 15 December 2001

Advocacy: Write to support an expanded Peace Corps 11 December 2001

Advocacy: Uzbekistan RPCV John Smart talks to Senator Feingold about Peace Corps Issues at Senator's listening session 6 December 2001

Advocacy: Attend the Global Public Policy Advocacy Workshop in February 5 December 2001

Advocacy: Call for Increased Funding for 150 International Affairs Budget 28 November 2001

Advocacy: NPCA gets grant for organizing state level advocacy units 23 November 2001

Advocacy: Lesotho RPCV Tim Ream - Starving for the Trees 3 December 1995

When this story was posted in January 2005, this was on the front page of PCOL:

Ask Not
As our country prepares for the inauguration of a President, we remember one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century and how his words inspired us. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
January 15, 2005: This Week's Top Stories
Bellamy finishing term - Veneman to head Unicef 15 Jan
230 RPCVs volunteer for Crisis Corps 14 Jan
Peace Corps Fund needs silent auction items 12 Jan
Matt Gould in one-man Peace Corps show in Hollywood 12 Jan
Taylor Hackford's "Ray" Nominated for Golden Globe 12 Jan
Ambassador Johnson shares memories of Thailand 11 Jan
Senator Dodd suggests PC return to Venezuela 11 Jan
Ambassador Hull wants PC to return to Sierra Leone 11 Jan
Poiriers unhappy with PC investigation of missing son 10 Jan
Emile Hons reflects on the Deborah Gardner murder case 10 Jan
Judge Paul A. Bastine criticized for stalling Divorce 6 Jan
Volunteer Patricia D. Scatoloni dies in Macedonia 4 Jan
more top stories...
Coleman: Peace Corps mission and expansion
Senator Norm Coleman, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee that oversees the Peace Corps, says in an op-ed, A chance to show the world America at its best: "Even as that worthy agency mobilizes a "Crisis Corps" of former Peace Corps volunteers to assist with tsunami relief, I believe an opportunity exists to rededicate ourselves to the mission of the Peace Corps and its expansion to touch more and more lives."
RPCVs active in new session of Congress
In the new session of Congress that begins this week, RPCV Congressman Tom Petri has a proposal to bolster Social Security, Sam Farr supported the objection to the Electoral College count, James Walsh has asked for a waiver to continue heading a powerful Appropriations subcommittee, Chris Shays will no longer be vice chairman of the Budget Committee, and Mike Honda spoke on the floor honoring late Congressman Robert Matsui.
Latest: RPCVs and Peace Corps provide aid
Peace Corps made an appeal last week to all Thailand RPCV's to consider serving again through the Crisis Corps and more than 30 RPCVs have responded so far. RPCVs: Read what an RPCV-led NGO is doing about the crisis an how one RPCV is headed for Sri Lanka to help a nation he grew to love. Question: Is Crisis Corps going to send RPCVs to India, Indonesia and nine other countries that need help?
The World's Broken Promise to our Children
Former Director Carol Bellamy, now head of Unicef, says that the appalling conditions endured today by half the world's children speak to a broken promise. Too many governments are doing worse than neglecting children -- they are making deliberate, informed choices that hurt children. Read her op-ed and Unicef's report on the State of the World's Children 2005.
Changing of the Guard
With Lloyd Pierson's departure, Marie Wheat has been named acting Chief of Staff and Chief of Operations responsible for the day-to-day management of the Peace Corps. Although Wheat is not an RPCV and has limited overseas experience, in her two years at the agency she has come to be respected as someone with good political skills who listens and delegates authority and we wish her the best in her new position.
Our debt to Bill Moyers
Former Peace Corps Deputy Director Bill Moyers leaves PBS next week to begin writing his memoir of Lyndon Baines Johnson. Read what Moyers says about journalism under fire, the value of a free press, and the yearning for democracy. "We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country," he warns, "or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we'll not save democracy from its own inertia."
RPCV safe after Terrorist Attack
RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the U.S. consul general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia survived Monday's attack on the consulate without injury. Five consular employees and four others were killed. Abercrombie-Winstanley, the first woman to hold the position, has been an outspoken advocate of rights for Arab women and has met with Saudi reformers despite efforts by Saudi leaders to block the discussions.
Is Gaddi Leaving?
Rumors are swirling that Peace Corps Director Vasquez may be leaving the administration. We think Director Vasquez has been doing a good job and if he decides to stay to the end of the administration, he could possibly have the same sort of impact as a Loret Ruppe Miller. If Vasquez has decided to leave, then Bob Taft, Peter McPherson, Chris Shays, or Jody Olsen would be good candidates to run the agency. Latest: For the record, Peace Corps has no comment on the rumors.
The Birth of the Peace Corps
UMBC's Shriver Center and the Maryland Returned Volunteers hosted Scott Stossel, biographer of Sargent Shriver, who spoke on the Birth of the Peace Corps. This is the second annual Peace Corps History series - last year's speaker was Peace Corps Director Jack Vaughn.

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