NPCA gets new web site with "Peace Corps Connect"



The website also will be home to Connected Peace Corps, a unique modern social networking site on which members of the Peace Corps Community (returned, current, and prospective volunteers, friends and family of volunteers, plus academics, international development practitioners, and others who share Peace Corps values), can link up and share data and experiences, work together in groups, and support projects and initiatives around the world.

NPCA gets new web site with "Peace Corps Connect"

On January 20, 2009, the United States celebrates the inauguration of President Barack Obama. In anticipation of President Obama's commitment to support the Peace Corps, we are excited to announce the launch of Peace Corps Connect (powered by NPCA).

This new website will feature a wealth of information on countries, people, events, congressional initiatives, and many additional areas affecting the Peace Corps Community.

The website also will be home to Connected Peace Corps, a unique modern social networking site on which members of the Peace Corps Community (returned, current, and prospective volunteers, friends and family of volunteers, plus academics, international development practitioners, and others who share Peace Corps values), can link up and share data and experiences, work together in groups, and support projects and initiatives around the world.

AS A CONNECTED PEACE CORPS MEMBER, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

* Stay current on events and activities happening in your region or area of interest

* Find and develop data, and obtain insight and resources, for specific Peace Corps and community development projects

* Read and share your opinions on blogs about culture, development, education, health, and others written by community members and a variety of experts

* Establish and join country- and issue-specific groups

* View and share photos and videos from the field or US-based Peace Corps events and projects

>li>Get answers to your questions about Peace Corps service and your post-Peace Corps volunteer life and career goals

NOW is the time to join this dynamic community! It's easy to sign up today at www.peacecorpsconnect.org and click "Sign Up."

***** Be Mobile! The Connected Peace Corps site is also accessible from, and formatted especially for, your mobile device. Just go to http://community.peacecorpsconnect.org/m from your iPhone/Blackberry's browser.

Brought to you by the NPCA and the Peace Corps Connect Task Force:

Ron Boring, NPCA Advisory Council

Erica Burman, NPCA

Ami Dar, Idealist.org

Will Dickinson, Peace Corps Wiki

Meg Garlinghouse, Yahoo!

Sherwood Guernsey, Attorney, NPCA Director's Circle

Kevin Quigley, NPCA

Stephanie Linden Seale, RPCV Bulgaria

Lynda Sirk, Antioch University

Jenn Thompson, Changing our World

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Headlines: January, 2009; NPCA; Internet

When this story was posted in February 2009, this was on the front page of PCOL:




Peace Corps Online The Independent News Forum serving Returned Peace Corps Volunteers

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PCOL's Candidate for Peace Corps Director Honduras RPCV Jon Carson, 33, presided over thousands of workers as national field director for the Obama campaign and said the biggest challenge -- and surprise -- was the volume of volunteer help, including more than 15,000 "super volunteers," who were a big part of what made Obama's campaign so successful. PCOL endorses Jon Carson as the man who can revitalize the Peace Corps, bring it into the internet age, and meet Obama's goal of doubling the size of the Peace Corps by 2011.

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Director Ron Tschetter: The PCOL Interview Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter sat down for an in-depth interview to discuss the evacuation from Bolivia, political appointees at Peace Corps headquarters, the five year rule, the Peace Corps Foundation, the internet and the Peace Corps, how the transition is going, and what the prospects are for doubling the size of the Peace Corps by 2011. Read the interview and you are sure to learn something new about the Peace Corps. PCOL previously did an interview with Director Gaddi Vasquez.

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Jan 24, 2009: RPCVs March in Inauguration Peace Corps Community marches in Inaugural Parade 20 Jan Jane Albritton writes: Memories of Maury Albertson 18 Jan Sarah Chayes writes: Failing Afghanistan 15 Dec Volunteers in Guinea are Safe 23 Dec Jim Walsh reflects on 20 years of service 28 Dec Public service in Driehaus' blood 3 Jan An Interview with Kathleen Stephens 3 Jan Robert P. Cristo returns to Nigeria 4 Jan Sarah Holt makes 2,663-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail 5 Jan Zophia Kneiss is metal sculptor 11 Jan Harris Wofford is Godfather of National Service 12 Jan Melanie Edwards founds Mobile Metrix 14 Jan Jody Olsen Named PC Acting Director 16 Jan Lawrence Leamer writes: Obama betrays the Peace Corps? 18 Jan George Packer writes: Obama's Inaugural Address 20 Jan Obama going to do something great for Peace Corps 21 Jan John Bridgeland writes: Volunteer to Save the Economy 22 Jan Foy Spicer writes: Electricity as a scarcity 23 Jan Carl Pope to Step Down as Sierra Club Chief 23 Jan James Rupert writes: US Missile Attacks Kill 15 24 Jan Jeffrey Tayler writes "Murderers in Mausoleums" 25 Jan Read more stories from January 2009 and December 2008.

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Some PCVs return to Bolivia on their own Peace Corps has withdrawn all volunteers from Bolivia because of "growing instability" and the expulsion of US Ambassador Philip Goldberg after Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the American government of inciting violence in the country. This is not the first controversy surrounding Goldberg's tenure as US ambassador to Bolivia. Latest: Some volunteers have returned to Bolivia on their own to complete their projects.

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PCVs Evacuated from Georgia The Peace Corps has announced that all Volunteers and trainees serving in the Republic of Georgia are safe and they have been temporarily relocated to neighboring Armenia. Read the analysis by one RPCV on how Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili believed that he could launch a lightning assault on South Ossetia and reclaim the republic without substantial grief from Moscow and that Saakashvili's statements once the war began demonstrated that he expected real Western help in confronting Russia.

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