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 | Memo to Incoming Director Williams
PCOL has asked five prominent RPCVs and Staff to write a memo on the most important issues facing the Peace Corps today. Issues raised include the independence of the Peace Corps, political appointments at the agency, revitalizing the five-year rule, lowering the ET rate, empowering volunteers, removing financial barriers to service, increasing the agency's budget, reducing costs, and making the Peace Corps bureaucracy more efficient and responsive. Latest: Greetings from Director Williams |
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Malaysia RPCV Woody Lane a fanatic about growing forage...
Malaysia RPCV Woody Lane a fanatic about growing forage 4 April 2010
Honduras RPCV Annette M. Richter is a program officer and...
Honduras RPCV Annette M. Richter is a program officer and monitoring and evaluation officer at the Millennium Challenge Corp 6 April 2010
Kenya RPCV Phillip Schaefer appointed to Mainland Resources Advisory Committee...
Kenya RPCV Phillip Schaefer appointed to Mainland Resources Advisory Committee 6 April 2010
Dick and Marty Lemke met and became close during a...
Dick and Marty Lemke met and became close during a two-year teaching stint in a pre-Peace Corps program in Tanzania 6 April 2010
Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams speaks at William and Mary...
Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams speaks at William and Mary University 6 April 2010
Congo Kinshasa RPCV Charles Krakoff writes: Members of the U.S...
Congo Kinshasa RPCV Charles Krakoff writes: Members of the U.S. Congress, in a rare show of bipartisanship, have introduced legislation to try to curb the trade in conflict minerals from Congo 7 April 2010
RPCV Catherine Knott helped organize the grassroots organization Homer Helping...
RPCV Catherine Knott helped organize the grassroots organization Homer Helping Haiti 7 April 2010
Niger RPCV Shannon Honeybloom provides picture for slow living...
Niger RPCV Shannon Honeybloom provides picture for slow living 7 April 2010
Johnnie Carson writes: Africa Policy Under Obama
Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Carson writes: U.S.-Africa Policy Under the Obama Administration 7 April 2010
Matt Orosz builds Solar Thermal Power System
Lesotho RPCV Matt Orosz builds prototypes of a solar thermal power system that he designed 8 April 2010
Mali RPCV Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is a Microsoft Women...
Mali RPCV Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is a Microsoft Women Worth Watching 8 April 2010
Nicaragua RPCV Ruth G. King, principal of the Homer Elementary...
Nicaragua RPCV Ruth G. King, principal of the Homer Elementary School in the Homer Central School District, has been selected as the 2010 New York State Elementary School Principal of the Year 8 April 2010
Congo Brazzaville RPCV Teresa Bavibidila dedicated to teaching AIDS awareness...
Congo Brazzaville RPCV Teresa Bavibidila dedicated to teaching AIDS awareness abroad 10 April 2010
Fiji RPCV Stephanie Odegard is not only known around the...
Fiji RPCV Stephanie Odegard is not only known around the world for her carpet designs, but for her environmentally sustainable practices 10 April 2010
Jordan RPCV Ashley Bates writes: Gaza and Bi'lin witness same...
Jordan RPCV Ashley Bates writes: Gaza and Bi'lin witness same demonstrations 10 April 2010
Papua New Guinea RPCV Ursula Osborne née Solmitz decided to...
Papua New Guinea RPCV Ursula Osborne née Solmitz decided to translate "Not To Hate But To Love That Is What I Am Here For" for a woman who was helping her in her archive work, but quickly realized that there may be greater public interest in it 11 April 2010
Sierra Leone RPCV Joni Foster is executive director of Support...
Sierra Leone RPCV Joni Foster is executive director of Support Corporation (LISC) Jacksonville 11 April 2010
Chile RPCV Mary Burke to give keynote address, "Today's Slavery...
Chile RPCV Mary Burke to give keynote address, "Today's Slavery: An Issue of Human Rights" at Indiana State University 12 April 2010
Brian Kuhn among Scientists on Ancestor Find
Morocco and Jordan RPCV Brian Kuhn among scientists in on ancestor find 12 April 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer Rob Place told Dr. Frank Andolino about...
Peace Corps Volunteer Rob Place told Dr. Frank Andolino about a Kenyan community where 43 percent of the population was ravaged by HIV/AIDS 12 April 2010
The High Atlas Foundation trains twenty-eight university students in...
The High Atlas Foundation trains twenty-eight university students in participatory development 12 April 2010
Melanie Edwards gathers data on “invisible poor”
Drawing on her background from the Peace Corps, Wall Street investment banking and technology research, Togo RPCV Melanie Edwards launched Mobile Metrix, a market research company that gathers data on the “invisible poor” 12 April 2010
Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite writes: In the past, many...
Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite writes: In the past, many of our USAID staff were former Peace Corps workers [who] had lived in the countries and been engaged and understood, to some extent, the value of culture 13 April 2010
Aaron Williams visits Jordan
Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams visits Jordan 13 April 2010
Adam Maines is teaching high school-level math and physical...
Adam Maines is teaching high school-level math and physical science at St. Bridget's Secondary Day School in the village of Natola in Malawi 13 April 2010
The Melrose Public Library’s “A Celebration of Authors” series continues...
The Melrose Public Library’s “A Celebration of Authors” series continues in May featuring local author Micronesia RPCV Roland Merullo 13 April 2010
Runner Erik Heinonen works with Sports Camps in Moldova...
Runner Erik Heinonen works with Sports Camps in Moldova 13 April 2010
Q&A with Niger RPCV poet Susan Rich...
Q&A with Niger RPCV poet Susan Rich 13 April 2010
Committee passes Dodd's Peace Corps Bill
Foreign Relations Committee passes Dodd’s "Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act of 2009" 13 April 2010
NPCA's Africa Rural Connect wins Award
NPCA's Africa Rural Connect project receives an Interactive Media Council Outstanding Achievement Award 13 April 2010
Liberia RPCV Barbara Ferguson Kamara will be the speaker at...
Liberia RPCV Barbara Ferguson Kamara will be the speaker at the 140th anniversary of Gregory Congregational United Church of Christ 14 April 2010
Mark Lenzi writes: Can Poland get past the 'curse'?
RPCV Mark Douglas Lenzi writes: Can Poland get past the ‘curse’? 14 April 2010
Ambassador Stephens has a special message for high school...
Ambassador Stephens has a special message for high school 14 April 2010
Jamaica RPCV Keith McDorman and Paige Hill run Urban Patchwork...
Jamaica RPCV Keith McDorman and Paige Hill run Urban Patchwork, which turns local homeowners' yards into vegetable gardens 15 April 2010
Morocco RPCV Sarah-Ann Lynch (SHS 1978) were inducted into...
Morocco RPCV Sarah-Ann Lynch (SHS 1978) were inducted into the Stoughton High School Hall of Fame for Extraordinary Achievement 15 April 2010
Sierra Leone RPCV Thomas Hull delivers last lecture...
Sierra Leone RPCV Thomas Hull delivers last lecture 15 April 2010
NPCA wins award for Africa Rural Connect...
NPCA wins award for Africa Rural Connect 15 April 2010
Cape Verde RPCV Justin Barnum is currently an adjunct instructor...
Cape Verde RPCV Justin Barnum is currently an adjunct instructor at the University of Central Arkansas 16 April 2010
Chile RPCV Juana Bordas will discuss “Igniting the Inner Leader...
Chile RPCV Juana Bordas will discuss “Igniting the Inner Leader” at Leadership Wabash Valley’s Edibles and Ideas event 17 April 2010
Jordan RPCV Ashley Bates Dispatches from Gaza...
Jordan RPCV Ashley Bates Dispatches from Gaza 17 April 2010
Cecillia Villarruel taught English in a village in Namibia and...
Cecillia Villarruel taught English in a village in Namibia and led a project to renovate several classrooms in the school 17 April 2010
Senegal RPCV founded the Jembetat African Art Gallery and Cafe...
Senegal RPCV founded the Jembetat African Art Gallery and Cafe in Rochester New York 17 April 2010
RPCVs Lee and Susan Schriever revisit Khandbara, a small city...
RPCVs Lee and Susan Schriever revisit Khandbara, a small city in central India, where they served as volunteers 18 April 2010
Speaking during the occasion to welcome the 60 new Peace...
Speaking during the occasion to welcome the 60 new Peace Corps at Molepolole College of Education Friday, Assistant Minister of Health, Mr Gaotlhaetse Matlhabaphiri said the Peace Corps contributed immensely when there were significant shortages in specialized personnel in different sectors of the economy 19 April 2010
Hungary RPCV writes: Work-Free Sundays? Say It Isn’t So...
Hungary RPCV writes: Work-Free Sundays? Say It Isn’t So, Europe. 19 April 2010
Peace Corps/Namibia Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary...
Peace Corps/Namibia Celebrates 20 Year Anniversary 19 April 2010
Hillary Clinton says the United States will work through the...
Hillary Clinton says the United States will work through the Peace Corps to advance renewable energy efforts in the Americas 19 April 2010
Allison Moses spent 15 months in the Eastern European country...
Allison Moses spent 15 months in the Eastern European country of Georgia in 2007-08 doing humanitarian work for the Peace Corps before being evacuated due to political unrest, is now engaged in similar endeavors in the Central American country of Costa Rica 20 April 2010
Honduras RPCV Leon Kolankiewicz writes: Earth Day founder disappointed in...
Honduras RPCV Leon Kolankiewicz writes: Earth Day founder disappointed in followers for neglecting overpopulation 20 April 2010
Morocco RPCV Andrea Gousen worked as a landscape architecture design...
Morocco RPCV Andrea Gousen worked as a landscape architecture design group administrator at MIG Inc. 20 April 2010
Sierra Leone RPCV Joseen Vogt finds her path as Franciscan...
Sierra Leone RPCV Joseen Vogt finds her path as Franciscan sister, continues today at age 88 20 April 2010
As a researcher at the University of Witwatersrand’s Institute for...
As a researcher at the University of Witwatersrand’s Institute for Human Evolution who specializes in extinct carnivores, Morocco and Jordan RPCV Brian Kuhn is especially interested in the latest piece of rock he’s been given because he believes it holds the fossilized remains of a saber-toothed cat 21 April 2010
Russia RPCV Heather Josselyn-Cranson has been struggling to create...
Russia RPCV Heather Josselyn-Cranson has been struggling to create a song last winter for BU’s first hymn-writing competition and to honor the work of one of her former professors at the School of Theology 21 April 2010
What will the Peace Corps do without Dodd in the...
What will the Peace Corps do without Dodd in the Senate? 21 April 2010
Peace Corps Volunteer Laura Kutner Creates School Out of Plastic...
Peace Corps Volunteer Laura Kutner Creates School Out of Plastic Bottles 22 April 2010
After graduating college, Cindy Hunter participated in the Peace Corps...
After graduating college, Cindy Hunter participated in the Peace Corps in Mauritania, West Africa from 1983 to 1985, and continued to volunteer for other service agencies like Bread for the World and Mennonite Central Committee 22 April 2010
RPCV Greg Dever has dedicated his professional life to improving...
RPCV Greg Dever has dedicated his professional life to improving medical care in the South Pacific 22 April 2010
Alyssa Nyberg helps restore Indiana Prairie
Restoring the prairie is her labor of love for Nepal RPCV Alyssa Nyberg 22 April 2010
This is a requirement to obtain physical and e-mail...
This is a requirement to obtain physical and e-mail addresses for Returned Peace Corps Volunteers 22 April 2010
Olivia Szymanski is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer...
Olivia Szymanski is currently serving as a Peace Corps volunteer working to empower the young women of Belize 23 April 2010
Thailand Peace Corps Volunteer "Peace Corps'd!" writes: So I understand...
Thailand Peace Corps Volunteer "Peace Corps'd!" writes: So I understand that the situation in Bangkok has gained more international attention now as violence has escalated, and I thought I'd share a bit about what it's like to be in a nation where there is such civil unrest 23 April 2010
Obituary for Tonga RPCV Andrea Leigh Ptolemy...
Obituary for Tonga RPCV Andrea Leigh Ptolemy 23 April 2010
Karen Smith works in Afghanistan and Sudan
Morocco RPCV Karen Smith gives humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and Sudan 24 April 2010
Brazil RPCV Bob Chase is president and CEO of SERRV...
Brazil RPCV Bob Chase is president and CEO of SERRV, the Madison-based nonprofit organization that works with artisans to help sell their products and develop their businesses and communties 24 April 2010
Korea RPCV Margaret Wheatley speaks on "The Future of the...
Korea RPCV Margaret Wheatley speaks on "The Future of the World Depends on Women" 24 April 2010
Kevin Bubriski began photographing Nepal in 1975
Kevin Bubriski first began photographing Nepal in 1975, when he was stationed there as a Peace Corps water engineer 24 April 2010
David Searles writes: Why the Peace Corps/ACTION Marriage Failed...
David Searles writes: Why the Peace Corps/ACTION Marriage Failed 24 April 2010
Macedonia RPCVs Tara Trepanier and Joshua Gill marry on the...
Macedonia RPCVs Tara Trepanier and Joshua Gill marry on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 25 April 2010
Obituary for Thailand RPCV William Luther King II...
Obituary for Thailand RPCV William Luther King II 25 April 2010
Thailand Peace Corps Volunteer "Peace Corps: The Thai Experience " writes...
Thailand Peace Corps Volunteer "Peace Corps: The Thai Experience " writes: A couple days before I headed to Bangkok to meet her, the situation in Bangkok turned even more critical and travel to Bangkok became essentially off limits 25 April 2010
Kathleen Stephens shows Photos in Korea
It is well documented that U.S. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens spent time in Korea in the 70s as a Peace Corps volunteer, but what is not widely known is her love for photography and the countless pictures she took during those two years 25 April 2010
Obituary for India RPCV Gerry Copeland...
Obituary for India RPCV Gerry Copeland 26 April 2010
Jamaica RPCV Terry Berlier presents "The 41st Rudiment," named after...
Jamaica RPCV Terry Berlier presents "The 41st Rudiment," named after the 40 “rudiments” that percussionists study as they develop their craft 26 April 2010
Dennis Lucey was director of the Peace Corps in Liberia...
Dennis Lucey was director of the Peace Corps in Liberia for two years 27 April 2010
Byron L. Jeys has spent 25 years making a difference...
Byron L. Jeys has spent 25 years making a difference in Malawi and was nominated by the people of Mawai for the country's Nation 2009 Achiever Award 27 April 2010
What began for Poland RPCV Mark Lewandowski as a summer...
What began for Poland RPCV Mark Lewandowski as a summer working in a fish processing plant in Alaska has ended with a book of short stories 27 April 2010
Taylor Hackford wins Hackford 2010 Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement...
Taylor Hackford wins Hackford 2010 Asa V. Call Alumni Achievement Award 27 April 2010
PC assembling database of RPCVs
Peace Corps to assemble database of former volunteers 27 April 2010
Eric Lax 's “Faith Interrupted’’ is in part a longer...
Eric Lax 's “Faith Interrupted’’ is in part a longer reflection on the troubling paradoxes that confront a religiously observant life 28 April 2010
Tanzania RPCV Dennis Herlocker writes“Buffaloes In My Bedroom,” a...
Tanzania RPCV Dennis Herlocker writes“Buffaloes In My Bedroom,” a memoir of the ensuing three years as a forester in Tanganyika (now Tanzania), a newly-independent corner of the British Empire 28 April 2010
Thailand violence flares as red-shirts and troops clash...
Thailand violence flares as red-shirts and troops clash 28 April 2010
Dodd Leaving Senate at the Apex of his Career...
Dodd Leaving Senate at the Apex of his Career 28 April 2010
Cameroon Peace Corps Volunteer Gloria Twesigye has earned a prestigious...
Cameroon Peace Corps Volunteer Gloria Twesigye has earned a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to research Germany’s efforts to rehabilitate former child soldiers from the Republic of Uganda 29 April 2010
Ecuador Peace Corps Volunteer Cindy Ann Oursler writes: I'm enchanted...
Ecuador Peace Corps Volunteer Cindy Ann Oursler writes: I'm enchanted by this little town and its history is a source of conversation more interesting than the weather 29 April 2010
Georgia RPCV Michael Hikari Cecire writes: An Interview with Giorgi...
Georgia RPCV Michael Hikari Cecire writes: An Interview with Giorgi Kvelashvili 29 April 2010
Georgia RPCV Michael Hikari Cecire writes: Georgia's NATO Dream...
Georgia RPCV Michael Hikari Cecire writes: Georgia's NATO Dream 29 April 2010
Guyana RPCV Andi Weiss Bartczak, a science consultant and science...
Guyana RPCV Andi Weiss Bartczak, a science consultant and science translator from Ulster County, is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor on New York 29 April 2010
Amy Smith named to Time Magazine's 100
Amy Smith named as one of Time Magazine's 100 people who most affect our world 29 April 2010
Carl Pope ‘Green’ Graduation Speaker at College of the Atlantic...
Carl Pope ‘Green’ Graduation Speaker at College of the Atlantic 29 April 2010
Philippines RPCV Jon Gresley steps down as Executive Director of...
Philippines RPCV Jon Gresley steps down as Executive Director of the Oakland Housing Authority 30 April 2010
Aaron Williams writes: Peace Corps Volunteers are Natural Social Entrepreneurs...
Aaron Williams writes: Peace Corps Volunteers are Natural Social Entrepreneurs 30 April 2010
