California - SACRAMENTO VALLEY RETURNED PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS

By Maren Wolfe on Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 1:23 pm: Edit Post

I am an RPCV (Tonga-94-97)conducting my dissertation on repatriate distress (also known as reverse culture shock or re-entry shock) among RPCVs who have returned within the past
year.

If you have COS-ed within the past year, please consider helping me to document and better understand this under-researched but common experience. Participation involves completing an anonymous 15-minute questionnaire. I can be reached through email or phone, at mmwolfe@education.ucsb.edu, or (805)708-6355.

Thank you!

Maren Wolfe
Doctoral Candidate
Combined Psychology Program
Department of Education
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
(805) 708-6355
mmwolfe@education.ucsb.edu

By Linda Mills on Wednesday, May 21, 2003 - 11:11 am: Edit Post

Part-time Employment Opportunity
Community Representative

Dear Peace Corps Friends,

AYUSA International is a non-profit high school foreign exchange student organization. We welcome teenagers from over 60 countries worldwide and provide host family placement and ongoing supervision for 5 and 10 month academic programs. We are a community of citizens who believe it is our privilege and our greatest responsibility to help create a worldwide family who will embrace our children with an accepting, open heart wherever they choose to live.

As Peace Corps alumni, we know you share this vision and we invite you to apply for the position of Community Representative. The ideal candidate should enjoy teenagers, have a strong desire to communicate cross-culturally and feel comfortable networking in the community. Basic responsibilities include recruiting and interviewing host families, providing ongoing support to families and students and maintaining professional relationships with local high schools.

This position pays a stipend per student as well as travel incentives, leadership enhancement opportunities, and most of all, a chance to promote a more peaceful world for our youth to inherit.

Full training and ongoing support is provided by one of several branch offices located in California. Please apply to staff@ayusa.org or phone toll-free 1-888-552-9872.