Upcoming Events
Get to know us next week online (and in the comfort of your home) at the monthly NPCA Meet and Greet Wednesday, February 15, at 8:00 PM EST.
Celebrate Peace Corps Week from February 26 to March 4, 2017. Commemorating President Kennedy’s establishment of the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961, this year the Peace Corps Week theme is Highlighting Hospitality: How does your Peace Corps Country Make People Feel Welcome? Learn more.
Become a Shriver Leader and join us in Washington, D.C. for the Shriver Leadership Summit, March 3-4, 2017.
Engage with American leaders during NPCA’s National Days of Action, March 3-15, 2017. Sign up to participate in local events in support of the Peace Corps under a new Congress and new administration.
Network with several hundred RPCVs at the 2017 Peace Corps Connect conference in Denver, CO, August 4-6, 2017.
| Peace Corps Community Awards
Do you know an RPCV who continues to make a sustained and distinguished contribution to humanitarian causes at home or abroad? What about an RPCV who is an innovative social entrepreneur who will bring about significant long-term change? Nominate him or her for the Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service. Deadline: February 28, 2017.
Presented by the NPCA affiliate group Women of Peace Corps Legacy, The Deborah Harding Award honors a Peace Corps woman whose contributions have made a significant difference in the lives of women and girls in the world. Nominate an exceptional woman for the award by April 30, 2017! |
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SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY ON THE NPCA BOARD
Do you have expertise in fundraising (particularly for major gifts), nonprofit law or grant making and an affinity for Peace Corps ideals? Consider advancing your National Peace Corps Association through service on the NPCA Board of Directors. Board Directors are members just like you with a deep passion and commitment to the Peace Corps community.
It all starts with your expression of interest. Learn more.
JOIN OUR TEAM
NPCA offers RPCVs the opportunity to put their passion, talent and ideas to action through short-term fellowships in our Washington, D.C. office. Remote engagement may be possible for RPCVs residing outside the D.C. area. As an NPCA fellow, you will be helping design, produce and drive key programmatic initiatives that benefit the broader Peace Corps community.
Hot Opportunity: International Programs Fellow
GET CONNECTED
You already have a vast professional support network. All you have to do is activate your profile on www.PeaceCorpsConnect.org to tap in. |
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Photo Credit: Moroccan Safaris
Book Now! From the Medinas to the Mountains of Morocco
April 30 - May 13, 2017
October 8 - 21, 2017
Building on a legacy of 4,800 Volunteers dating back to 1963, Next Step Travel’s trips to Morocco feature a depth of experience found nowhere else. Walk the medinas and souks of Fes, Meknes and Marrakesh. Spend a night by the desert dunes. Meet with serving Volunteers and Peace Corps Morocco staff. You do not want to miss this trip! Coordinated in collaboration with Friends of Morocco. Learn more and book now.
Already been to Morocco? Join travel to Cuba on April 15-22.
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Congratulations!
Former Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet
has been named
President & CEO of Project Concern International.
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Affiliate Group News
Whom do you want on the NPCA Board?
Who is hosting the next NPCA Meet and Greet?
All this and more in this week’s Affiliate Group News. |
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In Memorium
As we do each month, we honor and remember the men and women who served in the Peace Corps who recently passed away. Among those remembered in February is a man who has been identified by some as being the very first Peace Corps Volunteer. Read more. |
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Drink water.
(Encourage loved ones
to do the same.)
Visit store.peacecorpsconnect.org to order.
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