The audience learns more about the history of Yerba Mate and its cultural, social and economic significance in Paraguay and Argentina, with a display of thermos and Yerba Mate drinking
A Million Miles: My Peace Corps Journey A Conversation with Former Peace Corps Director Jody Olsen and FriendsVirtual event, April 16 at 7:00pm EDT Join us for a book talk
Exhibition at the International Peace Museum Runs Through April The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience (MPCE) launched its first exhibit of 2025, Ubuntu in Action: Exploring the Peace Corps and Shared Humanity.
Reginald Hodges – Sierra Leone 1968-1971. I was raised in segregated North Carolina in a middle-class African American family.
Karla Olorato Henderson – Botswana 2011-2014. When I joined the Peace Corps in 2011, I was told I’d be capacity building existing and future teachers.
Courtney Arnold – Ethiopia – Early 1960’s. Dresses worn by Ethiopian women impressed me with their beauty from the moment I saw them.
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who identify as a member of a non-majority group in the USA talk about their unique Peace Corps experiences.
The future is bright! The Museum is actively exploring space options in Washington, D.C. close to the Peace Corps Park site at the foot of Capitol Hill. We imagine an experience wherein visitors explore interactive exhibits on peace education, foreign cultures, and the history of Peace Corps at the Museum paired with a park visit that fosters reflection and community. Join the Museum’s 40+ volunteers and hundreds of supporters in bringing this vision to life.
Museum of the Peace Corps Experience
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“For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps—who works in a foreign land—will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life, which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace.”
– President John F. Kennedy, March 1, 1961
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