Raising the Peace Corps Flag Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation & Museum of the Peace Corps Experience will join forces to tell the Peace Corps Story. WASHINGTON,
We are so pleased to announce that Angie Harris (Papua New Guinea, ’91-’93) has accepted our invitation to join the MPCE Board of Directors. Angie
Dear Museum Community, In May of this year, I unexpectedly became President of the Board of the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience. The Bylaws
Arianna (Ari) Richard
Eswatini 2017-2019
The first time someone called me their daughter in Eswatini, I felt intensely grateful before a sadness descended into my chest.
Terese Maineri de Velasquez
Guatemala 2003-2005
At age seven, I begged my mom to buy a tiny acrylic painting featuring a Guatemalan woman wearing traje,
Christine A. Wolf
Poland – 1996-1998
My gratitude for Adam’s skillful driving, combined with Poland’s complicated history and growing pains, had transformed my admiration for Poland into love.
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
PO Box 2427
Oregon City, OR 97045
USA
“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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